Change the Mood of the Scene by Ashish Rastogi, India

Valentine’s Day is near, so why don’t change the girlfriend image in a more romantic mood. So now we will change the mood of the existing photo in Photoshop.


Step 1. Open the Image of your choice and duplicate the existing layer.



Step 2. To create a romantic mood, ‘warm up the image’. To do this, create a Image > Adjustments> Photo Filter. In this dialog box select “Warm Filter 85” and set the density to 60%.


Step 3. Apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the blur to 10 pixels. Experiment with the value according to your image requirement.


Step 4. Change the layer mode to multiply and adjust the opacity slider according to requirement. In this image I keep to 75%. And then adjust the levels in the "Red" Channel.


Step 5. Duplicate the second layer and change the mode back to normal. Apply Filters > Distort> Diffuse Glow and choose the settings as Graininess = 4, Glow Amount =1 and Clear Amount = 20 and reduce the opacity of the layer according to requirements.


Step 6. Apply some touchup color on the cheeks and lips. Flatten the image and use the Levels command again. If required use the Image > Adjustment > Brightness & Contrast. If you done everything correct then your girlfriend will be definitely happy otherwise #&$%@

This tutorial was first published in CGArena Magazine Feb Issue