Step 17On the new layer, fill with blue tail’s area and set layer blending mode to Soft Light. And paint again. ![]() ![]() Your composition should look like below. ![]()
Step 18
Open Flowers.jpg. ![]() ![]() Place the flowers in our painting. ![]() Create a new layer under a layer of flowers, set layer blending mode to Multiply. Using a hard brush with 20% opacity draw shadows. ![]() Paint flowers with purple as shown below and set layer blending mode to Soft Light. ![]() Give some emphasis to the petals, white to the light areas and dark purple to the shadows. ![]() Duplicate the “Flowers” folder and put the copy behind Girls head, delete shadow layer. ![]() Paint some shadows. ![]()
Step 19
Open Feather1.jpg. ![]() Place the feather as shown below. ![]() Press Cmd/Ctrl + T, then right-click and choose Warp from drop-down menu. Transform the feather as shown below. ![]() Add Levels adjustment layer. ![]() Double click the layer to open Layer Style window. Choose Color Overlay. ![]() Then apply Filter > Gaussian Blur with 1px radius. ![]()
Step 20Bring the second feather (Feather2.jpg) in the same way we did the first one. Warp it and apply the same effects: select the "Feather1" layer, right-click and choose Copy Layer Style, then select the "Feater2" layer, right-click and choose Paste Layer Style. Now Select the Levels adjustment layer above "Feather1", hold Alt and drug it above "Feather2", you will see black and white arrows cursor, which means you duplicate the layer. ![]() Select the "Feather2" layer with Levels layers and convert them to Smart Objects. Then duplicate it, scale and place as shown below. Apply Filter > Gaussian Blur with 2.5px radius and set layer opacity to 80%. ![]()
Step 21Open Feather3.jpg. We want to cut the smaller feather, it’s very fluffy, so we will use the channels to separate it from the background. ![]() Open channels panel, choose and duplicate the Blue channel. Press Cmd/Ctrl + L to open Levels window and set values as shown below. ![]() Hold Cmd/Ctrl and click on “Blue copy” cannel layer. Press Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + I to inverse your selection. (editor:photoshop1) |





















