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Written by Denny Tang   
Wednesday, 04 October 2006

Seperate the Colors

The first thing we`re going to do is to remove all shades from the image. The result will be solid shapes of color. Follow the steps below to learn this technique.

  1. Open a photo you would like to edit. Resize (Image> Image Size) the image to the output size you would like. It is fine to upscale a low resolution image before using this effect.
    image from iStockPro.com
    image from iStockPro.com
  2. Duplicate the layer (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode of the new layer to Luminosity.
    Layer duplicated and blending mode changed to Luminosity.
    Layer duplicated and blending mode changed to Luminosity.
  3. With the top layer selected, Invert (Image> Adjustments> Invert or Ctrl+I).
    After inverting layer.
    After inverting layer.
  4. Reduce the opacity of the current layer to 50%.
    Result after changing opacity to 50%.
    Result after changing opacity to 50%.
  5. Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to create a new layer of the visible and delete Layer 1.


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