A Work in Progress: glass mushroom



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glass mushroom
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step 1 of 5

"isolate" and clean (remove grass, using clone tool) head's mushroom, put it on a new bckgrnd

Creation of glass mushroom: Step 1

step 2 of 5

make a selection (ctrl+ clic on the mushroom layer) on the bckgrnd layer,copy and paste then adjust the level to make it brighter and have more contrast. Put a little gaussian blur

Creation of glass mushroom: Step 2

step 3 of 5

I draw using path tool, make a selection, adjust level, and blur

Creation of glass mushroom: Step 3

step 4 of 5

with the same selection on a new layer a fill it with black, and bring the fill opacity to 0% via the layer style menu, this way you only see the inner shadow and inner glow

Creation of glass mushroom: Step 4

step 5 of 5

select the highlights with select range (holding shift key to select multiple range)

Creation of glass mushroom: Step 5

Final result

Creation of glass mushroom: Final Result

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