Hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV
i'm going to show you how to create an awesome double exposure portrait effect
I provided this image of trees that you can download for this project, but feel free to use
another photo if you like. I also provided this high contrast black and white image of clouds that
will apply later before we begin, if you're not already a subscriber to Blue Lightning TV smash
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one every week. Open a photo of a face that we'll use to blend in with the other photo. I downloaded
this one from Shutterstock. The first step is to separate our subject from the background.
There are many ways to do this but for this example, let's use the Quick Selection Tool. Drag
the tool over your subject to select it. If you need to remove areas of the selection, press and
hold Alt or Option as you drag over those areas. To refine its edges, go to Select. If you're
using a version earlier than CC 2015.5, click Refine Edge. If you're using a later version,
click Select and Mask. If you prefer to use Refine Edge, Shift-click Select and Mask. I did in-depth
tutorials on both filters, so if you'd like to watch them, I provided their links, as well.
Check Smart Radius. This detects smooth and hard edges. Brush over the edge of your subject's hair.
Then, output it to a layer mask. If you're using CC 2018 or later, rather than dragging your tool
over your subject to select it, just click the Select Subject button. This automatically selects
your subject. Click the layer mask icon to make a layer mask of the selection next to your subject.
Open your other photo. If you're using a version earlier than CC
2021, use the Quick Selection Tool to select the foreground. If you're using CC 2021 or later,
go to Edit and Sky Replacement. Drag the Fade Edge slider all the way to the
left to get rid of the fade between the sky and the foreground. Then, click OK.
Make the sky active and click the foreground color. Pick a solid color to replace the sky.
Since I already know the color I want, I'll type it into the hexadecimal field. After you pick your
color, click OK or press Enter or Return. Notice our foreground color is the color we just picked.
To fill the sky with this color, press Alt or Option +Delete. Double-click the layer mask
next to the solid color to open its Properties. The Contrast is 10% and shift the edge to 20%.
Then, click OK. We'll convert our visible image into a Smart Object, so we can modify
it non-destructively, which will allow us to change the color of the background at any point.
Let's collapse the folder and Shift-click the original photo to make it active, as well.
Click the icon at the upper right and click Convert to Smart Object.
We'll place it onto the face by pressing "v" to open our Move Tool and dragging it onto the
tab of the face document. Without releasing our mouse or pen, drag it down and release.
We'll resize and position it, but first, we'll reduce its opacity so we can see the face
under it. Open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T. To resize it, go to a corner
and drag it in or out. To reposition it, go inside the bounding box and drag it. Then,
press Enter or Return or click the check mark at the top. Increase its opacity back to 100%.
Make a copy of the layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd +J and temporarily hide it.
Make the original layer active and change its Blend Mode to Darken.
We'll copy the layer mask onto the active layer by pressing and holding Alt or Option
as we drag the copy of the layer mask next to the active layer. Make the subject active.
We'll make a new layer below it by Ctrl or Cmd- clicking the new layer icon.
We'll fill the empty layer with the foreground color by pressing Alt or Option + Delete.
Next, we'll fade in the eyes, nose, and mouth of the original face.
Make the layer mask active next to your scenery photo and open your brush tool. Open your brush
picker and pick a soft, round brush. We'll adjust the size in a moment. The Hardness is 0%,
the opacity is approximately 35%, and the Flow is 100%. To adjust the size of your brush,
make sure your Caps Lock key is off and press the left or right bracket key on your keyboard.
Brush over the eyes, nose, and mouth. The reason it's revealing the original face
is because we're actually brushing black over the layer mask. The black areas in the layer mask are
hiding or concealing those areas of the scenery layer next to it, which is revealing the face
under it. Make the head active and click the adjustment layer icon. Click black and white.
We want the black and white adjustment layer to affect just the head, however, since adjustment
layers affect all the layers under them in the layers panel, we'll need to clip the adjustment
layer to the head. To do this, click the clipping mask icon or go to layer and Create Clipping Mask.
Next, we'll deepen the contrast of the face by opening the black and white preset list
and clicking Maximum Black. Make the top layer visible and active. We'll make an inverted layer
mask next to it by Alt or Option- clicking the layer mask icon. This hides the top layer. We'll
reveal back areas of it by brushing white over the layer mask. Invert the foreground
and background colors by pressing "x" on your keyboard, so white is your foreground color.
Increase the opacity to 100% and brush over the top of the head to reveal the scenery photo.
To feather it out, reduce your brush's opacity and continue to brush over your subject. If you
want to retain hard edges along the head, Ctrl or Cmd-click the layer mask next to the head
to select it. Brush over the areas of the scenery. The areas of the scenery
that will be revealed will be restricted to the inside of the head. Then, deselect it.
Open the clouds file I provided. Open your Move Tool and drag the clouds onto the tab of the
double exposure image. Without releasing your mouse or pen, drag it down and release. Change
its Blend Mode to Screen and open your Transform Tool. At the top, make sure the chain link icon is
active between the Transform's width and height. This will retain its aspect ratio
as we drag the scrubby slider in either field to the left to reduce the cloud size. Reposition it
and press Enter or Return. Make an inverted layer mask to hide the clouds
and open back your Brush Tool. Reduce the brush's opacity
and brush in the clouds. Feel free to readjust its opacity
and invert the colors to hide areas of the clouds. Reposition it if you like.
Lastly, we'll brighten our entire image
by clicking the Adjustment Layer icon and clicking Levels.
Drag the input highlights level to the left.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!