Sometimes I forget my headphones at the gym and so, I usually pick up Popular Science or some other techy/semi-geeky magazine.

Create an infrared effect in Photoshop

Anyway, I found something cool in the November edition of the magazine— infrared photography.

Infrared Photography blocks visible light and captures only the IR spctrum. When you use an IR filter, the result is  false-color or black-and-white images with a dreamlike or sometimes lurid appearance known as the “Wood Effect.”

It looks the coolest with trees because foliage reflects in the same way visible light is reflected from snow.

Since not all of us can buy or add an IR filter, us normal “point-and-shoot” camera people can use Photoshop to get this awesome effect by following the steps below:

Create an infrared image effect in Photoshop:

1. Open your image and save a copy as a TIFF or PSD.
2. Go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Black and White. Name the layer and click OK.
3. In the Black and White dialogue box, click the Preset arrow and choose Infrared. Adjust the slider bars until you get the look you like.
4. When you’re happy with your image, click OK then Layer>Flatten Image and save it.