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Enhancement Tutorial on working with layers:
Drop shadows are easy to create using layers in Photoshop 4.0. In this example, the framed picture is on its own layer (picture frame). The area around the frame is transparent, allowing the background to show through.
1. Make a copy of the first layer (picture photo retouching frame) by dragging the layer name to the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. This copy (picture frame copy) is placed on top of the original layer.
Layers palette The active layer is highlighted and has a paintbrush icon next to it. The eye icons let you turn layers visibility on and off.
2. Select the original “picture frame” layer in the palette, and then use the move tool to offset the layer (which is underneath the copy). Release the mouse button when the layer is slightly offset. This will become the drop shadow. At this stage, the original and the copy are the same color(s). Finetuning The arrow keys on the keyboard allow you to move the layer in onepixel increments.
3. For a more realistic shadow, select a foreground color other than black. In this example, we used the eyedropper tool to select a dark brown from the image.
4. Choose Edit > Fill. Select Preserve Transparency, and fill using the foreground color.
Preserve Transparency There are typically a thousand ways to do everything in Adobe Photoshop, but selecting Preserve Transparency is the trick that makes this technique the fastest way to photo enhancement create a drop shadow.
5. Use the Gaussian Blur filter (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) to soften the shadow. Here we used a radius of 7.0 for a 72-ppi image. For higher resolution images, you’ll need to use a greater radius value. 6. Combine the drop shadow with the background using the Multiply mode in the Layers palette. 4 Layer masks You can create layer masks two ways. Choose Add Layer Mask from the Layers menu. Or you can create a selection and choose Select > Save Selection. Instead of creating a new channel, choose the mask option from the Channel pop-up menu.
BLENDING FROM ONE IMAGE TO ANOTHER other digital photo manipulation
Blending one image gradually into another is easy to do using layers in Photoshop 4.0. In this example, we will blend the red satin fabric from one layer into the floral fabric on another layer by using a layer mask on one of the layers.