Lab 2-B

Leonard Nimoy vulcan salute, translucent over space
Click the image to see a before and after.

Leonard Nimoy Moonrise

Layer Blending

The assignment for this lab was to use layer Blending Options to create a transparent, "ghostly" effect between two images. The specific requirement for this lab was to not adjust the opacity.

I chose an image of Leonard Nimoy because I was searching for pictures of "stars" and he popped up in the search, so I thought it would be perfect putting him among the stars. For the second image I didn't alter anything, but it was a lucky coincidence that Leonard Nimoy's head blocked out the object in the space photo and the light source happened to land on his glasses.

Detailed Steps
  1. Open the original image file (space).
  2. In the top bar: Image > Image Size
  3. Keep Width/Height locked. Change units to pixels. Change Width to 800 px.
  4. Click and drag second image file (Leonard Nimoy) and drop onto canvas area to add as a layer.
  5. In the top bar: Image > Image Size
  6. Keep Width/Height locked. Change units to pixels. Change Width to 800 px.
  7. In the top bar: Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options
  8. Blend Mode: Linear Dodge (Add)
  9. Click OK.
  10. Shift+Ctrl+S to Save As a Photoshop file (.psd).
  11. In the top bar: File > Export > Export As
  12. Change the format to JPG. Click Export.
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