How do I go about creating this effect in Photoshop cs6?
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This is how I would go about it. You will need an image in good resolution (as big as the zoomed part). Pardon my very simple samples, I hope you can get the idea anyway!
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Open the image. Make a round selection of the part you will want zoomed in using the
Elliptical Marquee Tool
.
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Once you have your circle selected, copy and paste in a new layer (one way is to use right click on the selection, then
Layer Via Copy
). -
In a new document -or using the same one-, resize your original image so the background looks ‘smaller’. Keep your circular selection layer in the original size (don’t use
Image > Image Size
, instead useFree Transform
).
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Add a 5px (more or less) white stroke to the circular shape using
Blending Options > Stroke
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Add a 90 degrees shadow (going up-down) using
Blending Options > Drop Shadow
.
You can add more effects to make the lense look a little more realistic. For example, you could use the Warp Tool (Edit > Transform > Warp
) to make the circle more ‘bloated’, or you could also add a darker Inner Shadow (in the layer, Blending Options > Inner Shadow
).
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