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I'm going to show you how to quickly create a face made of stars in deep space from a photo.
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Open a photo of a face that you'd like to use for this project.
I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.
The first step is to create a new document.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + N or go to File and New.
Make its With: 1920 pixels, its Height: 1080 pixels and its resolution: 150 pixels per inch.
The background is black.
We'll convert it into a Smart Object, so when we add filters to it,
we'll be able to adjust the filters at any time.
Click the icon at the upper right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Filter".
Go to Filter, Noise and "Add Noise".
Make the amount: 100%, Gaussian and Monochromatic.
Go back to Filter, Blue and Gaussian Blur.
Blur it 0.3 pixels.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click "Levels".
In the Input Shadow field, type in 200 and in the Input Highlight field, type in 243.
Click the layer to make it active and change its Blend Mode to Soft Light.
Let's save space in the Layers panel by collapsing the effects.
We'll temporarily place our subject on top of the Levels layer.
Make the Levels layer active and open your subject.
With your Move Tool active, drag the subject onto the tab of your stars document.
Without releasing your mouse or pen, drag it down and release.
To resize and position it, open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T.
If you're CC 2019, go to a corner and when you see a
diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold Alt or Option + Shift as you drag it in or out.
If you're using C 2019 or later, just press Alt or Option as you drag it.
If you want to reposition it, go inside the bounding box and drag your subject.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Next, we'll separate our subject from the background by making a selection around our subject.
There are many ways to do this, but for this example, I'll use the Quick Selection Tool.
If you're using this tool as well, drag it over the subject to select it.
To remove unwanted areas, press and hold Alt or Option as you drag over those areas.
Once you've made a selection around the subject, click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer
mask of the selection next to your subject.
Convert it to a Smart Object and drag it below the stars.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click, "Black & White".
Make your subject active and go to Filter, Sharpen and Unsharp Mask.
I'll make the amount: 500%, the Radius: 1 pixel and the Threshold: 0 levels.
Since every photo is different, you may want to adjust these amounts for YOUR image.
Remember, you can always come back to it later.
Double-click an empty area of the subject's layer to open its Layer Style window.
Click "Outer Glow".
The Blend Mode is Normal, the Opacity is 70%, the Noise is 100% and the color is white.
The Technique is Softer, the Spread is 0 and the Size is 20 pixels.
The Contour is linear and the Range is 50%.
Change the Blend Mode to "Dissolve" and reduce its opacity to 25%.
Make the Levels layer active and click the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
In this empty layer, we'll make a composite snapshot of our visible image.
Press Alt + Ctrl + Shift + E on Windows or Option + Cmd + Shift + E on a Mac.
Open your Channels panel.
If you don't see it, go to Window and Channels.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the RGB channel to make a selection of the stars.
Now that we have a selection of the stars, open back your Layers panel and drag the composite
snapshot to the trash, since we don't need it anymore.
Click the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
We'll fill the selection with white, but before we do, check your foreground and background colors.
If they aren't black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard.
Since white is our background color, press Ctrl or Cmd + Delete.
This layer is now filled with stars.
You can’t see it now because they’re too small to see.
Deselect it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D. Double-click an empty area of the layer to open its Layer Style window.
Click "Outer Glow".
The Blend Mode is Normal, the Opacity is 30% and the Noise is 100%.
The Spread is 0 and the Size is 30 pixels.
The Range is 50%.
Lastly, we'll brighten our overall image by clicking the Adjustment Layer icon and clicking "Levels" again.
Type into the Input Highlights field, 150.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
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