Make Your Photo HD In Photoshop Esaily

Here you will learn how to make a unique looking photo effect that not many people know about yet. This will evolve soon in the future to many other designers. With this, you will be able to turn regular old photos into high definition photographs. All we are going to do is simply sharpen the image quallity to make it look more realistic.

blur / overlay

Duplicate your picture layer by dragging the layer to the ‘new’ icon in the layers palette (ctrl+j).Apply a gaussian blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur…). Blur it enough that the detail disappears but the shapes mostly keep their form. In the layers palette, change the blending mode from ‘Normal’ to ‘Overlay. If you look at the before and after, you can see that this method makes the light tones lighter and the dark tones darker while softening it a touch. Basically, it softly boosts the contrast. If you want a more dramatic effect, try changing the blending mode to ‘Vivid Light’ instead of ‘Overlay.’If you look at the before and after, you can see that this method makes the light tones lighter and the dark tones darker while softening it a touch. Basically, it softly boosts the contrast. If you want a more dramatic effect, try changing the blending mode to ‘Vivid Light’ instead of ‘Overlay.’ Try it on all kinds of shots: portraits, nature shots, you name it. I use this method ALL the time. It works so well with everything

filter the background

Feather the selection by going to Select > Feather (ctrl+alt+d). We want a pretty large feather, so what you input depends on your picture. Try 50 pixels. Go to Layer > New > Layer via copy. You should end up with just your subject on a new layer with a nice feather to it (fades at the edges).Select the layer copy below your subject layer. Start trying out filters. I used Filter > Brush Strokes > Dark Strokes for this example. Most of the Brush Stroke filters work well with this effect. Using blurs tends to look a little funny. That’s it. Try this out with lots of different filters. If you want to tone down the effect, change the opacity of the effect layer. If you want to get more advanced with your subject selection, you can duplicate the layer, mask it out, and use a large soft white brush to paint the subject back in.

neon glow
Duplicate your layer, then pull up Filter > Artistic > Neon Glow. Pick a color that you think will complement your shot. In mine, the cat is lit with sunlight, so I went with a yellow to exaggerate that. Start with a glow size of 4 and a glow brightness of 18, then tweak it to suit your shot. This is what I ended up with. change the blending mode to ‘Overlay.’ Also cycle through those modes: soft light, hard light, vivid light, and linear light.

easy blur
Duplicate your layer and apply a Gaussian Blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) so that the details start to go, but not too much. Set the opacity of the layer to 50%. This is a great, super-simple way to soften a picture. It can give it almost a dreamy look. Play with opacities until you find something that works really well with your shot.

Sharpen
 Make sure your on the main layer and go up to the navigation and click Filters. Now a drop down menu will appear. Find Sharpen > Sharpen. This will higher the image quallity a little bit.

Reduce noise
Duplicate your layer and apply a Reduce noise from Filter>Noise> Reduce noise. And set a valu of strength at 10.

High pass filter
Duplicate your layer and apply a Reduce noise from Filter> others> high pass filter

Curve
GO to Image>adjustment>curve. Set a RGB curve as you wish and see a result

HDR tuning

GO to Image>adjustment>HDR tuning. Tune different level of adjustment as you like and see a result