Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I’m going to show you a quick and easy technique
to create stunning, black and white, double-exposure portraits.
This is an update of tutorials I’ve done on earlier versions of Photoshop.
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Open a color or black and white photo of someone in which one half of the face is in shadow.
It can be a profile or face-forward.
I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.
If it’s a black and white image, go to Image, Mode and click “RGB color” and 8 bits per Channel.
Open your Crop Tool and your list of crop presets.
Click Width, Height and Resolution and clear the width and height.
I’ll make its resolution: 150 pixels per inch.
Go to each side of the bounding box and drag them in until your image is sized and positioned
to accommodate the second photo that you’ll be using for the double-exposure.
Then, press Enter or Return, or click the check-mark at the top.
To fit it back onto your canvas, press Ctrl or Cmd + 0 or press Ctrl or Cmd and the plus
sign to zoom it in incrementally.
Next, we'll brush in black outside the area of your subject that's in shadow.
Click the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
Open your Brush Tool and make sure your foreground and background colors are black and white
respectively . If they're not, press "D" on your keyboard.
Open your Brush Picker and pick a soft, round brush.
We'll adjust its size in a moment.
Make its Hardness: 0% and the Opacity and Flow: 100%.
To make your brush bigger or smaller, make sure your CapsLock key is off and press the
right or left bracket key on your keyboard.
Then, brush outside the area of your subject that's in shadow.
Next, we'll make a selection that delineates your subject from its background.
First, make your subject active.
If the background is a solid color as in this example, you can use the Magic Wand Tool,
however, if the background on your image is not a solid color, the Quick Selection Tool
is generally a good choice.
If you're using the Magic Wand tool, make sure "Contiguous" is checked to ensure that
the inside of your subject won't be selected, as well.
Click anywhere on the background to make a selection of it.
Open another photo that you'd like to use for your double-exposure.
I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.
To place it onto our subject, press "v" to open your Move Tool and drag it onto the tab
of your subject.
Without releasing your mouse or pen, drag it down and release.
We'll adjust its size and position in a minute.
Click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer of the selection next to the other photo.
Since we want to size and position the photo, but not the Layer Mask, click off the chain-link
icon to unlink the layer and the layer mask.
Doing this allows us to resize and position either of them independently of the other.
Click the photo to make it active and change its Blend Mode to "Hard Light".
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click "Black & White".
Make the photo active and open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T. Go to a
corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold Alt or Option + Shift as you
drag it out or in.
If you're using version CC 2019 or later, just press Alt or Option as you drag it.
To reposition it, go inside the Transform's bounding box and drag it.
When the photo is sized and positioned to your liking inside your subject, press Enter or Return.
To bring out the detail in the darkest areas, invert your foreground and background colors
by pressing "x" on your keyboard or by clicking this icon.
Open your Dodge Tool.
Open the "Range" list and click, "Midtones".
Make the Exposure 100.
I'll make its size 500 pixels and its Hardness 0%, but feel free to make it any size you like.
Brush over the darkest areas to bring out their detail.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!