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Step 1: Duplicate The Background Layer

Let’s begin by making sure our original image will remain safe and unharmed while we’re creating the effect. If we look in my Layers panel, we see that my original photo is sitting on the Background layer, which is the only layer I currently have in my document:

The Layers panel showing the original photo on the Background layer.

Let’s make a copy of this layer, which will serve as our working copy of the image. Go up to the Layer menu in the Menu Bar along the top of the screen, choose New, then choose Layer via Copy. Or, for a faster way to copy a layer, press Ctrl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac) on your keyboard. Either way will work:

Go to Layer > New > Layer via Copy.

We now have a copy of the image on our new layer, Layer 1, which is sitting above the Background layer. Layer 1 is highlighted in blue, which tells us it’s the currently active layer. This means that whatever we do next will be applied to Layer 1, while the original photo on the Background layer remains unharmed:

Layer 1 is now our working copy of the image.

Step 2: Select The Iris Blur Filter

Next, we’ll select the Iris Blur filter. Go up to the Filter menu at the top of the screen, choose Blur, then choose Iris Blur (second from the top):

Go to Filter > Blur > Iris Blur.

This opens the new Blur Gallery, with our photo appearing in the preview area that takes up most of the screen. In the top right corner of the Blur Gallery is the Blur Tools panel displaying the options for the Iris Blur filter – a single Blur slider that can be used to control the blur amount. We’re not actually going to be using the Blur slider here because all of the controls we need can be found in the preview area itself, so for this tutorial at least, you can ignore the panels along the right side of the gallery:

The Blur Gallery.

Step 3: Set The Blur Amount

If we look at our photo in the preview area, we see a collection of dots and curved lines overlaying the image. They’re actually all part of the same pin which is used to control exactly how and where the blur effect is applied. We can add more pins to the image if needed for even more control over the blurring, but for our vignette effect, the initial pin that Photoshop adds for us is all we need.
If you look at the center point of the pin, you’ll see an outer ring around it. This ring serves as a dial that lets us increase or decrease the blur amount simply by turning the dial. Hover your mouse cursor over the ring, then click and, with your mouse button held down, drag clockwise around the ring to increase the blur amount, or drag counterclockwise to decrease it. Photoshop gives you a live preview of the blur amount as you drag, and the HUD (Heads-Up Display) tells you the exact blur amount in pixels. I’m going to set my blur amount to 12 pixels:

Click and drag around the ring to increase or decrease the blur amount.

Step 4: Set The 100% Point

See that thin, curved outer line that surrounds everything else? That line is the 100% point for the blur effect. Everything outside of this line gets 100% of your blur amount applied to it. If you look closely, you’ll see four small round dots around the line, one at the top, bottom, left, and right. Hold down your Shift key, then click on the dot at the top and, with your mouse button held down, drag it upward to move the 100% line closer to the top edge of the image. Leave a bit of room between the dot and the edge. The bottom dot will move outward along with it, pushing the bottom of the line down towards the bottom edge. Holding the Shift key as you drag makes it easier to drag vertically in a straight line:

Hold Shift, then click and drag the top point upward. The bottom point moves with it.

Then, click on the dot either on the left or right side of the line and, again while holding Shift, drag it outward towards the edge of the photo, leaving a bit of room between the dot and the edge. Moving one of the side dots will move the other along with it but in the opposite direction. This time, holding Shift as you drag makes it easier to drag horizontally in a straight line:

Hold Shift, then click and drag either of the side points outward. The other point moves with it.

Step 5: Set The Transition Area

The four larger dots between the pin’s center point and the outer 100% line control the width of the blur’s transition area. The area of the photo that falls between the center point and the transition dots is protected from the blur effect. The effect then begins at the transition dots and gets gradually stronger as you progress outward until it reaches full strength at the 100% line. Clicking and dragging any of the four dots will move all four of them together. Drag them closer to the pin’s center point to create a wider, more subtle blur transition, or closer to the outer 100% line for a more narrow and abrupt transition:

Click and drag any of the four larger dots to adjust the size of the transition area.

Step 6: Select The “Save Mask To Channels” Option

Before we apply the blur effect to the image, select the Save Mask to Channels option in the Options Bar along the top of the screen. Even though it seems like we haven’t been using one, Photoshop has been busy creating a layer mask for us behind the scenes as we’ve been working in the Blur Gallery, and by choosing this option, we’ll actually be able to use the layer mask when we’re done:

Click inside the checkbox to select the “Save Mask to Channels” option.

Step 7: Apply The Blur Effect To The Image

When you’re ready, press Enter (Win) / Return (Mac) on your keyboard to apply the blur effect to the image and exit out of the Blur Gallery. Here’s what my photo looks like so far:

The photo after applying the Iris Blur filter.

Step 8: Load The Layer Mask As A Selection

Now that we’re back in Photoshop’s main interface, switch over to the Channels panel by clicking on its name tab. By default, Channels is grouped in beside the Layers panel:

Click the name tabs to switch between panels.

You’ll find the layer mask we just created saved as an alpha channel named Blur Mask below the Red, Green, and Blue channels. We need to load this Blur Mask channel as a selection in our document. To do that, hold down your Ctrl (Win) / Command (Mac) key on your keyboard and click anywhere on the channel:

Hold Ctrl (Win) / Command (Mac) and click on the Blur Mask channel.

The selection outline will appear above the image:

The channel has been loaded as a selection.

Switch out of the Channels panel and back over to the Layers panel when you’re done by clicking on the Layers name tab:

Switching back to the Layers panel.

Step 9: Add A Levels Adjustment Layer

With the selection active, go to the Adjustments panel and click on the Levels icon (second from the left, top row) to add a Levels adjustment layer to the document:

Choose Levels in the Adjustments panel.

The new Levels adjustment layer appears above Layer 1 in the Layers panel, and because we had a selection active, Photoshop used the selection to create and define a layer mask for the adjustment layer, as we can see by looking at the layer mask thumbnail. The black area in the center of the mask is the area that was originally being protected from the effects of the Iris Blur filter. This same area will now be protected from whatever we do with the Levels adjustment layer:

Photoshop converted the selection into a layer mask.

Step 10: Change The Blend Mode Of The Adjustment Layer To Screen

So what are we going to do with this Levels adjustment layer? As it turns out, not very much. The actual controls for the adjustment layer appear in the Properties panel, which is new to Photoshop CS6, but we’re not going to touch anything there. Instead, all we’re going to do is change the blend mode for the layer from Normal (the default blend mode) to Screen:

Change the adjustment layer’s blend mode to Screen.

With the blend mode set to Screen, the Levels adjustment layer instantly lightens the blurred area around the center of the image, while the area in the center, which is being protected by the layer mask, remains unaffected:

The blurred area now appears lighter.

If you find that things look too bright, you can reduce the intensity of the adjustment layer by lowering its opacity value. You’ll find the Opacity option directly across from the Blend Mode option at the top of the Layers panel. The further you lower the opacity value below 100% (the default value), the more you’ll reduce the intensity. In my case, though, I’m going to leave the opacity set to 100%:

Lower the Opacity value of the Levels adjustment layer if needed.

Step 11: Reload The Layer Mask As A Selection

Hold down the Ctrl (Win) / Command (Mac) key on your keyboard once again and this time, click directly on the layer mask thumbnail:

Hold Ctrl (Win) / Command (Mac) and click on the mask thumbnail.

This will reload the mask as a selection outline above the image:

The selection outline reappears.

Step 12: Add A Vibrance Adjustment Layer

To complete the effect, we’ll lower the saturation of the colors in the blurred area to give them a more faded appearance. Go to the Adjustments panel and click on the Vibrance icon (far right, top row) to add a Vibrance adjustment layer:

Add a Vibrance adjustment layer.

The new Vibrance adjustment layer appears above the Levels layer, and once again we see that Photoshop has used our active selection to define a layer mask so that the area in the center of the photo will be protected from the changes we’re about to make:

The Vibrance adjustment layer has a similar layer mask applied to it.

Step 13: Lower The Vibrance Amount

The controls for the Vibrance adjustment layer appear in the Properties panel (which we’re actually going to use this time). Drag the Vibrance slider towards the left to decrease color saturation in the blurred area. The Vibrance control affects colors differently depending on their original saturation levels, and even if you drag the Vibrance slider all the way to the left (to a value of -100), a hint of color will still remain (unlike the Saturation slider which affects colors equally and would remove the color completely). For my image, I’m not going to drag the slider that far. A Vibrance value of around -50 works well:

Lower the color saturation by dragging Vibrance towards the left.

And with that, we’re done! Here, for comparison, is my original photo once again:

The original image.

And here, after reducing the color saturation, is my final “blurred vignette” effect:

The final result.

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Step 1 – A Good Photo

Start with a good photo. This may seem obvious to some, but that’s not always the case. There’s no Instagram setting available that is going to turn a bad photo into a good one. Trust me.
For my little tutorial here, I found this great photo by linh.ngan.

Step 4 – Square is the New Landscape

Part of the appeal of Instagram, in my opinion, is the square cropping. Why? Because it’s different. It’s not portrait, it’s not landscape… it’s something completely new. Cropping a photo to a square can sometimes be a challenge. You want to try and get everything important into the square so the new photo reads the same as the original.
Here is the photo cropped using the Crop Tool (C). Hold the Shift key down as you click and drag out the crop area. Press the enter key to complete the crop.

Step 3 -  A Little Cross Processing

A little goes a long way here, so don’t overdue your cross processing.
To add the cross processed look, I created a Curves adjustment layer over my photo.

I used the following settings for my Curves adjustment.

Here’s a look at the photo with these adjustments. Pretty big difference for one simple adjustment layer, huh?

Step 4 – A Must-Have Vignette

What’s a vintagey Instagram look without a nice vignette? Or maybe you’re asking “What’s a vignette? A vignette is that darkened edge effect that you see on a lot of vintage photo effects. Here’s how to create one in a single step.
Create a new Curves adjustment layer. On the adjustment layer’s mask use a large soft black brush to paint a circle in the center of the image.

Now when you make this adjustment it will only effect the outer edge of the photo where the white appears on the mask. Adjust the RGB curve to something similar to what I have below.

Here’s a look at the newly created subtle vignette.

Step 5 – Blurring the Edges

Instagram gives you the option to blur the edges around the subject matter of a photo. You can control the position and size of the focus area as well. Lets take a quick look at how to achieve the same effect in Photoshop.
Duplicate the original photo layer, and create a new layer mask for the layer copy. Run a Gaussian Blur (Filter | Blur | Gaussian Blur), and choose an amount that blurs the details of the photo.

Now on the layer’s mask, use a soft black brush to paint the area that you want to be in focus. This is essentially revealing the layer below that is not blurred. For this photo I chose the area over the subjects faces.

Step 6 – Adding a Border

Some of the effects in Instagram add a cool border effect. For this image lets add a nice rounded white border. To do that, choose the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) from the tools panel. While holding the shift key draw a rectangle in the center of the image. This creates a vector shape layer. Cmd+Click the vector shape layer’s mask to create a selection from the shape.

Now create a new layer above all others, then press Cmd+Shift+i to invert the selection. Press (D) then (X) on the keyboard to reset the colors and make white the foreground. Then fill the selection by choosing (Edit | Fill) or by using the Paint Bucket Tool (G). You can now delete the vector shape layer.

There you have it! I hope this little exercise has inspired you to create your own Instagram style vintage photos. Experiment and have fun!

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Create Oil Painting Effect Using Photoshop CS6 Create Oil Painting Effect Using Photoshop CS6

Create Oil Painting Effect Using Photoshop CS6

Final Output:

Step: 1

As usual, open a new photo – by selecting [CTRL+O] or FILE->OPEN…., we placed a premium stock image.

Anyhow you can choose from your own premium content or use the free stock image site; we made a list of large resource site for stock image lovers.

Step: 2

Always have the hobbit of Duplicate your images from the default one, in case of recovery and other effects applied to the result in future. Now select the filter menu->oil paint…. and use the following settings as shown in the image below.

BRUSH:
Stylization: 8.96, Cleanliness: 3.5, Scale: 8.96, Bristle Detail: 2.2
Lighting:
Angular Direction: 244.8 Shine: 0

Preview:

Optional Effect

Now duplicate the oil painted layer and layer mode to “screen” with fill 75%. And add a “High Pass” with a value 194.6

Conclusion: We encourage the user to try different effect after achieve the above oil painting effect. And will let us know. Remember use your imagination as much you go and try to add default filter effects with them, blend them, merge them, duplicate the same layer for many times and changing each one will give you more unique results.
It’s all depending on your imagination and yes we will post our different Photo effects in our gallery and for Imagination we need some inspiration to boost up our creativity.

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Create a Neon Text Effect in Photoshop Create a Neon Text Effect in Photoshop

Step 1

First make a new PSD document 1200 x 600 pixels resolution 72 Dpi. Now open the brick wall texture and copy and paste it into your new PSD document. Command/Ctrl-T (transform) the texture and resize it until you are happy with it. Make the brick wall texture darker with levels – Image – Adjustments – Levels or Command/Ctrl – L.

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Step 2

Now make your text with the font "Impact." I used the settings below.

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Step 3

Now we are going to apply some layer styles. Double Click on the text layer to open Layer Styles. Select Stroke and use the settings below.

Now select Drop Shadow

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Step 4

Now we are going to make the grill texture. Make a new document 10 x 10 pixels 72 Dpi. Enlarge the document to 3200% by pressing Command/Ctrl – +. Use a hard brush size 1 px to make 2 lines of black like below. Now save this pattern by going to "Edit – Define Pattern" and name it Grill Pattern. Close this document.

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Step 5

Copy the text layer, right click on the text layer and choose "Duplicate Layer." Now remove the layer styles on this layer by right click on the layer and choose "Clear Layer Styles." Double Click on the text layer to open Layer Styles. Use the settings below.

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Step 6

For the little 3D effect on the text move the second text layer 5x up with the arrows on your keyboard with the Move Tool (v) selected.

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Step 7

Now we are going to make the neon. Again copy the text layer, right click on the text layer and choose "Duplicate Layer." Now remove the layer styles on this layer by right click on the layer and choose "Clear Layer Styles." Use the settings below.

Click on OK. Right click on the "fx" of this text layer and choose "Create Layer"

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Step 8

Now we are going to make the layer styles for the neon on the layer we just made. Use the settings below.

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Step 9

Select the "Eraser Tool" (e) and erase some parts from the neon for a realistic look. You can also draw on this layer with a hard Brush for some curves.

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Step 10

You can draw some wires if you like. Make a new layer (put this layer below the neon layer). Use a hard brush size 7 and size 4 to draw the wires. Use the setting below

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Step 10

Put a gradient fill on the background. Double click on the brick wall layer and use the settings below

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Final Image

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