Post by comatox on Aug 2, 2005 1:02:48 GMT -5
Tonight's tutorial will cover the following three topics:
I chose those three simply because that's what you guys have requested.
Let's start with the History Brush.
Have you ever seen a cool photo that is in black and white with the exception of maybe just a small part... which is in full color? (It does wonders if you want to direct the attention to a certain part of the image.)
I am sure you have.
I posted a few of them on this forum.
All that is done by using a great tool called "History Brush".
This tool allows you to apply an effect to your image (black and white, sepia tone... mozaic... copy paper... etc) and revert certain areas back to the original state simply by moving the brush over the areas you want to keep as they were.
It's that simple.
1. Start with the image that you want to work with. (please note the SMP titanium on my wrist. LOL )
2. In this example we will make a combo that is part color, part black and white.
Rule number one: never change the image mode to black and white, because that will make adding color to your image impossible. Always use the Desaturate feature as shown below.
3. You should now have something like this.
4. On the left side where your tools are listed, select the History Brush Tool. Again, just like I said last week, use a soft brush. (second choice of brushes.) You can pick any size that would be a good fit for the size of your image.
5. All you have to do now is go over the areas that you want to revert back to the original state!
6.There you have it! A finished "masterpiece"!
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Now that you know how to use the history brush (I love that tool!) let's talk about layers, and that much requested cloud effect.
Layers are simply one of the best things that ever happen to digital photography!
Layers, just like the name implies, allow you to stack a lot of images on top of eachother. You can take a pic of you in your back yard, dig a pic of the great wall of china and place yourself right in the middle of the action!
There are so many things that you can do with layers. You have to play and experiment. The truth is that while Photoshop is not very hard to use, it CAN be very very time consuming, and it can literally take days to have a nice finished image.
Enough of that, let's get on with the "lesson".
1. Select your start image. In my case, I will use the photo of my AquaTerra on the hood of my car.
2. Let's use the Desaturate tool and then the Extract tool that we learned about last week to extract the part that we want to keep.
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3. You should have something like this:
4.Now that you have cut out the unwanted parts, lets create our new image!
Go to New, and open a blank image. Make sure to tell the computer what size you want it to be. In this case, I used 640x480.
Tip: Unless you plan to print a huge... HUGE poster, never go above 72dpi resolution. Your monitor can not display more than 72 dots per inch, so if you enter a larger number you will simply end up with a huge file size.
5. Now that you have your blank image, add the first layer to it by selecting Layer then New.
6. You can name your layer if you want to. This is helpful if your image will contain a bunch of different layers.
7. Great! Your screen should now look like this:
8. Let's create the clouds! Since we are working in monochrome here, use the Paint Bucket tool on the left and fill your image with black. Your clouds will take whatever color your image is filled with.
9. To get the clouds, go to Filter, then Render, then Clouds. It's that easy!
10. Now that your image is "cloudy" go to Layer, then Layer Style, then
Blending Options.
This is where the magic happens. You have lots and lots of options that can change the way your layer looks. Things like transparency.. color, make only certain colors visible, etc. Best thing to do here is experiment. There is no certain rule that you can apply.
11. In this case I will use "Difference" as the blending option. It tends to give the image more contrast and takes some of the "milky" look out of your black and white image. You can also change your opacity here. Great tool if you want to create a "ghost like" image.
12. Now that you have your clouds, it's time for you to add the image that you have extracted earlier. So... the first thing you want to do is create a new layer. You want a new layer that way you can modify your image one layer at the time as opposed to as a whole.
13. Now that you have the new layer, simply use the Move Tool located in your tool bar and move the image that you extracted earlier onto the newly created layer!
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14. Here it is!
15. Now it's time to draw your lightning! That is VERY VERY time consuming, (it took me hours on my original wallpaper) so for this tutorial we will draw a not so pretty lightning strike for the sake of time. (it's almost one in the morning and I started working on this before 11...)
Of course, you would now creat a new layer again, so you can work on your lightning strike without affecting the rest of you image. (think of layers as drawing on thin transparent film as opposed to one sheet of paper.)
16. Pick the color that you want to draw with from the color palette at bottom left and start drawing! (remember... this is for tutorial purpose only, so not that pretty)
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17. Now that you have your lightning drawn, go back to your layer properties and play with the opacity and layer stile until you get something you like!
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18. That's about all there is to it!
All you may want to do now is use the Blur Tool (shaped like a tear dropped) and go over the lightning to give it that nice smooth look.
Hope you find this helpful, and remember... it takes practice and it takes time.
Experiment, play around, and next week we'll try something else!
Enjoy!
PS. I started working on this around 10:30 PM and it's now after 1 AM.
You better learn something from this! lol
- History Brush
- Layers
- The Cloud Effect
I chose those three simply because that's what you guys have requested.
Let's start with the History Brush.
Have you ever seen a cool photo that is in black and white with the exception of maybe just a small part... which is in full color? (It does wonders if you want to direct the attention to a certain part of the image.)
I am sure you have.
I posted a few of them on this forum.All that is done by using a great tool called "History Brush".
This tool allows you to apply an effect to your image (black and white, sepia tone... mozaic... copy paper... etc) and revert certain areas back to the original state simply by moving the brush over the areas you want to keep as they were.
It's that simple.
1. Start with the image that you want to work with. (please note the SMP titanium on my wrist. LOL
)2. In this example we will make a combo that is part color, part black and white.
Rule number one: never change the image mode to black and white, because that will make adding color to your image impossible. Always use the Desaturate feature as shown below.
3. You should now have something like this.
4. On the left side where your tools are listed, select the History Brush Tool. Again, just like I said last week, use a soft brush. (second choice of brushes.) You can pick any size that would be a good fit for the size of your image.
5. All you have to do now is go over the areas that you want to revert back to the original state!
6.There you have it! A finished "masterpiece"!
.
.
.
Now that you know how to use the history brush (I love that tool!) let's talk about layers, and that much requested cloud effect.
Layers are simply one of the best things that ever happen to digital photography!
Layers, just like the name implies, allow you to stack a lot of images on top of eachother. You can take a pic of you in your back yard, dig a pic of the great wall of china and place yourself right in the middle of the action!
There are so many things that you can do with layers. You have to play and experiment. The truth is that while Photoshop is not very hard to use, it CAN be very very time consuming, and it can literally take days to have a nice finished image.
Enough of that, let's get on with the "lesson".
1. Select your start image. In my case, I will use the photo of my AquaTerra on the hood of my car.
2. Let's use the Desaturate tool and then the Extract tool that we learned about last week to extract the part that we want to keep.
.
3. You should have something like this:
4.Now that you have cut out the unwanted parts, lets create our new image!
Go to New, and open a blank image. Make sure to tell the computer what size you want it to be. In this case, I used 640x480.
Tip: Unless you plan to print a huge... HUGE poster, never go above 72dpi resolution. Your monitor can not display more than 72 dots per inch, so if you enter a larger number you will simply end up with a huge file size.
5. Now that you have your blank image, add the first layer to it by selecting Layer then New.
6. You can name your layer if you want to. This is helpful if your image will contain a bunch of different layers.
7. Great! Your screen should now look like this:
8. Let's create the clouds! Since we are working in monochrome here, use the Paint Bucket tool on the left and fill your image with black. Your clouds will take whatever color your image is filled with.
9. To get the clouds, go to Filter, then Render, then Clouds. It's that easy!
10. Now that your image is "cloudy" go to Layer, then Layer Style, then
Blending Options.
This is where the magic happens. You have lots and lots of options that can change the way your layer looks. Things like transparency.. color, make only certain colors visible, etc. Best thing to do here is experiment. There is no certain rule that you can apply.
11. In this case I will use "Difference" as the blending option. It tends to give the image more contrast and takes some of the "milky" look out of your black and white image. You can also change your opacity here. Great tool if you want to create a "ghost like" image.
12. Now that you have your clouds, it's time for you to add the image that you have extracted earlier. So... the first thing you want to do is create a new layer. You want a new layer that way you can modify your image one layer at the time as opposed to as a whole.
13. Now that you have the new layer, simply use the Move Tool located in your tool bar and move the image that you extracted earlier onto the newly created layer!
.
14. Here it is!
15. Now it's time to draw your lightning! That is VERY VERY time consuming, (it took me hours on my original wallpaper) so for this tutorial we will draw a not so pretty lightning strike for the sake of time. (it's almost one in the morning and I started working on this before 11...)
Of course, you would now creat a new layer again, so you can work on your lightning strike without affecting the rest of you image. (think of layers as drawing on thin transparent film as opposed to one sheet of paper.)
16. Pick the color that you want to draw with from the color palette at bottom left and start drawing! (remember... this is for tutorial purpose only, so not that pretty)
.
.
.
17. Now that you have your lightning drawn, go back to your layer properties and play with the opacity and layer stile until you get something you like!
.
18. That's about all there is to it!
All you may want to do now is use the Blur Tool (shaped like a tear dropped) and go over the lightning to give it that nice smooth look.
Hope you find this helpful, and remember... it takes practice and it takes time.
Experiment, play around, and next week we'll try something else!
Enjoy!
PS. I started working on this around 10:30 PM and it's now after 1 AM.
You better learn something from this! lol
