This is my first Photoshop tutorial. Its a pretty simple tutorial on how to make your photographs look like they’ve been taken from a thermal imaging camera. I will illustrating each step with screenshots.

Step 1
Open the image you wish to modify. I am using a random image I took of my friends.

Step 2
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur

Step 3
Apply a Gaussian Blur between 5 - 10 pixels depending on the image resolution. I used a Gaussian Blur of 7.

Step 4
Go to Image > Adjustments > Gradient Map

Step 5
Open the Drop Down box by selecting the arrow next to default black and white gradient. In the drop down box, select the ‘Transparent Rainbow’ gradient which I have encircled below.

Step 6
Thats it. You now have an image which looks like it has been taken with a Thermal Camera. You can play around with the Gaussian Blur values and can invert the gradient for different looks.

Thanks for taking time to read my first photoshop tutorial. Feel free to give your feedback in the comments.

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