Create a Predator thermal vision effect with Photoshop

Remember the legendary Predator movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Those Predator aliens had this thermal view feature so they could their prey even in complete darkness, let's Photoshop it.

Open a picture you want to apply a thermal view effect to.

I chose the Predator movie scene, featuring the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch.

Choose the Quick Selection Tool.

Create a selection around your main object generating heat in my case Arnold.

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Press Ctrl + J to create a new layer from the selection.

In the menu click Layer, New Adjustment Layer and choose Gradient Map...

In the Gradient Map window click the gradient and choose the Spectrum gradient (see picture).

Right-click the new Gradient Map layer and choose Merge Down.

In the menu click Image, Adjustments and choose Hue/Saturation... (Ctrl + U for a keyboard shortcut).

Drag the Hue slider to the left (see picture) and click OK.

In the menu click Filter, Noise and choose Add Noise...

Set the amount to about 15 %, choose Gaussian and enable the Monochromatic option.

Click OK.

In the menu click Filter, Blur and choose Gaussian Blur...

Set the Radius to 1 pixels and click OK.

Choose the original (Background) layer.

In the menu click Image, Adjustments and choose Hue/Saturation... (Ctrl + U for a keyboard shortcut).

Choose similar settings to mine and click OK.

In the menu click Filter, Noise and choose Add Noise...

Set the amount to about 5 %, choose Gaussian and enable the Monochromatic option.

Click OK.

That's it, you made it, Predator has got its target on thermal lock.





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