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Creating depth for your wallpapers or signatures

 
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11 Creating depth for your wallpapers or signatures

A few methods to add depth to your images, photos, signatures or wallpapers using various layer masks, blurring, sharpening and adjustment layers.

The most common and easy way to create depth is by blurring. There’s several ways you can do this. If for example we would like to focus on our main character in this wallpaper, these techniques can be used:

1. Layer Masks. Duplicate your wallpaper, and go to “Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All…”. This will create a white image next to your layer on the layer window

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