Turn any photo into a dot grid artwork with these Photoshop actions. You'll get great results with dots that change size. They get larger in brighter areas and smaller in darker areas. Free download available.
Preview of Final Results

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Retro Surreal Photo Manipulation Photoshop Tutorial
Resources
- 36 underwater stock – winkstock
- Sunny Field – frozenstocks
- Bubbles – hawksmont
- Bird Brushes II – lpdragonfly
- Scary Fish – xNickixstockx
- Model 36 – night fate stock
- Mouth Detail Front – Della-Stock
- Paper Texture 1 – wojtar-stock
- Old Paper 37 stock – ofruin-stock
Step 1: Create a New Photoshop Image File
Okay, to start, let’s create a new image file, go to the Menu bar and click File > New, and then input the following values on their respective fields:- Width: 3000px
- Height: 3000px
- Resolution: 300pixels/inch
- Color Mode: RGB Color; 8 bit
- Background Contents: Transparent









- Brush size: 150px
- Hardness: 0%
- Mode: Normal
- Strength: 100%



- Color Levels: -20, 0, +35
- Tone Balance: Midtones
- Preserve Luminosity: Checked


- Color Levels: -45, +25, +18
- Tone Balance: Shadows
- Preserve Luminosity: Checked


Step 3: Create the Sky
Now, it’s time we added the sky. Open Sunny Field by frozenstocks and once open, activate the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M).
4 comments on “How to Create a Retro Surreal Photo Manipulation using Photoshop”
It would have been much more helpful as a beginner if I could see what the layers looked like on the right side of the screen. As it was, the lasso tool at the very beginning working with the water lost me. Please don't assume you're dealing with experts when directing these tutorials!
koji si ti bumbar?????? ke je slika ud une pičke???? mamu ti jebem!!!
The pic of the woman got deleted :(
I'm beginner , so I'm stuck on sky. When I put them on main picture (canvas) they are so small , and when I resize sky, resolution is changed and it looks really ugly. Any help ?