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I could flatten my image at this point OR what I did here is created a merged layer above the other layers.
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I’ll need a layer that contains the original, the deer and the Winter scene in one layer.Lowered the opacity to 87% to blend it better. At this point I thought the deer was too washed out from the Winter effect, so I duplicated the deer layer and brought it above the Winter Season layer.Used Studio Magic II to create a Winter Scene in “Season Shifter”.Added the deer and resized it to look realistic.Here is the screen shot of the layers for this project and the details of all my steps below: So I tried adding the white layer OVER the texture layer and lowered the opacity to 32% – bingo! I liked that look! In my image above I first tried the white layer under my texture, but didn’t really like the result (looked too pale). The second way is to apply a white (or colored) layer OVER the texture and lower the opacity of the color layer. Then you can lower the opacity of the texture layer and it will get lighter. Method one: add a blank layer beneath the texture and fill it with white. 2 TIPS: If you want to lighten a texture in the background so that it’s more subtle, there are two ways you can do this (which one you use depends on the look you want and the texture itself). I used one of my own crop shapes to create the edges, then added a texture of mine behind it. I also used Studio Magic II to add the softly falling snow. But…there wasn’t snow on the ground either!įirst I added the deer from another image taken in Cades Cove on a different day/trip, then I turned it into a Winter scene with Studio Magic II. The original image from Cades Cove (in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) was taken a few years ago when we there in March – thus no leaves on the trees yet. I created this digital card last night in Photoshop.