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Unique Grunge Effects on Photoshop

Author: kay zetkin

Grotesque and ungainly images onscreen ignites in us different emotions and creates quite a stir on our moods. In fact, grunge manipulation are common in horror pictures and gothic scenes. Dark, mysterious, haunting, even sinister images have their own charm once they are used appropriately or as a certain site calls for it. Our web design need not entail that everything should be bright, happy, shining and attractive. In fact, it is also quite necessary to create the exact opposite of these bright and attractive images.

Images that scream of grotesque shapes against a dark aura have very shattering effect our senses that the way it was done often escape our notice. If we observe closely enough, these kinds of horrible, washed up or torn images are made out of very ordinary textures that we encounter everyday.

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Originally posted 2005-05-21 16:23:48. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Author: Shaun Pearce

Most people don’t use Photoshop to its fullest capabilities. Here are just ten uses to which you could put this highly versatile software. 1. Restoring Old Photographs. Have a look through that old family photo album – the really old one from up in Grandma’s attic. Inside there are probably a few photos from way back when that haven’t stood the test of time so well. They’ve got cracks and tears that really spoil their appearance. Scan them into Photoshop, and then set to work with the Clone Stamp, Healing Brush, and Patch tools. The Healing Brush in particular is a great tool for this purpose as it samples data from one part of the picture and blends it in with what’s already there.

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Originally posted 2005-05-08 16:20:00. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Proper use of shadows and lightings

Author: Maricon Williams

Light creates shadow and shadow in return, enhances the appearance of the subject. The interaction of the two is fascinating. Light can make the subject feisty or dull while shadows can make it mysterious or terrifying.

Shadows add facet and meaning to an image. Without shadows the object may appear plain and boring. Lights and shadows establish the correlation of one object to another and their place in the full scene. The position and strength of the lights and shadows also set the general mood of the subject.

It is engrossing to play with lights because you can do amazing things to your subject just by manipulating it. The sun is inviting and the objects are responding. The latter casts bright and translucent blaze that overly saturates the colors of the scene making sharp shadows. Artificial light also exudes brightness that illuminates a scene from different perspectives. It allows innumerable shadows that collide and contends for prominence. Artificial light comes in a wide array of colors. Colored shadows are then created by colored light sources.

With the help of Photoshop, the object is vested an illusion that it has a third dimension. Photoshop’s files are configurations of pixels that are put across the width and down the height of an image. Third dimension’s illusion is created through the use of accurate shading and perspective.

The sun’s shadow identifies the time of the day. It can tell whether it is morning, noon or afternoon just by its shadow. Shadows are also essential in some types of arts like painting, photography and stage play. With Photoshop you can lower your subject’s opacity and blur the layer with the Gaussian Blur filter. Select Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. By this you can manipulate and play the time of your masterpieces.

Shadows are created in various shapes and sizes. You can play with it to create an amusing blend of objects forming a remarkable artwork! There are instances when the object casting the shadow is hidden. There are also times when you have to make them visible to the scene.

Drop shadow, a distinct type of shadow, has the identical shape of the object casting it. The distance of the object and the path of light source resolve the position of the shadow. Layer Styles allows you to add a drop shadow to layers. It can be controlled in many ways.

To position the shadow, adjust the Angle field’s value in the Structure of the dialog box. The distance verifies how far the shadow will fall. The Spread field works like the Hardness feature of the Brushes – intensify the percentage to yield a harder edge. To set the size of the shadow, click on the Size field. To set its shape, choose the Contour field. You can also click on the Contour icon to bring up the Contour Editor – with it you can set your own parameters.

To set a noise level for your shadow, click on the Noise field. When you click on Add Noise filter, it applies the noise to the layer. In the Layer Style dialog box, you can find Blending Options. In the General Blending section, you can set the opacity. After that, go to the Advanced Blending section and see the Fill Opacity setting. This allows you to lower the opacity without changing the style effects.

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Originally posted 2005-05-10 11:19:23. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Photoshop’s Pen Tool for Tracing Vectors

Author: kay zetkin

Photoshop offers lots of drawing, illustrating and imaging tools for a web designer to take advantage of. In this tutorial, we will be given an opportunity to learn how to use the Pen Tool for tracing images in your computer and apply them to create a vector graphics effect by tracing.

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Originally posted 2005-05-19 11:44:04. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Action Script In Photoshop?

Author: BLUR LOTERIÑA

Are you tired of doing the same task over and over, say scanning? You might be wondering whether there’s a program that will repeat the job for you. Well, there’s one, the Actions by Photoshop. Curious? Then, read on.

An action is referred to as a recording of a series of commands that is used to capture repetitive tasks. These commands are to be applied to a series of files and will guide users in a step-by-step manner. It also allows you to play back recording. Here are some techniques.

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Originally posted 2005-05-16 13:04:27. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Slideshows Galore by Photoshop Elements 3.0

Author: kay zetkin

Now, you can create your very own slideshow, store them, add suitable audios for them and distribute them all around for your friends to see. Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 offers you this exciting prospect – indeed!

Image enhancement and organization are among the popular features of Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0. Also, this image editing software has a lot of tools that perform many a task. In fact, due to its many features, some of them are quite overlooked

So, we got out this feature into light for you. We know that you would enjoy this very much. Photoshop Elements allows you to create slideshows out of your digital still images. Since digital cameras have become less costly and more folks have been able to acquire them, the next question would naturally be — what other things can you do with your digital images? Slideshow presentations are one way of immortalizing memorable occasions and experiences. Anything you want to store up and treasure forever, in beautiful order, digital slideshows will be an effective alternative for you.

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Originally posted 2005-05-19 12:47:31. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Author: Shaun Pearce

People often ask me: What image file formats will Photoshop open or save in? What are the advantages/disadvantages?

Photoshop has the capability to open and save many different graphic files. Here are some of the most popular ones.

Note: When you open an image file other than a Photoshop one, that image will default to the background layer.

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Originally posted 2005-05-11 16:26:31. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Author: Mart Gil Abareta

We know that with Photoshop, we can do everything that we want in terms of web and graphic design. This software has become a valuable tool in every designer’s works of art. Now, I have here the procedure from www.absolutecross.com in creating a pretty cool text effect to make it seem to melt into or “pop out of” your website’s background.

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Silhouettes Creation Using Adobe Photoshop

Author: BLUR LOTERIÑA

Do you want your image to have that commercial look? If you want to learn how to make a stunning background like what you always see on posters, follow these simple steps.

When you read a magazine, try to focus on the ad pages. Can you see cigarette ad with valleys and lakes for a background? Or a waterfall that was set behind a bar of soap? These images are called silhouetted images. When you say silhouette, it means that an image does not have a background of its own. It uses either text or other images as its environment. But before you can make this kind of image in Photoshop, you will have to create a Clipping Path first.

The first step is to put your image before a white background. You can do this by cutting an image from one document and pasting it to another document with a white background and make the necessary modifications. But, it is much better if you photograph your desired image and put a plain white paper or something for a background. Then, you can add text to serve as its background.

That was easy. But what if you are required to use another image as a background? This can be solved by the Clipping Path. How do we use this?

>From the Selection icon located at the bottom of the Path palette, click the Make Work Path. This converts any selected area in the image into a path. You can use the other selection tools to select an image. To select the white areas of the background, use the Magic Wand Tool.

>From the Select menu, choose Inverse to select the opposite areas. When you click on the Selection icon at the bottom of the Path palette, the selected image will be made into a path. Use the Pen tool to adjust your image.

Now, you will have to set your path to Clipping Path. To do so, from the path palette submenu, choose the Clipping Path. A dialog box will open. This allows you to choose which path to use as a Clipping Path. Now you can save the file in EPS or TIFF file format. This will mask your bitmap image when placed into page layout drawing programs or drawing software. Through this, any bitmap image will have high quality and will be resolution-independent.

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Importance of Layer Adjustment

Author: Maricon Williams

The special layers in Photoshop that applies adjustment onto its own layer is called adjustment layers. With them, you can adjust color balance, hue/saturation, levels and other essential factors of an image.

Adjustment is necessary when an image needs a premeditated change or modification. It quickly and easily enhances photographs and graphics to create an outstanding graphic design. Editing and retouching made easy – that’s the importance of layer adjustment.

There are two ways to do this. The first is the usual adjustment and the second is adjustment layers. Adjustment can be created on the actual layer itself by going under Image > Adjustments > and then choosing an adjustment. It will not work on shape layers (vectors) thus, duplicate the original layer before you make any adjustments. Adjustment layer can be created on top of the original. By this the original layer is preserved and the adjustment layer can easily be discarded.

An adjustment layer applies to all of the layers under it. If you had 10 layers of a complex design and you selected the uppermost layer in the layers palette and then created an adjustment layer, the change in color balance that you have selected applies to the 10 layers. However if you made a selection, then the adjustment layer will spread across the document on the special layer. If you make adjustment on a particular layer, it will only apply to that layer. To do this, simply press Ctrl or Cmd on the layer icon and select the layer. Create an adjustment layer of your choice and it will apply to your predetermined layer.

You can easily adjust the adjustment layer attributes by double clicking on the adjustment layer or simply throwing it away or hiding it if you do not want to see it. This has the same effect as creating an adjustment on the layer except the fact that it is more flexible. You can also consider exploring various adjustment layers on a layer but you have to pre-select the layer itself if not the adjustment layer will apply to the whole document.

You can also try layer masking to create harsh and distinctive variations from the rest of the document. If you are already accustomed with creating and using adjustment layers, they can save your time and effort. Adjustment layers are religiously used to ensure the efficiency and splendor of graphics as well as marketing ads.

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