Enhanced Effect Tutorial

June 29, 2008 · Print This Article

This Enhanced Effect Tutorial will explain how to alter your images and add more interest to it.

This effect creates a very extreme, dramatic effect to any image - which can be useful when you need something dramatic. This effect works on all sorts of images and this tutorial will help to improve your knowledge of Photoshop

Once you know how to do this you’ll end up tweaking it to suit your image, and discover new things in Photoshop.

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Enhanced Effect Tutorial - The Steps

Firstly, duplicate your first layer twice. The easiest thing to do is use the shortcut: CTRL/Command + J - set the first duplicated layer to Screen and change the opacity to 20% - to do that, go to your layers pallet.

Go to the second duplicated layer and set it to Overlay and the opacity to 50%

Now download this file and save it somewhere easy to find.

Now go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layers -> Curves -> Load - search for the file you just downloaded, select it and press OK.

Now go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layers -> Color Balance - change your settings so that they match my own.

And now go -> Layers -> New Adjustment Layers -> Selective Color - change your settings so they match mine: click, click & click. Once that’s all done, click OK.

Aaannddd you’re done! I hope this tutorial was helpful, but if you have any questions regarding this Enhanced Effect Tutorial then please do leave a comment below.