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Painting. Create Cool Watercolor Effects in Photoshop - PSDTUTS. How to Create an Original Pin-Up Girl in Photoshop - Psdtuts+ In this tutorial, I will be taking you through the steps that I do when creating a cartoon pin-up. I will start off with thumbnails and continue on to the final image. Along the way, I will be sharing with you my techniques and thought process when it comes to creating an original image with Photoshop.

Let's get started! 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? Step 1 Thumbnails! The most important thing you're looking for in a thumbnail is composition and in this case, a great pose. Step 2 So now, I've found a thumbnail I want to work with. For each new version of the image, I always start a new Layer so that I can always make changes. Step 3 My next step is to start tightening up the proportions. So I figured out what I want to do with the hair, I then start tackling the hands and gun.

So now I've got the preliminary drawing done. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9. Turn Ho-Hum Color into WOW! with Photoshop. A Post By: Darren Rowse Guest blogger Helen Bradley (from www.projectwoman.com) shows how to use the LAB color mode in Photoshop to give a punch to your photos. I like to see lovely saturated color in my photos but sometimes the color I capture just doesn’t do justice to the subject and it isn’t what I remember the scene looked like. Boosting the color can turn a lackluster image into one that totally rocks. So, if you find that the color in your photos is lacking, here’s what I do to make it better. A word about LAB The fix uses the LAB color space. In the RGB color space you work with the red, green and blue channels and in CMYK you work with cyan, magenta, yellow and black channels. In Lab the two color channels are a and b. By separating lightness from color as LAB does you can make adjustments that would be difficult or time consuming to do in any other color space.

How to fix in Lab Step 1 With the flattened image open in Photoshop, choose Image > Mode > LAB Color. Step 2 Step 3 Step 4. Spray Paint Text. Written by RossSeptember 6, 2008 It was time I wrote more of a beginner aimed tutorial so here you go, this tutorial will teach you how to make this spray paint style text effect which really stands out and would make a great wallpaper. The inspiration for this one comes from an image by Aleks Maksimow which you can check out here.

The techniques here are pretty simple so give it a go. Tutorial Files If you are a PSD PRO member then download the PSD file and much more by going here. Introduction Below is the image we will learn how to create. Step 1 Create a new document with dimensions; 10240x768px then fill the background layer Black. Step 2 Right click on this layer then select blending options and add an outer glow using the settings shown below.

Step 3 Now you need an image of either a wall, concrete, a rock or sand. Step 4 Step 5 First duplicate this layer (Ctrl+J) then hide it. Step 6 Go Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and use a value of 13px. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13. 6 Quick’n'Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch - PSDTU. Photoshop Tutorials and Links - Create a Shiny Lock Icon Design. Open Source Vectors | Free Vector Illustrations | Free Illustrat. Tutorials Index: Free Tutorials Directory & Lessons Portal: