Friday, February 26, 2010

How to fake an HDR effect in photoshop

clipped from www.flickr.com
[ 1 ] We'll call the original layer "LAYER1", now duplicate LAYER1 and place it above that layer. (We'll call this "LAYER2")



[ 2 ] Change the Blending option of LAYER2 to "Overlay"



[ 3 ] Go to Image > Adjustements > Desaturate (SHIFT + CTRL + U)



[ 4 ] Now invert LAYER2: Image > Adjustements > Invert (CTRL + I)



[ 5 ] And add a gaussian Blur to it (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) around 40 pixels



[ 6 ] Now duplicate LAYER1 and place it above LAYER2, name this layer "LAYER3"



[ 7 ] Change the blending type of LAYER3 to "Linear Light"



[ 8 ] Give LAYER3 an opacity around 62%. And you're done (For better results, tweak this percentage)
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