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How to create rain 2007-09-11 07:07:00 A few people wanted to know how I create
d the rain effect in the "Turrets" contest, so I tried my best to write a tutorial, and here it is!Step 1Today we’re going to attempt to create a simplistic yet realistic rainy day. This is basically a beginner tutorial, and my first attempt at writing one, so stay with me here.We're going to try to reproduce the effect achieved in turning this image:into this one:First thing you need to do is open the picture you want to add rain to. You can use any picture you want, or you can use the one provided. Next, duplicate the background layer (CTRL+J) by either dragging the layer to the “Create a New Layer” button at the bottom of the layers pallet OR going to Layer > Duplicate Layer…(this requires you to click “OK”).Here’s the fun part! On your “background layer copy” go to Image > Image Adjustments > Curves… (CTRL+M) and make your setting something like this:Or you can play around with them to get the desired effect you want. Thi
Out Of Bounds Shadows-Mini Tut 2007-09-11 05:57:00 This is an update of an old mini tut, inspired by the beginning of the then new Out Of Bounds
contest format. There were quite a few images using an incorrect or impossible shadow treatment. While there are considerably fewer entries containing this mistake I felt it might be of some help, to beginners particularly, to update it. Essentially this is intended to be of some help to those who are either beginners to graphics programs or new to the OOB concept and would appreciate some very, very basic advice.In very simplified form, this is the error I’m referring to, a shadow cast directly behind the section emerging from the frame. This is an impossible shadow, no surface exists that would make that shadow possible. In any case, considering the light direction, the lighthouse should cast a shadow at an angle away and to the left, not directly behind it.Even if the light direction called for a straight backwards shadow, this approach would be incorrect.To illustrate the point more clea Read more:Shadows
How I puppetized Charlize! 2007-09-11 05:37:00 A guide to turning a human into a puppet.In this tutorial I am going to attempt to show you how to ‘puppetize’ Charlize from this……to this! Bear in mind that I used PSPv9 and that this is my first attempt at a tutorial!!!The first step is to use your smudge brush at about 46% opacity and smooth out her skin, hair and teeth until they have a plastic look to them.Now draw some oval shapes in the darker skin tones and place them on her joints…look at the angles of her joints to help you with the placing. Just keep adjusting them until they look right. Notice that I have some darker ovals and some lighter ovals…the lighter ovals are placed where I thought more light would fall.Where you only have one oval on a joint, eg, the neck/chin, shoulders, elbows and wrists, you have to copy and paste these joints from your background over the top of your ovals and then erase as much as is needed until it looks as though there is a gap between the joint and the oval.Now go to your backgr
how to put object in motion 2007-09-11 04:29:00 Making it mmmmmmoveAfter seeing several of the Mmmmotion contests, I think most of the mistakes have to do with incorrect subject focus or just plain "overdoing it." I tried to address both issues here. Hope some of you find this useful...For starters, there are several perspectives you can take when setting a picture to motion. Take the following race car pic in its original form...You can choose to set yourself in motion but the result is usually not appropriate for what we are trying to do.While realistic... this would be the view if your head was traveling at 100 mphInstead, consider how things would look if you were actually taking a picture. You would set either the car (foreground) or the road and trees (background) as the focal point of the image.Focusing on the car, your background would appear to move like this (note: your wheels would still be moving, and thus... radially blurred)If your focus was more distant (the trees perhaps), then the car would appear as the moving comp
How I turned Ayumi into a Pinocchio 2007-09-23 04:35:00 How to adjust a real person's features into a cartoonesque caricature.
The concept
We will turn:
To
Lets Begin...
Select the parts which you want to edit and keep them all on different layers.
Select the 'LEFT EYE' and free transform it 'CTRL + T'.
Lock the 'Maintain Aspect ratio' and increase the width to 150 %
Repeat the same step with the 'RIGHT EYE'
Once done, Lower the opacity and Read more:Ayumi
, Pinocchio
, turned
How to to make Zebraceros (zebra and rhinoceros combined together) 2007-09-23 04:07:00 Using the transform, liquify filter and some shading, were going to effectively dress up a rhino in zebra
fur.
Source Images
In this tutorial, we're going to combine 2 animals:
and this:
To make our final product below:
First and most important is to find the proper source images. I chose these 2 since the angles and stances are very similar.
Since I liked the high contrast color of the Read more:together
Edit Colors (Hue/Saturation Tool) 2007-09-20 00:49:00 The Hue/Saturation tool provides some quick and easy steps to add some
“snap” to your image. It also provides some precise control over editing
individual image colors.
In the Hue/Saturation dialog, choose a color in the Edit list box to localize edits
to a specific color range. (The default “Master” edits all color ranges.) The Hue
option shifts the color range towards its adjacent colors, that Read more:Colors
Color Balance (Color Balance Tool) 2007-09-20 00:45:00 The ColorBalance
tool is adequate for making large global image adjustments,
so go ahead and use it for Color Balance adjustment. Open the Color Balance
dialog and adjust the color levels. Move the sliders for each color channel to get
the image to a fairly neutral color balance. The Color Balance Tool only provides
for basic control of global color balance.
But the Color Balance tool isn’t
Adjusting Shadows/Highlights (Curves Tool) 2007-09-20 00:42:00 The Curves
tool is also great for increasing the detail in highlights and shadows.
It’s best to perform this adjustment separate from using Curves to increase
contrast, i.e., perform the separate adjustment tasks by creating two adjustment
layers.
In the Curves dialog, first place a point at quarter tone, midtone, and threequarter
tone. This fixes the curve for most of the tonal image range and Read more:Adjusting
, Highlights
, Shadows
Adjusting Image Contrast (Curves Tool) 2007-09-20 00:40:00 The Curves
tool provides a good way to adjust global image contrast. It allows
for increased contrast in localized image tones (e.g., the midtones). Increased
contrast in the midtones flattens the highlights and shadows resulting in a global
increase in image contrast.
In the Curves dialog, place a point near the shadow end of the curve and drag it
down to decrease contrast in the shadows. Then Read more:Adjusting
, Image
Black and White Point Adjustment (Levels Tool) 2007-09-20 00:37:00 Most images look best printed to maximum contrast: full black to full white (or,
perhaps, nearly black to nearly white to preserve detail). The first step for adjusting
global image density is to ensure the image is adjusted to this maximum contrast.
Move the black point slider to the right until it is under the first few darkest pixels
in the image. This makes these pixels pure black. Move the Read more:Black
, White
Tools for Global Adjustment 2007-09-20 00:06:00 Most users just want to open up an image and quickly perform some basic
edits on the image to improve its contrast and color. The basic adjustment tools
are Levels, Curves, Color Balance, Hue/ Saturation suffice for these edits on most images. This is the heart of editing images in Photoshop. If you learn to perform these adjustment tasks well, you can do 90% of the work necessary to edit images Read more:Global
, Tools
Displacement Maps and Textures 2007-09-17 05:40:00 Through general information and practical application, this tutorial will give you a better idea of how to apply a texture to an object through the use of displacement maps.
What is a displacement map and how does it work?
I had some free time and energy to burn, so I figured I would take what I know about displacement maps and the use of displacement maps to apply texture to an object, put Read more:Textures
How to make Tattoos on a body 2007-09-17 04:58:00 Having had a bit of success applying tattoos to celebrities I'll explain the tricks and tweaks I used to create realistic tattoos. This tutorial uses a few basic photoshop techniques, masking, colour adjustment, liquify and the resize and transformation tools.
We'll use my recent Geri Halliwell image as the template for this tutorial. Bikini clad, light skinned people are the easiest to make Read more:Tattoos
How to face swap 2007-09-14 01:37:00 Find out how to face swap!
The following are some observations I have made regarding the art of "faceswapping", a skill that is used primarily in ModRen and mating type contests. A seamless faceswap should give a viewer the uncomfortable feeling of "Oh God! He's so pretty!" instead of, "Oh God! He's a mutant!" I feel the key to a quality image is recognition of the subject. Recognition relies on
How to bend gender 2007-09-14 01:14:00 This is the trick on how to bend gender
. For those of you who are interested, I've put together a little step by step to show some of my nasty little secrets.
For the haircut, I picked my lasso tool with a good feather on it and selected bits of the hair around the circumference of her head....
Then I copied it into its own layer...
I scaled...
then rotated...
...and repeated the process
Perspective 2007-09-14 00:57:00 I've been saying I'd get around to posting something about perspective for awhile cuz I dunno how often I see pictures where things are matched up very nicely but the perspective is off, which makes object look tilted.
Well here's an example of how to figure out perspective and what it might look like if I hadn't.
It all starts with the orginal
I wanted to make it look dangerous and tall so Read more:Perspective
How I Zombified Mandy Moore 2007-09-13 02:08:00 Skulls and bones
After I found myself a suitable source pic
(1), I first used Hue/Saturation, to decrease the overall saturation and make the colours greener, and did this especially near the lips
(2). For the head, I looked for a picture of a skull which was taken from roughly the same angle (3), and used a layer mask to make it seem as if her eye had been taken out
(4).
Adding details
In Read more:Mandy
, Moore
Workflow Stage Summaries for Beginners 2007-09-13 01:25:00 Stage 0: Capture the Image
First, ensure good exposure in your images. There’s
a myth that Photoshop can fix any type of problem in digital images. There are
definitely many options for fixing problem images in Photoshop, but it’s always
best to start with a good image. Second, capture a sharp, straight image. Use
sharp lenses and limit the use of camera filters or other light modifying tricks. Read more:Stage
, Workflow
Make Grafitti with adobe photoshop 2007-09-12 03:58:00 This is a pretty simple tutorial that shows how to make a wall image overlay.
Introduction
Here is the goal of the tutorial:
Turn this:
Into this:
Select your Images
First you will have to select an image that you want to use. Of course I am using the wall picture from page 1 and this logo.
Then use the Magic eraser tool or any method you want to create the shape you want the picture to be.
The fur effect 2007-09-12 02:06:00 In response to a request on methods of getting a soft fur edge I'm posting two examples. While the approach is similar in both examples, it depends on what type of fur/hair you need to deal with.
Example 1
In this example, the squirrel has soft but distinct fur. To replicate it takes a bit of time and practice but can be easily accomplished by anyone.
Example 2
In this first step, removing Read more:effect
How to make a wormhole on photograph 2007-09-12 00:39:00 Displacement
The effect I used for wormhole is easy to do and has many uses from rippling water to warping the fabric of space-time.
1. Start off with the image you want to poke a hole in, and create another blank image at the same size and resolution, but in grayscale (Image - Mode - Grayscale).
Making the Warp
Working on the blank image, create a new Gradiant Fill, alternating dark gray Read more:photograph
How to Remove dark circles under eyes 2007-09-30 23:27:00 Here are two different techniques for removing the dark circles
that sometimes appear under a person's eyesespecially after a hard night of drinking. At least, that's what I've been told.
Method One
The Clone Stamp Tool
Step One
Open the photo that has the dark circles you want to lessen. (Note: If needed, press Z to get the Zoom tool and zoom in closer on your subject's eyes.) Press the
How to lessen freckles or acne 2007-09-30 20:04:00 This technique is popular with senior-class portrait photographers who need to lessen or remove large areas of acne, pockmarks, or freckles. This is especially useful when you have a lot of photos to retouch (like a portrait retoucher) and don't have the time to use the methods shown previously, where you deal with each blemish individually.
Step One
Open the photo that you need to retouch.
How to remove blemishes on portrait 2007-09-28 20:36:00 Removing Blemishes
When it comes to removing blemishes, acne, or any other imperfections on the skin, our goal is to maintain as much of the original skin texture as possible. That way, our retouch doesn't look pasty and obvious. Here are three techniques that work pretty nicely, and when you have all of these methods in your retouching arsenal, if one doesn't carry out the repair the way you'd
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