Photoshop to add beautiful backlight effect to the exterior portrait

Final effect

Original

1, open the material picture, create an optional color adjustment layer, yellow, cyan adjustment, parameters and effect of the following figure. This step mainly turns the color of the lawn into orange yellow.

2, create hue/saturation adjustment layer, the yellow adjustment, parameters and effects as shown below. This step turns the grass color to reddish brown.

3, create curve adjustment layer, RGB, blue channel adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 6, the effect is shown in Figure 7. This step increases the picture light and shade contrast, while adding blue to the dark part, the high light portion increases the yellowish color.

4, create color balance adjustment layer, the shadow, highlight adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 8,9, after the mask filled with black, with a white brush to the horizon part of the need to brighten the part of the wipe out, the effect is shown in Figure 10.

5, press CTRL + ALT + 2 to bring up the high light selection, press CTRL + Shift + I to select, and then create a curve adjustment layer, the RGB, blue channel adjustment, parameters and effects as shown below. This step mainly adds blue to the dark part of the picture.

6, create a color balance adjustment layer, the shadow, highlight adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 13,14, determined to press CTRL + ALT + G to create a clipping mask, the effect is as shown in Figure 15. This step also adds blue to the dark part of the picture.

7, create an optional color adjustment layer, red, yellow, blue, white to adjust, parameter settings such as Figure 16-19, the effect is shown in Figure 20. This step mainly adds light blue to the picture's High light section.

8, create a new layer, press the letter key "D" before, the background color reverts to the default black and white, then selects the menu: Filters > Renders > Clouds, determines the blending mode to "filter", the opacity is changed to: 20%, add layer mask, use black brush to wipe out the bottom area, the effect is as follows figure. This step adds hazy high light to the picture.

9, create a color balance adjustment layer, the shadow, highlight adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 22,23, determined to press CTRL + ALT + G to create a clipping mask, the effect is as shown in Figure 24. This step adds blue to the picture.

10, create a new layer, with the elliptical marquee tool pull out the oval selection shown in the following figure, feather 80 pixels filled with orange: #F4C160, determined after the blending mode to "color", the effect of the following figure.

11, cancel the selection and press CTRL + J to copy the current layer, press CTRL + T a little smaller, and then change the blending mode to "soft light", the effect of the following figure.

12, press CTRL + J to copy the current layer, the same CTRL + T shrink, and then change the blending mode to "overlay", the effect of the following figure. This step gives the picture a partial increase in the sun effect.

13, create brightness/Contrast adjustment layer, the appropriate increase in contrast, parameter settings such as Figure 28, to determine the mask filled with black, with a white brush to highlight areas need to be brighter, the effect is shown in Figure 29.

14, create curve adjustment layer, RGB, blue channel adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 30, after the mask to fill the black, and then use a white brush to wipe out the bottom area, the effect is shown in Figure 31. This step adds a dark angle to the picture.

15, create a new layer, press CTRL + ALT + Shift + E-stamped layer, select menu: Filter > Blur > Motion blur, Angle set to 45 degrees, distance set to 160, after the blending mode is changed to "soft light", the opacity to: 30%, the effect of the following figure. This step of the picture to soften processing.

16, create a color balance adjustment layer, the high light adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 33, after the layer to determine the opacity to: 50%, the effect of Figure 34. This step mainly adds light blue to the picture's High light section.

Finally, fine-tune the color and detail to finish the final effect.

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