Dreamy Photo Manipulation of a Girl Looking Out a Window

Once positioned, activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and resize it as shown below:

The result:

We don’t want that covering our whole image, so change its Blending Mode and Opacity to the following:

Blending mode: Multiply
Opacity: 40%

Next, let’s add our second texture. Open “Metal Texture 15” by wojtar stock; activate the Move tool (V) and drag this to our canvas. Position it like this:

Activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and resize it as shown below:

Change its Blending mode and Opacity to the following:

Blending Mode: Soft Light
Opacity: 100%

The result of using those two textures would be like this:

Finally, let’s darken the edges of the photo to bring the focus to the center of our image. To start, create a New Layer (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + N) and then name it “Darken sides”.

Activate the Brush tool (B) and then input the following:

Brush size: 900px
Hardness: 0%
Opacity: 25%
Flow: 100%

Now, let’s paint!

The result of that would be like this:

Final Results

Authors Comment

When I was younger, I always thought I saw odd things floating outside in the sky, no I wasn’t on drugs I just daydreamed too much, I guess. Anyway, thank you for visiting this page and using my tutorial, if you want to see more of my art works, give me a shout at my website: https://www.wix.com/theflickerees/michaelVmanalo