Creative Photoshop: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques Photoshop Cs4- P10

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Creative Photoshop: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques Photoshop Cs4- P1019Part Four: Illustrative Photography18 Target all of the layers that comprisehis right side: the liquified layer, the paintedlayer, and the adjustment layer. Add them toa new group. Target the new group in theLayers palette. Choose the Pen tool and drawa closed path that will define the area of hisright side. When you’ve closed the path, chooseLayer Vector Mask Current Path from themenu to convert your path to a vector mask thatclips the contents of the group. Hiding vector masks If you wish to edit a vector mask, you can do so at any point by using the Direct Selection tool. However, there will be times when editing a vector mask that it would be beneficial to see what layer content lies hidden outside the boundaries of the mask. To hide the effects of a vector mask, Shift-click on it in the Layers palette or click in the Disable/Enable Mask button at the bottom of the Masks palette. A red “x” will appear over the mask thumbnail and it will be disabled in the image window. To reactivate the mask, Shift- click on it in the Layers palette or click on the Disable/Enable Mask button at the bottom of the Masks palette again. 19 The vector mask does a good job of clipping the contents of the group; however, the area at the left where the right side meets the left side needs something smoother. Click the Create Layer Mask button at the bottom of the Layers palette to add a layer mask to the group in addition to the existing vector mask. Select the Gradient tool. Use a black foreground color, the Radial option, and the Foreground to Transparent preset to create a series of gradients within the new mask. Soften the area where the two sides of his chest overlap.388 19 Chapter 19: Representational Surrealism PART FOUR: Enhancing the central figure20 Target all of the layers that make up his left side and add them to a newgroup as well. This will help to keep things in a logical order within the Layerspalette. Control(PC)/Command(Mac)-click on an adjustment layer mask orvector mask thumbnail attached to any of your middle-figure layers in theLayers palette. This will generate a selection from the contents of the mask.Create a new layer and move it below the left- and right-side groups in theLayers palette. Choose lighten from the list of blending modes in the Layerpalette’s blending mode pop-up menu. Hiding selection borders When painting over dark areas like this, working within a selection border is essential in ensuring that you don’t stray onto the background. However, staring at the marching ants while you work can get distracting. Typing Control(PC)/Command(Mac)-h will hide your selection border. When the selection border is hidden, the same keyboard command will reveal it again. 21 Select the Brush tool. Choose a large, soft, round Brush Tip preset. Disable any dynamic functions but be certain to leave the Smoothness option enabled. Set the opacity very low to around 15–20%. With the new layer targeted, sample a light color from the middle figure’s skin by holding down the Alt(PC)/Option(Mac) key to temporarily access the Eyedropper, and then clicking. Let go of the key and begin to paint over a darker area within the selection. Use this method to sample a variety of light colors and paint over dark regions, primarily the head and right arm, within the selection. Vary brush size and opacity as needed. 38919Part Four: Illustrative Photography22 Create a new layer and select the Blur tool. Ensure that the newlayer is targeted and set the strength of the Blur tool to 100%. Inthe Tool Options bar, enable the Sample All Layers option. Use a soft,round Brush Tip preset and paint over areas within the currentlyactive selection on the new layer that, although already smoothedsomewhat by paint on the underlying layer, still shows s ...