Blending Basics Tutorial

Ok, in this tutorial you will learn to blend, heres what I ended up with after blending.
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/5516/18xj.jpg
Ok, after you have your background find a render you want. I used this.
http://img68.exs.cx/img68/4688/post1011033273733hi.png

Now add it to your image. (I added mine under the color balance and brightness/contrast layer that I used for the background.) Heres what I have now.
http://img91.exs.cx/img91/8519/24fp.jpg
Now select your polygonal lasso tool and set its feather to 15 pixel.
http://img88.exs.cx/img88/4610/37jt.jpg
And make a loose outline around your render. (Make sure your render layer is selected)
Here is what it looks like before I completely connect the line.
http://img71.exs.cx/img71/8131/49ia.jpg
When I fully connect the line heres what it looks like.
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/5741/56ha.jpg
Now right click and select inverse and press backspace a couple of times till it looks blended well. Heres what mine looks like now.
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/823/60et.jpg
Now set the blending mode of the render to Luminosity.
You should have ended up with something like this.
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/5516/18xj.jpg
Thats it! Your done. Heres an example of that way of blending in a banner.
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/308/73xg.jpg

Wow, that really does help a lot, it makes blending a lot easier. I really like how you made the dragon blue, to go along with the rest of the page - it looks great.

Press Ctrl-U to open Hue/Saturation controls. Then to get it a specific color check the box that says "colorize".

Hue - Changes Color.
Saturation - Ammount of Color.
Lightness - Lightness...

That's how to make the image a certain color.

Very nice :) Ill try do one, doubt i'll make it :P

You should try man! I'm sure you will do just fine!

Cool , i needed help with my blending it's not been looking too good lately :P

Thanks a lot..been looking for a good blending technique like this

Awesome tutorial, thanks!!

great tut man, thanks alot :D keep 'em coming

great tut needed it thx man :D

thanks for this tutorial, i really needed it

Nice tutorial m8 :) big thnx :o it was helpfull :)

Hey im kinda new to this photo shop stuff


whats a gradient tool?.... im trying to make to images go in 2 one...


heres where im stuck on.


Then select the gradient tool
Then from your menu bar select Foreground to Backround. (NOTE: make sure the colors are set to black and white.)

Then click on the image and move the move in the direction you want it to uncover.



I dunno where gradient tool is help plz?

This is another tut. but i thought yall could help cuz this is kinda the same :P ^_^

its the button that looks like either a fill bucket - in which case u clik the little arrow for the other option or a gradient - 2 colors merging

Blending one of Photoshops classics. Ahh, Nice to see a tutorial on it these days. Thanks Punk, You helped a lot of Prospering Designers with blending, a nice effect.

yea great tut, this is goin to help a lot of noobs

yeah that is pretty cool :) i think i can start some thing like that,, but the thing is that i don't like to have borrowed images in my stuff,, i want it to be 100% me :)

wow, nice effect. will definately try it 2moro

Wow. That was incredibly easy. Well done. :D

thanx for the tut

wow, nice effect!! thanx for the tut!

Very nice !!
Ive allways wanna know how to blend :D
Thnx, very usefull

makes alot of my work easyer. thanks alot! :D