Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Wallpaper continues....

So here's more of what I did for my wallpaper...

I place another picture into the wallpaper, and this time I use the Quick Mask Mode(Q) to crop out the image I want. You can find the Quick Mask Mode(Q) below of the tool bar with a shape of a rectangle with a circle in it.

Place a Christmas tree picture

After pressing the Quick Mask button, I use the Brush Tool(B) to highlight only the picture I wanted. I also adjusted the brush size to a proper size and the opacity to 100%.

Highlight the picture I wanted with the Brush Tool

After that, I click the Quick Mask Mode button again. This step will automatically delete the parts which you didn't highlight before. Then, I click Deselect to remove the highlighted line around the tree and also use the Eraser Tool to touch up some of the few pieces that still surround the tree.

Eraser Tool to erase any unwanted piece left

Then I adjusted the brightness and contrast of the tree.

Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast

After that, I also added texture to my tree.

Filter> Artistic> Smudge Stick

Next, I also added a bit of effects to it.

Blending Options> Drop Shadow + Bevel & Emboss

After that, I use the Blur Tool to blur everything so it wouldn't look so edited.
Here's the final outcome of it...


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