{"id":127,"date":"2012-10-01T00:08:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T00:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=127"},"modified":"2019-04-13T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T17:21:16","slug":"fade-pixels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Pixel Effect With Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.adslot-2 { display: inline-block; width:300px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 30px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .adslot-2 { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 photo effects top responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle adslot-2\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2740208297\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this <strong>Photoshop Effects tutorial<\/strong>, we'll learn how to create a \"digital pixel\" effect, which is often used in ads that sell anything to do with digital. We're going to first pixelate our entire image using a very simple filter, and then we'll experiment with a layer mask, the opacity setting and some layer blend modes to create different variations on our effect. At the end of the tutorial, we'll even see how something as simple as changing the blend mode of a layer can create an entirely new effect!<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">Here's the original image I'll be starting with:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/original.jpg\" alt=\"The original photo.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original image.<\/div>\n<p>As I said, we'll be looking at a few different variations on the effect. Here's the first one we'll be working towards:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-blend.jpg\" alt=\"One of the effects we'll be working towards.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">One of the effects we'll be creating in this tutorial.<\/div>\n<p>Here's the second one:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/final-result-2.jpg\" alt=\"A variation on the same effect.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">A variation on the same effect.<\/div>\n<p>And just as an example of how easily we can create what seems like an entirely different effect simply by changing a layer's blend mode, we'll finish off with this one:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-hard-mix.jpg\" alt=\"A variation on the same effect.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final variation on the effect.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>This tutorial is from our <a href=\"\/photo-effects\/\" title=\"Learn Photoshop effects\">Photo Effects<\/a> series. Let's get started!<\/p>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<h4><span>Step 1:<\/span> Duplicate The Background Layer<\/h4>\n<p>The first thing I need to do for this effect is to duplicate my Background layer. With my image open in Photoshop, I can see in my Layers palette that I currently have only one layer, the Background layer, which contains my image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/layers-palette.gif\" alt=\"The Layers palette in Photoshop showing my Background layer.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop's Layers palette showing the Background layer.<\/div>\n<p>I'm going to duplicate that layer using the keyboard shortcut <strong>Ctrl+J<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+J<\/strong> (Mac), and now I can see in my Layers palette that I have two layers, with the copy of the Background layer above the original. Photoshop has named it \"Layer 1\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/duplicate-background-layer.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop's Layers palette now showing the duplicate of the Background layer, named 'Layer 1'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Press \"Ctrl+J\" (Win) \/ \"Command+J\" (Mac) to duplicate the Background layer.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 2:<\/span> Pixelate The Duplicate Layer<\/h4>\n<p>Next we need to pixelate the new layer, and we can do that by going up to the <strong>Filter<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen, choosing <strong>Pixelate<\/strong>, and then choosing <strong>Mosaic<\/strong>. This brings up the \"Mosaic\" filter's dialog box. Drag the slider bar at the bottom to change the <strong>Cell Size<\/strong> option, which increases or decreases the number and size of pixels that are created from the image. Dragging to the right creates fewer but larger pixels, while dragging to the left gives you more but smaller pixels. I'm going to set my Cell Size to about 18:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/mosaic-filter.gif\" alt=\"The Mosaic filter dialog box in Photoshop.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The \"Mosaic\" filter in Photoshop. Drag the slider bar at the bottom to increase or decrease the number and size of pixels.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to exit out of the dialog box. Here's my image after applying the Mosaic filter:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-mosaic.jpg\" alt=\"The image after pixelating it with the Mosaic filter.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image after pixelating it with the Mosaic filter.<\/div>\n<p>Now that we've pixelated the image, there's a few different things we can do with it, and we'll look at them next.<\/p>\n<h4><span>Step 3:<\/span> Add A Layer Mask<\/h4>\n<p>I'm going to add a layer mask to the pixelated layer at this point. To do that, with \"Layer 1\" selected, I'm going to click on the <strong>Layer Mask<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers palette:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/layer-mask-icon.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the 'Layer Mask' icon at the bottom of the Layers palette in Photoshop.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click the \"Layer Mask\" icon.<\/div>\n<p>This adds a layer mask to \"Layer 1\", and if we look in the Layers palette, we can see that it also adds a layer mask thumbnail to the right of the layer content thumbnail:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/layer-mask-thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop's Layers palette showing the layer mask thumbnail added to 'Layer 1'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">A layer mask and layer mask thumbnail have been added to \"Layer 1\".<\/div>\n<p>We can also tell that the layer mask, not the contents of the layer, is currently selected by the white highlight border appearing around the layer mask thumbnail.<\/p>\n<h4><span>Step 4:<\/span> Select The Gradient Tool<\/h4>\n<p>We're going to use our layer mask to blend the original image on the Background layer and the pixelated image on \"Layer 1\" together, and for that we need the <strong>Gradient Tool<\/strong>, so either select it from the Tools palette or press <strong>G<\/strong> on your keyboard:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/select-gradient-tool.gif\" alt=\"Selecting Photoshop's Gradient Tool from the Tools palette.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select the Gradient Tool.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 5:<\/span> Reset Your Foreground And Background Colors If Needed<\/h4>\n<p>We want black as our Foreground color and white as our Background color. Normally those are Photoshop's default Foreground and Background colors, except  when we have a layer mask selected, which we currently do. Whenever we have a layer mask selected, the default colors get swapped, with white becoming the default Foreground color and black becoming the default Background color. To quickly set our Foreground and Background colors to black and white respectively (remembering that we have a layer mask selected), press <strong>D<\/strong> on your keyboard to reset them to their defaults, and then press <strong>X<\/strong> to swap them. You'll see in the Tools palette that the Foreground color swatch is now showing black and the Background color swatch is now showing white:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/color-swatches.gif\" alt=\"The Foreground and Background color swatches in the Tools palette in Photoshop.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Press \"D\" and then \"X\" on your keyboard to set black as your Foreground color and white as your Background color.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 6:<\/span> Select The \"Foreground to Background\" Gradient<\/h4>\n<p>With the Gradient Tool selected and our Foreground and Background colors set to black and white, look up in the <strong>Options Bar<\/strong> at the top of the screen to see which gradient you currently have selected. If the gradient preview area is showing a black to white gradient, you're all set:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/gradient-preview-area.gif\" alt=\"The gradient preview area in Photoshop's Options Bar showing a black to white gradient.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The gradient preview area showing a black to white gradient.<\/div>\n<p>If it's showing some other gradient, click on the small, down-pointing arrow to the right of the gradient preview area. The <strong>Gradient Picker<\/strong> will appear below it. Select the \"Foreground to Background\" gradient in the top left corner, then click anywhere outside of the Gradient Picker to close out of it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/gradient-picker.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the 'Foreground to Background' gradient from the Gradient Picker.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click the down-pointing arrow to the right of the gradient preview area and select the gradient in the top left corner of the Gradient Picker.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 7:<\/span> Drag Out A Black To White Gradient On The Layer Mask<\/h4>\n<p>Now that we have our black to white gradient, we can use it to blend the Background layer and the pixelated layer together, creating our first variation on the effect. I want the transition area of my blend to appear across the guy's face, so half of his face (and half of the image as well) is pixelated and the other half is not. To accomplish that, I'm going to click below his right eye and then, holding down my <strong>Shift<\/strong> key to make sure I drag in a horizontal line, I'm going to drag my mouse all the way over to the left edge of his face:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/drag-gradient.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging out a gradient with the Gradient Tool.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Drag out a gradient through the area where you want the blend between the two layers to appear.<\/div>\n<p>The area between where I started and finished my gradient is going to become the transition area between the pixelated image on \"Layer 1\" and the original image on the Background layer. When I release my mouse button, I get my transition effect:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-blend.jpg\" alt=\"The image after blending the pixelated layer with the original image.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The first effect.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 8:<\/span> Fill The Layer Mask With White<\/h4>\n<p>Let's look at another variation on our \"digital pixel\" effect. First, we need to remove the gradient we added to the layer mask a moment ago. We could simply press <strong>Ctrl+Z<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+Z<\/strong> (Mac) to undo it, but let's re-fill the layer mask with white instead. To do that, with the layer mask thumbnail selected in the Layers palette and white as our current Background color, use the keyboard shortcut <strong>Ctrl+Backspace<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+Delete<\/strong> (Mac) to fill the layer mask with the Background color (white). The layer mask thumbnail will once again appear solid white, and the image will now appear completely pixelated once again:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-mosaic.jpg\" alt=\"Filling the layer mask with white.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Press \"Alt+Backspace\" (Win) \/ \"Option+Delete\" (Mac) to fill the layer mask with white and reveal the entire pixelated layer in the document window once again.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 9:<\/span> Select The Brush Tool<\/h4>\n<p>Select the <strong>Brush Tool<\/strong> from the Tools palette, or press <strong>B<\/strong> for the keyboard shortcut:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/select-brush-tool.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Brush Tool in Photoshop.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select the Brush Tool<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 10:<\/span> Paint With Black To Reveal Parts Of The Image<\/h4>\n<p>Using a soft-edged brush and with black still as our Foreground color, I'm going to reveal the main part of his face by simply painting over it with my Brush Tool. Since I'm painting on the layer mask and not on the image itself, anywhere I paint with black will hide the pixelated layer and reveal the Background layer beneath it. I can resize my brush on the fly using the <strong>left and right bracket keys<\/strong> on my keyboard, and I can set my brush to a soft edge by holding down the <strong>Shift<\/strong> key and pressing the <strong>left bracket key<\/strong> a few times:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/paint-mask.jpg\" alt=\"Painting with black to reveal parts of the original image below the pixelated image.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Use a soft-edged brush to paint away parts of the pixelated layer, revealing the original image underneath.<\/div>\n<p>Here's my image after revealing the main areas of his face by painting over them with black, giving the impression that he is somehow looking through the pixels:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-mask.jpg\" alt=\"The image after revealing the main parts of his face.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The main parts of his face now appear as they were in the original photo, while the rest of the photo remains pixelated.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 11:<\/span> Lower The Opacity Of The Pixelated Layer<\/h4>\n<p>I'm going to let the original image partially show through the pixelated image, and I can do that simply by going up to the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> option in the top right corner of the Layers palette and lowering the opacity value. I'm going to lower it to around 75%:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/lower-opacity.gif\" alt=\"Lowering the opacity of the pixelated layer to 75%.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Lower the opacity of the pixelated layer to allow the original image to partially show through.<\/div>\n<p>Here's my image after lowering the opacity of the pixelated layer, creating our second variation on the effect:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/final-result-2.jpg\" alt=\"The image after lowering the opacity of the pixelated layer.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The second variation on the \"digital pixel\" effect.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 12:<\/span> Experiment With Different Blend Modes For The Pixelated Layer For Different Results<\/h4>\n<p>To create even more variations on the effect, experiment with different blend modes for the pixelated layer by going up to the <strong>blend mode<\/strong> options in the top left corner of the Layers palette and selecting different ones from the list. First, I'm going to set the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> of my pixelated layer back to a full 100%. Then, I'll going to change my blend mode of the layer from \"Normal\" to <strong>Darken<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/darken-blend-mode.gif\" alt=\"Changing the blend mode of the pixelated layer to 'Darken'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Set the Opacity of the pixelated layer back to 100%, then change the blend mode of the pixelated layer to \"Darken\".<\/div>\n<p>Here's the effect I get with the pixelated layer set to \"Darken\":<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-darken.jpg\" alt=\"The image after changing the blend mode to 'Darken.'\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image after changing the blend mode to \"Darken\".<\/div>\n<p>Let's try the <strong>Lighten<\/strong> blend mode, again by changing it in the top left corner of the Layers palette:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/lighten-blend-mode.gif\" alt=\"Changing the blend mode of the pixelated layer to 'Lighten'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the blend mode to \"Lighten\".<\/div>\n<p>Here's the effect I get with the \"Lighten\" blend mode:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-lighten.jpg\" alt=\"The image after changing the blend mode to 'Lighten.'\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image after changing the blend mode to \"Lighten\".<\/div>\n<p>Just to show you how much different an effect can look simply by changing layer blend modes, we'll try one more. I'm going to change my blend mode this time to <strong>Hard Mix<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/hard-mix-blend-mode.gif\" alt=\"Changing the blend mode of the pixelated layer to 'Hard Mix'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the blend mode to \"Hard Mix\".<\/div>\n<p>I think you'll agree that the effect now looks completely different, even though all we've done is changed the blend mode:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/fade-pixels\/image-hard-mix.jpg\" alt=\"The image after changing the blend mode to 'Hard Mix.'\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">After changing the blend mode to \"Hard Mix\", we get a completely different looking effect.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>And there we have it! 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