indeed everyone, i finally have the time (and patience) to do the tutorial for the 'misty waters' look that i showed everyone a few days ago. the misty waters effect is actually really simple and quick to achieve as long ad you know what you're doing. for this example, i've chosen to use a behind the scenes photo that i took quite a while ago from one of julia trotti's photoshoots. i'm actually quite happy with this photo and love the light of it, but for the sake of this tutorial lets pretend like i want to create something a little more.. misty (or whispy).
the first thing that i do (after opening the file) is add a solid colour layer to the image. you can choose what colour to use but i prefer to stick to the colour white to have it imitate something a little misty.
i then select the mask layer (as you can see in the window on the right) and add in a gradient from black to white. this will make the solid layer fade as a gradient. the black end of it is transparent and the white is therefore opaque. you can choose which direction to have it go in and whether to use a rounded or straight gradient like i have here. it's all up to you. you decide what looks best for your image.
this step isn't essential but, for fun, i added a second solid layer and, like i did with the first, added the gradient in the mask. this time i added a circular gradient and had it come up from the ground. what you can also do is paint bucket the mask black and then use a white 'brush' to add in the misty/fog manually. this is a bit more time consuming but will give a much more realistic effect and gives you a lot more control over the final product. you can layer up these white layers to create thicker mist/fog, especially good for landscape images.
of course, i wouldn't leave the entire thing completely opaque. here i've played a little with the transparency and fill of the layers to give it the effect that i want. this is, once again, all up to you to decide.
from there, i go back to my background (the original image) and duplicate it. i add on the 'misty waters' colour curve (which is available as a free colour curve download at the end of this post), to give it the final look that i want. i then decide if i want to make any extra changes to the transparency and...
it's done!
and as always, don't forget to credit when you use, do not redistribute, rename or sell, and comment! let me know what you think, what you want to see more of and show me what you've done with this curve/tutorial.
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