Cloud Tutorial

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How to go from this
to this

Program: Photoshop CS5
Difficulty: Intermediate
Steps: 9

STEP 01


First we want to prepare our base. Duplicate the original image and change the mode to "Screen".

STEP 02


Next we duplicate the base again,b ut this time we set the new layer to "Soft Light." Go to Filters>Blur>Guassian Blur... and set the radius to 4. Click OK and you will find that your image has softened.

STEP 03


Now go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Colour Balance... and click OK without changing any of those settings. Next you need to input these values:

Midtones:
+20
-5
+13
Shadows:
+9
+6
+12
Highlights
-6
-3
-10

STEP 04


Next go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Curves... and click OK without changing those settings. Now, here are the values you want to add to your curves:

RGB:
30, 39
174, 145
225, 199
Red:
58, 59
146, 156
Green:
61, 64
174, 173
Blue:
77, 74
183, 184

STEP 05


Next make a Levels adjustment layer. The values you need are: 11, 0.96, 252 and leave the Output levels alone.

STEP 06


Next make a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer.

Brightness: +2
Contrast: +14

STEP 07


Next make a Vibrance adjustment layer. You want to make the Vibrance +28 and the Saturation +10. Almost there!

STEP 08


Next make a Photo Filter adjustment layer. Change the Opacity to 31%, since for some reason I did that for this icon rather than messing around with the density. Change the Filter to "Cooling Filter (LBB)"

STEP 09


Press ctrl+alt+shift+e to merge everything together on a new layer, then go to Filter>Other>High Pass... and change the radius to 0.5. Once you've changed that layer to a Soft Light layer, you're done!