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HERE IS THE FIRST EVER BLEND I MADE ON PHOTOSHOP, AND I MADE IT TOWARDS THE END OF LAST MONTH... IT WAS A BIT DIFFICULT, TOOK ME NEARLY TWO HOURS TO FINISH IT BECAUSE I WAS JUST SO CONFUSED WITH HOW TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER; IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING TO GET THIS RIGHT, HONESTLY, AND I'M STILL NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH IT. JUST, LOOK AT SEUNGHO! YOU CAN ONLY JUST SEE HIS FACE. UGH.

NOW HOW DID I MAKE THIS POSTER? WELL, I MADE THIS WITH PHOTOSHOP CS6, WHICH IS NOW MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WORLD OF GRAPHIC DESIGNING (AS IT WOULD BE WITH MANY OTHER FELLOW DESIGNERS). WHAT I DID FIRST WAS TAKE TWO PICTURES OF SEHUN AND YOO SEUNGHO AND MERGE THEM TOGETHER AT THE ARMS; IN ORDER TO DO SO I HAD TO USE SOMETHING CALLED A LAYER MASK. IT'S VERY USEFUL FOR BLENDING, IT JUST MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE EASY. ANYWAY, ONCE YOU'VE SELECTED THE PICTURE YOU WANT TO EDIT, YOU APPLY A LAYER MASK, WHICH IS USUALLY FOUND UNDER YOUR LAYERS WINDOW TO THE RIGHT. IT'S A SMALL RECTANGULAR ICON WITH A CIRCLE IN BETWEEN. 
ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT, LOOK BACK TO THE LAYERS WINDOW; FOR THE SELECTED LAYER, YOU'LL SEE THAT A SMALL WHITE BOX COMES TO ITS RIGHT. THAT'S YOUR LAYER MASK, AND SINCE YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET, YOUR PICTURE WOULD STILL LOOK THEM SAME.

CLICK ON THE GRADIENT TOOL IN YOUR TOOLBOX (G ON YOUR KEYBOARD) AND MAKE SURE YOUR LAYER MASK IS HIGHLIGHTED; IF YOU APPLY THE GRADIENT ONTO THE IMAGE IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE A GRADIENT ON TOP OF IT, AND IT WON'T BE WHAT YOU WANT, TRUST ME. ONCE YOU MAKE SURE YOUR FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND COLOURS ARE BLACK AND WHITE RESPECTIVELY, CLICK ON THE LAYER MASK, AND CLICK AND DRAG YOUR MOUSE ACROSS THE PICTURE (TRY TO STAY WITHIN THE IMAGE BOUNDARIES). YOU CAN DRAG IT DIFFERENT WAYS; TOP TO BOTTOM WILL GIVES YOU A GRADIENT THAT MAKES THE BOTTOM OF YOUR IMAGE VISIBLE AND IT FADES TO TRANSPARENT AS YOU MOVE UP. LEFT TO RIGHT WILL MAKE THE IMAGE FADE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT; AND VICE VERSA.

AND THAT'S ALL I DID TO MAKE SEHUN AND SEUNGHO MERGE SOMEWHAT SEAMLESSLY AT THE ARMS! AFTER THAT I USED THE GRADIENT TOOL FOR IU (MOVING FROM BOTTOM TO TOP AND BOB'S YOUR UNCLE), AND ANOTHER GRADIENT SEHUN AND SEUNGHO AFTER I MERGED THEIR LAYERS SO IT LOOKS LIKE HER HAIR FLOWS INTO THEIRS (AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT I WENT FOR LOL). AFTER ALL THAT, I USED A TEXTURE AT 30% OPACITY TO MAKE THAT SLIGHT WATERCOLOUR EFFECT YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE POSTER. 

INSERT TITLE AND QUOTE, AND VOILA! YOU HAVE THIS ^_^ I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS MINI TUTORIAL I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I GAVE, BUT THANK YOU FOR READING! COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, AND DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS!

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