How To Create Sweet Summer Effects in Photoshop ;)

Hello everyone, it’s been a while since we last post anything in here. So today I’m gonna show you how to get summer effects tones in photoshop 🙂

Here We go! ^_^

First, drag in the photo (u want to edit) to Photoshop.

Create new adjustment layer and adjust the curve.

Create New fill layer and pick Solid Color.
Pick B55718 as new color fill.
Go to Blending Mode, choose Soft Light & set the opacity to 28%.

Next, create a new fill layer for gradient.
Set the gradient color to FBDDA9.
Adjust the gradient angle to -120 to create the sun effect.
In the same layer, go to Blending mode, set it to Screen mode with 78% of opacity.

Create another new layer for Selective color.
In this step, you can adjust the percentage of color according to how you want your photo to look like in the final touch. As in this photo, i chose Neutral mode and set the numbers as per shown below.

Create another New Fill Layer.
Pick Solid- this time set the color to 84DBE3.
Set it to Soft Light mode and set the opacity to 17%.

Again, adjust the curve & create another New Fill layer.
Go to this Solid color- FCD0B5( but anyway,you can always adjust the color fill that suit your photo well  & it’s not necessary to follow my color pick 😉 )

Now, flatten the image .

Unlock the layer and duplicate it.

After you duplicate the layer, go to Filter and pick Gaussian Blur.
Set the Radius to 27%.

Finally,in that layer, Go to Blending Mode and set it to Soft Light .
Adjust the opacity to 50%.

Now this is how it looks like in the final touch. 😉

P/S: you might as well want to download the photoshop actions in deviantart.com to make your editing easier. This is just a simple example of how I edit mine.
HAPPY TRYING! ^_^

Create ur own shaped bokeh ^^

Hello! here’s how we can create our very own shaped bokeh. ^^
U’ll need :
*Sugar paper
*Sellotape & scissor
*Large aperture lens ( i am using a Canon 50mm 1.8 )

First, u’ll have to cut the sugar paper into the shape of a lens hood.Make it slightly bigger than your lens to make sure it fits your lens easily.

Next, cut the shape u preferred (to appear as ur shaped bokeh, for e.g; heart,star,plane and etc.) at middle of the “fake lens” u did just now.
I don’t have the accurate diameter of the shape cut out but it will definitely give u different results in ur bokeh later. In my earliest experiment, my shape cut out were too big and the outcome was not so pretty so i made some new shape and make em’ slightly smaller. I preferred to do the shape cut out manually by hand but u can also use decorative punch to save time 🙂 So once it’s done, this is how your “fake lens” gonna look like .

Last but not least, u can now have ur very own cool bokeh shoot. And oh, remember to set your camera to it’s lowest aperture value. Below are some of my shaped bokeh photos. Happy trying! ^^