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these overlays are perfect personal and Commercial projects and in this video I'm gonna show you how
to use these overlays to level up your photo editing game and create captivating images that
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in this first example we have an image with some sunlight shining on some stairs and we
could really enhance this image by adding some light rays so this light gray will work very well
for this image we're just gonna drag it and drop it inside of Photoshop then I can flip this one
horizontally and I'm just gonna rotate it to match the angle of the sunlight then we can simply
change the blending mode to one of the lighten blending mode Group which is lighten screen
color Dodge linear Dodge and lighter color I think linear Dodge and screen will work really well for
this image then what we can do to remove this hard edge is by adding a levels adjustment by
clicking on Cmd or control + L and then make the darks darker to hide those harsh edges after that
we can add a layer mask then taking the brush tool I'm gonna paint with black here to mask the edges
and that's pretty much it it's just as simple as that you just add your overlay place it exactly
where you want, change the blending mode and then adjust it with a layer mask accordingly
we can see that this image has some yellow tone so what I can do is Select my layer
and then I'm gonna click on command U to add a hue saturation adjustment layer I'm
gonna check colorize and I'm just gonna add a slight yellow tint to this image
then I can reduce the saturation all the way to 1. so that's before and after and that's much better
now what we can also do to enhance this image is by adding some dust particles on top of this
so This dust particle will work very well for this image so let's flip this one horizontally
and I'm gonna make it a little bit smaller
change the blending mode the screen then also add a levels adjustment for this one
and make the darks darker to hide those hard edges and place this one accordingly
so that's it that's how you can really easily use overlays to really enhance your images
here is the before and after [Music] in this image you can use one of our car headlight lens flares
to improve the headlights of the car on this image so let's bring this car headlight lens
flare then change the blending mode to linear Dodge and I'm just gonna place it right here
now as you can see linear Dodge is much stronger and more vibrant than screen blending mode
blending mode so what I'm going to do here is to add the layer mask and I'm just gonna mask
it from this area of the headlight you can also duplicate the layer to enhance the lens flare
and what I'm going to do is reduce the opacity of this second layer
now we can select these two layers and duplicate them to the other side
and with a layer mask I'm just gonna hide
this part of the lens flare to avoid having them look the same
you can also stack multiple lens flares so for example we can add this one
we'll change the blending mode of this one to screen and add the levels adjustment to
hide the hard edges and I'm just gonna scale this one and place it right here
so here's a quick before and after on using lens flares to improve the car headlights of this image
in this image I want to enhance the sky in the background by adding some
stars and also I want to enhance the light coming from the
lighthouse by adding a lens flare so for the background I'm gonna use this star overlay
I'm gonna scale it to make sure it is covering the entire canvas then we can
change the blending mode to linear Dodge now as you can see it is also covering the foreground
so we're gonna select the Sky by selecting the background layer and then go to select then sky
now we can select our overlay layer and then add a layer mask to hide it from the foreground
next we're going to import this lens flare for our Lighthouse I'm gonna change the blending
mode to screen and then I'm gonna scale it and match it to the size of the lighthouse light
I'm gonna also import another lens flare change the blending mode of this one to linear Dodge
and adjust it accordingly this time I'm gonna add a layer mask for the second lens flare
and I'm gonna hide it from this area to reduce its brightness
again you can also add a Hue saturation adjustment layer to change the view of the
lens flare by checking colorize and here I'm gonna add a slight yellow tint so here's a
quick before and after and we have been able to quickly take the image from this to this [Music]
here's another really good example where we can use some fire overlays to improve the
campfire in this image so I'm gonna import this fire overlay to the image scale it down to the
size of the campfire and then I'm gonna change the blending mode to linear Dodge you can also
rotate your image and you use warp to distort it and match it exactly how you want it to be
next we need to hide this harsh Edge and mask the fire where the stones in the bottom are visible
so we can do that by double clicking on the layer to bring up the blend if options and then we're
just going to tell Photoshop to make this fire invisible in the black areas of the underlying
layer I'm going to also add a layer mask to this image and I'm gonna mask the fire in this area
so this layer is going to be for the bottom part of the fire then we can click on Ctrl or
command J to duplicate a fire we're gonna fill this layer with white and I'm gonna also remove
the blend if options and then in the layer mask I'm gonna paint with black here to mask this part
we can also add some level adjustment and we can improve the contrast of this fire and
that's pretty much it on how to add the fire now after adding some stars in the background and a
few adjustment layers to improve the color and the contrast here's the quick before and after [Music]
let's add some rain overlays to this image and I'm gonna show
you how to apply a rain overlay properly and make it look as realistic as possible
most rain overlay effects look fake because people don't really know how to use them properly so the
key to having realistic rain overlays is to apply them in multiple layers and use
the proper blending techniques so let's start by importing the first rain overlay as you can see
this overlay has small rain sizes and in this rain overlay set you will have multiple types
of rain you will have small rain for the backgrounds and bigger rains for the foregrounds
so let's start by changing the blending mode of this overlay to linear Dodge and linear Dodge
is especially important for a rain overlay because linear Dodge will take the color of
your background image for example screen will not do that as you can see linear Dodge will
take that color and it's gonna look as realistic as possible now let's scale this one even smaller
and then I'm gonna duplicate it multiple times to cover the canvas now we can select all of
these four layers and we're gonna merge them by clicking on ctrl/cmd + e let's change the
bending mode back to linear Dodge and the first thing we need to do is to use blend if to make the
rain look more visible in the lighter areas so to do that double click on the layer and then right
here in the blend if options we're gonna make the rain look less visible in the darker areas
so as you can see just by doing that the rain now looks much more realistic
if you want the effect of the rain to look stronger you can just duplicate
the layer or use a levels adjustment and make the whites whiter like so
now I'm just gonna duplicate this layer and I'm gonna move it a little bit then
add an inverted layer mask by holding alt or option and I'm gonna reveal this layer
only in the spotlights because that's where the rain will be more visible in real life
now I'm gonna import the next layer of rain
and this one is going to be a little bit bigger than the rain in the background
and again we're gonna duplicate it multiple times to cover the entire canvas
okay we're gonna use blend if again to make it less visible in the darker areas
then we can reduce the opacity or fill accordingly and lastly we're gonna import one last layer of
rain and this time this rain is going to be the rain in the foreground and it's going to
be out of focus so we can accomplish that by applying some gaussian blur by going to
filter blur and then gaussian blur and I'm just gonna apply about four to five percent radius
so after playing around with the layers and tweaking some settings here's the
result that I got this is before and after [Music]
applying a snow overlay in Photoshop is very similar to rain so you're gonna want to apply the snow in multiple
layers so you get a realistic result I'm gonna start by importing a snow overlay with smaller
snow particles for the background I'm gonna scale this up to cover the canvas then I'm gonna change
the blending mode for this one to screen and of course we don't want this to be visible in our
subject so select the background layer then go to select subject then select the snow overlay
layer and add an inverted layer mask by holding alt or option as you can see our background is
out of focus so we're gonna do the same thing for our snow overlay by applying some Gaussian blur
let's add another layer of snow for the foreground and we're gonna do the same thing
I'm gonna reduce the opacity of this one to 60 or
70 percent and then I'm gonna add one last overlay for the foreground
and this one is already out of focus so we don't need to apply a gaussian blur filter
so here's the before and after [Music]
one of the best ways to add depth and drama to your images is by using Fog overlays and this
image is a great example for that I'm gonna use this overlay to add some fog in the background so
I'm gonna start by flipping this one horizontally and I'm gonna scale it and rotate it accordingly
I'll change the blending mode to screen and to make this overlay only visible in
the background we can use blend if again to achieve that so double click on the overlay
layer and then use the underlying layer slider to hide it from the trees in the foreground then
you can use alt or option to add a smoother transition let's click OK and for this part
that is still showing a hard Edge we can use a layer mask for that and paint with black
and to make the fog look stronger you can use a levels adjustment layer and add more contrast
next I'm gonna import this fog overlay and I'm gonna use this one for the foreground
then again I'm gonna apply a level adjustment layer to add some contrast then after adding some
more adjustment layers to adjust the color and the contrast here's a quick before and [Music]
so there you have it that's how to use the power of overlays to transform boring images
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