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have a look at this image imagine how

hard it would be to select the sky

behind it right so how do we do that

first of all let's click on the lock to

unlock the layer then double click on

the right hand side of the layer right

about there this will open the layer

style dialog box inside of that we have

to wonder what do we want to remove

first of all we want to remove the blues

now where do you want to remove it from

we want to remove it from the bright

areas so in the Blended section instead

of the Grays click on the drop down

choose blue because that's what we want

to remove which area do we want to

remove it from from the bright areas or

the dark areas the bright areas right we

want to remove the brighter Blues the

right hand side represent the bright

areas the left hand side represent the

dark areas so as soon as you begin to

take the slider to the left have a look

at it you've got a transparent

background so cool isn't it have a look

at it this is a little harsh right the

more you take this ladder to the left

the kind of harsher it gets so how do

you make the transition between the

areas that show up and the areas that

are transparent smoother how do you make

this transition alright so this area

shows up this area doesn't show up

there's a very harsh transition so how

do you make the transition smoother you

hold the ALT key or the option key click

on the slider to break it apart and take

it apart this makes the transition

smoother you can take it apart like this

take it a little more to the right and

have a look at it this is so darn

amazing isn't it and that my friend is

the magic of blendif if none of this is

making sense don't worry we're gonna get

through it together so what is plentif

in the first place the easiest way to

understand blendif is this blend if

controls which area show up and which

areas hide based on brightness levels

that's all there is to it here's a super

easy example to illustrate that so here

in layer one we have a simple gradient

from black to white on layer 2 we have

bright orange to a slightly darker

orange simple ingredients alright now

let's open up the blendif for Layer Two

and how do we do that we double click on

the right hand side of the layer this

opens up the layer file dialog box

inside of that at the bottom you'll find

the blendif section now let's say you

want to remove the bright areas of layer

1 from layer 2. does that make sense no

let us make it clear

so this is layer one right let's say you

want to remove these bright areas of

layer 1 from layer 2. keep in mind we

have opened the blender for layer 2. so

whatever we do will happen to layer 2

anyway but we want to remove the bright

areas of layer 1 from layer 2. now what

is layer 1 in relation to layer 2 this

is layer 1 this is Layer Two now what is

layer 1's relation to layer two layer

one is a layer under layer 2 right

so in other words we can say that layer

1 is an underlying layer right so we

want to remove the bright areas of layer

1 from layer 2 so we have to work with

the underlying layer sliders

now what do we want to remove we want to

remove the bright areas the right hand

side is for the bright areas the left

hand side is for the dark areas very

clearly shown right here so we have to

take the slider from the right let's

make it smaller to the left have a look

have a look what's happening

we are removing the bright areas of

layer 1 from layer 2. that's all now if

you work with the left slider the

opposite would happen now all that is

happening is that the areas are being

removed based on the brightness levels

of the underlying layer based on the

brightness levels of layer 1 why because

it is an underlying layer and we are

working with the underlying layer

sliders so here's a recap left slide off

the underlying layer removes the dark

areas of the underlying layer from the

current layer right slide of the

underlying layer removes the bright

areas of the underlying layer from the

current layer everything will happen to

the current layer now here comes the

current layer what if you want to remove

the bright areas of the current existing

layer from the current existing layer

then you work with the current layer now

we know that at the top we have a

brighter orange at the bottom we have a

darker Orange so let's say I want to

remove the bright parts of just this

current layer so if you work with this

slider see the top goes away if you want

to remove the dark areas do the opposite

and there you go also as you can see the

transition is Harsh once we do this have

a look if we take the slider of the

underlying layer from right to left we

are removing the bright areas of the

underlying layer from the current layer

that is clear to you right

but this transition is very harsh so how

do we make the transition smoother we

hold the ALT key or the option key click

on the slider to break it apart and the

more far apart you take it the smoother

the transition will be so if you take it

absolutely far apart the transition is

very very smooth so that my friend is

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favorite things with blend if is adding

shine and dimension and you can easily

use this technique to add shine to hair

it's just like going to the hair salon

and getting a few highlights even better

you don't have any side effects right

here so first of all let's create a

solid color adjustment layer click on

the adjustment layer icon and then

choose solid color for now just hit ok

now we are not going to keep the

highlights black let's turn it off let's

double click on the symbol of the

adjustment layer we only did it so that

we can turn it off and open it again to

sample the actual color of the Highlight

so we'll sample a color like this that's

fine if it's not sampling you want to

make sure that sample all layers is

selected from right here and you can

choose a brighter shade the best part

about it is that you can change it later

the way we are doing it we are doing it

absolutely non-destructively so hit okay

once you're satisfied turn it on select

the mask press Ctrl or command I now all

you have to do is to take the brush you

already know where we are going with

this take a soft round brush make it

slightly larger and just dab in the

areas where you want to add the shine

that's all so let's dab right about

right here with white make sure the

foreground color is white you can always

press X to toggle between the foreground

and the background color let's dab right

here make sure flow and opacity are at

100 there we go we have some shine I

know it looks odd wait for it let's add

some shine right here some right over

here some may be right here like that

maybe in this area

do you think it's more than enough I

guess it's more than enough all right

now how do we make the shine brighter

because this is not going to make

anything darker right it's a shine it's

going to make things brighter it's it's

a bright spot so what is the blend mode

which makes things brighter we just

learned it screen in the previous

lessons do remember to watch it change

the blend mode from normal to screen

there you go this is bright the shine is

there but it's still looking odd you

know why it's looking odd because it's

also brightening the dark areas so we

want to take it away from the dark areas

of what from the dark areas of the layer

that lies under it or the underlying

layer see where we are going with this

now double click on the right hand side

of the Highlight layer and we want to

take it away from the dark areas right

so we have to work with the left hand

side sliders now dark areas of what dark

areas of this subject layer or the

underlying layer so we will work with

which slider this slider right here

underlying layer the left hand side so

take the slider to the the right just

like that but again this is Harsh so how

do we make the transition smoother we

hold the ALT key or the option key click

on the slider to break it apart and take

it apart like that have a look at the

shine that is just incredible so I'm

going to keep it about this way I like

that it's subtle all around hit okay now

here's the best part you can double

click on the symbol of the adjustment

layer this opens up the Color Picker and

you can change the highlight color after

the fact you can make it more saturated

less saturated reddish

yellowish it's up to you so I'm going to

keep it this color maybe a little less

saturated that's up to you you can make

it brighter or darker this is so

convenient now if you want to add an

extra layer of highlight that is also

possible you can have it of a different

color but for Simplicity I'm going to

have it for the same color let's select

this layer press Ctrl or command J to

make a copy we have some additional

highlights so double click on the right

hand side of the layer again and make it

finer by the way if you want to reset

the blend if you can right click on it

and then choose remove where did that go

it's hard to find sometimes there's so

many things right in here clear layer

style there you have it it removes all

the layer styling that you apply to it

it also means that it also removes the

blend mode so let's set it back to

screen double click on the right hand

side of the limb and this time make it

even finer so about this much hold the

ALT key option key click on it to take

it apart like this

this is more precise highlights so

here's the before here's the after now

it also affects the skin a little bit so

how do you take that away from it first

of all I feel the Highlight is too much

so I'm going to take the right broken

slider all the way to the right hit okay

and then we're gonna make a group of

both of these so select the first one

hold the controller command select the

second one both of them are now selected

press controller command G this creates

a group and click on the mask button

right here take the brush black as the

foreground color and simply remove the

extras that's all let's take a look so

here's the before here's the after

sometimes this can be too much we are

human so you can always decrease the

opacity to something that works for you

we're gonna go for probably 74 and

that's just fantastic now you can use

the absolute same technique to add drama

to the eyes have a look at it at the top

we have the catch light so right here we

would have some reflected light right so

how do we add that first of all we add a

curves adjustment layer by clicking on

the adjustment layer icon and then

choosing curves right here simply take

it up nothing complicated right here now

select the mask press controller command

I this inverts The Mask take the brush

take a soft round brush and just dab on

the opposite side like this now

nothing's happening because the color is

black dab with white like this now I

love this shine let's increase it even

more now remove the extras first of all

press X to toggle between the foreground

and the background and remove the extras

from right here now this by itself is

looking great but we want to add some

drama and we want to keep the brightness

only to The Brighter areas so how do we

do that again blend if so double click

on the right hand side of the layer and

take the slider of the underlying layer

from left to right there you go that's

nice now hold the ALT key the option key

click on the slider to break it apart

and take it apart

and do something like this now have a

look at the difference it creates it

makes it more subtle it keeps it more

natural and at the same time it looks

dramatic hit okay and have a look at the

before and after so here's the before

here's the after now you can copy to the

other eye nothing difficult so select

the mask right here

select the move tool from right here

hold the ALT key or the option key and

just drag it and drop it right here

nothing complicated let's take a look at

the before and after so here is the

before and here is the after night and

day difference now you can also use the

same technique to Target a specific area

have a look at the highlights if you

think that the highlights are too bright

and you want to bring more skin tone to

it click on the adjustment layer icon

and choose curves again and this time

we're going to take it down so create a

point in the middle and simply take it

down I don't know why it is lagging for

some reason anyway we want to limit this

Darkness to the bright areas so how do

we do that double click on the right

hand side of the layer the other way to

phrase it is that we want to remove the

curves effect from the dark areas of the

underlying layer and keep it only in the

bright areas so to remove this effect

from the dark areas of the underlying

layer we will move the slider of the

underlying left from left to right keep

it only in the bright areas but this is

extremely harsh so hold the alt carry

the option key click on it to break it

apart and I'm gonna just take it all the

way to the right hand side and control

this part

that's about right hit okay let's take a

look at the before and after so here's

the before and here's the after that's

pretty fantastic isn't it now you can go

back right here and control the curve to

your liking so I want to keep it

probably this way and also it affects

the entire image here's the before

here's the after if you only wanted it

on the skin you might want to select the

mask press Ctrl or command I take the

brush white as the foreground color and

just paint on areas where you wanted it

that's all now sometimes these can be

too harsh so you also might want to

decrease the opacity in this case we're

going to keep it 76 here's the before

here's the after that's a nice rich skin

tone there are so many more applications

and adjustments with blend if you can

also add drama with it and you can check

out this video in which we completely

added drama in 3d effect to kind of a

flat photo you might want to watch it

later because we have so many more

incredible things coming up starting

with masking with blend if remember the

very first example where we removed the

sky now it's going to become clearer to

you because now we are moving to

different channels inside of plentif so

first of all let's unlock the layer

double click on the right hand side of

the layer again to open up the layer

style dialog box now up until now we

were working with the Great channel

right here we also have the option to

work with the red green and blue

channels so in this case since blue is

the dominant color and we want to remove

the Blues from the bright areas it's

much better to work with Blues because

if we worked with the gray Channel and

we removed the bright areas have a look

bright areas from the tree also go away

so to avoid that you want to only target

the blues and then when you do it the

trees are fine for the most part now if

you go extreme it will go away from

there as well but for the most part most

of the Blues from the back will just go

away and to make the sorry about the

construction work happening in the

background I'm not sure if you can hear

it and of course to make the transition

smoother you would hold the ALT key or

the option key click on the slider to

break it apart and take it apart like

this that's nice

hit OK so here's the sky I have let's

drag it and drop it into photoshop on

top of the canvas let's make it larger

something like this hit enter or return

now we're gonna place it under this

layer and we have this guy replaced now

let's move it right about there or here

that's up to you now it's not matching

well because the original sky was

brighter so we just have to make it

slightly brighter so click on the

adjustment layer icon and then choose

curves everything is related to Curves

and you can do a lot of things with

curves it's very important to learn

curves there's an entire video on how it

works and you can Master curves using

this one watch this after watching this

video we have already covered the basics

of Curves I think in previous lessons a

little bit now let's make it slightly

brighter like this and there you go this

guy is very nicely replaced now can you

turn whatever you created let's turn all

of this off for a moment

can you turn this into a selection

because right now it's not actually a

selection but some areas are just

getting transparent the easiest way to

do that for some reason if you wanted to

is right click on it and choose convert

to Smart object and now you can hold the

controller command click on it and now

that turns into a selection so if you

ever wanted that that is the way to do

it now moving on to a final example

blendif is a great way to place any

object on any surface and it's fun so

let's say in this wall right here I want

to place a logo or something exciting so

I have this scary graphic right here

which fits perfectly let's drag it and

drop it right here this is transparent

so let's adjust it to our liking like

this let's keep it at the center we want

to match it up to this line right here

in the middle and maybe make it smaller

large larger that's up to you if you're

going to keep it this size maybe take it

up like this hit enter or return now we

have to think about it in terms of paint

and lighting so the dark paint in here

is going to darken the wall and the

brighter paint in here is going to

brighten the wall so first of all let's

talk about darkening the wall but before

we do anything just make two copies

because we are brightening and darkening

so here's the graphic press Ctrl or

command J to make a duplicate turn off

the first one this is for darkening so

for darkening what is the blend mode

let's not forget multiply change the

blend mode from normal to multiply but

we only want the dark paints to darken

the wall and also it will be gone from

the bright areas a little bit so first

of all let's change the blend mode name

to multiply so that we can keep track of

things and double click on the right

hand side of the layer now first of all

what did we decide we only want the

darker paints to darken the wall so

let's remove the brighter paints from

the current layer right so let's work

with the sliders of the current layer to

remove the brighter paints like this now

this is going to be harsh so hold the

alt clear the option key click on it to

break it apart and something like this

is fine

now you can play with this later that's

fine too now we have to remove the paint

from the bright areas of the wall which

is an underlying layer to add that shine

off the wall so take the slider of the

underlying left from right to left like

this

again of course this is Harsh so hold

the all security option key click on it

to break it apart and take it apart like

this that looks absolutely realistic so

we can leave it at that or go all in

like this hit okay now let's turn this

one on this is for brightening so what

is the blend mode which brightens the

screen so change the blend mode from

normal to screen double click on the

right hand side of clear for this one we

only want the bright paints to brighten

stuff so let's take away the dark paints

from the current layer so take the slide

of the current layer from left to right

like this

hold the alt carry option key click on

the slider to break it apart take it all

apart like this that's nice

now we want to take this away from the

dark areas to have those Shadows of the

texture of the wall take the slider off

the underlying left from left to right

like this this is looking very

interesting now hold the ALT key option

key click on it to break it apart and

take it apart like this

okay now that is something

damn that looks realistic now again the

paint won't be so perfect and so sharp

right so if you have to blur it a little

bit so select the first one by the way

this is screen right let's name the

layers

double click on the text to name it

let's go to filter blur and then

gaussian blur

two pixels is fine hit OK you can

actually copy the same layer right here

hold the ALT key option key click and

drag the smart filter and drop it right

here as well both of them have blur in

them now that's looking nicer realistic

but do you think it's too much blur

let's open up the gaussian blur double

click on it and keep it probably 1.2

this one as well 1.2 that's nice okay

now there's one more thing missing the

paint wouldn't be so perfect right some

areas would come off some areas would be

scratched so how do we bring that first

of all let's put both of them in a group

so select the first one hold the

controller command select the second one

press Ctrl or command G now we have to

introduce a grunge mask so this is an

image I have with a lot of scratches

let's open that have a look at it we can

absolutely use this to hide different

areas so let's just drag it and drop it

into photoshop on a new document for now

let's continue that's fine controller

command a to select all Ctrl or command

C let's come back to this this now let's

create a mask by clicking on the mask

button let's open up the mask by holding

the ALT key of the option key click on

the mask and then paste it inside of the

Mask remember using an image as a mask

we covered it in the layer mask lesson I

recommend watching that lesson later if

you haven't press Ctrl or command V hold

the ALT key the option key click on the

layer now most of it is gone why is it

gone because we want the opposite of it

we want in this mask the black areas to

show up and the white areas to hide but

that doesn't happen so how do we deal

with that we invert the mask select the

mask press Ctrl or command I there you

go now the scratches and everything are

black hold the ALT key the option key

click on the mask again now you have all

of these scratches so here's the before

here's the after but it's also not very

evident so first of all press Ctrl or

command D to deselect now we want to

transform this crunch texture which is

inside the mask if you press Ctrl or

command D and try to readjust anything

the contents will get adjusted too we

don't want that we want to adjust the

mask separately so how do we do that we

click on the link right here remove the

link and then with the mask selected we

press Ctrl or command T and then we

bring it right here possibly that's

looking nicer you can actually also

resize it

let this area be gone

do something like that that's also nice

hit enter or return now the intensity of

this mask is not too much so how do we

increase the intensity so select the

mask press Ctrl or command M to bring up

the curves adjustment and adjust it

there you go it's becoming more and more

intense we are just making the dark

areas darker there we go we can even

adjust it further like this

see the intensity there I like it hit

okay now look at it so without it it's

all well and nice it's looking fake but

with it you see all the grunts right

there that's fantastic now to make it

even more dramatic you can take it

further by color grading so click on the

adjustment layer icon and then choose

color lookup that's one of the easiest

ways to do it choose something like

probably crisp warm and there you go

that is just straight dangerous right

here now this is too much so we're going

to decrease the opacity to about 60

percent I believe we can add more drama

to it and one of the ways you can do it

is just under the color lookup let's

create one more curves adjustment layer

let's brighten it like this that looks

nice now select the mask and with the

gradient tool right here by the way you

can choose the new gradients at the top

choose a gradient from white to black

choose a radial gradient and you can

create a gradient like this

that's interesting now you can control

the curve make it brighter or darker now

that looks very very nice now I believe

that the color lookup is darkening these

areas way too much so let's create one

more curves adjustment layer and just

add a faded effect take the left point

up like this and create a point right

here and take it down as well and for

additional contrast you can take this

point up as well so curves is a very fun

thing to experiment with on top of it

you can add textures by the way if you

haven't yet check out do consider

checking out the piximper effect

compositing plugin it's a plugin where

all of the steps of creating a composite

is listed and every function is a

shortcut for example you want to match

colors of a subject to a new background

just with two clicks here's a demo you

can easily match the colors

automatically inside of the plugin in

the structures section you'll also find

some overlays and textures so let's

apply this one and there you go I love

this texture right here and the best

part is first of all let's click on this

button to apply it

this is seamless so you can double click

on the thumbnail of the adjustment layer

you can move it around and you can scale

it if you like you can make it smaller

or larger that's up to you I'm going to

keep it smaller 45 sorry about the

construction work in the background and

there you have your dangerous tunnel

where you don't want to be so that's all

about blendif it simply controls which

areas show up and which areas hide based

on brightness levels I hope this video

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