This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create the cinematic look from the ground-breaking movie, Sin City.
This tutorial is for versions CC and later.
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If you'd like to use the photo I'm using for this project, its link in my video's description or project files.
Feel free to use another photo if you like.
Just make sure it has plenty of high contrast shadows and highlights and make sure most
of the background is very dark.
The size of this photo is 2000 pixels in width by 1125 pixels in Height.
Its resolution is 150 pixels per inch.
As always, make sure the Image Mode is RGB color and 8 bits per channel.
If it's not RGB and 8 bits, many of the Photoshop's filters will be grayed out.
The first step is to make our photo into a Smart Object, so we can modify it non-destructively.
To do this, click the icon at the upper, right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Go to Filter and Camera Raw Filter.
In the recent versions of CC, the Camera Raw Filter window will look like this.
In earlier versions, it'll look like this.
Open Color Mixer.
Adjust the HSL, which is an acronym for Hue, Saturation and Luminance.
Under "Saturation", make the reds: plus 100 and all the rest: minus 100.
On earlier versions of CC, the Color Mixer icon is here.
Notice the only color showing is red and some peripheral pinks.
Next, we'll increase its contrast.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click "Levels".
Before we make adjustments to it, keep in mind, since every photo has its own characteristics
of brightness and contrast, you may want to use different amounts for your photo.
For this image, I'll make the Shadow input level: 30 and the Highlight Input level: 180.
Next, we'll add rain.
We want to create a new layer below the Levels adjustment layer, so Ctrl-click or Cmd-click
the New Layer icon.
We'll fill the empty layer with black, but before we do, check your foreground and background colors.
If they aren't black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard.
Since black is our foreground color, press Alt or Option + Delete.
Convert it into a Smart Object, so if we're free to adjust the filters that we add to it.
Go to Filter, Noise and "Add Noise".
Make the Amount 150%, Gaussian and Monochromatic.
Go back to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
Make the Radius: 0.3 pixels.
Go back to Filter and Blur once more and this time, click, "Motion Blur".
Make the Angle: 60 degrees and the Distance: 60 pixels.
Open Levels by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + L. Make the Shadow Input: 100 and the Highlight Input: 130.
To remove the white areas along the top and bottom, we'll enlarge our image by pressing
Ctrl or Cmd + T to open our Transform Tool.
If you see this message, it's just letting us know that the filters will be temporarily
turned off while we use the Transform Tool.
Just click OK.
At the top, make sure the chain-link icon is active, so that the Transform's width and height are linked.
Type into either field, 110%.
Then, press Enter or Return twice.
Change the Blend Mode to Lighten and reduce its opacity to 30%.
Make a copy of the layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J. Open your Transform Tool and click OK.
Type into either the width or the height: 200%.
Then, press Enter or Return twice.
Double-click "Motion Blur" and click OK.
Make the Distance: 150 pixels.
Double-click "Levels".
In the Shadows Input, type in 108 and in the Highlight Input, type in 110.
Make the Blend Mode: Normal and the Opacity: 100%.
Convert it into a Smart Object and go to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
Make the Radius: 2 pixels.
Change the Blend Mode back to Lighten and make its opacity: 60%.
Lastly, let's sharpen our image under the rain.
Scroll down and make our subject active.
Go to Filter, Sharpen and "Unsharp Mask".
Basically, the Unsharp Mask filter sharpens an image by increasing contrast along its edges.
For this image, I'll make the Amount: 50%, the Radius: 4 pixels and the Threshold: 0 levels.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!