Photoshop Effects - Fringe
Going from this to this:
In Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Contains: Color Burn, Hue/Saturation Adjustments, Gausian Blur.
1. First we want to brighten up those eyes. Click the "Quick Mask" button. Paint over the eyes as shown here, then revert back to "Standard Mode"
2. Once you have that done, go to "Select > Inverse". Then, copy the eyes to a new layer. In the new layer, go to "Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation". Turn up the Saturation to make the eyes brighter. Set this layer to "Color Dodge"
3. Duplicate your Base image and place the newly duplicated base image over the brightened eyes. On the newly copied base layer, go to "Image > Adjustments > Desaturate".
4. On the Copied layer, erase the eyes, so that the colored eyes will show through.
5. With the magic wand tool, capture the person's face. (You can, of course, use a different way of copying the face, however I used the Magic Wand tool.) Copy this into a new layer. In this new layer, go to, "Filter > Blur > Gausian Blur". Depending on the size of the image, you may need to decrease or increase the number so the entire face isn't blurred out. (bigger image = bigger number). We're doing this to smooth out the skin. Depending on your image, you may need to lighten up this layer. (as I did with another image, see below)
6. Now, create a new layer. We're going to add the coloring effects now. Set this new layer to "Color Burn."
7. Use a brush with feathering on the ends of it. Set the Opacity of this brush to around 20%, increase or decrease the opacity if necessary.
8. Begin to color in the face. For the Face on this image, I used the color #9c8378 and variations of it (slightly darker for lips, slightly lighter for other areas). You may need to use the brush several times so that you can get a better shading.
Notice I didn't color in the eyes as much as I did the rest of the face, this is because on this image, when applying color to that area it would create a very heavy fake makeup effect, something I really didn't want.
To see it without the Color burn, click here
9. Move on to coloring in the hair. For Miss Olivia Dunham, I used #edd7a9 for her hair, and sometimes other shades of like colors (such as #a8936a and #d1b47a).
Here is the hair without the color burn. Please notice I colored in the eye area with a very light shade of #edd7a9.
11. Finish coloring it all in, and you're done!
Optional steps:
12. If your image comes out looking a bit sickly or pale and you do not like it (I however do for this image!), you can add a layer full of #8ae0e5, set the layer at 10% Opacity, and then set the layer to Saturation. Depending on the ethnicity of the person and quality the original photo, you may need to adjust the opacity or the color. Here is the solution
Other images with the same effect:
For this image, I kept the background colored. The face was very dark, so I needed to set the blurred image copy of the face to "Overlay".
However for the hands, this did now work. I selected the hands, went into "Image > Adjustments > Desaturate" , and lightened up the hands.
I hope you enjoyed and found this useful! I'd love any responses, and I'd love to see if you use this tutorial, what you make!
In Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Contains: Color Burn, Hue/Saturation Adjustments, Gausian Blur.
1. First we want to brighten up those eyes. Click the "Quick Mask" button. Paint over the eyes as shown here, then revert back to "Standard Mode"
2. Once you have that done, go to "Select > Inverse". Then, copy the eyes to a new layer. In the new layer, go to "Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation". Turn up the Saturation to make the eyes brighter. Set this layer to "Color Dodge"
3. Duplicate your Base image and place the newly duplicated base image over the brightened eyes. On the newly copied base layer, go to "Image > Adjustments > Desaturate".
4. On the Copied layer, erase the eyes, so that the colored eyes will show through.
5. With the magic wand tool, capture the person's face. (You can, of course, use a different way of copying the face, however I used the Magic Wand tool.) Copy this into a new layer. In this new layer, go to, "Filter > Blur > Gausian Blur". Depending on the size of the image, you may need to decrease or increase the number so the entire face isn't blurred out. (bigger image = bigger number). We're doing this to smooth out the skin. Depending on your image, you may need to lighten up this layer. (as I did with another image, see below)
6. Now, create a new layer. We're going to add the coloring effects now. Set this new layer to "Color Burn."
7. Use a brush with feathering on the ends of it. Set the Opacity of this brush to around 20%, increase or decrease the opacity if necessary.
8. Begin to color in the face. For the Face on this image, I used the color #9c8378 and variations of it (slightly darker for lips, slightly lighter for other areas). You may need to use the brush several times so that you can get a better shading.
Notice I didn't color in the eyes as much as I did the rest of the face, this is because on this image, when applying color to that area it would create a very heavy fake makeup effect, something I really didn't want.
To see it without the Color burn, click here
9. Move on to coloring in the hair. For Miss Olivia Dunham, I used #edd7a9 for her hair, and sometimes other shades of like colors (such as #a8936a and #d1b47a).
Here is the hair without the color burn. Please notice I colored in the eye area with a very light shade of #edd7a9.
11. Finish coloring it all in, and you're done!
Optional steps:
12. If your image comes out looking a bit sickly or pale and you do not like it (I however do for this image!), you can add a layer full of #8ae0e5, set the layer at 10% Opacity, and then set the layer to Saturation. Depending on the ethnicity of the person and quality the original photo, you may need to adjust the opacity or the color. Here is the solution
Other images with the same effect:
For this image, I kept the background colored. The face was very dark, so I needed to set the blurred image copy of the face to "Overlay".
However for the hands, this did now work. I selected the hands, went into "Image > Adjustments > Desaturate" , and lightened up the hands.
I hope you enjoyed and found this useful! I'd love any responses, and I'd love to see if you use this tutorial, what you make!