If you would like to add more structure to your man, and make him look a bit more realistic, we can do that by working with the background layer. (Almost forgot we had one didn't you?)
Copy your background layer by making it the working layer, and pressing Ctrl+J. You should now have a layer called Background Copy 2 (or 1 depending on which steps you followed.)
Click on Layer > Arrange > Bring to Front to make background layer copy 2 your working layer. Your image should be back to this by now :
Next select Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options. Slide your layer Opacity all the way over to 5 or 6. (Or wherever you like it best) Merge your layers - and this is what we get in the end :
As you can see, this Photoshop project is fun and can vary quite a bit depending on small settings. Here is what my second attempt came out as, using minor setting changes. It's a little bit different :
If you enjoyed this Photoshop tutorial, be sure and check out some of our other areas. While not a strict Photoshop based site, I think you'll find some other good webmaster tutorials you can use.
Very good tutorial, even though i didnt use the effect on the picture you gave me the effect can be applied to many other images.
Comment #4
(Posted by Samuel Arulanondom)
I like the outcome!
Comment #5
(Posted by Sondre)
I loved this man, real coll...;)
Sondre
Comment #6
(Posted by Jay)
i LOVE IT!!!... but hey i used it on a basketball player and it kinda doesn't work to well.... is it cuz the player is wearing a BLACK jersey?... Thankz
Jay
Comment #7
(Posted by Cory)
Jayz,
Yes - you invert the image - so that's why it's probably not coming out as expected.
See if you can find a player with a white shirt if you want to follow this tut word for word OR you can select the shirt, cut it, and save it as another layer to fiddle with it as a pasted layer later. Thanks@ Cory
Comment #8
(Posted by André)
Realy powerfull, this tutorial! I'm making a film, and surely, with a lot of time, i'll try to put this effect on it. What do you think?
