Photoshop Tutorials

Next, let’s saturate or increase the color of our image to liven it up. Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer from the Create New Fill layer/Adjustment layer button.

Input the following settings when the Hue/Saturation box opens:

• Edit: Master
• Hue: 0
• Saturation: +13
• Lightness: 0

Before we proceed to the next steps, it is recommended to save your image first as a PSD file so you may reload the image again if you see the need to edit some areas.

Step 5 - Soften the contrast of the image

What we are going to do here is that we would be softening the contrast of the image to make it look a bit dreamy. Before we move on, make sure you have saved the file as a PSD. Now we will be flattening the layers, to do that, right-click on any layer to bring up its menu and click on Flatten Image.

Once it is flattened, duplicate (Ctrl/Cmd + J) that single layer then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur on the Menu bar and input the following:

• Radius: 16.0 pixels

Now your image is blurred, now this is a bit too dreamy, to achieve the dreamy effect, change its Blending mode to Lighten and the Opacity to 20%. Once you’re done, Flatten the image. After that, let us sharpen the image to bring out some details but still maintaining the soft contrast. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen and input the following values:

• Basic: Checked
• Settings: Default
• Amount: 125%
• Radius: 1.0 pixels
• Remove: Gaussian Blur
• More Accurate: Checked

Final Results

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