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We have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your 3D renders into Photoshop, and learn to add lighting effects, textures, and other techniques, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more at the jump!

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This tutorial will guide you through the process of taking multiple existing 3D renders and compositing them into a detailed digital illustration using Photoshop. The subject is a figure in a futuristic nano-suit. We will be covering lighting, layer modes, masking and warping.

Tutorial Details

• Program : Photoshop CS3
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Estimated Completion Time: Around 3 hours

A preview of the final image is below.

Professional and Detailed Instructions Inside

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Compatible: Photoshop CS3
Size: 2000 px to 2000 px
License: Free for commercial use. Redistribution is prohibited.

This is a pack composed by 20 high-resolution brushes (around 2000×2000 pixels), that are perfect when applied on paper textures. Anyway there are infinite ways to use this kind of brushes, so…enjoy them!

File Type: JPEG
Size: 3872 px by 2592 px
License: Creative Commons License

5 texture images of two different kinds of old leather.

One the most common problems I find myself fixing in Photoshop are over exaggerated lines under eyes. This problem is the result of strong light above the subject, something that is almost unavoidable at most weddings and outdoor portrait shoot, even if you have some shade. Luckily there is a simple remedy.

Step 1

Duplicate the background layer (Layer > Duplicate layer or Cmd J [Mac], Ctrl J [PC])

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Step 2

Select the Patch Tool, which located under the Spot Healing Brush (J)

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Step 3

Zoom into the eye area

Step 4

Draw a rough selection around the lines under the eye. You don’t have to be too accurate, but make sure you get most of the severe lines and don’t select any of the eye itself.

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Step 5

Drag and drop the selection onto a clear piece of skin, usually a piece of the cheek below the eye. This fills the selection under the eye to blend in with the surrounding skin.

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Step 6

Repeat on the second eye

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Step 7

Double click the Hand Tool (H) to go back to a full view of the image.

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Step 8

At the moment the selection look a bit unrealistic and we need to adjust the opacity of the layer. There are several ways to do this but as we are using a tool without an opacity setting of its own (the Hand Tool) we can use the keyboard to do it for us. Simply type the first number of the opacity you want e.g. 6 for 60%.

Opacity levels will vary with subjects age and gender: for women I will use an opacity between 50% & 80% and men 40% to 70%.

If I have a male & female subject in a photograph I will usually adjust them separately, flattening the image between subjects

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Step 9

You’re done

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