More on Beams of Light, this Time in Colour. A few days ago, we published a tutorial titled How to Break Sunlight Through the Clouds by the fantastically talented Kyle Pero of Lumedia Design and lots of comments came in asking whether the effect could be reproduced in color. Kyle has kindly done up a quick sample: The steps and process are much the same as in the original tutorial, so this is really just an image to show it can be done. Here are Kyle's comments: ..also just did a real quick and dirty version of the light tute in color. Rollover Before/After You can roll over the image below to see the before/after effect in color, and as always I've uploaded the PSD file to the Psdtuts+ Plus download area. By the Way Thought you might also be interested to know that Kyle is an expert retoucher and you can see some of his really amazing advertorial work here.
Create a High-Gloss Graduation Hat Icon Design. Photoshop is great to use for creating quality icon designs. In this tutorial, I will teach you how to make a professional, shiny, clean graduation hat icon. The techniques in this tutorial will help you graduate to the next level in icon design. Step 1 First of all, create a new document and fill it with a light grey (#d6d6d6). Step 2 Let's make the base of the icon using the Rectangle Tool. Step 3 Rotate the shape using the Transform Tool (Command/Ctrl+T). Step 4 Now we need to set the middle of the shape. Step 5 Now go up with a guideline and set the top of the pyramid. Step 6 Create the left side of the pyramid using the Pen Tool. Step 7 Create the right side of the pyramid, just as you did with the left side, but this time fill it with (#e49e11).
Step 8 Move the blue layer on top of the other layers. Step 9 This will be the upper part of the hat. Step 10 Name the duplicate of the ""Top part"" layer "border. " Step 11 Make sure you have selected the border layer. Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Step 15. Creating X-Ray Style Images From Mechanical Objects. In this tutorial, you will learn how to make an X-Ray image—you know, like you see in airport scanners. You'll discover how these techniques could be applied to any mechanical object, or electronic device, like a digital camera. Additionally, you'll learn about a nondestructive Camera Raw workflow. Final Image Preview Before we get started, let's take a look at the image we'll be creating. Click the screenshot below to view the full-size image. As always, the full Photoshop file is available via our Psdtuts+ Plus membership. Preparations Hint: Although doing an X-Ray image is possible since Photoshop has layer blending options, the workflow shown here uses Raw files, and features available since CS2.
To get this result, we needed lots of photos; I shot them myself. Set up a small white studio wall and studio lights (for constant lightning). Step 1 We want to do this image in a complete, nondestructive workflow. Let's develop the photo generally in Camera Raw. Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6. Create Cool Watercolor Effects in Photoshop. Some time ago I wrote an article on my blog listing some fashion-style illustrations from really amazing designers such as Bruno Fujii, Margot Mace, Raphaël of My Dead Pony, Stina Person, and others. The coolest thing in their design work is their use of watercolor effects. So in this tutorial I will show a quick way to simulate that effect using only Photoshop and some brushes. Final Image Preview Before we get started, let's take a look at the image we'll be creating.
Click the screenshot below to view the full-size image. As always, the full layered Photoshop file is available via our Psdtuts+ Plus membership. Step 1 Create a new document and a new layer. Step 2 Place an image in your document. Step 3 Select the layer of the girl and go to Image>Adjustments>Levels. Step 4 Now go to Filter>Artistic>Watercolor.
Step 5 With the girl's layer selected, go to Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal All. Step 6 We need the Bittbox Watercolor Brushes 2 that you can download at this link. Next we create a new layer. Create a Vivid Themed Illustration Using Simple Hand-Drawn Elements – Part I. Drawn elements are certainly something that can enhance an illustration. Even if you're not very good at drawing, you can still create a quality piece. All you need is a good idea and some Photoshop skills. And if you don't believe me, you will definitely change your mind after reading this tutorial. So let's take a look inside! Final Image Preview Take a look at the image we'll be creating. Part I - Tutorial Details Program: Photoshop CS3Difficulty: Intermediate - AdvancedEstimated Completion Time: 2 hours Introduction and Preparation It's a themed illustration about "No Beauty," this hides an idea that no beauty lasts forever.
And as I said this is kinda simple but you may be wondering why this tutorial is labeled as advanced level. Ok, now let's take a look what we're going to use: a piece of paper, from 123rf.comface, from 123rf.comscratchy texture, sxc.hu Step 1 I always try to work on a big canvas, but for the tutorial purposes I will go use a document that is 815 px by 1050 px. Step 2. Create a Calendar Using Scripting in Photoshop. Create a Nature Themed Composition Using Minimalist Techniques – Psd Premium Tutorial. Minimalist pieces aren’t always easy to create.
It takes a lot of effort to create something that is full of empty space but is also full of depth. In today’s premium tutorial, we will demonstrate how to combine several stock images to create a complete composition using several photo manipulation techniques. Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial.
Before We Begin Unless your design is 100% experimentation, it’s not usually a good idea to open Photoshop without an idea of what you’re going to accomplish. The basic idea of this piece was to have some kind of human head sleeping, made of rocks. We’ll work deeply on the colours, so while I picked some stock photos here and there, I didn’t give much attention to the colours of the rocks on the pictures. Step 1 Start off by opening a blank landscape A4 canvas. Step 2 Now, add some noise (Filter > Noise > Add Noise). Step 3 Step 4 Import the isolated rocks in our document and. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8. Super Cool Watercolor Effect in 10 steps in Photoshop. Last year I wrote a Photoshop tutorial for PSDTUTS showing how to create a very nice design using watercolor brushes.
It was inspired by the work of guys such as Bruno Fujii, Margot Mace, Raphaël of My Dead Pony and Stina Person. This time I will create another effect but it will be using Masks and Watercolor brushesl; it's inspired by another great digital artist, the master Scott Hansen the mind behind ISO 50 and also some images from the Daily Inspiration. So in this tutorial we will use Photoshop, some brushes from Brusheezy and some stock photos. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document, I'm using 1920x1200 pixels.
Step 2 Add a new layer, fill it with white then make sure you have black and white for the foreground and background colors. Step 3 Let's add a nice texture. Place the image in the document on top of the other layers. Step 4 Now let's place an image in our document. Step 5 The image is hiding because of the mask. Step 6 Pick another Brush and paint again. Step 7 Step 8. Photo Retouching | Skin Retouching in Photoshop. This tutorial will help you learn how to speed up skin retouching and polish photos in Photoshop using basic techniques. Original Photo Step 1 Duplicate the background image and rename it to Layer 1. Step 2 Go to Filter > Other > High Pass and set the Radius to around 4.5 pixels.
Step 3 Change the Blending Options for Layer 1 from Normal to Soft Light and uncheck the eye to make Layer 1 invisible for the next step. Step 4 Duplicate the background image again and rename it to Layer 2. Step 5 As you’ll see the image will be just slightly blurred and smoothen out but not the edges. Step 6 Flatten Image and use the Clone Stamp Tool mixed with a Soft Brush with the Flow set to around 30% to manually select areas next to one another, blend it in as much as you can using this tool to make further improvements to the skin. Step 7 This step here is to quickly balance out the whole lot, to do that we need that extra bit of shadow to be added to the overall image.
Final Result. Achieving a Vintage Look Through Color Tones in Photoshop CS. By Guest Contributor Anna Gay Photographers are often striving for a “vintage” look in their photos, and even though there are endless ways of achieving a vintage look, there are a couple of characteristics to keep in mind. First of all, the color tones in a vintage photo often lean towards either a blue or a red hue, or a cross-processed look. Vintage photos also have an element of noise or grain that can be achieved through textures, and also a certain amount of vignetting around the edges of the photo.
In this tutorial, we will look at adjusting color tones and adding vignettes. This photo is the result of adjusting the color curves, adding two vignettes, and a color fill, which we will walk through step-by-step. First, open your photo in Photoshop and make sure your foreground color is set to white in your side tool bar. You will see the above dialogue box. As you can see here, there should be three layers – your Background image, then your two gradient layers. Abstract Watercolor Wallpaper in Photoshop. The Making of Mystic. In this tutorial Nik Ainley walks us through the process of making a spectacular image. This tutorial focuses on the big picture steps taken to create this image. You'll learn some incredible techniques in this tutorial, and get a view into how Nik creates beautiful photo-manipulation based images. Let's check it out.
Introduction Hello everyone, before we get down to actually starting any Photoshop work I thought I would say a few words. First, and most importantly, I should state that this is by no means a tutorial for beginners. Basically, the idea behind this tutorial is to document the process I used while making this image from start to finish. Realistically, it would also be almost impossible for me to record every single action I make while producing an image.
Another way in which this article might differ from a more traditional 'recipe' style tutorial is the lack of precise instructions. Anyway, it's time to start thinking about creating this image. Right, enough of that. How to Apply Textures to Uneven Surfaces. Applying texture to a flat surface, or flatly applying a texture across a whole image (as a means to age it or degrade it) is simple stuff. Realistically applying a texture to an uneven surface is much more hands-on (more so than simply overlaying a texture and changing the Blending mode). Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created this video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Step 1 Job number one, as ever, is pooling your assets together. I got the man from iStockphoto here and the tree bark (courtesy of K. Step 2 Cut out the face using the Pen tool (set to Paths not Shape Layers). Step 3 Use the Clone Stamp tool to fill in the rest of the texture.
Step 4 Turn the visibility of the "Bark" layer off (clicking the eye icon next to the layer thumbnail will do this). Step 5 Apply a 2 pixel Gaussian Blur to your new document and then adjust the Levels as in the screengrab below. Step 6 Step 7 Duplicate the "Bark" layer twice. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13. Reader Tutorial: Create Vintage Traveler Diary in Photoshop. In this reader tutorial Nikola Lazarevic aka Colaja from Nis, Serbia will show us how to create a very stylish vintage traveler diary in Photoshop. We will mix brushes with stock photos and blend modes to achieve the effect. Let's take a look at our final image. Let's start by creating new document in photoshop. Mine is 1680x1050 pixels.
Name this file diary.psd. Fill the background with #e5dfd3. Download soft grunge texture from Bittbox. Now download Waterlogged Map Brushes by ~Arbenting. Select all three layers (background, background texture and map) by holding the command key (or control on PC) and left mouse click on every layer, then hit command + G (ctrl + G on PC), and group these layers in Group and named this Group "BACKGROUND". I found excellent picture of old Notebook. Now, we want to have same pictures between pages.
Duplicate "notebook" layer (Command + J); Name this layer "notebook top"; Now pick up the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) and start selecting around notebook pages. How to Mold Paint Splatter to a Face in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to take splattered paint Photoshop brushes and apply them to the contours of a model's face. This is a relatively simple technique, which yields excellent artistic results. Let's get to it! Final Image Preview Take a look at the image we'll be creating. Want access to the full PSD files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created this video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial.
Preparation First thing you will need to do to create this effect is find some nice paint splatter/spray brushes. Step 1 Copy the background and paste it onto a new layer. Create a new layer labeled "Extra Skin. " For this I usually just play around with the Cloning Tool until I get close to something that looks right. Step 2 Once we have covered all the facial features, select the "Extra Skin" layer and the "Subject" layer, then press Command + Alt + E on to merge the layers into a new layer.
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