Gold skin effect in Adobe Photoshop

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In this tutorial, I am going to demonstrate how you can create a gold skin effect in Adobe Photoshop. You will also be able to download a free template document to add the effect to your images immediately.

Enjoy and be creative!

 

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**FYI**
In this video tutorial, I will be using Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 for mac. Almost all of the principles demonstrated and covered will apply to future and previous versions. Some differences may apply if you are using a previous or future version.

 

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TUTORIAL REFERENCE:

Cut out an image using a layer mask in Adobe Photoshop:

TUTORIAL INDEX:

00:00:54 - Template Demonstration

00:07:20 - Adjust Gold Effect in Template

00:10:13 - Template layer structure review

00:13:23 - Effect from scratch

 

 

GET THE PROJECT FOLDER HERE:

 

Download approx 49MB

Download approx 41MB

Need help? Read the download Instructions here.

 

PDF WORKSHEET:

 

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS USED IN THIS VIDEO:

B - Brush Tool

Cmd (Ctrl PC) W - Close document
Cmd (Ctrl PC) U - Hue/saturation menu
Cmd (Ctrl PC) T - Free Transform
Cmd (Ctrl PC) G - Group layers
Cmd (Ctrl PC) J - Duplicate layers

Cmd (Ctrl PC) click layer thumbnail - Create layer outline selection

Cmd (Ctrl PC) Shift N - Create new Layer in PS

Shift-click - Select multiple objects/layers

 

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Written by Gareth David