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Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create the look of night vision optics from normal images.
This is an update of a tutorial I did many years ago on an earlier version of Photoshop.
This update is more streamlined, gives you much more control and allows you to replace
images without having to redo the effects.
Open an evening or night image that you'd like to use for this project.
I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.
The first step is to adjust its size and resolution, so your results will look similar to mine.
To do this, go to Image and Image Size.
Make its Resolution: 150 pixels per inch and its Height: 1000 pixels.
Its Width can be any amount.
Then, click OK.
To see it bigger on your canvas, press Ctrl or Cmd and the plus key on your keyboard a couple of times.
Next, we'll convert it into a Smart Object, so we can modify it non-destructively, as
well as, allow us to replace it with another image without having to re-do the effects.
To do this, click the icon at the upper right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Your results will look best if the Midtones on your overall image aren't too bright.
In this particular case, it's not necessary to adjust the midtones, since they're already relatively dark.
If the midtones in your image are too bright, open your Levels window by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + L
and drag the input midtones to the right.
Click the Adjustment layer icon and click "Black White" to remove all the color.
Click back on the Adjustment layer icon and this time, click, "Channel Mixer".
For the Output Channel, click, "Green".
Increase the Green to 127%.
Click the Adjustment layer icon once again and click, "Color Balance".
Click, "Midtones".
In the Magenta / Green field, type in 100
and in the Blue / Yellow field, type in minus 40.
Make your photo active and go to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
Blur it 1 pixel and click OK.
Go to Filter and Filter Gallery.
Open the "Texture" folder and click "Grain".
The Grain Type is "Clumped", the Intensity is 30 and the Contrast is 50.
Go back to Filter and Filter Gallery.
Close the "Texture" folder and open the "Distort" folder.
Click "Diffuse Glow".
Make the Graininess: 0, the "Glow Amount": 8 and the "Clear Amount": 10.
Your image now has all the characteristics of night vision optics - a slightly blurred,heavy
grain in the shadows and midtones, blown out brightness in the highlights and, of course,
the unique acid green color.
If you want to replace the photo with another, double-click the thumbnail of the Smart Object
to open the original photo.
Go to File and Open.
Find and click the replacement photo and click "Open".
Go to Image and Image Size.
As before, make its Resolution 150 pixels per inch and its Height: 1000 pixels.
We want to place it into the Smart Object's source photo.
To do this, press Ctrl or Cmd + A to select it and Ctrl or Cmd + C to copy it.
Open the Smart Object's source photo and press Ctrl or Cmd + V to paste the new photo onto the document.
Close the tab of the Smart Object and when you see this message, click "Yes" to save the changes.
Open back your Night Vision document, which now shows your new photo with the night vision
effects applied to it.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!