Create a Stunning Parrot Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Step 14

Select Refine Edge by following the Settings Select > Refine Edge and type in the following value Radius: 9.2px | Smooth: 10 | Shift Edge: +25%.

Step 15

Copy picture and paste it into Project, duplicate 3 copy of the parrot and hide 2 layers, Remove the color from the first layer with CTRL+SHIFT+U or just by following the Settings Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

Step 16

Select Lasso Tool by pressing on “L” and let’s remove some parts from layer as you see in the image below.

Step 17

Inverse Layer by Following the settings Select > Inverse or Shift+Ctrl+I after this add new mask to layer

Step 18

Like I said before the parrot lives in the forest, and he loves nature – trees, flowers,well let’s add a tree and flowers to project by following the step.

Step 19

Select Brush tool and remove the right part as you see in the image below.

Step 20

Do the same thing as I did before in the first step.

Step 31

Now show copy of the parrot and flip layer to the left by following the settings Edit > Free Transform or “CTRL+T”.

Step 32

After you download Paint Throws add it to project then Select brush Tool and make sure you select Quick Mask Mode by Pressing on “Q” then start removing parts from layer by following the steps.

Step 33

Do the same thing as I did before in the First step.

Step 34

Copy a part from the parrot wing and paste it then Create Clipping Mask by following the settings Layer > Create Clipping Mask or “CTRL+ALT+G” and change mode layer to Color as you see in the image below.

Step 35

Select Ellipse Tool and start creating Circles after this change opacity layer to 77%.

Step 36

Create a new layer and apply the settings Image > Apply Image and Select Channel: Red.

Step 37

Let’s Finish this by given work a beautiful view, Apply the settings Curves by following Image > Adjustments > Curves or “Ctrl+M”.

Step 38

Show the third copy of parrot and change mode layer to Soft Light.

Step 39

Show another copy of parrot and apply the settings Gaussian Blur by following Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur | Radius: 5,7 Pixels.

Step 40

Select the original parrot layer by pressing on the layer then go back to the smooth layer and add new mask after this change mode layer to Screen and Opacity to 20%.