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Integrating the blood into the scene - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
Integrating the blood into the scene
In this exercise, we're going to customize our layer effect, specifically this edge highlight, so that the blood looks like it's integrated into the scene. I've saved my progress as Strange syrup .psd, found inside the 07_refine folder, and the first thing we're going to do is take this drips layer right there, and we're going to create a copy of it by pressing Control+J, or Command+J on the Mac, and that goes ahead and jumps a layer, of course. Turn off the Bevel and Emboss effect for the lower drips layer. Might as well collapse the effects as well, and then turn off Gradient Overlay for the top drips layer. And so we've gone ahead and separated the two effects, so that we can modify them independently. I'm going to go ahead and collapse both that top drips layer, and the lips layer as well, just so that I have a little more room to work. Then you want to click on the layer mask thumbnail for the top drips layer, and go ahead and grab the Brush tool from the toolbox, or by pressing…
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Introducing the Refine Mask command6m 58s
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Automated edge detection8m 23s
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Turning garbage into gold6m 19s
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Starting with an accurate selection7m 11s
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Selection outline in, layer mask out7m 48s
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Matching a scene with Smart Filters4m 29s
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Cooling a face, reflecting inside eyes4m 45s
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Creating a layer of ghoulish skin4m 28s
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Adding dark circles around the eyes5m 20s
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Creating a fake blood effect5m 38s
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Establishing trails of blood7m 40s
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Integrating the blood into the scene7m 3s
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The ultimate in masking automation1m 6s
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