Photo Effects Film Inspired Photo Borders In this Photo Effects tutorial I'll show you how to extract a photo border from it's background and make it infinitely more versatile for your photography projects. High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos – Part 1 In this Photoshop Tutorial I'll take you through my process for creating stunning High Dynamic Range (HDR) Images with tonal ranges just not possible to achieve with a single photograph. 2 Step Grunge Photo Effect In this tutorial I'm going to show you a quick and easy 2 step process grunge photo effect that I stumbled upon while attempting to accomplish something completely different. Grunge Photo Edges In this Photoshop tutorial I'm going to show you a quick and effective way to create a cool photo edge effect using a single Photoshop grunge brush and a series of clipping masks. Artistic Sepia / Colorizing Effect Calculations And Colorization High Contrast Black And White Ad It seems like cool black and white photo effects are all the rage lately.
10 things to expect from a designer Choosing a designer can be a daunting decision for a client. After all, the visual identity of his/her business depends on the choice. Here are a few important attributes to expect from a graphic designer. 1. An informative website A client should expect to learn something from the designer before paying a penny, and the designer’s online presence should do the job. Informative websites help because… Trust can be built through the chat in blog commentsAttention to detail can be seen in project case studiesPositive references will reinforce the buying decision 2. There’s no excuse for typos. The client’s reputation is in the hands of the designer, but just as the client makes a hiring choice, design studios also judge potential clients on their communication skills, and can readily say no to a large budget. 3. Changing the smallest detail can greatly alter the impact of a brand identity. 4. How fast can clients expect a response to their questions? What about after the design handover? 5. 6.
Compositing in Adobe Photoshop: Time-Saving Tips Advertisement Compositing is a skill and process that spans the entire spectrum of creative industries. At the high end, compositing boasts its own specialized profession in film and television post production and visual effects. Dedicated software such as NUKE and Shake have taken the craft to powerful levels of its own, leaving behind the relatively basic compositing toolset of Adobe Photoshop. However, for many graphics practitioners compositing is a vital everyday process — and as with all pixel-pushing endeavors, Photoshop remains the entry point and hub to learning and ultimately mastering the fundamentals of this important skill. In this article, I’ll share some of my own time-saving tips for compositing in Photoshop. Tip 1: Matching Tones, Channel by Channel One of the challenges we face when compositing is matching the colors and tones of various images to produce a realistic and convincing composite. 1These are the three images we will composite together Visual Evaluation 1. 2.
25 Cool Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials Published on Mon, Aug-10-2009 by Dainis With Photoshop Photo effects you can modify your usual image to professional and interesting photo artwork. Designers and amateurs, who wants to become designer love Photoshop tutorials that can help to learn new techniques and tricks and give them new skills to design more interesting and amazing artworks. In Web you can find hundreds of Photoshop photo effects and it is hard to find best of all. For you we collect best 25 newest Photoshop photo effects that will help you create amazing photos. I hope with theses Photoshop tutorials you will learn new Photoshop techniques. You May Be Interested In The Following Posts Creating an Abstract Watercolor Wallpaper There are plenty of ways to create a Watercolor Effect in Photoshop. Creative Photoshop Animal King Photo Manipulation Tutorial In this Photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to mash up a series of photos in a highly creative poster based on a famous painting from the 1800’s. Glamour model
Creating a Vintage Typography Layout in Adobe Illustrator Vintage style typography is classic and remains popular still today. There’s something about the hand drawn and hand placed feel of these types of layouts that is appealing and draws your eye. Lets take a look at how to create a vintage style type layout in Adobe Illustrator. Here’s a look at what we’ll be creating. Before getting started I found a great inspiration piece to use as reference for the steps will be working through in this tutorial. When putting together a design like this there are a few very important factors to consider in order to achieve that vintage look. - Fonts – You have to put in the time to seek out the right fonts. - Shapes – Shapes and elements were drawn by hand, so keep that in mind when putting together your design elements. - Symmetry – Most vintage layouts such as this one contain some degree of symmetry. Step 1 In Illustrator, on a new art board, lets start with the basic shape of our layout. Fir the background we need to create a series of wavy lines.
Create a Funky Urban-Inspired Scene in Photoshop As an artist, I am always listening to, and being inspired by, music. I wanted to do a tutorial that pays tribute to this art form for what it has contributed to our culture. In this tutorial, we are going to create a colorful scene inspired by breakdancing and the urban lifestyle. We will be using some Photoshop brushes, photo-blending techniques, and advanced lighting techniques to achieve the final result. Preview Click the image below to see its full size. Tutorial Resources Step 1: Preparing the Breakdancer Once we’ve opened up Photoshop, we are going to download and open our breakdancer stock image (purchased from Bigstock). After opening the image in Photoshop, we want to remove the background so that we have the dancer isolated on a transparent background. Instead, I would recommend using either the Pen Tool (P) to trace around the subject or a layer mask where you can simply brush out the areas you want to get rid of. Step 2: Preparing the Boom Box Step 4: Set the Background Colors
27 Excellent Digital Photography Tutorials To improve and modify digital photographs is very interesting and a fun part. Lots of digital photography techniques and tutorials are available on internet, you can create same digital effect in different ways. The best technique to create effect is which take less steps. In this post i have listed 27 excellent digital photography tutorials to help you create different effects and manipulate your digital photographs. I hope you will enjoy these tutorials and don’t forget to mention the tutorial which was an add on in your experience. 1. In this tutorial designer will show you how to create a post apocalyptic manipulation using adjustment layers, vector masks, and some special effects. 2. This tutorial uses a different method than either of CMYK curves adjustment layers. 3. In this tutorial designer will show you how to spice up a fairly dull and flat photograph. 4. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a fantasy landscape using some simple and easy techniques. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Illustrator Quick Banners – The Design Playbook Need to create a really flexible vector banner for use on all sorts of projects? Follow this tutorial for a quick, bullet-proof technique for great banners. Video included! Tutorial Details Software: Adobe Illustrator CS5Difficulty: BeginnerTopics: Strokes, Transform Palette, MoveEstimated Completion Time: 15 minutesProject Files: quickbannersart.ai (Downloaded 5,638 times) Step 1 Create a new Illustrator document 460 px wide by 230 px high. Step 2 Create a new rectangle by selecting the Rectangle Tool (M) and clicking anywhere on the artboard. Step 3 Set the fill color of your new rectangle to white and add a 2 pt black stroke with rounded corners. Step 4 Cut off the Scale Strokes & Effects setting in the Transform Palette. Step 5 Select your new rectangle and copy it. Step 6 Pull up the Transform Palette and set the transfer reference point to middle-left. Step 7 Select the top rectangle and set its width to 80 px with the Transform Palette. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Step 15
The Ultimate Guide To Cloning In Photoshop Advertisement Photoshop’s wide array of cloning tools is the cause of many of the absolute best and worst works created with the application. In a skilled and experienced hand, these tools lead to phenomenal results. In the hands of a careless artist, Photoshop cloning can be disastrous to the credibility of the result. This article introduces the several cloning tools available in Photoshop and goes over the proper usage and best practices of each. The Clone Stamp Tool The Clone Stamp tool is the oldest and most widely known of the cloning tools. Use the “Option” key (“Alt”) to set the source. To clone out the name on the tombstone above, you would select a source that shares the texture of the area you want to replace. To begin, simply click on the preferred source area while holding down the “Option” key (“Alt” on a PC). To be able to use this tool effectively, let’s look at the relevant settings. Basic Settings: Brush The clone stamp’s basic settings. Basic Settings: Sample The Patch Tool
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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