Adding Overlays

Hello again everyone.

This week I’m going to be playing around a bit with overlays.

I’m going to start by choosing which two images I’d like to combine.

For best results they should be somehow related.

In the case, I’m going for sort of the fantasy of the book having jumped out of the pages so anything beautiful will sort of apply.

Now to simply overlay, copy your second image on top of your first. Then set the opacity down on the top layer (this option is in the top right of the Layers window, displayed as a percentage).

Set the opacity to whatever looks good to you.

I set the one here to about 75%, but this covers up the figure in the picture.

I want him to stand out against the “imaginary” background that is supposed to be coming out of the book.

For this, I’m going to use the Lasso tool to select my figure.

(It may help to briefly make your first layer invisible while outlining the figure.)

I used the Polygonal Lasso tool because I wanted a sort of cut out feeling to it.

Now, with this area selected, go to your other layer.

Make sure you have the overlay image selected in your Layers window.

Now hit delete.

This will clear that area in the layer, and now our figure is visible.Now it’s time to play with curves again.

Since I’m going for a storybook feel here, I’m going to use “Alice in Wonderland” by Julia Trotti.

(The link for this one is at the very bottom of the post.)

This curve adds lots of purple hues that bring out sort of a fairy tale vibe.

Now I’m going to add a quote by William Nicholson.

The font I’m using is called “Delicious Cake” made by Jellyka Nerevan.

And now I’ve completed my Public Service Announcement.

Again, if there’s anything you’d specifically like me to talk about, let me know.

And this time, I’ll leave you with this awesome dance video that goes through all the fashion and some of the history from the past 100 years.