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Add Dreamy Effects to Photos

This tutorial shows how to add a dreamy or misty effect to nature photos in 7 steps: 1) Choose a nature photo and brighten it, 2) Adjust the foreground and background colors, 3) Apply a diffuse glow filter, 4) Add random "dancing ants" using difference clouds, 5) Paint over the image with a large, low-opacity brush, 6) Duplicate and blur the top layer with a Gaussian blur, and 7) Change the top layer's blend mode to linear burn to create a dreamy misty scene.

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Add Dreamy Effects to Photos

This tutorial shows how to add a dreamy or misty effect to nature photos in 7 steps: 1) Choose a nature photo and brighten it, 2) Adjust the foreground and background colors, 3) Apply a diffuse glow filter, 4) Add random "dancing ants" using difference clouds, 5) Paint over the image with a large, low-opacity brush, 6) Duplicate and blur the top layer with a Gaussian blur, and 7) Change the top layer's blend mode to linear burn to create a dreamy misty scene.

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Add a Dreamy or Misty Effect To Your Photos

May 3rd, 2007 47 Comments

This quick tutorial will show how to add a really cool dreamy
or misty effect to your photos. This tutorial works best with
nature related images.
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1. Begin by choosing an image, preferably something nature related. I


chose this:

2. Go to image>adjustments>levels (CTRL+L) and brighten the image a


bit. You may also go to image>adjustments>brightness/contrast. This is

what I came up with:

3. Hit D on your keyboard to reset your foreground and background


colors. Then hit X to switch them so your foreground color is white.

Next, Go to filter>distort>diffuse glow and apply similar settings to this:

You should get something close to this:

. On the same layer, enter quick mask mode by pressing Q. Go to filter>render>difference clouds and then hit Q again to exit quick mask
mode. Your picture should now have random shaped dancing ants all over it.
5. Do not deselect yet. Select any decently large brush size, change the opacity to 90% and leave the flow at 100%. Brush the entire image, it
should then look something like this: (you can deselect now by doing CTRL+D)

6. Duplicate the layer (CTRL+J), you should now have a total of 2 layers. Select the top layer simply by clicking it in the layers palette. Go to
filter>blur>gaussian blur. Apply these settings:

This is what yours should look like:

7. Still working with the top layer, on the top left of the layers palette change the blending mode form normal to linear burn. You now should
have a neat looking dreamy or misty scene!

8. You may press CTRL+E to merge the top layer down and then save or edit as you wish.

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