Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Orton Effect

  1. With Image Open Orton
  2. Duplicate background 2 times using Ctrl+J
  3. Top layer change blend mode to screen and
  4. Reduce opacity to 80%
  5. Shift click to select both layers and Ctrl+E to Merge Down
  6. Dupe this layer with Ctrl+j
  7. Name the Top Layer - blur
  8. Name the middle layer - sharp
  9. Turn off blur layer
  10. On Sharp layer
  11. Enhance > Adjust Sharpness, Amount -400 %, R - .5
  12. Turn On blur layer
  13. Change blend mode to to Multiply
  14. Filter > Blur > about 25 (depends on image size)
  15. Note if you have halos, undo and reduce the amount of blur

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