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Transformation and Introduction:

Before this tutorial starts, I want to let you know this tutorial may look easy but it's complex. You may think you can get the same results duplicating the base and setting it to 100% but you won't. I challange you. ;) Also, I'm not going to be teaching where everything is located, so I expect you to know about layer and opacities. However, if you stumble across something you do not understand, most likely it will be taught in one of my tutorials. I hope this tutorial helps you!

Step One

Locate your image. I chose this one. You may use it to get the same results.

Step Two

Go to Layers>>New Adjustment Layer>>Curves. Adjust your settings to mine:

Click here to see how the image looks so far.

Step three

Then Merge all the layers.

Step four

Duplicate your base.

Step five

Go to Gaussian Blur.

Set the radius to 25.

Step Six

Set that layer to Soft Light.

Now Merge all layers, as done is step three.

Step Seven

Duplicate your base as you did on step four. Now go to Colorize.

Adjust your settings to mine:

Step eight

Set that layer to Soft Light.

To see how the image looks so far click here.
Merge all layers again.

Step nine

Duplicate your base. Go to Gaussian Blur again but this time set the radius to 2.

Now set that layer to Lighten at 54%. Duplicate the Background layer, and set it to the top at Soft Light at 66%.

Step ten

Merge All.

Outcome