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Making Unrealistic Things Look Possible in Photoshop CS4

Making Unrealistic Things Look Possible in Photoshop CS4
Perhaps one of the most satisfying gratifications of designing with Photoshop is the ability to create the impossible—making unrealistic things look possible. Here we’ll combine dancers with splashes to create a unique “splash dance.” 1 [WHITE BACKGROUNDS WORK BEST] Like many techniques in Photoshop, this one will be easier if the photo you choose is on a white background. We’ve chosen this istockphoto.com image of a leaping dancer. 2 [FIND SOME SPLASH PHOTOS] A quick search of “splashes” and “paint splashes” on istockphoto.com provides a bunch of nice splashes. 3 [DRAG-AND-DROP] Drag-and-drop the splash photo onto the photo of the dancer. 4 [FREE TRANSFORM; LOWER THE OPACITY] With the splash layer active, press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) for Free Transform. 5 [ADD A LAYER MASK TO BLEND THE SPLASH] With the splash layer still active, click on the Add Layer Mask icon (circle in a square) at the bottom of the Layers panel.

30+ Most Wanted Photo Manipulation Tutorials in Photoshop Part I Inspired by the 30+ Weirdest Animal Photo Manipulations, I made a list of Photoshop Tutorials for you to learn how to make your own photo manipulation. Here is a 30+ Most Wanted Photo Manipulation Tutorials in Photoshop to help you enhance more techniques on manipulating images. There will be a Part II on this showcase so make sure to watch out for it. How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation On this tutorial, you’ll manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by using simple techniques and tools such as the Brush tool and Warp command. Alien Photo Manipulation Photoshop Tutorial Turn a woman into an alien by combining two photos. Landscape photo manipulation In this tutorial,you will learn how to create your unique wallpapers using photo manipulation.Using some images you’ll learn how to blend in different landscapes creating a surreal effect. How to Create an Abstract Photo Manipulation

3DSMAX Tutorials, Maya Tutorials, Cinema4D Tutorials, Photoshop Tutorials, ZBrush Tutorials, Blender Tutorials, Mudbox Tutorials This tutorial should step you through making a simple, yet realistic-looking planet using Adobe Photoshop 7, and ONLY Adobe Photoshop 7. We're working small here, so keep in mind that the larger you work, the harder the planet will be to create (just a bit more work as size increases). To complete this tutorial and match what I'm showing you in the sample images, you'll need this image for a texture, so save it in a safe spot, we'll get to it in a moment. A thank you to Kyle Nervik of Bougal.com, who helped me figure out how to best relate my methods to a general audience by being my development guinea pig (sitting on AIM for over an hour, listening to me argue with myself, and offering suggestions). Thanks, Kyle! Next we'll add some atmosphere. Duplicate your planet layer, and then go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options.You can also get to the resulting window via right-clicking on the layer in the layer palette and selecting Blending Options.

10,000 Words :: where journalism and technology meet Alex Goh and the team at Imgembed are onto something. They launched this year at SXSW and already have one million images loaded into their platform for sharing, using, and, most importantly, monetizing photos online. It goes something like this: if you are a professional or amateur photographer, you can upload your photos via Instagram, Flickr, or any other social photo sharing platform. If you’re a journalist, you can search images for free for your blog posts. You copy the embed link, and the photographer’s name comes embedded with the photo. If the footer bar with the creator’s name doesn’t work for your layout, you go premium. Every time a photo is embedded, the platform generates a unique jpeg with the creator’s name attached, so the photos are easier to track. It gets to the heart of digital copyright and Creative Commons licensing. There’s a big misunderstanding about Creative Commons licensing.

100 Best Photoshop Tutorials of All Time that Yield Professional Results Photoshop tutorials are one of the most popular subjects on the web, as the digital art community continues to grow and new designers bring their unique skills. However, quality Photoshop tutorials that teach you a useful effect, have a quality finished result and are well explained are harder to find, and with the large number of tutorial sites available, it can be hard to sort the quality from the mundane. In this massive roundup, we’ve collected the top 100 best Photoshop tutorials that have ever been created, that yield professional results, teach you a useful effect, are well explained, and will have you designing like a pro in no time. If you liked this post, check out our other design tutorial roundups: Design a Traditional Liquefied Car Create Dynamic Distortion Effects Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop The Making of Mystic Awesome Milk Typography Effect in Photoshop Create an Incredible Avatar-Inspired Matte Painting of Pandora Urban Type Art – London Text Effect

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Harvesting and Using Dandelion Roots When Should I Harvest Dandelion Roots? Dandelion roots are best harvested from late fall through early spring, when the plant is dormant and has stored up energy in the root. For medicinal use, most sources say fall harvest is best. This is because the levels of inulin (insoluble fiber) are higher and the fructose levels are lower. The freezing of winter converts the inulin to fructose, which makes spring roots more palatable for eating. What’s the Best Way to harvest Dandelion Roots? To dig roots, use a dandelion digger or a sturdy fork. How should I preserve dandelion roots? Dandelion roots can be used fresh for cooking and medicine. Preparing dandelion roots for drying Use a commercial dehydrator to dry the roots at 95 degrees F until brittle. Dandelion root in the dehydrator How do I Use Dandelion Root? To extract the medicinal compounds for the roots, they must be decocted or tinctured. The University of Maryland Medical Center states: I’m-Sick-of-Cellulite Tea Infuse Decoct

The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2008 Under Articles Sometimes, you may find it difficult to look for some of the highest quality photoshop tutorials using search engines. As most of time, almost all tutorials would label themselves to be good, high quality or even the best photoshop tutorial you can find. When searching through all these tutorials, your time is wasted. In order to save your time, Photoshop Lady has been spending almost a whole year to search for the best photoshop tutorials for you. Under Photoshop Tutorial, Text Effect In this tutorial It will show you how to create a sort of grunge poster. In this tutorial we’ll be creating a smokey night effect on text to give it an eerie supernatural sort of feel. In this tutorial, the type-effects shows how to create the above image. Under Abstract Effect, Photoshop Tutorial In this Photoshop tutorial, it will let you learn how to take a single photograph and turn it into a collage of polaroids, with each polaroid containing a small section of the overall image.

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

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