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Create James Cameron’s AVATAR Movie Poster in Photoshop Tutorial. Creating posters with Photoshop can be a lot of fun and there are unlimited opportunities. Anyone who knows me knows that I love movies. I recently was overcome with inspiration when I saw the new James Cameron's Avatar Movie Posters, they are pretty sick. In this tutorial I will show you guys some simple but efficient techniques that will help you make your own Avatar movie poster from a portrait picture of yourself.

This tutorial should be used with many variants and additional techniques unique to the artist. Note: The version of Photoshop that I've use is CS4. I've got a lot of emails from people who wanted me to 'Avatarize' their pictures. The first step is to show you from what pictures i get my inspiration: Step two is preparation. Download the photo that we'll be using for this tutorial: Download link Select the skin areas of the model with the Lasso Tool, like in the picture below, and pres CTRL+U to open the Hue/Saturation menu.

Now we are going to make the shadows for the nose. Photoshop Quicktips Podcast. Upload Visit My Website Loading... Working... Justin Seeley ► Play all Photoshop Quicktips Podcast by Justin Seeley94 videos3,519 viewsLast updated on Jun 29, 2014 Play all Sign in to YouTube Sign in History Sign in to add this to Watch Later Add to Loading playlists... Blue Lightning TV. Adobe Photoshop - Tuts+ Photo & Video Category. Photoshop: Clipping Masks VS Layer Masks | IceflowStudios. 12 Essential Photoshop Skills Every Photographer Should Know (With Video) “…If you’re saying in your head, ‘Oh, I’ll just fix that later in Photoshop,” stop what you’re doing and slap yourself as hard as you can.” –Zack Arias If you’ve been reading my stuff for a while, you know that I’m a huge proponent of getting it right in the camera.

Exposure, lighting, composition– all of it. As I tell my students, Photoshop is a tool, not a crutch. A bad photo is a bad photo, and no amount of post processing is going to miraculously turn it into a good photo. A good photo can very often be improved with a few well-placed tweaks and adjustments, but it’s just as easy to kill a perfectly fine photograph by going overboard in Photoshop.

One of the beautiful things about Photoshop is that there seem to be at least five or six different ways of accomplishing just about everything. Cropping Brightness & Contrast Brightness and contrast adjustments can be a valuable tool in finding and correcting flaws in exposure. Curves & Levels Saturation Working With Layers Sharpening Wrap-Up.

10 Must-know Introductory Photoshop Skills For Beginner Photographer. For many beginning photographers, any version of the image editor, Photoshop, can look quite daunting to use. With all the menu options, palettes, tools, filters, layer styles and various changes you can make to an image, it’s difficult to know where to start. This article provides some ways to get started with the most popular image editor in the world. If you don’t have a copy of Photoshop, you can download a trial version here. I’m using version CS3 of Photoshop for this article. The skills described in this article should work with the latest, CS4, and previous versions of Photoshop. Here’s a copy of the original image used in this introductory photoshop tutorial. Notice it’s lacking control and saturation of color.

To get started, simply open a portrait or facial shot similar to the one I’m using here. 1. The first thing you want to get used to doing is making a copy of the background layer of your image. 2. 3. Now let’s revisit how layers work. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Create a Royal Gold Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles. In this quick tutorial we will show you how to create a royal gold text effect using layer styles in Photoshop. Let's get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Step 1 First create a new .PSD document, 600 x 400 pixels in RGB mode, 72 DPI with any background color. Now prepare your assets. Install the Xenippa font onto your computer and open both .PAT files. Step 2 Go to Menu > Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options and use the settings below.

Step 3 Now we can start applying our text effect. Step 4 Finally, we are ready to start with our text style. We are almost there. Conclusion You have now completed this tutorial. Combine 2 Images Seamlessly in Photoshop. Carve your name on a TOMBSTONE in Photoshop for HALLOWEEN! How to Create Facial Hair in Photoshop. How to Change Eye Color in Photoshop. Photoshop Tutorial: Layers & Layer Masks For Beginners. Photoshop: How to Make Realistic Tattoos. Photoshop Tutorials. Watch the Online Video Course Artist at Work: Hand-Drawn Type Portrait.