Easy Dreamy effect on photos

 

 

 

- T U T O R I A L -

 

 

 

Skill: Very easy

 

Useful for: Beginning photo manipulaters

 

Time: 10 Minutes

 

Program: Photoshop 7-CS8- (not sure if it works on ps7)

 

Requirements: Star brushes, can be downloaded at http://www.deviantart.com.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a very easy tutorial on how to make your photos ''Dreamy'', there are countless of this kind of tuts, but ill explain it in an easy way.

 

 

 

[step 1: Open it up]

 

Open up the image you want to manipulate. I use this image below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[step 2: Sizes]

 

Cut out the image into the size you want. I use a size of 350ÃÆââ¬â150.

 

(click Rectangular Marquee tool, From ''none'' to ''Fixed Size'' and type the size you want. then click the image, and you see the sizes you want. Just a small note.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[step 3: Lets begin!]

 

Click on the image you pasted, and click

 

 

 

''Right Mouse button> Duplicate Layer> Ok''

 

 

 

Now you have 2 layers.

 

 

 

[step 4: Change Motion]

 

Click ''Filter> Blur > Motion Blur'', and choose these settings:

 

 

 

 

Click Ok,

 

 

 

And set the Layer Mode to ''Lighten''

 

 

 

Duplicate the original layer, and drag all above all other layers.

 

 

 

Now do the same step (Filter>Blur>Motion Blur) but this time, dont use

 

''Angle 45'' but ''Angle -45''

 

 

 

Click ok, and set the Layer Mode to ''Lighten'' again.

 

 

 

Now we have this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[step 4: Stars]

 

 

 

Make a new Layer (again drag it above all)

 

Now grab your brushes, and put stars on your image. (as I said before, that can be downloaded at http://www.devaintart.com )

 

 

 

Now I have this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now is the tricky part, add a layer mask to it;

 

 

 

 

 

 

[step 6: Gradient tool]

 

 

 

Then Right click your paint bucket tool at the left, and select the ''Gradient Tool''. Drag from the right to the left, and you will see the most right stars disappearing. do this a couple of times, maybe even in other directions, and stop when you think its done.

 

 

 

Step 7: Finish it

 

 

 

Now ur done, you can add borders, blending modes etc. Thats something I wont explain, so you go discover things yourself :mrgreen:

 

 

 

My finished works:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more detailed tutorials about ''the dreamy effect'', visit http://www.pixel2life.com .

 

 

 

PS: I have made this tutorial, it has only been posted at Tip.it and at GU . If you want to copy it, ask me first by sending a pm.

 

This tut is for the beginners, so it might lack alot, that you mightve done better. If so, make a tutorial made by you. You may critisize, but constructive.

 

 

 

Have fun creating and discovering the secrets of Photoshop.

 

Post your endings here! :

 

 

 

~Woopidoo2, a.k.a Jelly.

Pretty good tutorial

 

 

 

Nice outcome

Nice Tutorial!

 

 

 

EDIT:

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the tutorial i like my end product :) .

 

Should maybey sicky this?

Nice Tut.

 

Noob Question Though.

 

How do you set the layer mode? :oops:

 

 

 

ahh #-o .

 

 

 

k, well a new thing for future referance.

Should maybey sicky this?

 

 

 

what do you meen?

 

 

 

(lol i wanna keep this one bumped)

he meant ad it to the tut sticky

is he the one that can sticky posts?

 

 

 

Ok, if you want to :P

:D What a great tutorial! I use all kinds of strange tricks to get effects..I sure could have used this EASY to understand tutorial when I was figuring things out...Some of the ones I struggled through were mind boggling... Good job! =D>

:D What a great tutorial! I use all kinds of strange tricks to get effects..I sure could have used this EASY to understand tutorial when I was figuring things out...Some of the ones I struggled through were mind boggling... Good job! =D>

 

 

 

Thanks man :wink:

Unbelievable... 10 posts and 100 views...

 

 

 

Show yourself, anonimous viewers! :)

Great Tut.

 

 

 

Then again its the only tut ive ever read. Maybe there is something to these "directions"

Great Tut.

 

 

 

Then again its the only tut ive ever read. Maybe there is something to these "directions"

 

 

 

ye you should visit ''FAQ and Resources'', plenty of tuts there (including 2 of me, + this one)