How to Make Instagram X-PRO II Effect Using Photoshop

After mastering this tutorial you don’t need an iPhone to apply Instagram X Pro II effect to your image. The only thing you need is Photoshop software.


The following is the image used in this tutorial. It size is 1569 x 1569 pixels

There are three layers to obtain the effect. The layers are:

The steps to create each layer are explained below.

1. Vignette Level Layer.

1) Click Elliptical Marquee Tool.

2) Set the feather to 200 px.

3) Create a Circle Selection. Drag Elliptical Marque Tool from the top-left of the photo to the bottom-right while holding Shift.

4) Inverse the selection. Choose “Select>Inverse” from the menu, or use Shift+Ctrl+I shortcut.

5) Create a level adjustment layer. Choose “Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Levels…” from the menu.

6) Drag the grey slider to the right until the value equal to 0.5. Click OK after that

2. X Pro II Curve Layer

1) Create a curve adjustment layer. Choose “Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Curve…” from the menu.

2) Create several points in the red channel. Double click the new curve adjustment layer and change the channel to red.

Point 1. Input: 208, Output: 229

Point 2. Input: 39, Output: 18

3) Create several points in the green channel.

Point 1. Input: 208, Output: 229

Point 2. Input: 39, Output: 18

4) Create several points in the blue channel. Click OK after that.

Point 1. Input: 0, Output: 25

Point 2. Input: 255, Output: 230

3. Border Layer.

1) Create New Layer. Choose “Layer>New>Layer…” from the menu, or use Shift+Ctrl+N shortcut.

2) Select All. Choose “Select>All” from the menu, or use Ctrl+A shortcut.

3) Smooth the corner of the selection. Choose “Select>Modify>Smooth…” from the menu and set the sample radius to 20 pixels. For photo with larger pixels use a larger sample radius and vice versa.

4) Repeat step 3 two times.

5) Reduce the selection. Choose “Select>Transform Selection” from the menu or use Ctrl+T shortcut and set the W and H value to 93%.

6) Inverse the selection. Choose “Select>Inverse” from the menu, or use Shift+Ctrl+I shortcut.

7) Fill the selection with black. Choose “Edit>Fill>” from the menu, or use Shift+F5 shortcut and use black as the contents.

DONE!

The final result is

Feel free to post your results in the comment