{"id":20932,"date":"2018-03-06T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/?p=20932"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:54:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T17:54:01","slug":"cut-glass-smoke-water-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/how-to-cut-out-glass-and-smoke-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cut out Glass, Smoke + Water in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How to make see through glass and smoke in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>How to cut out glass, smoke and liquids in Photoshop. Colin Smith shows you how to select semi transparent objects in Photoshop and mask them for seamless compositing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rYoTS23IBuU?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Ultimate Free Photoshop tutorial on how to Cut out glass, vapor, liquid<\/h1>\n<h1>and make it see through. Make transparent selections in Photoshop<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hi CAFE Crew! I think you are really going to enjoy this week&#8217;s tutorial. I&#8217;ve been working very hard on this because I know that it&#8217;s going to be a favorite. So many people don&#8217;t know where to start when it comes to cutting out transparent and semi transparent objects in Photoshop such as glass, smoke, water etc. This method that I&#8217;m about to tech you is what I have been using for years in my commercial work and with a little patience, I hope this workflow will serve you as well as it has me.<\/p>\n<p>I am making a contest this week based on this tutorial.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53878338135\/\"> Post your entry in our private Facebook group to win a premium training video\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For this tutorial, rather than use my own photos, I decided to grab a couple of images from Adobe stock: This way you can grab them yourself and follow along.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20985\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_03-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_03-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_03-1-100x23.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20984\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_02-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_02-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_02-1-100x120.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20983\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_01-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_01-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_01-1-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/images\/young-girl-in-bikini-surfer-with-surf-board-dive-underwater-with-fun-under-big-ocean-wave-family-lifestyle-people-water-sport-lessons-and-beach-swimming-activity-on-summer-vacation-with-child\/100208168?prev_url=detail\">The Surfer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/images\/empty-glass-bottle-with-cork-stopper-isolated-on-white\/55823905?prev_url=detail\">The Bottle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/images\/abstract-smoke-in-dark-background\/162604836?prev_url=detail\">The Smoke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/images\/water-and-air-bubbles-over-white-background\/80442667\">The Water<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.ly\/2qdDFRH\">Become an Adobe Stock Contributor:\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.ly\/2pnpTe4\">10 free images from Adobe Stock\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Extracting Glass and keeping control over the transparency<\/h2>\n<h4>Step 1<\/h4>\n<p>Before I begin, let me proactively address a question I&#8217;ll get. &#8220;This glass is against a solid color, its easy compared to a complex background.&#8221; #1 I&#8217;m using Stock, why would you use a stock photo that has a complex background, choose a different photo. #2 if you are photographing it yourself. Why are you photographing objects with a busy background? Its so easy to set up a piece of seamless paper or even hold a sheet behind it. If you have a complex background, it&#8217;s better t reshoot or use a different image. However, if you are forced to use a complex image, <a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/masking\/masking.htm\">I have a different tutorial for that here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin by cutting out the glass bottle. This technique is going to give you a crazy amount of control and make the glass see through, you can control how see through it will be! \u00a0The first thing, is to use the quick selection tool.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20987\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/quick-select-tool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"73\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Drag it over the white area to make a selection. If you go too far, you can exclude areas of the selection by alt\/option and clicking with the tool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20940\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_04.jpg 623w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_04-600x590.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_04-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_04-100x98.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inverse the selection: Ctrl+Shift+I (Cmd+Shift+I mac)<\/p>\n<h4>Step 2<\/h4>\n<p>To check how good your selection is, tap the &#8220;Q&#8221; key for quickmask<\/p>\n<p>Here we need to clean it up a little bit on the edges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20942\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_06.jpg 398w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_06-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_06-100x149.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose a small hard brush. Set the color to black and paint in the areas to touch up. (Tip: Click, hold down Shift and click again to draw a straight line)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20943\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_07.jpg 415w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_07-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_07-100x143.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tap Q again to toggle back to a selection<\/p>\n<h4>Step 3<\/h4>\n<p>Press Ctrl\/Cmd+J to copy the selection to a new layer<\/p>\n<p>We have now cut out the bottle shape, but not the transparency yet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20944\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_08.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_08-600x425.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_08-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_08-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_08-100x71.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 4<\/h4>\n<p>Let&#8217;s cut out the transparency, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>Make sure the background is selected. (Hide the top layer for now)<\/p>\n<p>Choose Select&gt;Color Range<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20945\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_09.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_09-600x464.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_09-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_09-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_09-100x77.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When Color range opens, choose Highlights from the Select menu<\/p>\n<p>Adjust the Range until you see a nice clean silhouette of the bottle shape (Fuzziness at 0 for now)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20946\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_10.jpg 406w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_10-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_10-100x119.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the range is set, adjust the Fuzziness until you see a nice gray in the transparent area. (Black is selected, gray is semi transparent selected and white is unselected)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20947\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_11.jpg 405w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_11-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_11-100x120.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 5<\/h4>\n<p>Click ok, and you will see marching ants on the bottle. Any areas that are less than 50% transparent won&#8217;t show marching ants, but will still be selected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20948\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_12.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_12-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_12-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_12-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_12-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Make sure that the background is the active layer as shown here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20950\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_14.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_14-600x416.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_14-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_14-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_14-100x69.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click on the Mask button to mask out the transparency. (If yours look the opposite, undo, hold down Alt\/Option as you click the mask button).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20951\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_15.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_15-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_15-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_15-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_15-100x71.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 6<\/h4>\n<p>We are missing some key parts to the bottle, let&#8217;s fix that now.<\/p>\n<p>Duplicate the Layer 1 (extracted bottle) layer by clicking on it and pressing Ctrl\/Cmd+J or drag it into the new layer icon in the Layers panel<\/p>\n<p>Hide the top layer. You should now see the bottle as opaque again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20952\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_16.jpg 725w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_16-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_16-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_16-100x80.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Create a hidden mask, but Alt\/Option clicking on the layer mask button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20953\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_17.jpg 636w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_17-600x529.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_17-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_17-100x88.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Choose the brush tool and white as the foreground color<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20954\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_18.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_18-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_18-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_18-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_18-100x74.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the layer mask selected on the middle layer, paint around the edges of the bottle to make the important areas fully visible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20955\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_19.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_19-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_19-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_19-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_19-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now we have a really cool setup. Turn on the top layer and adjust the opacity to control the transparency of the bottle. Pretty neat huh?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20956\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_20.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_20-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_20-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_20-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_20-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 7<\/h4>\n<p>Let&#8217;s composite it into another photo, while keeping the setup so we can change our glass transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Before we move it into another photo, let&#8217;s box everything up, just like you would with your stuff if you were moving house.<\/p>\n<p>Select all the layers and Press Ctrl\/Cmd+G to move it all into a group. I named the group,<em> bottle<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20957\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_21.jpg 243w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_21-100x68.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Combining photos in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>Make sure your destination photo is open in Photoshop. (The surfer girl).<\/p>\n<h4>Step 8<\/h4>\n<p>With the move tool (V) drag your bottle into the tab at the top for the new image (Don&#8217;t release yet) wait for the image to open and then move your pointer into the middle of the new document. Release, and your bottle group has been added to the surfer photo. <a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/combine-photos-photoshop\/\">How to combine images in Photoshop made easy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scale and position the bottle (Ctrl\/Cmd+T to resize the bottle)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20958\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_22.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_22-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_22-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_22-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_22-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you expand the <em>bottle<\/em>\u00a0group, you will see that you can still adjust the transparency. This is important, because you can see it better on a background and probably want to reduce the transparency a little bit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20959\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_23.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_23-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_23-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_23-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_23-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Creating Lens Refraction in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>We have added the bottle, but it&#8217;s still missing a little something to make it look realistic. That is called refraction. Refraction is how something distorts through a lens, that lens could be eyeglasses, water drops, glass or any transparent object that isn&#8217;t perfectly flat. This will change our image from a bottle slapped on to a photo, into a well composited glass object in a scene. Here we go&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>Step 9<\/h4>\n<p>Hold Ctrl\/Cmd and click on the layer thumbnail of the bottle (top layer) this loads the selection for the bottle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20960\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_24.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_24-600x416.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_24-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_24-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_24-100x69.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose the Background in the Layers panel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20961\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_25.jpg 240w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_25-100x98.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Press Cmd\/Ctrl+J to copy a selection of the background to a new layer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20962\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_26.jpg 243w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_26-100x97.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hide the Bottle group so we can see the selected layer (you won&#8217;t see anything different yet)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20963\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_27.jpg 246w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_27-100x90.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the selected layer in the shape of the bottle. Let&#8217;s distort it!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20964\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_28.jpg 305w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_28-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_28-100x151.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 10<\/h4>\n<p>Choose Filter&gt;Distort&gt;Spherize \u00a0(You could use any of the distort tools, including liquify for this step)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20965\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_29.jpg 437w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_29-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_29-100x92.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click ok to apply the effect to the selection. Sometimes you might need to apply it again if the result isn&#8217;t strong enough (Ctrl\/Cmd+F)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20966\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_30.jpg 238w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_30-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_30-100x189.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ctrl\/Cmd+D to turn off the selection.<\/p>\n<p>Turn our bottle layers back on and lookie! We have glass refraction. Cool!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20967\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_31.jpg 556w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_31-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_31-100x89.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Photoshop CC Selection Secrets<\/h1>\n<h4>New Course by Colin Smith<\/h4>\n<p>Stop struggling with selections.\u00a0Learn how to select and cut out anything from people, hair, trees, complex shapes and even transparency.<br \/>\nDiscover how to get perfect edges, without halos and jaggies. Colin shows you exactly how in 18 lessons.<br \/>\nAll the images are included for you to follow along.<br \/>\n<strong>You will be able to select and cut out anything: faster and cleaner.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/shop\/photoshop-cc-selection-secrets\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31957\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/selection-secrets-in-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"selections and masks in Photoshop CC\" width=\"286\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/selection-secrets-in-photoshop.jpg 286w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/selection-secrets-in-photoshop-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/selection-secrets-in-photoshop-100x176.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/shop\/photoshop-cc-selection-secrets\/\">More info here<\/a><\/h4>\n<h2>Cutting out Smoke in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>Now we are going to cut out smoke and do a little tweaking for a cool effect. I&#8217;m really doing this so you can see how to cut out vapors in Photoshop as well as a cool creative idea.<\/p>\n<h4>Step 11<\/h4>\n<p>Start with the smoke image<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20968\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_32.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_32-600x369.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_32-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_32-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_32-100x62.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As before, choose Select&gt;Color Range<\/p>\n<p>Grab highlights again and use the settings shown here.<\/p>\n<p>Click ok<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20969\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_33.jpg 403w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_33-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_33-100x84.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The smoke is selected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20970\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_34.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_34-600x175.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_34-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_34-768x224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_34-100x29.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 12<\/h4>\n<p>Click on the add layer mask button (Rectangle with a circle in the middle)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20971\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_35.jpg 236w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_35-100x30.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you have the smoke masked out<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20972\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_36.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_36-600x352.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_36-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_36-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_36-100x59.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you choose the layer and not the mask in the layers panel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20973\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_37.jpg 244w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_37-100x68.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 13<\/h4>\n<p>Drag it into our composite image exactly the same way we did with the bottle.<\/p>\n<p>(Note: The process for selecting water and liquids is identica<a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/make-water-splashes-photoshop-tutorial\/\">l, but you can easily make liquid brushes, which are great for splashes)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drag the smoke layer to the top of the layer stack<\/p>\n<p>Position and size the smoke to suit your tastes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20974\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_38.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_38-600x407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_38-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_38-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_38-100x68.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Colorizing vapor in Photoshop.<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s add some color to the smoke<\/p>\n<h4>Step 14<\/h4>\n<p>Create a new Hue\/Saturation adjustment layer by clicking the yin\/yang shape at the bottom of the layers panel and choosing Hue\/Saturation<\/p>\n<p>Right now if I make adjustments, it will affect the entire image, I only want to change the smoke<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20990 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_39-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_39-1.jpg 563w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_39-1-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_39-1-100x92.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the clip to layer icon at the bottom of the properties panel to isolate the adjustment to only the layer beneath the adjustment layer (our smoke layer)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20989 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_40-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"562\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_40-1.jpg 562w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_40-1-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_40-1-100x93.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make some adjustments to add an aqua hue to the smoke. Notice that lowering the Lightness slightly allows us to add color to white.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20977\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_41.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_41-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_41-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_41-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_41-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 15<\/h4>\n<p>Here is the image and the layers panel visible after the adjustments. Adjust the Opacity of the smoke to blend it in nicely.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20978\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_42.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_42-600x407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_42-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_42-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_42-100x68.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I hide the background you can see the work we have done on the transparency. Didi you think you would be doing this in Photoshop? It&#8217;s fun!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20979\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_43.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_43-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_43-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_43-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_43-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Finishing Touches<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a step I like to perform on all my composites (another word for collages). Let&#8217;s do some overall grading in Camera Raw (Photoshop CC step only)<\/p>\n<h4>Step 16<\/h4>\n<p>Let&#8217;s make a layer on top that contains all the layers combined.<br \/>\nSelect all the layers and Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E (Cmd+Option+Shift+E Mac).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20980\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_44.jpg 261w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_44-100x71.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With our new, top layer active choose Filter&gt;Camera Raw Filter<\/p>\n<p>You can see the adjustments I made to the color and tone, to give a little more pop to the image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20981\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_45.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_45-600x376.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_45-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_45-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_45-100x63.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here is the final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20982\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_46.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_46.jpg 800w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_46-600x403.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_46-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_46-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/extract-glass-photoshop-tutorial_46-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some may ask why I used this method rather than using blending modes. The result is a little different with the modes, Using Screen actually works quite well for the smoke, but we lose a lot of the color in glass if we do it that way. <a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/complete-guide-layer-blending-modes-photoshop\/\">I do have a really good tutorial on Blending modes too, check it out here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, it was more &#8220;old school PhotoshopCAFE&#8221; with the step by step written instructions to go with the video, Keep checking your favorite PhotoshopCAFE tutorials, because I&#8217;m doing this to every free tutorial, to make sure that PhotoshopCAFE continues to have the best tutorials on the internet \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.us1.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=69dd14bbcb9895c234db8095c&amp;amp;id=548063c647\">join our mailing list for free goodies and also be informed of free tutorials that I release each week.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great to see you here at the CAFE and I look forward to \u201cseeing\u201d you again on my next tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to browse my <a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials.htm\">hundreds of free Photoshop tutorials,<\/a> you might be surprised by the quality and amount of our free content<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Colin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BTW, If you liked this tut, <a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/compositing-Photoshop-SkyCity\">you will love my premium training video, Sky City Project: Compositing in Photoshop\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Alternative method for CS6 submitted by Jeremiah Keeneham<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>I received an email from Jeremiah Keeneham (thanks!), he says that there were problems completing the steps in CS6 and he has figured out a work-around. Jeremiah was kind enough to write out all the steps and I&#8217;ll share them with you. (Since I no longer use CS6, I&#8217;m unable to provide support on his steps). Here is his tutorial&#8230;&lt;&lt; (Colin)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW TO CUT OUT A GLASS BOTTLE FROM A BACKGROUND AND MAKE IT SEE-THRU TRANSPARENT FOR USE WITH ANOTHER IMAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like everything else in Photoshop, there&#8217;s multiple ways to skin the cat &#8211; this being one that seems pretty simple to me &#8211; and I love &#8216;simple&#8217; when it comes to Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Dupe the background layer and name it the &#8216;Bottle-only&#8217; layer.<\/li>\n<li>With the Bottle-only layer active.\n<ul>\n<li>Select the bottle from the background using the usual tools (quick selection tool, refine edge and edit mask mode or whatever you prefer) and save it as the &#8216;Bottle&#8217; selection (I always save selections in case I want to go back to them).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Select \/ Inverse<\/strong>and save it as the &#8216;Background&#8217; selection.<\/li>\n<li>With the Background selection active: <strong>Edit \/ Clear<\/strong>so the bottle is now on a transparent background.<\/li>\n<li>Select the inside section of the bottle using your preferred selection tools and save it as the &#8216;Inside Bottle&#8217; selection.<\/li>\n<li>With the Inside Bottle selection active: <strong>Edit \/ Clear<\/strong>so the inside of the bottle is now completely see-thru and transparent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>If you want to lower the opacity of the inside of the bottle so it is a little bit cloudy instead of crystal clear, I&#8217;m sure there are more sophisticated ways, but you could try this which seems &#8216;dirt simple&#8217; to me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>With the Bottle-Only layer active.\n<ul>\n<li>Add a new empty layer above it and name it the &#8216;Inside Bottle&#8217; layer.<\/li>\n<li>Load the &#8216;Inside Bottle&#8217; selection that you saved above.<\/li>\n<li>With the Inside Bottle selection still active: <strong>Edit \/ Fill<\/strong>with &#8220;White&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Lower the opacity of the Inside Bottle layer to perhaps 50pct or whatever looks good to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>LAYER BLENDING MODES. FREE EBOOK BY COLIN SMITH<\/h1>\n<p>As you can see, Layer blending modes play a big part in this kind of thing.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/blendmodeebook\">Grab your free PDF ebook right now. We were going to sell this for $9.99, but figured we would give it away instead and see what happens &#x1f642;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/blendmodeebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14956\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/blending-modes-free-ebook.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/blending-modes-free-ebook.jpg 564w, http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/blending-modes-free-ebook-300x295.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/blending-modes-free-ebook-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/blending-modes-free-ebook-100x98.jpg 100w, http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/blending-modes-free-ebook-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/blending-modes-free-ebook-407x400.jpg 407w\" alt=\"blend\" width=\"564\" height=\"554\" \/><\/a><hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>PS Don\u2019t forget to follow us on Social Media for more tips..<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/photoshopcafe\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/photoshopcafe\">Youtube.<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photoshopCAFE\">facebook<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photoshopCAFE\">twitter<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n(I've been posting some fun Instagram and Facebook Stories lately)<br \/>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/vault\/\">You can get my free Layer Blending modes ebook along with dozens of exclusive Photoshop Goodies here<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/vault\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48395 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter.jpg\" alt=\"photoshop goodies for free\" width=\"550\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter.jpg 550w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to cut out glass, smoke and liquids in Photoshop. 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