2015
Lynda
Steve Caplin
0:20
English

Learn a new trick to give designs and illustrations more depth and volume … transparency! Steve Caplin takes the image of a skull and creates a transparent duplicate, showing you how to replicate the effect in just a few steps. Using the Apply Median filter and the Image Warp and Smudge tools, he transforms the skull into a glass-like structure that reveals and refracts the environment around it. The entire technique takes just 20 minutes.

Introduction
Welcome
1. Making the Skull
Duplicating the skull and applying a Levels adjustment
Converting to a Smart Object
Using the Apply Median filter
2. Adding the Refraction
Using Image Warp
Using the Smudge tool
Masking both of the refraction layers
3. Finishing It Off
Adding the Hard Light layer
Adding shadows to get the final result

Download File Size:195.93 MB

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