Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to create an eerie,
bone-chilling, x-ray of someone you know. This is an update of a tutorial I did quite
awhile ago on an earlier version of Photoshop. Before we begin, you can get the most current
version of Photoshop and Lightroom and 20 GB of cloud storage all together for only $7.99
per month. Click the link in my video's description to get the discount. I provided an image of
a human skull and the upper part of skeleton, so you can follow along. Their links are located
in my video's description or project files. Open a well-lit photo of a person looking
directly into the camera. It can be color or black and white. I downloaded this one
from Shutterstock. The size of this image is 870 pixels square and its resolution is
150 pixels per inch. The first step is to convert it into a Smart Object, so we can
modify it non-destructively. Click the icon at the upper right of the Layers panel and
click "Convert to Smart Object". A Smart Object will have this icon at the corner of its thumbnail.
If your subject has dark hair or skin, brighten those areas by going to Image, Adjustments
and "Shadows/Highlights". I'll make the Shadows amount: 35%, however, since every photo is
different, feel free to adjust this amount. Then, click OK. The next step is to make a
selection around your subject, so we can separate it from its background. For this example,
I'll use the Quick Selection Tool with a size of 10 pixels. If you're using this tool as
well, you may want to use a different size depending on the size and resolution of your
document. Drag your tool over your subject to select it.
To remove areas of the selection,
press and hold Alt or Option as you drag over those areas. Click the Refine Edge button
or go to Select and "Refine Edge". Check Smart Radius and drag the Radius amount a bit to
the right. Output it as a "New Layer" and click OK.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the New Layer icon to make a new layer below the active layer.
We'll fill the empty layer with a light
grey color. To do this, click your foreground color to open the Color Picker. In the Brightness
field, type in 70% and click OK. Since this is now your foreground color, press Alt or
Option + Delete. Next, we'll add a little grain to the background. Go to Filter and
Filter Gallery. Open the "Texture" folder and click "Grain". Make the Grain Type: "Clumped,
the Intensity anywhere between 10 to 20 and the Contrast: 50. Then, click OK.
Make the top layer active and click the Adjustment layer icon. Click "Black White". Click back
on the Adjustment alyer icon and this time, click "Invert". Open the skull image I provided.
To place it onto your subject, press "v" to open your Move Tool and drag it onto the tab
of your subject. Without releasing your computer mouse or pen, drag it down onto your subject
and release. Reduce its opacity, so we can see the face under it. To resize the skull,
open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T. Drag it over the face and go to
a corner of the Transform. When you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold Alt
or Option + Shift as you drag it in or out until the skull closely matches the size of
the face. Then, reposition it, so its eye sockets, nose and teeth are as close as you
can to their corresponding positions of your subject's face. Click the "Warp" icon.
You can manipulate the skull's shape by dragging segments of the bounding box or the control points
or an area within the mesh.
When adjusting a curve, drag the control point handles.
Do the best you can to to match the positions of the eyes, nose, mouth, as well as the shape
of the skull including the chin, jawline and cranium. Then, click the checkmark at the top.
I'll reduce its opacity to 40%, but feel free to adjust this amount. Open the skeleton
image I provided and, as before, drag it onto your subject.
Reduce its opacity,
and open your Transform Tool to resize and position it.
Click the Warp icon. To see the the Warp
Transform's entire bounding box, press Ctrl or Cmd + 0. Manipulate its shape to conform
to your subjects neck and shoulders. To accept the Transform, click the checkmark at the top.
I'll make its opacity 30%, but again, you can adjust this amount. To crop off the
parts of the skeleton that extend below the visible boundaries of your image, open your
Rectangular Marquee Tool and drag a selection over your entire image. Then, go to Image
and "Crop". To deselect it, press Ctrl or Cmd + D. To fit it back onto your canvas,
press Ctrl or Cmd + 0. Click the Adjustment layer icon and click "Solid Color".
In the hexadecimal field, type in: 428E61. Then click OK or press Enter or Return.
Change the Blend Mode to "Hard Light". To increase its contrast, click back on the Adjustment Layer icon and
click, "Brightness/Contrast".
Slide the Contrast all the way to the right.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!