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Create Glass Type Looking Text





1) Start with a background. 72dpi and RGB mode.





2) Add some text. Make sure you use a cool & appropriate font type. It may not work with all fonts





3) Add a layer style by clicking the little "f" at the bottom of the layers palette.

Add a dropshadow and a bevel, copy the settings shown here.

Note 2 things here that really make the glass "pop"

A. Change the contour, this gives the reflected look.
B. uncheck the global light and change the altitude to 70.







4) Here is the result so far:






5) This step is where the magic happens!

In the styles palette, click on the Custom blending options.

Now pull the fill opacity under advance blending all the way to 0 and the rabbit comes out of the hat!





6) Here is glass type.

Blend 3 or More Pictures


1) Open 4 pictures.



2) Drag Picture 2,3 and 4 to Picture 1.
If you are done, you're Layer box of Picture 1 should look like this.




3)Right click on the Background at layer box to get 'Layer From Background'.
Then now you should have 4 Layers like this.





4) Select Layer 3(top layer) and add Layer Mask





5) Now select Gradient Tool ( Right click on Bucket tool to select Gradient tool)





6) Use Gradient tool to drag from Point A to Point B. The length of dragging depends on your likes





7)After that, you should have something like this





8) Now select Layer 2 and add Layer mask




9) Use Gradient tool also, now drag from Point A to Point B like below.





10) Then you should have something like this




11) Then select Layer 1 and add Layer mask





12) Now drag from point A to Point B like this





13) You should get something like this.




Finally if you are not satisfied with the result, you can keep on messing with the gradient tools until you get the effects that you like. But do take note that LAYER MASK is selected instead of your layer itself when you are messing with the gradient.

Trick: Each gradient of layer must be of different side in order to have all the 4 pictures to be visible in your final product and the visiblity too depends on the length of dragging it.

My final product:

Removing a Picture from it's Background


Everyone wants to know how to take a picture and replace the background or make it transparent.



1 .
Open your image, and double click on the "background" name in your layers pallette. This will turn it into a layer.



2.

Open the extract tool: Image>Extract or Option/Alt+Cmd/Ctrl+X



3.

1. Take the marker tool and trace around the image you want to extract. Keep the marker 1/2 way on the image and 1/2 on the background. For solid areas use a small brush, for softer areas like the loose hair, use a larger brush. Tip: to adjust the brush size use the [ and ] keys.


2. Now take the bucket tool and fill the area you want to keep.Click OK.




4.

There will be a few areas that have been accidently deleted. You can clean up the image using the eraser and the history brush.



5. Use the "move tool" and move the image to a new background of your choice and place it anywhere you want.

6.Select a small brush size and "paint" back the image.Now you can place the image onto any background you wish.

Finished---->

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Here we have an image of some people playing on the beach in the afternoon. We can easily change this image to look like it is late in the day and the sun is setting. The beach will be bathed in golden light.

1.

Open the image that you want to work with and also open any image of a sunset.



2.

Choose Image>Adjustments>Match Color

The Match Color dialog box will open. We will only need to use 2 settings for the task at hand.

Under Source, click the drop down menu and select the image of the sunset. There will be a thumbnail for you to check that you have selected the correct image.

Turn on the preview option if it isn’t already. The working image will now take on the color attributes of the sunset image. Most probably the effect will be a bit too much.

Adjust the Fade slider until you are happy with the result. Move it to the left for more of the inherited color and to the right for the original color.



3.

When you are satisfied, click the OK button to apply the changes. There are many things that can be done with this new Filter in Photoshop CS including using the match color to remove a color cast in a single click.

--->Finished

I am going to show you an alternative to lightening your photographs. This technique will add depth to your lighting and emphisis to your subject. a pro touch to your montages and collages. You asked for it, you got it

1.

Take this picture of a Porsche as an example, it is a little bit underexposed and could be touched up with just a little bit of levels or curves. Instead of just brightening the image which would be our natural instant, let’s create a bit more interest and instead create a spotlight effect.



2.

Begin by creating a selection with the elliptical marquee tool.



3.

Choose Select>Transform Selection

A bounding box will appear

You can now rotate, scale and resize the selection

Rotate the selection so that the oval falls on the car at an angle as shown



4.

Press enter/return to apply the transformation to the selection

We are now going to create a curves adjustment layer.

Choose a new adjustment layer from the bottom of the layers palette and select curves

You should now see the curves dialog box

Move the mouse outside the box and into the image, you will notice that it is now an eyedropper tool

Click and drag and you will see a little circle appear on the diagonal line of the curve. This is the tonal range of the area that you are moving the mouse over. Take a note of where the range is on the curve.



5.

Click and drag on the curve. Move the point up and notice that the image will be lightened.



6.

If you look at the layers palette, you will see the adjustment layer with a layer mask applied. Notice that the area of the mask where the selection was present is now white.

Click on the mask to make it active (It should already be active by default)



7.

We will now soften the lights edge

Choose Filter>blur>Gaussian blur



8.

The spotlight effect should be looking pretty good by now.

The final thing is to remove the effect from the areas that would be in shadow and not illuminated in real life. (such as the air)

Choose black for the foreground color and select the brush tool

Click and drag the paintbrush and you will paint away the adjustment from the regions you desire because you are painting on a mask



9.

And finally we have our result, a soft spotlight on our car. Compare this to the starting image to see the difference.

You can lower the opacity of the adjustment layer if you desire to tone down the effect a little. You can use this technique on all kinds of photos including people. This is a great way to draw attention to certain areas of images and put things under the err… spotlight.

Here is a nice effect that looks like the sun glinting off a metallic or shiny surface. This starburst effect even includes a little lens flare. A tasteful replacement for the sometimes over used lens flare filter.

1.

First thing we need to do is create a new document. I set my background to black to that I can see the white glint that we will prepare.

drawing modes in photoshopCreate a new layer and choose the line tool (Hidden under the rectangle shape tool in the toolbox)

Choose 2 pixels and the draw pixel option from the options bar



2.

Set white as your foreground color and draw a short dash (A) Hold the Shift key to constrain the rotation to a horizontal line

Choose Filter>Blur>Motion Blur as shown in (. Add enough distance to get a nice tapered look. Make sure the angle matches the angle of the line.



3.

Duplicate the Layer with the dash on it

Press Ctrl (Windows) /Cmd (Mac) +T for free transform

Rotate the dash while holding down shift to constrain the rotation



4.


Choose both dash Layers and press Ctrl/Cmd+E to merge them (On version CS and earlier, choose the top layer and press Ctrl/Cmd+E to merge with the layer beneath) Careful not to merge with background

Duplicate the merged dash layer (Ctrl/Cmd+J)

Press Ctrl/Cmd+T for free transform Rotate 45 deg, grab a corner point and scale toward the center to make the new star smaller (hold down alt/option+shift to scale from center and constrain)



5.

You now have your starburst and you may be happy right here. For those of you who want to add a lens flare to the starburst continue...

selection in Photoshop CS3Create a new Layer

Grab the elliptical marquee tool (circular selection tool)

Create a selection over the starburst



6.

Choose Edit>Stroke

Choose a 1 pixel white stroke

Deselect

Choose Filter>Blue>Gaussian Blur to soften the effect

Click ok and we're all done!



7.

Merge the layers together to use on your illustrations and photos.

Note: You can save them as a smart object in Photoshop CS2 and CS3.

Another option is to make a custom brush: Flatten the whole thing, choose Ctrl/Cmd+I to inverse and then make a selection around the starburst. Choose Edit>Define Custom Brush.

Enjoy.

Saving Bad Photos: Badly Underexposed

Quite frankly, I would much rather have a dark, under exposed photo then an overly bright over exposed photo. With a dark photo, at least there's a chance that there will be enough color data and detail to save the shot. When they're blown away and too bright -- there's little you can do to put pixels where none existed before.

Sad to report however -- so many variables come into play that sometimes the shot cannot be saved no matter what techniques you use.


One reader who enjoys photographing food on trips sent this photo of the appetizer at the Kia Lodge restaurant at the foot of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. This was a shrimp and cucumber moose, and it looks delightful. Too bad we really can't see it. Yes, I would certainly try to save that shot because you might not be going back too often!

Fixes in Layers: The next series of shots will progressively show the layers I added, and their results. After that, I'll walk through some "auto" fixes provided in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.


My first attempt will be to SCREEN the photo over top of itself.
Drag a copy of the layer to a new layer and set the Blending mode to SCREEN. But the results are still wanting... so I'll just drag that same layer to the "New Layer" button and screen it again...


Once again, the image lightens, and we're a little closer to where the photo looks somewhat realistic. To kill much of the incandescent lighting effects -- making the shot too yellow and warm, next, I'll try a cooling filter...
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter > Cooling


This is going in the right direction, however it needs more. There is a slider in the cooling filter which applies more or less of the effect, but I'll leave well enough alone, and simply duplicate this Adjustment layer as well.


At this point the color seems close, but the shot is still murky and dark. Now it's time for LEVELS


LEVELS are your "all purpose" adjustments, second only to Curves as the real power adjuster. As you can see from this shot, by tightening the RIGHT slider toward the middle, and the MIDDLE slider toward the left, the photo now looks comfortable and realistic. Let's compare:




The photo is still a little warm -- evidenced by the lack of 'whiteness' in the plate, but it probably approximates what the diner saw that evening. The photo still has major problems:
It's not sharp, probably due to the low lighting and slow shutter
It's probably also suffering from some hand-held camera movement

Before throwing away a shot that really looks too bad to save, try levels and the assortment of adjustment layers available under the Layer menu. With some experimentation you can save the photo without learning hundreds of pages of Photoshop training material.

Here is a nice little tutorial to show you how to electrify your images with lightning in Photoshop.

1.

On a new layer, create a black to white gradient, diagonally from the top left, to the bottom right.



2.

Filters>Render>Differance Clouds



3.

Now invert the image. Cmd/Ctrl+I

You can start to see the lightning



4.

Adjust levels to bring out the lightning, Cmd/Ctrl+L.

In the levels box: slide the black arrow to the right and the middle one to the right too, until it looks nice and clean





5.

Now to add a bit of color:

Go to Hue/Saturation Cmd/Ctrl+U Click the colorize box and slide the Hue till you like the color.



6.

Now to add it to your image:

Just place the lightning on a layer above your image and change the layer blending mode to "screen". Here I duplicated the lightning layer 2x and rotated it a little.

Speech Bubble - Create a speech bubble which is resizable without getting jagged edges.

Creating a speech bubble shaped path
In this step we will create a path with the shape of a speech bubble, we will use the Ellipse tool and the Pen tool.

Start out by selecting the Ellipse tool in the tools menu. Now the options bar for the Ellipse tool should be visible above your work area.
The important settings here is to select paths mode, you can see my settings below.


Now you should draw an Ellipse that looks something like the one I have drawn bellow.
Adjust the size of the Ellipse to match the content you want to have inside the speech bubble.


Now it's time to add the part of the speech bubble that indicates the origin of the speech.
For this task we will use the Pen tool, select the Pen tool in the tools menu and in the options bar set the mode to paths mode and set it to Add to path area
Below are my settings for your comfort.


Draw a triangle like I have done in the image below and make sure to connect the third dot with the first by clicking in it.


Time to style our speech bubble
Now we need to fill the path with a white or whitish color.
First create a new layer, then go to the tools menu and select the Path selection tool.
Click the ellipse path, hold down shift while clicking in the triangle path, now you have selected both paths. Right click anywhere in the work are and select Fill path in the menu.

The Fill path dialog in the image below will appear, in the drop down select color and the Color picker will appear, select the color you want.


Now we can start applying layer effects to style the speech bubble.
Right click the layer you just created and select Blending options, now apply all the settings that I have used in the images bellow.


Were finished with the speech bubble tutorial
Below is my final result, remember since we have used paths you can resize the path without getting jagged speech bubbles.

This tutorial will show you how to hold your images together with realistic looking screws.

INGREDIENTS

* Layers
* Selections
* Gradients
* Layer Styles
* Difficulty 2/10

1.

Make a circular selection.

Tip: Hold down Alt/Option to draw from the center. Hold down Shift to draw a perfect circle. To move the selection while drawing, hold the spacebar.



2.

Select the gradient tool. black to white circular gradient. Make sure you check the reverse box on the top bar.



3.

draw the gradient starting from the center and you should have something like this.



4.

Now how about the slot?

Make a new layer. Draw a long rectangle and fill with dark gray.

To trim the slot: Ctrl/Cmd click on the layer 1 thumbnail to select it. With the top layer active hit Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+I to invert the selection. Press the delete key. Now you should have a nicely trimmed slot.



5.

To make the slot look recessed:

Add a layer style to the slot. Hit the little "f" at the bottom of the layers pallette. Use inner shadow wih the default settings except for the size, move that up a little bit for more realism.



6.

We are done, but how often is the slot perfectly vertical? Press Ctrl/Cmd+T for free transform. Move your mouse on a corner until it turns into a curved arrow. Drag it around until you have a nice angled slot.

To finish, merge down and add a drop shadow and a bit of color if you desire.

Tone Down/Tint Your Images

This tutorial will show you the easiest way to tone down images or make them "tinted" as we called it in the old days. Rather than desaturating using the Hue/Saturation functions, the Gradient Map has a much softer hand, and I think does a better job.





1. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient Map...
You can simply hit 'okay' to dismiss the opening dialog, or play with the settings. The Mode should be set to normal, so if the image looks like a negative, then reset that pull-down. Leave it set to 100% and do nothing else.




2. Now, use the Opacity slider to adjust the effect of the Map. At 100% the image will be grayscale. I have found this to be the best method of converting color photos to grayscale for newsletters and other print projects that use a PDF to print to a Duotech or other "rapid" on-demand printing process.




Here's the final compare. Adjusting the level of opacity you can obtain desired toned down effect!

Aight peeps i decided to write my first tutorial today so take it easy on me.

1.Ok now create a new document and fill it in black.
2.Press x on ur keyboard (to flip colors) use the type tool and type watever u want it to say.
3.Positiion the text on the background exactly where u want it then hit Ctrl + E to merge the 2 layers.

now u shud have something like this.



4.Now, use Filter >> Stylize >> Wind with settings "Wind" and "From the left" Press ok, then press Ctrl + F to apply it a second time. Now use another Filter ? Stylize ? Wind, but this time with the settings "Wind" and "from the right". Press Ctrl + F to re-apply, just like before.

Now it shud look sumthing like this



5.For the next step use Image >> Rotate Canvas >> 90 CCW and apply the Filter >> Stylize >> Wind 2 times to the left and 2 times to the right.When u have completed that, use Image >> Rotate Canvas >> 90 CW.

Now u shud have something like this



6. Now Apply Filter >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur with a value of 2, then Filter >> Distort >> Ripple with the default values.

7. Next u have to convert the image to Grayscale by using Image >> Mode >> Grayscale and then to Image >> Mode >> Indexed Color. The next step is to give our image some color, so choose [b]Image >> Mode >> Color Table. Since we're shooting for a "fire effect" choose the Black Body table From the drop down menu

Now u shud have soething like this.



8. Now were gonna make it look like a solar eclipse kinda. Press X on ur keyboard then use ur text tool and type the exact text u started with and move it over the top of the flames and u shud get something similar to.

Stunning Photo Effect </span>



<span style="font-family:Arial">1. Open and Duplicate Layer

Open image and duplicate the background layer ( layer/duplicate layer ) or left click in background layer and duplicate



2. Apply Gaussian Blur

Select the duplicated layer (background copy ) and add “Gaussian Blur” (filter / blur / Gaussian blur )



It hast to look rather blurry similar to the example , but don’t worry too much about this step you can add more blur at any moment of the process.



3. Reduce Layer's Opacity

Set the layer’s opacity value to 70%. (layers / layer style / blending options ) slide to 70% the opacity slider in the top of the layer palette.

The opacity can go from 30% to 70% it will determine how soft the pic will be </span>



4. Add Mask sharpen items

So far we have achieved to get the softness and most part of the process is done , but there may be some items that look rather blurry and a bit of sharpening will make it look more real . For this image I will mask some branches and the trees

Add a mask in the layer we have been working into (Background Copy) </span>



Set the soft brush tool with at least 50 % of opacity and black color and then brush the details you want to sharpen (trees, leaves, etc)



This is the Result