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Quickly creating a trendy background for your photos from

almost nothing

by Colin Smith

www.photoshopcafe.com

It happens to all of us… You have a photo without an inspiring background and you only have a few

moments to come up with one out of thin air. Don’t despair; this tutorial will get you back on track in

no time. (Really bad rhymes intended)

Step 1: Make a selection around your image using Channels, Extract, magic wand, pen or lasso,

whatever method you prefer.

Step 2: Copy the object to a new layer by pressing Cmd/Ctrl+J (If the background is transparent,

merge it with a while layer, so your layers palette looks like the illustration shown)

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Step 3: Choose the background layer

Choose Filter>Blur>Motion Blur, use a large setting

Step 4: Your image should now look something like this

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Step 5: To enhance the effect, duplicate the blurred layer and switch to Multiply mode

Step 6: You should now have something with a bit more definition as shown

Step 7: Add an outer glow as shown. Choose the layer styles by clicking the little “f” at the bottom of

the layers palette and selecting Outer Glow, Change the color to white and increase the size until you

get something that resembles the image show here.

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You could actually call it a day and be happy with the effect you have.

Or… You can move on to a simple variation

Step 8: (optional) Create a new Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, right above the background layers

and below the image layer.

Click the little Circle thats 1/2 black and 1/2 white on the bottom of the layers palette, Choose

Hue/Saturation

In the dialog box: Click colorize, move the saturation way up and adjust the hue until you get a

shade you like. Reduce the lightness to add some color to the white areas

Click ok

Step 9: (optional) And there you have it! One ultra cool and trendy background, ultra quick and easy.

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Tune in for more next week! Have fun in Photoshop with NAPP.

See you at the café www.photoshopcafe.com

Colin

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