Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create an Invisible, Camouflage Effect!

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to create an

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invisible camouflage effect and how you

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can apply it to a variety of backgrounds

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find an open background you'd like to

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use as well as a subject you'd like to

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place onto it your subject can be color

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or black-and-white I downloaded both of

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these images from Shutterstock the first

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step is to make a selection around your

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subject so we can separate it from its

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background there are many ways to do

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this and your choice should depend on

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the characteristics of your photo for

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this image I'll use the quick selection

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tool if you're using this tool as well I

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find that the radius of 5 to 10 pixels

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works the best for most resolutions the

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resolution for both of my images is 150

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pixels per inch

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you can check yours by going to image

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and image size drag your tool either

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over the outside or inside of your image

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to remove areas of the selection press

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and hold alt or option as you drag over

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those areas

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to check your selection press Q to open

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your quick mask to revert it back into a

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selection press Q again if you drag your

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quick selection tool over the outside of

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your subject we need to invert the

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selection to do this press ctrl or

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command shift I

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cut and copy the subject on to its own

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layer by pressing ctrl or command J

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remove your subjects color by pressing

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ctrl or command shift you to place it on

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to your background document press V to

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open your move tool and drag it onto the

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tab of your background without releasing

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your mouse or pen drag it down onto the

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background and release to resize and

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reposition it open your transform tool

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by pressing ctrl or command T if your

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subject is too large to see all of it

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press ctrl or command 0 go to a corner

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and when you see a diagonal double-arrow

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press and hold alt or option + shift as

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you drag it in or out to reposition it

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go inside the transform and drag it then

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press Enter or return

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to fit it back onto your canvas press

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ctrl or command 0 next will make your

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subject into a displacement map which

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will be used to wrap your background

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around the contours of your subject to

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do this click the icon at the upper

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right of your layers panel and click

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duplicate layer

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open the flyout list click new and type

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in displacement then click OK

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since displacement maps have better

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results when they're slightly blurred

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go to filter blur and Gaussian blur

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make the radius 1 2 3 pixels and click

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OK

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go to file and save as

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save it to your desktop as a Photoshop

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PSD file and click Save

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then close the displacement file

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click the eyeball next to your subject

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to hide the layer make your background

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active and make a copy of it by pressing

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ctrl or command J

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go to filter distort and displace

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I'll make the horizontal and vertical

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scales between 20 to 30 pixels however

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keep in mind you may want to use

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different amounts for all the effects

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I'll be using in this tutorial depending

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on the size and resolution of your

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document tic stretch to fit and wrap

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around then click OK

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click the displacement PSD file that you

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saved earlier and click open

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immediately our background moved up and

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to the left as it took on the contours

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of our subject we'll get rid of the

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aberrations on the bottom and right

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edges of our image in a few minutes make

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your subject visible and active and

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change its blend mode to soft light

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change its fill to 50% the fill reduces

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your subjects opacity but it will retain

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the full opacity of any effects that

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we'll be adding to it double-click your

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subject to open its layer Styles click

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inner glow and change its blend mode to

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color dodge

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pasady to 20% and drag the choke and the

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size all the way to the right then click

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OK

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make a copy of your subject

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and double click inner glow on the copy

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to see it in the layer style window

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change its blend mode to soft light

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drag its opacity all the way to the

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right and drag the choke all the way to

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the left I'll make the size 20 pixels

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but again you may want to use a

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different amount

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make a copy of the lair

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and hide the effects of this copy change

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the blend mode to hard light

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and reduce its fill to 30%

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now that we can see our camouflaged

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subject over our background were ready

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to fill in the aberrations on the bottom

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and right edges scroll to the bottom and

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make your background copy active click

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the layer mask icon to make a layer mask

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next to the active layer open your brush

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tool

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brush picker will take care of the size

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in a moment make the hardness 0% and

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make sure the opacity and flow are a

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hundred percent then press Enter or

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return if your foreground and background

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colors aren't black and white

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respectively press D on your keyboard to

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make your brush bigger or smaller press

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the right or left bracket key on your

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keyboard brush the areas on the bottom

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to reveal the original background and

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make sure you don't brush over your

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subject continue to brush over the right

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side as well

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the background with a different one open

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the new background press V to open your

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move tool and drag it onto the tab of

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your camouflage document without

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releasing your mouse or pen drag it down

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onto your image and release make a copy

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of the new background

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and press control or command F to repeat

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the last filter you applied which was

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displace to fill in the aberrations on

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the bottom and right edges scroll to the

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layer mask and press alt or option as

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you drag a copy of it next to the copy

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of the new background this is Marty from

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Blue Lightning TV

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thanks for watching