Step 3

Press Control-Shift-U on your keyboard to desaturate this layer and set its Opacity to 58%.

Step 4

Now press Control-J to duplicate this layer and name the new layer Subject Details.

Step 5

Change the Opacity of this layer to 100%. Then, go to Filter > Other > High Pass and set the Radius to 35 px as shown below:

Step 6

Now select the Subject Contrast layer and press Control-J on your keyboard to duplicate it. Then, drag this new layer to the top of the layers in the Layers panel and name it Subject Sharpening.

Step 7

Change the Blending Mode of this layer to Overlay and Opacity to 100%. Then, go to Filter > Other > High Pass and set the Radius to 2 px as shown below:

Step 8

Now Shift-click on the Main Subject layer to select all subject layers at the same time. Then, go to Layer > New > Group from Layers to create a new group from the selected layers and name it Subject.

Step 9

Go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All to add a blank layer mask. Then choose the Brush Tool (B), pick a soft brush, set the foreground color to #000000, and brush onto the mask as shown below:

Step 10

Now pick a small soft brush and brush over the edges of the subject where needed to blend the subject more.

5. How to Create the Textures

Step 1

In this section, we are going to create textures. Go to Layer > New > Layer to create a new layer and name it Texture_1.

Step 2

Now press D on your keyboard to reset the swatches and go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Then, pressControl-T on your keyboard and set the Width and Height to 150% as shown below:

Step 3

Change the Blending Mode of this layer to Hard Light and set the Opacity to 40%. Then go to Image > Adjustments > Levels and use the settings below:

Step 4

Now go to Layer > Layer Mask > Hide All to add a layer mask that hides the whole layer. Then, choose the Brush Tool (B), pick a soft brush, set the foreground color to #ffffff, and brush onto the layer mask as shown below: