Remember that this look is meant to make the top layer, such as clothing, look transparent – not to make it disappear all together.
At this point you may want to adjust the color of the section if it appears to look too gray, or you may want to adjust the contrast, the light and shadow or the direction of the light until you begin to get just the right look. Now go to the Levels setting and begin to tweak them up and down until the final details are now prominent and the original layer has faded away.Changing it back and forth will allow you to find the sweet spot where the top layer is blurred enough to be transparent, but the under portion is still sharp enough that you can see it. You may need to up it quite a bit to keep the blur feature from blurring not only the portion you are trying to remove, but also the image behind it. Play around with the contrast a little bit more until the image appears smooth and you can start to see more details emerging from the background.Set the blur to Gaussian Blur to begin to smooth out the top layer you’re working on removing.
If you are removing a layer of clothing for example, you’ll begin to see the skin showing through the fabric as if it’s become transparent. At this point, you’ll probably start to see some of the hidden image begin to shine through the area you are working on.
It’s a series of different moves that together work to make a layer of detail transparent to expose the details behind it. X ray in Photoshop is not a single tool or a quick technique. It doesn’t work on any image, but in the right photo, you can use the x ray procedure to pull out layers of detail that can make your photos pop. X ray in Photoshop is a fun way to expose hidden details within a photo. A little known Photoshop technique is the x ray process.