Photoshop Marvel: Transforming the Image of a Girl into a Milk Figure

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Creating a milk figure can be a great idea for an innovative milk ad campaign. The given Photoshop tutorial would brief you about the techniques to transform any image into a milk figure. All that you need to make this milk image are some photo manipulation tools, like transformation tool, burn tool, layer mask, and few stock images.

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Final Image Preview

Stocks Used:

• Girl Image
• Paint Splashes
• Milk Drop

1.Step

Once you open the fie you choose, select only the part of the girl’s body, copy and paste it into a new layer (Layer 1).

2.Step

Create a new white layer under the Layer 1 and apply a mask as in the image.

3.Step

Open the splatter’s file and go to: Edit -> Free Transform (cmd+T(MAC), ctrl+T(PC)).

4.Step

Now modify the splatter going to: Edit -> Transform -> Warp.

5.Step

Mask Layer 2 as in the image.

6.Step

Now go on: Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation (cmd+U (MAC), ctrl+U (PC)).

7.Step

Go to Layer 1 and mask to the parts where you want to add the splatters.

8.Step

Repeat the same thing in steps (3, 4, 5, 6).

9.Step

Now we must repeat the same process but under the Layer 1, creating a 3D effect.

10.Step

With the Burn Tool to darken the interested parts, as in the image.

11.Step

Repeat this step several times using other types of splatters.

12.Step

Create a new Layer and bring it over to all. With the Brush Tool and white foreground to draw some lines as in the image.

13.Step

Now change the Blending Mode from Normal to Overlay and set the Opacity to 40%.

14.Step

Create a new Layer and bring it above the background level. Go to the Gradient Tool and select Radial Gradient. Go to Gradient Edit and set the values as in the image.

15.Step

Select only the Layers shown in the figure and create a group (cmd+G (MAC), ctrl+G (PC)).

16.Step

Create an additional Layer under the Group1 and with the Rectangular Marquee Tool to select the bottom of the image.

17.Step

Select the Gradient Tool go to Linear Gradient and drag from top to bottom as in the image. After that deselect (cmd+D (MAC), ctrl+D (PC)).

18.Step

Now go to: Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 5 pixels.

19.Step

Change the Blending Mode from Normal to Overlay, duplicate the Layer and set the Opacity to 50%.

20.Step

Create a new Layer, go to the Gradient Tool and select Radial Gradient. Go to Gradient Edit, sets the color from white to transparent and drag it behind the head of the girl, as in the image.

21.Step

With the Elliptical Marquee Tool select the points where you want to create shade, filled with black and deselect. Then go to: Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 5 pixels.

22.Step

Add a mask and cover the interested parts to make more realistic the shadows as in the image. Than change the Blending Mode from Normal to Multiply and set the Opacity to 80%.

23.Step

With the Brush Tool and black foreground, create a new Layer and place them in the image of the point where the shadows is more intense. Set the Blending Mode and Opacity as before.

24.Step

Now go to Group1 and with the right mouse button click on it, select Convert to Smart Object. Right-click again and select Rasterize Layer.

25.Step

Go to: Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate (cmd+shift+U (MAC), ctrl+shift+U (PC)), and desaturate the girl’s body. After adjusting with Levels and Curves to make it more similar to milk.

26.Step

Now mask parts of the head where you want to enter the splatters.

27.Step

Again, add the splatters as before. Mask and desaturate it.

28.Step

Now create a new 3D effect with the splatters and the Burn Tool as in the image.

29.Step

Once this is done, add a jet of milk that falls from to the top and integrate it with the image. As always, adding masks and setting Levels.

30.Step

Create a new Layer and bring it above the level of the shadows. Repeat the process to create the shadows as in the image. The blur, however, must have a Radius of 10 pixels.

31.Step

Now go to: Layer -> Flatten Image.

32.Step

Duplicate a Layer.

33.Step

Go to: Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 2 pixels.

34.Step

Add a mask and cover the interested parts as in the image.

35.Step

Create a new Layer and draw a few drops.

36.Step

Now double click with the left mouse button on the drop’s level and follow these guidelines.

37.Step

Made all the steps click on OK.

38.Step

Now create a new Layer and fill it with blue. Change the Blending Mode from Normal to Color.

39.Step

Set the Opacity to 15%.

Final Result: Girl from Milk

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