By Heather Dove
Online Editor
Being artistic doesn’t come easy for everyone. Long strokes of paint on a canvas or armed only by a pencil and a sketchbook, being creative can seem like a war zone. Photoshop is the saving grace for anyone who is creative, but not necessarily artistic enough to do it themselves. With a few clicks of a button, you can manipulate images into completely new pieces of art. Even if you just want to mess around with your best friend by putting his head onto Eminem’s body, Photoshop will get the job done. The best part is that anyone with a computer, time and a little imagination can become a Photoshop Ninja. Starting in seventh grade, I’ve accumulated the knowledge that has qualified me to be dubbed a “Photoshop Ninja.” Self taught, I’ve gone through the pitfalls so you don’t have to. If there’s something you want to know how to do, comment below and ask me. If I don’t already know how to do it, I’ll find out for you — your own personal Chacha to the graphics world.
Ninja lesson: How to achieve “that look”
Which, yes, is cool– but what if I told you, that achieving those looks was possible through Photoshop? Now, maybe that seems a little stupid, since you can use some site, but lets be honest.
You want to be a Photoshop Ninja, not a Photoshop Poser.
Boost (at 46 percent strength)-
(** Note, if your layer is locked you will not be able to edit it. To unlock a layer, simply duplicate it. You can duplicate a layer by going to “Layer” on the menu, and selecting “Duplicate”.)
Once you have one layer that has been edited with HDR toning, drag this layer to the other, unedited image.