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Arts & Crafts how-to videos | MindBites.com. How To Draw A Wave | Club Of The Waves. This art tutorial, kindly donated by surfing comic strip illustrator and surf artist Bob Penuelas covers how to draw a wave the Wilbur Kookmeyer way! If you're like me, then you've probably spent a lot of time in high school class daydreaming and doodling a thousand perfect cartoon waves in your notebook. It's safe to say that ninety percent of us surfers have a habit of scribbling perfect waves whenever a pencil is in our hands. Hopefully the following pointers will help you change your throw-away wave doodles into actual compelling artwork that you want to keep forever. Remember, there are millions of ways to draw a wave and hopefully with these simple pointers you'll find a million more. Drawing a basic wave The following illustrations and captions by Bob Penuelas take you through the basic steps of drawing a wave… Step 1 Sketch in the basic shape of the curl, spray, foam and base of the wave.

Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Add the rest of the flow lines. Step 5 Step 6 Tips… The importance of perspective. How to Do Silkscreen Printing. Tutorial Magazine / photoshop / effects. 80 All-You-Need Photoshop Brushes. My Photography Tutorials - 360 Degree Reverse Photography - featured, Gallery. In order to create a , you do not need to be an expert photographer or own expensive photography equipment. You just need to have a standard SLR camera, tripod and a 360-degree panorama software package and of course a good panorama to shoot. Follow these successfully achieving professional results in .

First, pick a spot that is equidistant from every point in your photo. You should not have to zoom in and out. Since this will consists of a series of photos taken from one position as the camera is spun in a circle, a tripod is beneficial as it will give more consistent results. Second, pick a lightly overcast day, to achieve consistent lighting across the entire photo. Thirdly, ensure that your camera is affixed to the tripod, which is sitting on a flat surface. Continue to rotate the camera clockwise in approximately 25-degree increments, overlapping each photo as before.

If you are planning on taking your SLR camera on holidays this year, read our on how to take great . What can you learn on youtube? - Teh uber1337 Soup. Photoshop CS4: A Picture Worth a Thousand Words - Layers Magazine | Layers Magazine. I love Photoshop techniques that offer all kinds of possibilities for experimentation—and the following tutorial is a perfect example of one of those techniques.

In this issue, we’re going to take a portrait and replace the person’s image with text (think 2009 Grammy posters). Pick a portrait that offers good contrast—a photo that’s very dramatic and dark probably won’t work as well. I’ve had the best success with straight-on head and shoulder shots, but again, feel free to experiment with all types of photos. For the best results, choose a photo that has a light background (or select the background around the person and make it lighter). Create a new document (File>New) in a size that’s smaller than your photo: the specifics don’t really matter.

Switch back to the photograph. Then, press Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J) to copy the selected pixels onto a new layer. Go back to the Select menu and choose Color Range again. Click the Create a New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. Laurie McCanna's complete list of Photoshop tutorials. The Most Wanted Design Tutorials in Photoshop | Web Resources, Design Inspiration, and Fun Spill! The Making Of 'Lust' - Worth1000 Tutorials. Learn the Basics of Photoshop: The Complete Guide.

Warning: Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes in Lightroom. A Post By: Helen Bradley If you are new to working in Lightroom your first few weeks will be a steep learning curve. Here are my top 5 mistakes to be aware of and avoid when you’re starting out. I hope they’ll save you wasting time, getting frustrated and generally tearing your hair out. 1. Think – Navigate on the left – Keyword on the right. Ok, so this isn’t exactly true but basically, in the Library module, your navigation options are on the left and bottom of the screen and the Keywording options are on the right. The typical mistake you’ll make is to open the Keywording or Keyword List areas of the panel on the right and click on a checkbox for a keyword or click one of the keyword sets thinking that somehow this will select and display images with those keywords – Not so!

You can filter by keyword using the Keyword list in the panel on the right and you do so by clicking the small arrow to the right of the keyword – that switches to display all the images with this keyword. 2. 3. 4. Tutorial Magazine 300 Most Amazing Photoshop Tutorials of Summer 2009. PS: We feature new, hand-picked tutorials every day! Subscribe to our RSS feed and get them delivered! Photoshop 25 Worst Photoshop mistakes See what happens when designers mess up in Photoshop, good for a laugh. | 61570 views | by tutfreakz Recreate the Iron Man Interface Effect This tutorial will show you how to create the screen interface from the hit movie Iron Man. | 42391 views | by abduzeedo How to use type as a creative effect Unlock the power of the Distort tool in Adobe Photoshop to create this enigmatic image. | 36833 views | by digitalarts Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop How to create a really cool and super easy typographic portrait in Photoshop. | 34698 views | by abduzeedo Create Watery Text in Photoshop No towel included. | 33835 views | by Minervity How to Create a Jumbotron Effect Create a jumbotron screen effect like you would see at big sporting events | 30450 views | by denisdesigns How to Create colorful posters | 28007 views | by abduzeedo How to Make Trendy Grunge Type.