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Sparkling Hot Girl in Photoshop. I’ve seen some very nice images mixing photos with light effects and sparks. If you go to flickr in those Photoshop and Graphic Design groups you will see images with this effect. There’s a designer, I think he's Brazilian, who has some amazing designs using this style, his name is Leandro Demetrius and it’s really worth checking his work out. Anyway, in this tutorial I will show you how to create an image using this technique. It basically mixes some techniques from tutorials like Magic Lighting Effect, Amazing Photoshop light effect in 10 Steps, and the latest Create the MSNBC header effect. Step 1 Create a new document, mine is 800x600 pixels.

Step 2 Select a nice photo, in my case an amazingly hot girl from the 30 Color and Pattern Inspiration Bikinis post. Step 3 After you create a path with the shape of the woman, go to the Path palette, right next to the Layer Palette. Step 4 Back to the Layer Palette, select the girl’s layer and then go to Selection>Refine Edge. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7. September 2012 Tutorial: A Dan-dan-dance Extraordinaire. So, what does the art of dance and image editing have in common? Both requires creativity, skills, talent and (believe it or not) patience. Since we discovered that there’s a connection between the two, we decided to bring them together in this month’s tutorial.

We’ll teach you how to apply layer duplications, blending mode, transforming and creating of objects that will give a plain looking image that extra edge by adding multicolored effects. Are you ready? Let’s go! Before we begin, prepare these set of images:- P/S: Click on the images for a larger and clearer view We’ll kick start by creating a blank background for our montage according to this size setting - 1678 pixels x 2500 pixels. Once the background is ready, create a new layer and fill the canvas with black color.Then, create another layer but this time go to Edit > Fill and fill it with 50% Gray.After that, go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and set the amount to 400%.

Firstly, select the brush tool and create a new layer. Glowing Heart ~ Easy Photoshop Tutorials. In this Photoshop Tutorial , Easy-Psd will teach you how to create a glowing shape based on a primary shape . First of all create a new big size image with black background. In the left menu click on Custom Shape Tool(U) and draw a shape you want to make , but don't make the shape too big because it will be hard to handle . I selected a heart. Now that you made your shape , go to Pen Tool (P) , right click on the shape and click Make Selection . Now that the area are selected fill in with a color.

Now create a new layer (Shift+Ctrl+N) , and install this brush pack. Now you have to make the brush take the shape you want . Now make it look better and take the shape you want . For a better accuracy , you have to warp it more then once. The image still don't look like i want so i will warp it again (Ctrl+T then right click and select warp). Now the hard part is over . Now you can make your background image black because you don't need the original shape now . The image is ready. Show me the light – Digital Art Tutorial. In this photoshop tutorial I will show you how to use stock images to make a beautiful digital artwork with nicely colored lights.

All you need for this tutorial is my Colors in Motion textures pack and a model. I found the model on deviantArt. You can download the picture here. If you want to use another stock image, try the gallery if ISO Stock, you will find very good stock images there. For this tutorial I will use the girl that you see on the preview. Video walk-through Many people requested a video of this tutorial so I had to record it. Step 1 Open the girl model in photoshop and using the Pen Tool (P), trace the contour but make sure you have the paths selected.

Create a new document 1500×2026 pixels and paste the girl, name this layer model. Step 2 Now we are going to make some adjustments to the color and the contrast and add some shadows. Make some color adjustments and increase the contrast of the girl. Levels settings to increase contrast. Saturation settings to increase color. Google. 30+ High Quality Metallic Texture, Pattern, Brushes and Photoshop Tutorials. Most textures and patterns don’t look attractive in raw or when they are standalone, and these metallic ones are certainly no exceptional. However, with the right mixtures (and some creativity), these raw materials could output you some of the nicest metallic-themed design. If you are looking to create some realistic metallic design, here’s a collection of Metallic Textures, Pattern, Brushes and Photoshop Tutorial that could come in handy. Here are some related articles you might be interested: Full list after jump.

Brushes and Patterns Arc’s Rivets + Metal Brushesby Arcy-is-distracted138 Custom Photoshop Brushes, includes Rivets, Screw-heads, Bolt-heads, Metal seams, Metal seams w/ rivets, Complete Panels, Vents, Holes and more. Barbed Wire brushby Cat-in-the-StockTwo barbed wire brushes. Bullet Holes Brushesby redheadstockA set of brushes made up of various types of bullet holes. Spiderman Patternby s0nkite Metal Setby for-certain9 metal texture brush set. Idyllic’s -Metal- Brushesby Chalob.

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Virtual Tour Designing Software. Articles, Resources October 4, 2012 Virtual Tour Designing Software The Use of 360 degree virtual tours in photography and exhibition houses to create a wonderful ambience for visitors, business partners and in presentation is now becoming popular for travel agents, resort centres, real estate developer etc. Now take advantage of this phenomenon to paint the perfect picture about their business. But how are virtual tour effects created and what software can be used to design its glorious effects? This article would be answering the above by providing a list of the top 20 software beginners and professionals can use to design a virtual tour for their areas of interest. 360 degrees Virtual Tour Software Visual Tour.com: This website provides its virtual tour software on both Windows and Mac operating systems.

RTV Software: The RTV virtual tour software is an advanced platform used in developing real estate virtual tours. Graphic Design and Adobe Tutorials | You The Designer. How to Make a Pimp'd out Hip Hop Concert Flyer. Tutorials August 16, 2012 Flyers serve an important role in any marketing campaign, especially in events and product launches, flyers have been proven as an effective tool in providing an easy and convenient way of communicating information to your potential customers.

This is the reason why a lot of companies have employed the use of flyers in their promotion and marketing efforts. Having said this, an attractive flyer design will undoubtedly help anyone interested in promoting a specific product. But let’s face it, not everyone has access to skilled graphic artists and designers when creating these flyers. Fortunately, the You The Designer team has got you covered with this amazing tutorial on how to make a hip hop inspired concert flyer.

Before we begin, let’s get some things ready. Tutorial Assets: Also, download the following resources: Make sure to set up the font on your computer before getting started with this tutorial. Step 1: Getting Started Name it gradient and hit ok. Ode to the Option Key: 30+ Cool Option Key Shortcuts in Photoshop. The Option key (that’s Alt for you PC folks) is an amazing little helper for the Photoshop user.

For the most part, you can probably get along without it but when you learn to wield it well, you open up tons of time saving features. Why is it so great? What are all these great things you can do with the Option key in Photoshop? Read on to find out! Shortcut Guide What the heck are all these funny symbols? Instructions for Windows Users For simplicity, I’ll stick to the keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. New Layer With/Without Options When you’re creating a new layer with the default shortcut, Shift+Command+N, you’ll see a window of options pop up.

When you’re in the Layers Palette, the opposite is true. Deleting Layers When you delete a layer by clicking on the trash can button in the layers palette, a little window will pop up asking you if you’re sure that you really want to take such a drastic action. If you’re an experienced user, you need no such warning. Selecting Tools Reset Dialog. 8 Secrets of the Zoom Tool in Photoshop. A Post By: Helen Bradley Continuing with my ‘tool’ secrets posts, here are 8 secrets of the Photoshop Zoom Tool. 1. Quick toolbar shortcuts The Zoom tool can be selected by pressing the letter Z – it’s an easy and handy shortcut to remember because it saves you from having to click the Zoom tool to select it. However, once engaged, the Zoom tool operates in only one direction, in or out depending on the option you have selected on the Tool Options bar. You can toggle the Zoom direction by holding the Alt key (Option on the Mac) as you zoom. 2.

If you’re in the middle of painting, erasing or selecting an item and if you need to get access to the Zoom tool, press Ctrl + Space Bar (Command + Space Bar on the Mac) and you’ll get access to the Zoom tool’s current setting – which will be either Zoom In or Zoom Out depending on what you have selected. 3. 4. When the Zoom tool is selected, the Tool Options bar has a checkbox for Resize Window To Fit. 5. 6. 7. 8. Fresh and Excellent Photoshop Tutorials For Designing Posters (From 2010) Jun 29 2010 Photoshop is powerful tool that can add wings to your creativity. With Photoshop manipulation tools, you can create and edit images for Web and print.

Every industry needs poster designs for promotion of their products and services. Advertisement is of utmost importance for building a brand and thus increasing the sales. So every time you have to come up with out-of-the-box ideas. Photoshop Tutorials for Poster Design Design an Out of this World Laptop AdvertisementIn this tutorial, you’ll learn how to design an out of this world cosmic advertisement for a laptop/tablet style PC.

Create an Aged and Textured Pirate PosterAn aged and textured pirate themed poster that’s perfect for any booty related event. Create Powerball Effect for Movie Poster This tutorial will cover how to create a powerball (or energy ball) effect. Create Rockstar Poster in PhotoshopIn this tutorial, author will show you how to make a Rockstar poster with vibrant colors. Create Rockstar Poster in Photoshop. Published on Wed, Mar-17-2010 by Marco This time we will show you how to create colorful rockstar poster in Photoshop. In this tutorial we will use plenty of various Photoshop techniques. Tutorial is pretty complex, so you will need to carefully follow each step of this tutorial. As you can see from final image preview, we will create awesome effect using usual photo and your Photoshop knowledge.

So, enough to talk, lets start to learn. You May Be Interested In The Following Posts Final Image Preview 1.step Create a new document 620×860, 300 resolution and 8 bits, rgb color. 2.Step Create a new layer, fill with black color, add gradient – overlay; colors #afafaf and #ffffff. 3.Step Now we will drag our main image. 4.Step Duplicate the original layer and desaturated it (Image > Adjustments > Desaturate) and change layer blending mode to: Soft light. 5.Step Apply Image (Image > Apply image). 6.Step Pay close attention to these steps: this is the technique how to create the robot effect. 7.Step 8.Step. Mastering Photoshop Techniques: Layer Styles. Advertisement Layer Styles are nothing new. They’ve been used and abused again and again. Despite their ubiquity, or perhaps because of it, many designers do not yet realize the full potential of this handy menu.

Its beauty lies in our ability to create an effect and then copy, modify, export, hide or trash it, without degrading the content of the layer. Below we present, step by step, several practical techniques to help you refine your designs, increase productivity and reduce layer clutter. Download the source files (.zip, 1.6 Mb). The Bump Map Effect “Wait, what?” This technique requires two images: one for texture and color, and the other to serve as a depth map. Step by Step We’ll start by creating our bump map pattern. Painting a mask to increase the appearance of light in the background. We now have a textured, bump-mapped background that is completely dynamic; everything about it can be modified easily from within the Layer Styles menu. 3-D Modeling Diffuse vs.

X-Ray Vision Quick Tips. Business Card Design Ideas. Published on Wed, Aug-15-2012 by George Best Business Card Design Ideas Are you looking for the best business card design for your company or next project. There are many original idea out there that will have your customers “Wowed”, but which of them will be best for you; this is a hard decision to have to come to for a business owner. If you are a carpenter or architect you could have some cards made out of a thin sheet of wood, or a glass maker out of glass. In today’s design world the possibilities for business card designs are limitless and if you can think of it, it has probably been done. You May Be Interested In The Following Posts The Best Creative Ideas for Business Cards Are Original When thinking about the business card design that is going to be original and sell your product or service; you want to be original and have an original design that will sell.

Coming Up With Your Own Original Business Card Designs. Create Blood and Milk Typography Poster in Photoshop. Published on Sun, Apr-18-2010 by Sergey Hi there. Today we show you some Photoshop techniques, how easy with few basics steps you can create awesome typography poster. With this technique you can create interesting flayer for dace club or you can use in advertisements. To create this typography poster we will use some paint splashes, custom fonts and few stocks from Deviantart and of course your knowledge. Indeed in this tutorial will be used basic Photoshop tools, so do not be afraid and start to learn these techniques. You May Be Interested In The Following Posts Final Image Preview Stocks Used: 1.Step Well, let’s do it! 2.Step Next I used red splash on the word “Blood” with a nice positioning on it. Result: 3.Step Hereinafter repeat all the same technique only for the text “Milk”. 4.Step Next we create a new layer on top, take tool “Smudge tool” (R) and be sure to check as shown below: Making a smooth transition of the text in the splatter: 5.Step 6.Step You must have a similar result: 7.Step.

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