Quick and easy way to add drama to a photo using Stained Glass Transparency

[gwpriester]

I have been meaning to cover this in one of the Workbooks and maybe some day I will remember.

I cloned the original photo, applied a Circular, Stained Glass transparency to the clone, moved the center of the transparency over the Datura blossoms, reduced the diameter, and reversed the settings.

In a few seconds I dramatically changed the photo.

I cloned the second photo of dramatic smoke from the recent wildfire, applied a vertical Linear, Stained Glass transparency to the clone, starting at the dark portion of the bottom of the cloud at 0% and ending just above the mountain tops at 100%.

Again, in less than the time it would take to open Photoshop, I had dramatically enhanced an already dramatic photo.