This video I’m going to show you a few techniques to combine selections and save them into like a reusable format so that you can create a mask that you can reuse over and over again in your in your workflow on a particular image.

Video: Creating and Saving Selections in  Photoshop!

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1. Load the image in Photoshop.
2. Click on the Quick Selection tool.
3. Make the selection around the tree trunk.
4. Press Hold or Alt on the keyboard to make a more accurate selection.
5. With the Selection made and to prevent yourself from recreating the same steps click on the the Channel Tab.
6. Click on the icon at the bottom that says “Save Selection as Channel.”
7. After you saved it you will see an Alpha 1 Channel if you click it you will see how the channel looks like.
8. Rename it to Tree1.
9. Remove the unnecessary lines by using the brush tool, set the opacity level to 100%.
10. Press the Ctrl or Command D on your keyboard to deselect and remove the lines.
11. Proceed with the next trees with the sames steps from Step 2-Step 10.
12. Combine the three channel into 1 by pressing the Ctrl or Command and click on Channel Tree1.
13. By pressing Command and Shift (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift (Windows) click on Tree 2 and Tree 3.
14. Click on the icon at the bottom that says “Save Selection as Channel” to save all 3 trees as one channel.
15. Select the individual channels and remove it by dragging it down to the bin.
16. Press Command or Ctrl on your keyboard to now load this all trees channel as a selection.
17. Go back to the layers tab.
18. Add a curves adjustment layer.
19. This will automatically add the selection to the curves adjustment layer.
20. Make the necessary changes on the curves layer and it will only affect the trees.
21. Add another curves adjustment layer.
22. Invert the layer mask by pressing Command or Ctrl+I.
23. Whatever changes you make on this layer will affect the image except the trees.

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Just when you think the water on your photos already look amazing, there is still a way for you to enhance them a little bit further. This technique is highly recommended to be used for seascapes with long exposures.

Video: Amazing Photoshop technique for your Seascape!

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1. Add a Curves Adjustment layer.
2. Select the third eyedropper tool from the top which will allow us to sample the brightest section of the waves.
3. As soon as you click on the portion of the image, the entire image will adjust to make to change to that sampled white colour.
4. Reduce the Opacity level to 80%.
5. Click on Command (Mac) or CTRL+I (Windows) on your keyboard, to turn that mask black hiding the effect completely.
6. Grab the brush tool with white foreground.
7. Set the Opacity to 50%.
8. Brush the waves to blend it out.
9. Reduce the Opacity again and brush the waves again.
10. If you want to retain the same level of brightness without adding a colour cast then add another Curves
11. Adjustment Layer.
12. Darken the image by dragging the cuve down.
13. Click on Command (Mac) or CTRL+I (Windows) on your keyboard, to turn that mask black hiding the effect completely.
14. Set the opacity again to 100% and blend the image by brushing the waves.
15. You can continue to drag down the curve down to make the image more darker.
16. Disabling and enabling the added Curves Adjustment Layer will allow you to see the differences on the images.

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Today I am going to share to you a technique I use in Photoshop that is very useful for images that looks dull.

Video: Add Colour a Dull image

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Using Gradient Adjustment Layer

1. Add a Gradient Adjustment Layer.
2. Adjust the Angle of the gradient.
3. You can click on the Gradient drop down menu select the foreground color. Click on the first stop at the bottom and select the color you prefer. Then Click Okay.
4. Select a Blend mode that will work for your image in this case I selected the Multiply blend mode.
5. Change the Opacity level that will match the image you have.
6. You will see that the image will have a golden appearance which is better than what you originally have.
7. You can also use Overlay and Soft Light as a blend mode, again this depends on the image that you are editing, you can experiment until you have achieved the output you want.
8. You can also open the gradient panel back up and change the color you initially selected and test all the possible colours.
9. hen blend it again by adjusting the Opacity level.

Using  Solid Color Adjustment Layer

1. Add a Solid Color Adjustment Layer.
2. Set the color to a softer color applicable to the photo.
3. Set the blend mode to Overlay.
4. Blend the photo by changing the Opacity Level.

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Today’s tutorial I will show you a technique on how you can add a twilight effect on a seemingly flat image. This technique is easy and you only need a single adjustment layer.

Video: Add the twilight effect on  boring photos!

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1. Load your image in Photoshop.
2. Click on Selective Color from the Adjustment layer menu.
3. From the Properties window, select White under the Color drop down list.
4. Move the slider up for Magenta. You will notice that the sky and mountain will have the Twilight finish.
5. You can also adjust the Black slider depending on the type of image you have.
6. Pick another Color from the Properties window, again this will depend on the image you have.
7. Since the image we have as sample have Blue, I have adjusted Magenta and Black slider and increase the amount.

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This tutorial provides good options for when the content aware move tool is not enough for you to move or remove certain portions of your image in Photoshop.  I will show you how to make similar changes using the healing brush and patch tool.  The methods I have shown here are very easy to do and will surely produce great enhancements on your photos.

Video: What to do when the content aware move tool is not enough!

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1. Load your image in Photoshop.
2. Using the Healing Brush
3. Add a new empty layer.
4. Select the Healing brush tool, this works like the clone stamp tool, in this tutorial we will sample the cloud on the image.
5. Click on the cloud to sample it and just like the clone stamp if you start brushing on the other section of the image it is going to clone the cloud from the sample point. You will also see the cross hairs moving around.
6. Note: The difference between this method and the clone stamp is that the clone stamp would simply duplicate the pixels. On the other hand the Healing Brush tool will blend what we are trying to clone. So it is going to adjust the transition and color of the background so that it will appear seamless as possible.
7. Hide the cloud layer we created.
8. Add a new layer and this time I am going to sample the empty space and brush brush it on the cloud, this will look seamless again.
9. Using the Patch Tool
10. Select an area you want to patch from.
11. Drag it across and drop it onto the cloud to eliminate it from the picture.
12. You can do this change on the layer containing the image.
13. If you want to move the cloud.
14. Add a new layer.
15. Select the healing brush tool.
16. Sample the cloud and brush anywhere where you want the cloud to be moved.
17. Erase the original cloud.
18. Re enable the first copied cloud that was created.
19. Add another layer this will be our third.
20. Sample the cloud and put it on the image where you want the cloud to be.

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