{"id":6137,"date":"2008-08-22T09:43:31","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T07:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-get-a-tattoo-done-in-photoshop\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:28:14","slug":"how-to-get-a-tattoo-done-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-get-a-tattoo-done-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: get a tattoo done in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is traditionally the season when most people get their tattoos done. In a way it makes sense, because you usually wear tank tops and shorts, and can therefore show them off. But if you haven&#8217;t made up your mind yet, why don&#8217;t you try a Photoshop tattoo instead? It&#8217;s the perfect way to check how the design will look on you before actually using needles and ink. Plus, it can be redone and erased any time!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/tattoo00.jpg\" alt=\"Get a tattoo done in Photoshop\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> The first step is obviously opening the images of the person and the tattoo you&#8217;re going to work with. You can use your own photo or a friend&#8217;s. As for the tattoo, search Google Images for &#8220;flash tattoos&#8221; and you&#8217;ll find tons of designs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/tattoo01.jpg\" alt=\"Get a tattoo done in Photoshop\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Move the tattoo onto the photo with the move (<strong>V<\/strong>) tool and resize it with <strong>Ctrl+T<\/strong> to make it fit the body. Use also the <em>Distort<\/em> and <em>Perspective<\/em> tools if necessary (both under the <em>Edit &gt; Transform<\/em> menu) so that the tattoo looks as realistic as possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/tattoo02.jpg\" alt=\"Get a tattoo done in Photoshop\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Now change the tattoo layer blending mode to <em>Multiply<\/em> and you&#8217;ll see that all the white in the original tattoo magically disappears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/tattoo03.jpg\" alt=\"Get a tattoo done in Photoshop\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Finally reduce the tattoo&#8217;s opacity, apply a blurring effect to make it look even more real, and you&#8217;re done! As you can see, the effect works both with black and color tattoos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/tattoo06.jpg\" alt=\"Get a tattoo done in Photoshop\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is traditionally the season when most people get their tattoos done. In a way it makes sense, because you usually wear tank tops and shorts, and can therefore show them off. But if you haven&#8217;t made up your mind yet, why don&#8217;t you try a Photoshop tattoo instead? It&#8217;s the perfect way to check &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-get-a-tattoo-done-in-photoshop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to: get a tattoo done in Photoshop&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2518,1016],"tags":[2356],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-6137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides","category-howto","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionadobe-photoshop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335915,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137\/revisions\/335915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6137"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=6137"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=6137"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=6137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}