Viktoriya

In this tutorial I'll show you how by adding butterfly wings and a few other minor edits to this womans photo we are able to create a stunning picture that she can use for profiles and avatars at websites or even print out and use for a birthday card or something like that.





1: To begin you simply open the photos that you are going to be working with.

2: Then click on "File" and click "New"
3: Then you will need to erase the woman’s background ( you can do it with any Lasso Tool or with Magic Eraser Tool) Then click on "Select" then "All" and then "Copy"

4: Next click on the new document – Paste – Edit – Free Transform to fit the wings into place.

5: Next open the butterfly image and after erasing the background with Magic eraser Tool go to - Select – All – Edit – Copy

6: Then highlight the layer1 – Paste

7: Move the butterfly layer2 under the layer1- Edit- Free transform to fit it how you would like.

8: Its now time to merge layer 1 and layer 2 together.
9: Now to add some finishing touches go to Image - Adjustments – levels and mess with the adjustments until you get it the way you like.

10: Now to add a reflection to the bottom you will need to make a Copy of layer2 – then place layer 2 copy under the layer2 and Use Free transform again to size it into place. Finaly just adjust the opacity down to about 20% to get the reflection just right.




11: Your finished image should now look like this:

hunty

il be using this 1! thanks!

joshbond

Ya, this one is actually pretty decent.

Maiden

Pretty

bc_2005

nice butterfly edit josh you know what im talkin about

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Waaqiah

great tut , reflection is nice finishing touch

Bath1c

yeah....i love it!!!

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marseyer

Sorry, I am a noobie on Photoshop.
A very basic question. How did you make the butterfly as layer 1 and the lady as layer 2? Is the layer number automatically assigned?

joshbond

if you double click on the layer title it will let you re-name it as you please.
is that what your asking?

marseyer

Sorry, that's not my question, but thank you for that added knowledge.

In step 7, the photo is now layer 2. How did you make that photo as layer 2?

joshbond

to adjust what layers are where, you go to the layers palette and click and drag the layers into the position you want them to be.

the bottom one should always be "background" but anything above that you can drag around to whatever position you want.

is that what you are asking?

marseyer

Yes....thanks !

PiX

This tutorial is good and all, but what if you wanted to add something else like angel wings or bat wings?

Dookie

Seriously?
Just use a bat or angel resource in place of the butterfly.