Photoshop Tutorial: Dancing In The Dark
In this tutorial we will show how to create The Dark Photo Effect using photoshop where a girl is dancing:)
Here is the final image:
Open the picture below then press Ctrl+J to duplicate layer, change blend mode to Soft light

You can find any model that you like then put it into the background. In this tutorial, I chose this picture of lady

Press Ctrl+M to open Curves:

After above steps, you will get the result:

Open Brush tool, pick the brush below

Apply it to the picture:

Go to Filter -> Blur -> Radial Blur

You will get:

Go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur

You will get:

Hit D key to set default Background color and Foreground color (black and white)
Go to Filter -> Render -> Cloud
Change blend mode to Hard light
You will get:

Create a new layer, go to Gradient Editor and pick color range like this:

On Gradient bar, you will set like this:
Apply gradient, Blend mode: Darken, Opacity 40%
You will get the result:

At Gradient layer, you go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur

You will get:

Merge Visible all layers then go to Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast

Press Ctrl+U to open Hue/Saturation

You will get the final result:

Hope you enjoyed it:)
Thanks you.
Credit: photoshop-garden.com
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about 2 years ago
A proficient ability to use Photoshop is becoming more and more important to have in our visual results focused workplace as more and more businesses or services are looking to get themselves noticed in the marketplace.
And you can actually make money out of your own tutorial by teaching online.
Cheers!