actions, adjustment layer, Automation, Commands / Tools, font, free, jigsaw puzzle filter, magnetic lasso tool, maximize PSD file compatibility, Output, Photographic, sepia, site blog, Special Effects, Text Effects
A few weeks ago I stepped down from my position of moderator at photoshopforums.com to focus on other things including writing and recording more tutorials for this site. During my 27 months at PhotoshopForums.com I wrote 13 quick-fire tutorials for the Tutorials and Featured Tips section, some of them, I'm pleased to say, receiving over 5000 views. |
In this tutorial I’ll not just show you how to create the effect of TV scan lines on your artwork or photographs, I’ll show you how to achieve it in a non-destructive way using layers, patterns and blending modes. Our mission for this project is to take a photograph captured on any camera (below left) and tattoo the interlacing found on many older-style television sets across the world (below right). High definition this isn’t!
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There’s plenty of ways to turn a full colour photograph into a crisp line drawing, to prove my point, I already have a video tutorial entitled ‘Photo Sketch’ available on the site which shows you one way to accomplish the task. In this tutorial, I’ll show you a quicker and easier way to produce a similar effect, here goes-
Here’s an image of a New York Taxi-
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Commands / Tools, Creative, download, free, high quality, Manipulation, Output, paypal, Photographic, site blog, Special Effects, Text Effects
Today 3photoshop.com announces our new premium download service making the popular video series ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Elements’ available for download at the bargain price of £7.99. Here are the advantages of purchasing it-
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colour, eraser tool, free, free transform, gradient tool, layer mask, photoshop cs3, rainbow, screen blending mode, Special Effects, video tutorial
Learn how to create a rainbow in Photoshop and blend it into a photograph to give the impression the rainbow was there when the image was captured. This technique uses the gradient tool to add the actual rainbow, and then demonstrates use of the eraser and masks to conceal the rainbow from the foreground elements, before blending the effect into the photograph with some basic, yet always reliable blend modes.
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brightness, colour, colour blend mode, Commands / Tools, contrast, free, guide to levels, highlights, lab colour mode, levels command, luminance, luminosity blend mode, midtones, photoshop cs3, saturation, shadows, Special Effects, video tutorial
So we know the difference between colour and luminance information, now's the time to look at dividing the two and working on each individually. Whether we're doing that with blend modes or the highly theoretical Lab colour space we're going to be opening our eyes to a whole new universe.
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army, camouflage, Creative, free, median filter, navy, photo filter, photoshop cs3, Special Effects, sponge filter, video tutorial
A sure fire way to create a custom camouflage look inside Photoshop using the sponge, median and photo filters. I'll also demonstrate the advantages of smart objects and smart filters - new to CS3!
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average filter, censor, censorship, Creative, free, gaussian blur filter, mosiac filter, photoshop cs2, pixelate, Special Effects, video tutorial
Whether you want to blur an ex-loved one's face out of a photograph, or pixelate a competitor's advertising from your image for corporate reasons - this technique is the easiest and fastest to use. Here I'll show you 3 quick ways of censoring a registration plate from a car.
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add noise filter, aurora, difference clouds filter, free, galactic, galaxy, hue/saturation comand, lens flare filter, photoshop cs2, screen blending mode, Special Effects, starfield, video tutorial
In this tutorial we'll be looking at how to create a star-filled sky along with a dramatic galactic outer-space look. This is one of those tutorials that fall inside the special effects zone - a simple but extremely effective technique.
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In this tutorial we'll look at creating a realistic lightning effect using the gradient tool and the difference clouds filter, and then blend the results into a stormy photograph taken within the beautiful scenery of Utah. The result will be a Photoshop-generated lightning strike in a real-world landscape.
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