Painting on a Wall Photo Manipulation

Painting on a Wall Photo Manipulation
Painting on a Wall Photo Manipulation
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Then change its Blending mode to Exclusion and its Opacity to 100%.

Create another Solid Color adjustment layer, and input the value below:

  • #: 4f2c12

Then change its Blending mode to Soft Light and its Opacity to 30%.

Create a Gradient Map adjustment layer then pick the Black and White gradient (similar to Step 3). Change its Blending mode to Luminosity and set the Opacity to 50%. Finally, let’s edit the image tone. Let’s make the color temperature a little bit cooler. Create a Color Balance adjustment layer and input the following values, respectively:

  • Color levels: -12, 5, 1
  • Tone Balance: Midtones
  • Preserve Luminosity: Checked

Step 7 - Sharpening and saving as PSD

Now that you have completed the image, we shall save it as a PSD file so we can edit the layers if the need may rise. Just click on File > Save as… and on the “Save as” box, you’d notice that the format is set to PSD which is the default Photoshop file. Just rename the image and click on OK. After that, go back to the image and you may now click on Flatten image. Once you’ve done that we will do a little sharpening. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen and input the following values:

  • Amount: 125%
  • Radius: 1.0
  • Remove: Gaussian Blur
  • More Accurate: Checked

Now you may want to adjust the local contrast which can be achieved through the Unsharp mask. To do that go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp mask and input these values:

  • Amount: 20%
  • Radius: 50.0 px
  • Threshold: 1 level

If the output is too strong, you may lower it down on the Opacity box.


Step 8 - Make the image look like a scene from a movie

In this step, we would be resizing the canvas to make the image look like it is a snapshot from a movie. To do that go to Image > Canvas size then when the box opens, change the unit of measurement, instead of inches which is the default, change it to pixels. Just click on inches and a drop-down menu would appear. We would need to increase the height of the canvas so change the default value which is 2480 pixels to 3508 pixels and change the Canvas Extension Color to Black; when you’re done just press OK.


Step 9 - Saving the file as a TIFF file and as a Jpeg file

After you’ve done the sharpening, you may flatten the image by right clicking on any layer and clicking Flatten Image. You may want to save it as a TIFF file first, from the Format drop-down menu. Saving it in TIFF format would allow you to do some quick changes to the image, like adjustment layers and fill layers without reducing its quality. You can view cracks in the image through the Histogram. Finally, save it as a .jpeg image and pick the highest quality which is 12.

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