Stencil Art Tutorial

this is a simple tutorial of stencil art from photoshop that i found in the internet recently.

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1. take this picture :
2. duplicated it (CTRL + J) it look like this :3. make the first layer(Layer 1 copy) invisible by clicking "eye symbol"

4. click Layer 1 to select layer.

5. Then, go to Filter > Artistic > Cutout. Adjust the settings on the right until you get something like this:
Here's my settings. Yours can be different depending on your image : 6. Select Layer 1 layer.

7. Now some adjustment needed. we'll start by hue/saturation (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation.then click ok ,so Set the Master Saturation to -100.)

8. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels . This might help you :

9. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast . You may adjust until your eyes comfortable. (eg: Brightness : 37 , Contrast : 5 )

10. Move Layer copy 1 top of Layer 1 and background.

11. Change its blending option to ( Lighten, opacity:68 or Overlay, opacity, 50 ).


This is the result :Thanks to :best-photoshop-tutorials


Examples are shown below :

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click here for original tutorial

Making Photos Come Alive - Cutout

In this tutorial, you will learn how to add a unique effect to your photos to make them come alive. We will be looking at creating a cutout of an object or person in a photo to create the illusion that they are emerging from the photograph. In this example, we will be using the following image:


Our first step will be to cut out part of the background. PhotoShop makes this relatively easy for us, particularly when we have a background which contrasts the foreground. You can use any of PhotoShops' built-in selection tools or the extract tool for this. We will use the Quick Select Tool to make a selection like so:


We can then tidy up the selection with the Rectangular Marquee tool by making the left edge a hard one, like so:



With the selection, we will only have the runner's arm and leg outside of the photo. Now hit the Delete key to erase our background selection. Then press Shift+Ctrl+I to Invert Selection, or goto Select > Inverse:


Now we have the opposite selected, we want to tidy it up again and not select the arm and leg that are outside the photo. Use the Rectangular Marquee tool again, holding Alt to subtract from Selection, to achieve this:

Now choose White as your foreground color and create a new Layer (Layer > New > Layer).
Goto Edit > Fill, and fill the selection with White. This will fill our selection with White on the New Layer, which should now be in front of our original layer. Re-order them so that the White is beneath your photo layer.

Next, press Ctrl+D to deselect and you want to make sure both layers are selected in the Layer panel (Shift-click both Layers). Once they are both highlighted in the Layers panel, which means they are both selected, goto Edit > Transform > Perspective, and adjust your image a little like this:

Next, right-click your image and choose Rotate (or goto Edit > Transform > Rotate), and rotate it a little, like so:


Now right-click and choose Scale (or goto Edit > Transform > Scale), and reduce the size so that it fits nicely inside the composition again:


All of these steps should have been done with both layers selected, so transformations should have been applied to both layers.
Now select your blank White Layer, and Ctrl-click it to make a selection:


Now goto Select > Modify > Expand, by 5 pixels. You may notice that the selection has rounded corners, due to our transformations and expansion. If you prefer, you can zoom in and fix these manually with the Polygonal Lasso tool:


Again, goto Edit > Fill to fill the new selection with White on the same layer. We should now have a nice border that gives us a photograph effect:


We can now add a background to add to the effect, and do whatever else you please:


thanks to : Photoshop Atoms

sketch tutorial

1. take a picture (examples below)


2. duplicated it with right click on layer panel or CTRL + J.

3. image --> adjustment --> desaturate or SHIFT + CTRL + U

4. duplicate again.

5. bend color dodge to the top layer.

6. invert it, CTRL + I

7. you'll find that the image is gone. don't worry.

8. go to filter --> blur --> gaussion blur.

9. you may adjust the correct radius.(eg: 7.1 on this picture)

10.done!




more sketch result

pattern tutorial

click to zoom

Imagechef

Today i'll share about a website that makes customize effect.


The website provided :
1. photo frames

2. your own tatoo

3. write message in sand

4. Make a custom soccer jersey with your name, number, and color scheme.



click here for more information

Turning to font portret

Result :



Impressive? Try this..

1. Take the picture


2. Filter--->Artistic--->Cutout(Number o level=8, Edge Simplicity=0, Edge Fidelity=3)


3. Image--->Adjustments--->Threshold (61)


4. Click and create a font field like this . which its font layer like . I wrote hazim simultaneously.


5. Hold CTRL and right click at "T"(sample). It will turn like this

(click for enlarge)

6. Click at background layer and do layer via copy by (CTRL + C and CTRL + V), layer 1 created. Hide the old background layer by clicking (example layer)

7. Then we must create color fill. Click --->solid color, Choose white (code: ffffff) and put the layer bottom of layer 1.

8. Crop it

9. Done!

click here for more images

Own Fake Magazine

hye guys..
today,

i want share wif u guys about a thing, a website that can make your own cover magazine.
it is suitable for using myspace or friendster or facebook or all of them. There is a tip.
go to this (www.magmypic.com) website and upload your picture.

once done,

1. choose any magazine design that you like. it rather interesting and easy than make it with adobe photoshop.. :)

2. Click small or medium size

3. save to your camputer..

example. :

Prettier face

This is a way to make any face prettier than before by using adobe.

1. Take this picture.



2. Click "Clone Stamp Tool(s)" , Then with hold "ALT"
and you cursor will automaticly turn like this. Simple right!



3. with holding ALT key, choose any good area for replacing the old ones and click at the ugly area. you must do it carefully or the picture will damage. It may take awhile to do it. I recommended that you cloning at the major area only. it is more simple.

4. Then, click "brush tool(s)" and right click you picture and click After that, choose "basic brush" and
[Master diameter = 30]


5. Click "Quick Mask Mode (Q)"

6. Choose all area like this


7. Press (Q) for "standard Mode" and also [ CTRL + SHIFT + I]


8. We need a new layer, so press [CTRL + C and CTRL + V ]. You will get a new layer like this

9. Change its blend mode from normal to screen

10. Go to Filter--->Blur--->Gaussian Blur . its radius to 25

11. Flatten image(right click to the layer and choose flatten image) and do a bit adjustment by brightness+7 and contrast+1.

12. Done! Good luck

How to download brush

i wrote this topic because there are a lot of people want to download brush. Brush is important to make any design better and nice.This is an example :



The method to get brush


1. Click this [link]

2. Choose any brush you like.

3. Download it. !!!

4. copy

5. and paste to Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Presets\Brushes