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Tutorial in Basics, Effects, In Photos, Various
This is one of the cases that prove that you can create pretty cool stuff with the simplest Photoshop tools. These are ((Single Row Marquee Tool)) and ((Single Column Marquee Tool)). To the end of the tutorial you will have a beautiful “Scottish” sheet created with the image colors.
Open the image.
Duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J).
In the duplicated layer, select ((Single Marquee Tool)) (pointed with a red arrow) with Feather: 0px somewhere in the document. As you will see in the image below, I placed the selection where there are more colors. For those who understand it better, we are selecting a Pixel from the image, vertically.
Press Ctrl + C ((copy)) and Ctrl + V to ((paste)) the selection in a different layer.
Then Ctrl + T to activate ((Free Transform)). Enlarge it towards both right and left sides. In the image below I stretched only the left side.
Now do it from the right so that the document is completed.
Click the eye next to the layer to merge it invisible. We will not work on it.
Repeat the previous steps with ((Single Row Marquee Tool)).
I will explain you anyway. Stand in the duplicated layer and, with ((Single Row Marquee Tool)), place the selection where you see more colors. Press Ctrl + C ((copy)) and Ctrl + V to ((paste)) the selection in another layer.
Then Ctrl + T ((Free Transform)), stretch the selection upwards and downwards until you complete the entire document with the transformation, as shown in the following image.
Merge the layer you previously applied ((Single Marquee Tool)) visible (click the eye). Reduce the ((opacity)) to 50%. The most important part of the tutorial is done, you will have a “Scottish” texture with the most relevant colors of the original image.
Select the duplicated layer and place it in front of the others. Press Ctrl + T (((Free Transform))) and reduce the image pressing and holding Alt + Shift. (Proportionally from the center).
Double click the image layer to open the ((Blending Options)) window.
Select and modify ((Drop Shadow)) to give a shade to the image. Apply the values that appear in the following image.
