Adding Atmosphere to Architectural Environments. In this tutorial we will discuss the techniques needed to add atmosphere to an architectural environment in Photoshop. We will use an atmospheric sunset in an urban environment to give this architectural visualisation a more stylised effect. To begin with I am going to start with this base render from 3D Studio Max and have added a few textures to the road and other areas that didn’t render as well. For more tutorials on rendering in 3ds max try 3D Max tutorials There are also some good basic Photoshop tutorials here if you do not understand all these steps. Next I added this subtle sunset image to the render. I then placed the sky layer beneath the rendered layer. As the sky lacked any detail I then added an image of some clouds I liked and felt would look right in the visual. Next I masked out the areas of unwanted cloud using a soft brush on a layer mask on the cloud layer.
Once I had selected where the light source would be coming from I needed to darken areas of the rendered image. Creating a Realistic Cityscape. Photo Effects. Text Effects. I'm not gonna write any tutorial today. Instead I have a compilation of the best text effect tutorials on the web for all you text crazes out there. Some of them are a little bit complicated, a little bit advanced but really worth your time once you got the final effect. Follow the link to go to the tutorial page and enjoy trying new effects on your text..
And if this isn't enough, check out our collection of Text Effect Actions with the possibility to get the effect you want in one click of a button in Photoshop..that will sure makes your life easier.. Metallic 3D EffectView tutorial Put Small Text on your TypeView tutorial Glowing Neon TextView tutorial Stylish Shining TextView tutorial Create Colorful Lines Retro TextView tutorial Hot and Fire TextView tutorial 3D Exploding TextView tutorial Funky 3D Text EffectView tutorial Cool Western Text EffectView tutorial Add Transparent Text on your ImageView tutorial Neon Grunge Text EffectView tutorial Text on the Wood, Wooden Text EffectView tutorial.
100 Photoshop Tutorials. Photoshop tutorials are one of the most popular subjects on the web, as the digital art community continues to grow and new designers bring their unique skills. However, quality Photoshop tutorials that teach you a useful effect, have a quality finished result and are well explained are harder to find, and with the large number of tutorial sites available, it can be hard to sort the quality from the mundane. In this massive roundup, we’ve collected the top 100 best Photoshop tutorials that have ever been created, that yield professional results, teach you a useful effect, are well explained, and will have you designing like a pro in no time. These tutorials are collected from niche tutorial sites around the web, and range in age from creation in 2008 to a few tutorials that were created just last week. So, if you think you’ve seen all there is to see from Photoshop, guess again and check out this post.
If you liked this post, check out our other design tutorial roundups: Movie Star Skin. By Karl Rosencrants, Shutterstock Contributor One thing we all dream about having is porcelain smooth skin. That is, for the models on our design layouts! Here is a great technique for giving any model that “movie star skin” makeover that doesn‘t require hours with the clone stamp and healing brush. Here is an example of an image for an ad layout. Although the model looks good, we are looking to give the model a smoother complexion. The first thing to do is duplicate the background layer. Run a filter on the newly created layer – Filter -> Blur -> Surface Blur. Remove Background in Photoshop. This is the second of a series of tutorials thought for Photoshop beginners. I’ll explain in depth those features that can result difficult to understand for a newbi. Today I’ll show you 6 techniques you can use to extract a person/object from its background.
From now on extraction won’t have secrets for you! Extraction is one of the worst enemies for those who start using Photoshop. Do you want to learn Photoshop basics with simple yet effective tutorials? How to: Before we start: in the following exercises I take for grant you’ll unlock the background layer when you open a new image in Photoshop before start the exercise. For mac users: alt=options. ctrl=cmd. Exercise 1: How to extract simple form objects Objects with simple forms are easy to be extracted. Open the screw image in Photoshop. Now that it’s easier to find the center of the screw head, grab the elliptical marquee tool, hold down alt and shift, left click on the center of the screw and drag until you select the entire object. Lighting Effects. One of the most popular posts of 2008 on this blog was 40 Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting and Abstract Effects. Since it has been close to a year since that collection was put together, a number of excellent tutorials for working with lighting effects have been published.
With this post I’d like to present the second edition of tutorials. Photoshop and Illustrator Grid and Glows (update: this tutorial is no longer online) Looking for hosting? WPEngine offers secure managed WordPress hosting. You’ll get expert WordPress support, automatic backups, and caching for fast page loads. Visit WPEngine. Plasma Cut Text Effect.