Anybody have any Idea of how to get this effect?

[r3d5tar]

Hey so I came across this image, and I thought it was a cool effect. Being inexperienced in photoshop it has me pretty stumped as to how they got this effect.



The glossy effect on the faces is specifically what I am looking at. Not only that but the colour change as well. I was wondering If anyone knew a way to recreate this translucent and glossy effect?

 

[fredfish]

This is likely an image created on multiple layers. The glossy effect will probably have been the result of some graduated layers blended with different layers using a combination of different blend modes and layer opacity.

The translucent effect is easier to explain. It is most likely the top layer being laid over a background and then either having the overall opacity reduced until the desired effect achieved or using layer masks at different intensities or again using blend modes - most likely a combination of all 3.

Have a look at some tutorials about Blend Modes, Opacity and Masking - just go to google and use these terms followed by "Photoshop tutorial" and you should get plenty of food for thought - eg "blend modes Photoshop tutorial".

Cheers

John

 

[r3d5tar]

Thanks for the info, I will keep doing some digging but thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

Regards, Eric

 

[fredfish]

No problem Eric. If you still don't quite get it come back and ask some more questions.

Cheers

John