STEP BY STEP CREATE A FUN FESTIVE SNOW GLOBE IMAGE
PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine|January 2023
How to use Photoshop to blend your portrait and snow globe images – or use the ones we’ve supplied
STEP BY STEP CREATE A FUN FESTIVE SNOW GLOBE IMAGE

01 CUT OUT THE KIDS Open the image of the children (download link below). Mask the background with Select > Subject and click the Add Layer Mask icon in the Layers Panel to hide background. Zoom in to check the edges and paint black on the mask to hide or white to reveal areas.

02 POSITION THE LAYER Open snow globe image from the download. Grab the Move tool and drag the cut-out layer up to the tab of the snow globe image, then down and in to copy it over. Hit Cmd/Ctrl+T for Free Transform and use the box to resize and position the kids inside the globe.

03 MASK THE LAYER Hit Cmd/Ctrl+G to convert the layer into a group, then click the Mask icon to add a mask (this lets us ‘nest’ a second mask and keep the first). Grab the Brush tool and paint black over parts that obscure reflections. Hide any other areas to blend it with the globe.

04 BLEND THE SNOW Highlight the bottom layer and grab the Lasso tool. Select some of the snowflakes and hit Cmd/Ctrl+J to copy to a new layer. Drag the layer to the top of the stack and change the Blend Mode to Lighten, use the Move tool to position it on the kids. Copy to add snow.

05 ADD MORE BOKEH Open a bokeh image from the download, drag it in with the Move tool and set the Blend Mode to Screen, then position it over the scene. If needed, add a layer mask and paint black to hide any parts of the bokeh. You can add more bokeh images in the same way.

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