How To Stylize A Portrait Using Layer Blending Modes In Photoshop

On this somewhat older video tutorial Aaron Nace from Phlearn demonstrates how to stylize a portrait using layer blending in Photoshop.

This is a pretty advanced video and Nace covers a lot of ground going through the different stages. He uses many layer masks and adjustment layers and goes over different parts of the image one by one. Another nice thing  we get from this video is how to create keyboard shortcuts (4:05~ on the video).
The main part of this video is the blending layer part which Nace does in a few parts – once on the clothing and the other on the face (be sure you work in different ways on different areas (using layers and masks) so you will get the best results.

In the above video Nace mentions Gobos and on this video you can see what he is talking about

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIefubPDktE[/youtube]

You can find many more Photoshop video tutorials on LensVid’s Photoshop section (and you can find a lot more Phlearn videos on our special Phlearn subsection).

Iddo Genuth
Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.

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