The author of the video lesson: Elena Vinogradova
In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to combine brushes and color effects, which will make anyone gasp at the sight of your work.
Step 1:
Open your photo. How about this?
The picture itself is already looking spectacular!
So let’s get started …
Using tools known to you, create a selection around the girl. When the selection is ready, press Ctrl + J to get the selection to a new layer.
If you turn off the eye 
at the background layer, it will turn out like this:
Now put the eye back in place!
In the layers palette you should have the same picture:
For further work, you will need to load brushes.
Download them you can HERE.
Unzip the archive, select the brush named Odysee_brush and install it into the program.
Create a new layer in the middle.
Select a brush as shown in the picture:
On the created layer with a white brush, draw something like this:
Wonderful! We continue!
Set brush Green lotus.
Create a new layer at the top.
Take this brush:
Set the color in the palette # c6eaf9 and click on the created layer with a brush. Ctrl + T – rotate the brush and place it in the right place.
I hope you get the sense of working with brushes. Now, at your discretion, continue to fill the space around the girl, using other brushes from the loaded ones.
Step 2:
Take the tool 
Finger
Select brush: (Chalk / Chalk 60 px) This brush is in Photoshop by default.
Go to Window> Brushes (Window – Brushes) or simply press F5 and set the following settings:
Dynamics of the form:
Scattering:
Duplicate the layer with the cut girl once. Go to the lower copy of the layer with the girl and start processing its edges with the Finger tool:
Change layer blending mode to Color dodge (Lightening basics)
Duplicate the top layer with a copy of the cut out girl, the “copy 2” layer will appear at the top.
Continue smearing around the edges …
Change the blending mode to Softlight (Soft light).
Already not bad! But we continue …
Step 3:
Click on the topmost layer in the palette.
Go to menu Layer> New adjustment layer> Curve (Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Curves)
Lower the center of the curve like this:
The image has become more expressive:
That’s not all!
Again Layer> New adjustment layer> Gradient Map (Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Gradient Map)
Try different gradients to your photo, here are some options:
Mode = Overlay / Overlap. Opacity / Opacity = 70%
Mode = Multiply / Multiplication. Opacity / Opacity = 70%
Mode = Soft light. Opacity / Opacity = 60%
So we finished this lesson! Try it now you. Good luck!
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