Saturated Dream

[sonoma]

As known, dreams usually aren't realistic. One thing that to me seems dreamy is saturation. Here, I am going to show in three easy steps how to make an image look dreamy with saturation in it, as well. This also gives a little bit of a difference compared to many dream photos that I have been seeing, lately.

Here is the image that I am going to start with:


Step 1: After having opened your picture, press ctrl+J to duplicate your layer.

Step 2: On the new layer, press ctrl+U. Increase the saturation bar until the colors are intense, but not too intense. (Make sure "colorize" is NOT checked.) I moved mine to 50.


Step 3: Duplicate the saturated layer. On the new layer go to filter>blur>gaussian blur and change the radius to about 3 px. Change the blend mode of that layer from "normal" to "lighten."


Thanks for trying my first tutorial at GFXVoid!

Tutorial image from Yahoo! image search and www.fryk.org.

[Thelma]

you have made my dream come true! i have always wondered how to do that...it really looks like a dream thanks a lot

[tomSTAR]

It looks so good ! I'll prolly try it on one of my photos and show you the outcome?

[Likenota]

thats pretty dope dude.

[Virtue]

Very simple. Very cool. Great tut man, thanks for making it!

[Shape]

WOW, very simple and great tutorial, thanks this is neat

[Ryant12]

Thanks for the easy beginner tutorial.

Anyways, It worked for me perfectly.

Sorry, I couldn't upload my result, files are too big. Imageshack needs to be < 1.5mb and tinypic isn't working for me right now.. But it works, thanks

[Slik]

i'v also been wondering how to do that effect.
thanks. ill upload whatever result i get

[FitzChivalry]

nice easy tut, good work.

[luchitozep]

Great