Photoshop Tutorial: A Quick and Simple Way to Make Any Object Transparent



In this tutorial I'm going to present you one way (a fast one!) to create a glass or transparent effect in Photoshop using paths, brush work, filter, opacity adjustments and layer modes.


End result:
A Quick and Simple Way to Make Any Object Transparent Final Image

Author:
avatar intrinsic

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Adobe Photoshop CS5

Step 1

Image to be used for this effect removed from background.


Step 2

To create the behind the subject layer I copied a portion of the background, then hit Ctrl + T and then dragged the layer over to fit. layer is behind subject layer.


Step 3

After you have parts of the background extracted, fill the area you want to clip. Select original subject layer, hit the Ctrl + I to invert, then hit delete or backspace to trim unwanted area's.


Step 4

Using original layer, adjust the opacity
so you can see through it to the layer below.


Step 5

Now we start creating the pen paths and brush
layers by following the selected areas you want to show hilights.


Step 6

For more details you can use a filter called find edges


Step 7

This is the filter result to the original layer.


Step 8

Now you want to invert
that layer.


Step 9

Change the layer mode to screen
to get the hilights showing through.


Step 10

Now adjust the opacity
to get the effect you like.


Step 11

Final result. you can adjust the effect to the way you like it.




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16 Comments:

avatar PhotoRepair

Great tut, glass tends to take on the colours of its surroundings, im not sure how you would acheive this though to make it even more convincing!

(1 year and 229 days ago)
avatar intrinsic
intrinsic says:

Using the hue/ saturation would acheive this thank's

(1 year and 228 days ago)
avatar bartoszwozniak

Really nice tutorial! Well done! Clear and useful.

(1 year and 223 days ago)
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paul says:

leuke tutorial!

(1 year and 222 days ago)
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Guest says:

ewwwwy

(1 year and 221 days ago)
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cioucioubitch* says:

me dont like tis

(1 year and 221 days ago)
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OM says:

lucky good..

(1 year and 219 days ago)
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malik asif says:

thanx for it

(1 year and 215 days ago)
avatar hereisanoop

very nice

(1 year and 214 days ago)
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Guest says:

Very striking!!!

(1 year and 201 days ago)
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Brett Widmann says:

This is a really cool tutorial. Thank you.

(1 year and 125 days ago)
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muy chido

(1 year and 97 days ago)
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Kumar says:

its Fantastic

(1 year and 37 days ago)
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restauracion de fotos says:

I really like your tutor nice step by step.

(267 days ago)
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adeel says:

Excellent tutorial.i enjoyed to learn.

(245 days ago)
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Guest says:

how about the shadows?

(218 days ago)


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