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This is the blog for More Than A Snapshot's Online Photography Classes.  In these blog posts I will give photography tips, tutorials, and show images.

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How to Create Brushes for Photoshop

Gary Detonnancourt

If you would like to learn more about Photoshop CC, you should become a Snapshot Member, so you can get access to all ten of my online classes plus free digital content like brushes. Now 50% off with this link.

https://morethanasnapshot.teachable.com/p/snapshot-members?coupon_code=SNAPSHOT50

How to Add Your Own Images to Photoshop CC 2021

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Free Sky Pack (3 Free Skies)

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30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
$19.99

30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements in Photoshop or Luminar AI. Check the description below for information about how to use these skies to do sky replacements.

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How to Add Texture Overlays to your Images in Photoshop

Gary Detonnancourt

The textures used in this lesson can be downloaded from pexels.com, thanks to Aaron Kitt and Pixabay for these two textures.

Click on File - Place Embedded

Click on File - Place Embedded

Click on the handles around the image to resize it to fit.  Then hit enter on the keyboard.

Click on the handles around the image to resize it to fit. Then hit enter on the keyboard.

Click on the blend modes and roll over each one to see which one will work best for your image.

Click on the blend modes and roll over each one to see which one will work best for your image.

Paint on your mask with black set as the foreground color.  Use a soft brush and set the opacity to 70%, then paint over your subject until the texture has been sufficiently removed from your subject.

Paint on your mask with black set as the foreground color. Use a soft brush and set the opacity to 70%, then paint over your subject until the texture has been sufficiently removed from your subject.

This is my finished image after applying two different texture layers.

This is my finished image after applying two different texture layers.

How to Add Smoke Effects to Your Images in Photoshop CC

Gary Detonnancourt

You can also get the overlays by purchasing them below or by becoming a Snapshot Member.

400+ White Smoke Overlays for Photo Effects and Textures
$19.99

This is a digital product with over 400 high-resolution smoke images in JPG format. They can be used in any image editing program that uses blend modes on layers, such as Photoshop.

Easy to Follow Instructions:
You will need to know the basics of Adobe Photoshop and know how to use layers. If you don’t have these skills please check out my Photoshop course.

You can show or hide layers, Rotate or flip, resize, or change the transparency. Use the eraser on your overlay layer (or mask and brush) to clean something. You can mix & match additional overlays to achieve a unique result.

JPEG format:
1. Place the smoke layer over your photo and set the layer blend mode to SCREEN (after that black background will be invisible).
2. Use the eraser on your overlay layer (or mask and brush) to clean some parts etc.
3. You can mix & match additional overlays to achieve a unique result.
4. Save your photo and finish the work。

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