I wanted to share with you how I created the images on the Picture Play product packaging. I really enjoy playing around with layers, textures, and anything else I can use to adjust my photos, so here’s a peek at how I played with the ad images for Picture Play Lighting Effects and Picture Play Paper Textures.
First: Lighting Effects – Isn’t this picture gorgeous!? I wish I could take credit for it, but it comes from my sister. It’s a picture of my niece.
Here’s the original shot:
Here’s how I layered it up in Photoshop:
Layer 0 is the original photo
Layer 1: Black and white version of heart texture in Picture Play Lighting Effects set to Color Dodge at 76% opacity
Layer 0 copy: a duplicate of the original photo set to Soft Light at 100%
Layer 2: Color version of heart texture from Picture Play Lighting Effects set to Multiply at 62% Opacity…Then I used a layer mask with a soft round brush to erase the color from her face.
Layer 4: Lens Flare from Picture Play Lighting Effects set to Screen at 100%. I transformed the flare to fit the photograph and angled it so the flare comes into the photo.
That’s it! 
Next Paper Textures: Here’s my original image -
Here’s how I layered it up in Photoshop:
Layer 0 is the original image
Layer 1: Paper 7 (color version) from Picture Play Paper Textures set to Hard Light at 43%
Layer 2: Paper 4 (color version) from Picture Play Paper Textures resized to fit the image and set to Multiply at 89%
Layer 0 copy is a duplicate of the original image set to Soft Light at 83%
That’s it!
So much fun Penny!!! Thanks for showing us the cool pictures play product again!