How to make dream photos in Photoshop

2007-Sep-7 in Photoshop Tutorials
Originally wrote this tutorial on radutrifan.com but I think its a good idea to start a photoshop tutorials page here in my page. So, I'll start with a simple effect that gives a "dream" impression to the picture it is applied.
Well, first of all we should make some basic picture effects and adjustments in Photoshop in order to make the image look sharper in desired areas.
For this we can use the unsharp mask filter - after making the selection that will be modified, click Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp mask and change filter parameters until you like what you see in preview.
After this, let's make some image basic adjustments, like Auto contrast (CTRL+Shift+Alt+L or Image> Adjustment > Auto contrast), Auto Levels and Auto color.
Now go to Image > Adjustment > Brightness/Contrast and make some changes there in order to get a more contrast image.
Go to Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation and put a positive value in the saturation field so you get a picture with more vivid colors.
Now .. let's make that effect :)
Now select all the layer (CTRL+A), copy it (CTRL+C) and paste it to a new layer(just press CTRL+V).
Now you have 2 layers with the same content. On the top layer apply a filter: Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur.
Now you have a blurred image. Dont worry :) Change the top (blurred) layer's Opacity to 50% or lower instead of 100% and ... voila ;)
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