Photo Enlarge Effect

October 5th, 2006 by Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing

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This technique is great for previews of websites where you want to let people see the whole image on a small canvas and still give them some enlarged popups. I used it on a photo, but as I said, you can use it for various things…

This technique can be used in previews of pictures! Great to learn!

  • Step 1 Open up a picture that is bigger then your image-canvas;

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  • Step 2 Select a part of it and press CTRL+C and then CTRL+V;

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  • Step 3 The base-layer you must resize the way it fits the image;

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  • Step 4 Resize the spare-part too if it’s too big;

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  • Step 5 Place it in position;

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  • Step 6 Add these layer-styles;

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  • Step 7 Maybe lower the saturation of the background-picture for more feeling to it:

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