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Add tattoo to an Image

admin on October 16th, 2008

This Photoshop tutorial will teach you how to add any tattoo to an image.

1) Open desired images in photoshop.

2) Choose the Tattoo image and and select Layer > New > Layer from background and then click ok.

Using the magic wand tool (w) select the white background area of your tattoo image and hit delete. This removes the white background , you should have a transparent background and your tattoo image will look like:

3) You now need to transfer your tattooed image to your other image. You can transfer it by drag drop or
Select your tattoo image by selecting Select>All and copy it by selecting Edit>Copy.
Paste your tattoo image to the other image by selecting Edit > Paste.

4) You probably notice your tattoo image is a little large and not on place ( Biceps )
Select the free transform tool (ctrl + t) and reduce the size of the image by dragging it to your desired size and make it on position.

5) Keep the Tattoo layer selected and change the layer mode to “multiply” and the opacity to 71%. You can experiment with the layer mode and opacity if you wish.