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    TRENDY DOUBLE EXPOSURE EFFECT

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    Make A Trendy Double Exposure Effect!

    Step 1.
    Find two photos. The first of a person with a simple and plain
    background. The second photo can be a landscape or even a flower.
    Be patient, experiment, try variations.

    Step 2.
    Crop the photo of the person a little if needed. Next, we need to make it
    much brighter and add contrast. Go to Image > Adjustments >
    Levels or press Control-L to call the pop-up Levels menu. Move the
    lightest slider to the left, making our photo brighter, and add contrast by
    moving the left black slider to the right. Fix blemishes or spots with the
    spot healing brush.

    Step 3
    Now we need to get rid of the background. This is a piece of cake, as
    we’re using a photo with a clean background. Take the Magic Wand
    Tool (W) and click anywhere on the background to select it. Then go to
    Select > Inverse in order to make the person selected.

    Click on Background
    Step 4
    While you are still armed with the Magic Wand Tool (W), find
    the “SELECT AND MASK” button in the control bar above the image
    area to reveal the Refine Edge options window. Slightly increase
    the Radius value in the Edge Detection, setting it to 1.5- 2, making the
    edges less rigid and thus revealing minor details, such as separate hairs.
    Scroll down below, and set the Output To in the Output section of the
    options window to New Layer with Layer Mask. This will create a copy
    of your initial image with the background hidden by the Clipping Mask.
    Click OK.

    Step 4 Step 5

    Step 5
    Click on the bottom layer to highlight it. Create a New Layer by clicking
    the little button next to the trashcan. Fill in this layer with grey color by
    using the paint bucket.

    Step 6
    Select the second photo for the double exposure effect we will create.
    Copy and paste it into the portrait, making sure the image is at the top
    layer. Keeping the forest layer selected, press the Command key and
    click on the Layer Clipping Mask of the layer below (the one with the
    portrait). You will see the marching ants selection of the man’s
    silhouette on the forest layer. See next page……
    • Top Layer is selected
    • Hold down the command key and click on the Layer Clipping Mask
    (looks like an empty head shape)

    Step 7
    With the top layer still selected, click the “add layer mask” button at the
    bottom of the layers palette to hide the forest outside the head shape.
    Click on the little thumbnail picture of the landscape. Then click the
    chain icon between the image thumbnail and the mask thumbnail in
    the Layers panel, this will unlink the layer and its mask, so that you can
    move and rotate the landscape image inside the mask (head) without
    moving the whole layer. Experiment with placement of the landscape.
    Step 8
    A. Select the layer with the portrait and the empty portrait mask and
    drag this to the top to be the top layer. The face should now be visible.
    B. Keeping the portrait layer selected, move to Image > Adjustments >
    Desaturate, converting our image to grayscale.

    A. B.

    Step 9
    Open the Levels (Control-L) options window and make the image
    much darker by moving the black slider to the right side or manually
    setting its value to 117.

    Apply the colorize effect by going to Image > Adjustments >


    Hue/Saturation. Tick theColorize checkbox in the bottom right corner
    of the options window to change the whole range of colors of our image.
    Set the Hue value to 212, moving the slider to the right, thus adding
    tints of blue. Set the Saturation level to 10, decreasing the vividness of
    the photo, and click OK to apply the created effect.
    Step 10
    Right-click on the portrait layer mask (the empty head) on the top layer
    and we can Apply Layer Mask in the dropdown menu. Change
    the Blending Mode of the portrait layer to Screen (instead of
    “normal”) in the Layers panel. We can already see that the desired
    double exposure effect appears!

    Step 11
    Let’s make the image more surrealistic by editing the head of the
    portrait. Take the Brush Tool (B) and select a Soft Round “fuzzy
    edge” brush from the brushes toolbox.

    Select the Layer Mask of the forest layer (the empty head of the second
    layer), set the Fill color to black and paint softly over the upper part of
    the head area (marked with red in the screenshot), thus erasing the top
    parts of the head and adding some air in the top part of the image. This
    makes the image look as if the trees are growing directly from the man’s
    head. We can touch up some other areas by erasing on the top layer as
    well.
    Step 12
    Some parts of the image look too busy at this step—for example, the
    eyes area, where the trees from the forest image may create a
    distracting effect. Let’s get rid of this and make these parts more clear
    and contrast.

    Create a New Layer beneath the desaturated top portrait layer, take
    the Brush Tool (B) again and switch the Fill color to dark grey-blue
    ( #2f2c35 ), which you can pick directly from the hair part of the
    portrait with the Eyedropper Tool (I).

    Start painting over the eyes area, making it more distinct. If you like the
    effect, keep it.

    Step 13
    Let’s add a finishing touch to our image. This is EXPERIMENTAL.
    Select the desaturated TOP portrait layer and Add Layer Mask by
    clicking the mask icon in the bottom part of the Layers panel. Take
    the Brush Tool (B) and switch the Fill color to black. Since our Layer
    mask is white by default, the black color will help us to erase the
    unwanted parts of the image. Paint over the neck area of the man,
    creating an illusion of his face popping out from the trees. You can also
    experiment by switching to white. The effect here depends a lot on
    where your landscape image is located within the head from the layer
    below. So….experiment and play.

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