With existence of Photorealism up to these days, renowned artist Bert Monroy introduces “Photorealism with Bert Monroy, volume 2” which will once again take you inside his creative mind and show you how to create ultra-realistic images using Adobe Photoshop. It showcases Monroy's personal methods for creating realistic details to enhance a digital image. From this book, you’ll learn to make fireworks, rusty text, a glazed donut, an antique photo, a speeding bullet, and a lot more. You'll also learn to master pen tool, layers, alpha channels, and masking by watching and following along with one of great digital artists of today.

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2. Duplicate background. Duplicate your background layer by dragging it over "New Layer" icon in Layers palette.

3. Hue/Saturation. Then apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to duplicate (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation). Make sure you check option labeled "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask." This will ensure that only duplicate layer is affected by adjustment layer.

4. Lighting Effects. One of problems with this technique is that it tends to fade out edges of image. If your edges are light, you might want to apply Filter > Render > Lighting Effects to your duplicate layer to darken up areas around subject.

5. High Pass. Now on same layer we're going to apply High Pass filter (Filter > Other High Pass) with a Radius of 1.2 pixels.

6. Fade. We're going to fade that High Pass filter. Right after you apply an operation in Photoshop, an option under Edit menu appears, labeled "Fade".

7. Luminosity. Finally, in Layers palette, you're going to make this all come together by switching blending mode of your duplicate layer from "Normal" to "Luminosity."

Your masterpiece is terrific! Isn’t it?

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