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Hello, everyone
in this tutorial we gonna see how to turn a picture
into this "Ink Smudge Portrait Effect" that you can see in here
and we'll be using three elements
this two ink textures and this brush in here
and you will find down in the description bellow
a link to each one of those that we will be using for this tutorial
Alright fantastic, so LETSGETTOIT!!
Alright
So, open your Adobe Photoshop
And go to: File, new
And we gonna create a new document
So, go to preset, and choose International paper
And, in the size choose A4 and press OK
Alright, now just drag the image that you want to use
I'll use the same image in here
Open it like that
Now, I'm gonna make it a little bit bigger
So I can focus on the face
And Press ENTER
Alright, now
I will go to: Filter
Filter Gallery
And, in the artistic folder, open it and choose, Dry Brush
Alright
For this filter actually, its depend on how big or small your picture is
You might need to play with the values, for this
But, I'm using 10 for the brush size
And, 8 for the brush details
And, 1 for the texture
Alright, press OK
Now, I'm gonna press Ctrl+A
So I can select the whole canvas
Or, go to select
and, choose All
And, it will select the whole canvas for you
OK
Now, I'm gonna press Ctrl+C to copy
And then, I will create a new folder
And then, I will apply a new Layer Mask to it
And, by pressing Alt
And one click to the Layer Mask
I can enter the Layer Mask in here
And, I will press Ctrl+v to past my selection
And, as you can see this will turn into a black&white color
Now, we need to darken the picture a bit
So, I will go to: Image
Adjustments, and choose: Curves
Or, press Ctrl+M on your Keyboard
Alright, now I'll go to the input in here and move into the right a little bit
Somewhere like so
Want it to be darken a little bit
And, take this handle and put it into the left
A little bit like so
Somewhere like that
Alright
OK, something like this, and press OK
Now, I'll press Ctrl+i so I can invert my Layer Mask in here
Alright
Now, I'm gonna uncheck this so we wont see it anymore
Now, I will go back to my folder in here, and I will bring this ink texture in here
Alright
Press ENTER
Now, I'll put it in the folder in here
And, I'm gonna change the blending mode to Multiply
As you can see I can replace it wherever I want
Now, I'll press Ctrl+T
And, I will make a little bit smaller
And, I'm gonna replace this one in here
Like so
Alright
Now, I will go back to my folder in here
And, I will bring this 2nd ink texture in here
Alright
And, I'm gonna make it smaller again
And, I can rotate it if I want
Like so
Alright, I like that
Alright, press ENTER
Now, I'm gonna change the blending mode to Multiply again
And as you can see
It start to create this great effect in here
Alright, now I can also duplicate
My texture in here, by pressing Alt
I can make a copy of it, and rotate it again
Alright
And, as you can see, you can create
A really great portrait
Ok
Alright, looking good, I like that
Alright, now
I will go
To this folder in here
And
I'm just gonna copy
This image
Like so, by pressing Alt I'm gonna make it
On the top of the folder like that
And, I'll change the blending mode to Multiply
So, I can bring back a little bit of the color of the face to my image
And, I'm just gonna make
A layer mask to it
A black layer mask actually
Alright
Now, I'll go to my brushes in here
And
I'll go to this gear icon in here
And, choose replace brushes
And then load the brush that you just download
Ok
I'll choose this brush in here
And, I'm gonna
Start brushing with a 45% opacity in here
With a white color
Maybe this one
Like that, you know to bring a little bit of
Color of the face
In the eyes and the hair
Something like that
Alright
I like that
Now, I will
Make a level adjustments to it, so I'll go and choose levels
And, I'm gonna
Drag the black a little bit
Into the white
And then the white a little bit
And, I'll put this middle handle
Into the right a little bit like that
Around 0.70
Alright, something like so
Alright
And there you go
So, I hope that you liked and you enjoyed this tutorial
and it was a little bit helpful for you
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and have a nice day, thank you for watching.