Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create a powerful, enigmatic double-exposure of hands over a face.
Before we begin,
take two close-up photographs of someone - one with the hands over the face and the other with no hands.
It's best to use a tripod to ensure that the camera doesn't move and make sure your subject
stays exactly in position.
Once you upload the photos into Photoshop, adjust their overall brightness and contrast
automatically by invoking Auto-Tone.
To do this, press Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + L for each photo.
Open the photo without hands and press Ctrl or Cmd + A to select it and Ctrl or Cmd + C to copy it.
Open the other photo and press Ctrl or Cmd + V to paste it on top.
Change its Blend Mode to "Linear Burn".
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click, "Exposure".
For "Exposure", type in point 58 and for "Gamma Correction", type in 1.4.
Feel free to adjust these amounts after the next step.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon again and click "Black White".
If you want to adjust its brightness or contrast, double-click "Exposure" to open that panel
and adjust the "Exposure" and/or "Gamma Correction".
Next, I'll show you how to make the hands more visible in some areas of your portrait.
First, make a composite snapshot of your image by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E on Windows
or Cmd + Shift + Option + E on a Mac.
Temporarily, hide the composite snapshot and hide the face layer.
Make the hands layer active and make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J.
Change its Blend Mode to "Linear Burn".
Make the "Black & White" adjustment layer active and make a composite snapshot of your image.
Drag it to the top.
Make our double-exposure portrait visible.
With the hands layer still active, Alt-click or Option-click the Layer Mask icon to make
an inverted layer mask next to it.
We'll reveal the hands onto our double-exposure portrait through the inverted layer mask.
Open your Brush Tool and Brush Picker.
We'll take care of the size in a moment.
Make sure the Hardness is 0% and the Opacity & Flow are both 100%.
Then, press Enter or Return.
To adjust the size of your brush, first, make sure your CapsLock key is off and press the
right or left bracket key on your keyboard.
I'll brush over areas of the hands that I want to reveal through the layer mask.
If you want to reduce the brush's opacity, just slide it to the left.
Next, we'll add a soft, black vignette that surrounds our subject.
Click the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
We want black to be our foreground color, so invert the colors by pressing "x" on your keyboard.
Open your "Elliptical Marquee Tool" and go to a corner.
Drag it to the opposite corner.
Go to Select and "Transform Selection".
Go to a corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold Alt or Option
+ Shift as you drag it in approximately this much.
Go to the top, middle anchor point and when you see a vertical, double-arrow, drag it
up approximately this much.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Go to Select, Modify and Feather.
I'll feather it 100 pixels, but you may want to adjust this amount depending on the size
and resolution of your image.
Invert the selection by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + I.
Fill it black by pressing Alt or Option + Delete.
Then, deselect it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D.
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