PS7 Tutorial: Piper Halliwell-Wyatt Header
The Making of Piper Halliwell-Wyatt:
Step One:
take your picture from Marilyn. Remember this is all in your picture. Not on the blank header yet.
A) Auto Contrast : Image - Adjustments - AutoContrast (Alt Shift Ctrl L)
B) Sharpen : Filter - Sharpen - Sharpen. Once only.
Step Two:
C) Make a blank canvas size 600x350. Drag your picture that we just contrasted and sharpened over to the blank canvas and position it where you want it.
Step Three:
D) Duplicate your base, Desaturate it, then set it to Overlay @ 50%
Step Four:
E) Duplicate it again. But this time set it to Linear Burn @ 15%
She is so damn pretty!
Step Five:
F) Duplicate it one more time. Last time, I swear. Set this copy to Vivid Light @ 50%.
G) Go up to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur -> Drag the bar up to 74.3
Step Six:
Now we get into a bit more, but subtle coloring.
H) Add an exclusion layer. #020D30
I) Apply a Gradient Layer on top of that. The hex for the gradient I used: F1C4A3-B58466, both at 100%. Set the gradient to Hue @ 50%
J) Add on one more color fill layer #FBF0A5, set this to color burn. Make sure you decrease the FILL to 50%, not the opacity. You'll get two total different effects that what we want to achieve.
K) Add a dry paint brush by nardasarmy here and any text you want. I didn't add any text and there you are. A beautiful Piper Header: