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This lesson demonstrates how to overlay photographs with stained glass effects. To work along, download the start images Here. Unzip the file and open the assets onto Photoshop’s workspace.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your start images onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then from the toolbar, activate the Move Tool.  Lesson.
And holding down the Shift key, simultaneously drag a scenic image onto your choice of leaded window image.
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Then (in the Layers palette), left-click and drag the scenic image’s layer below the window image layer. Layers explained in full here!
 
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Apply a Drop Shadow to the scenic image layer, by left-clicking the Apply a layer style (f-fx) icon, found at the bottom of the Layers palette - then click Drop Shadow from the drop-down list. Play with the settings in the Layer Style dialogue box, and find a shadow you like.
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Now, ensure the window layer remains active, then activate the Magic Wand Tool.
And set the following attributes into its Options bar.
Give some thought to your stained glass design - then surround the appropriate windows with a selection marquee, as illustrated below.
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Ensure the scenic image layer is active in the Layers palette.
Then from the top menu, choose Image then Adjustments then Hue/Saturation. Ensure Colourise is ticked, and play with the Hue, Saturation and Lightness sliders to find a colour you like - these are my settings.
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The marquee must be removed before applying it to another area - therefore, from the top menu, choose Select then choose Deselect.
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Now, surround different areas with a selection marquee, and change their colours with the Hue/Saturation filter. Continue my previous steps until your stained glass overlays are complete.
Final Notes: Remember to activate the frame layer when surrounding the squares with a marquee - and activate the scenic image layer when applying the colourise filter. Additionally, remember to remove the selection marquee before surrounding other areas. After you have surrounded your chosen areas, and changed their colour, press Ctrl then D to remove the marquee. Now, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, and your work is ready to save.
Our stained glass (swan) window - at the top of this lesson - was created in the same way. I deformed the stained glass overlay to fit the window’s precise shape using - from the top menu - Edit then Transform then Perspective.
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