How to Use Picture Effects in Adobe Photoshop

Adding picture effects in Adobe Photoshop can make your pictures really come to life. It's easy to use the Photoshop picture effects, and you are only limited by your creativity. There are many picture effects that you can add to your photos, and in these steps you will apply a duplicate image and transform that image.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Adobe Photoshop

1. Start Adobe Photoshop and open up a picture from your files. Notice that in your Layers palette you have a layer named "Background." This is the picture that you have open.

2. Right-click on your Background layer in your Layers palette and select "Duplicate Layer…"

3. Rename your duplicate layer in the "Duplicate Layer" dialog box and click the "OK" button with your mouse. You now have two layers in your Layers palette.

4. Select the Move tool from the Photoshop toolbox. This is the button with the picture of a cursor and four-headed arrow.

5. Click your mouse somewhere on your picture, which is the duplicate layer you just created. Drag the picture towards one direction. As you drag your picture, you will see the original picture underneath this duplicated one.

6. Choose the "Edit" menu and then choose "Free Transform." The free transform option will allow you to change the shape and size of your duplicated picture.

7. Use the handles surrounding the duplicated picture to change the size and shape of the picture. You may find it necessary to use the Move tool again to get the duplicated picture to the place that you would like to have it.

Tips & Warnings

• If you don't see your Layers palette open in Photoshop, go to "Window" and select "Layers" or press the F7 key on your keyboard.
• Use the keyboard shortcut of CTRL+T to switch to the free transform function.