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May 14, 2008
Blending Images in Photoshop
Today I am going to show my readers some different blending techniques in Photoshop. For copyright reasons, I have been given permission to all of the images in this blog.
This picture consists or two layers: the moon and the picture of the cat, with the cat as Layer 2. Here's how I created this blending effect in Photoshop. First I selected the background of the moon and deleted the selected area from the cat layer. With the cat's face I changed the layer effect from Normal to Luminosity, this changes the colours in the layer to match the grey and whites of the moon. A different layer effect which can be used in a picture like this is Overlay. This layer effect blends the top layer into the one below the same way that Luminosity does, except it keeps the original colours of the layer being used. I hope that that isn't too confusing. Then I changed the Opacity to 44% so that the cat looks like it is part of the moon.
With this picture I wanted to make the eye a part of Ayers Rock or Uluru but make it stand out. First with the eye layer (Layer 2) I used the Eraser Tool set on Basic Brushes with the Hardness at 0% and the Master Diameter to around 40%. Using the Eraser Tool I erased around the eye within the rock blending the eye into the rock. Next I set the eyes Layer Effect to Linear Light.
With this picture I blended the two photos with the Feather. With each individual image layer I did the following. First I selected the background of the layer. Then I went Select > Modify > Feather, I set Feather to 30, this can be played around. Then I deleted the selected area. Once both images were feathered, I moved them around until they blended into one another. Blending with a feather looks the best when both images have similar colours.
Kimberley Creative - Affordable Freelance Graphic Design Services
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Photophop Tutorial – Shattered Glass Effect
With my regular rounds of Photoshop forums, helping people with their Photoshop problems, in hope that in return they will see my signature for my freelance Graphic Design business website, and check it out. Today at Devppl I provided a tutorial for a Shattered Glass Effect for someone who was asking. I would like to share this tutorial with you: http://www.readandforget.com/how2/Glass/ Here is what I created with this tutorial:
Kimberley Creative - Affordable Freelance Graphic Design Services
www.kimberleycreative.com Kimberley@kimberleycreative.com
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Some Photoshop Websites
Being a Graphic Designer, I am very familiar with Photoshop. I enjoy using it, and learning about the endless effects you can create using Photoshop with filters.
My favourite Photoshop Forum is Devppl.com You can find myself and lots of other people on Devppl helping people solve their Photoshop problems. If you stuck in Photoshop, this is the forum to go to!
Photoshop forums are also a good source of advertisement for people like Graphic Designers and Website Designer. After every posting I add my signature. Displaying my signature with my website address invites people to check out my freelance Graphic Design business website.
Another website I would like to recommend is Worth1000.com This website has beginner to advanced Photoshop contests which anyone who joins can enter. For the beginner competitions Worth1000 provides a photo, which you have to Photoshop. For the advanced competitions, competitors are asked to create a picture with a specified technique, e.g. one competition asked competitors to create a picture with fire as the main technique. Worth1000 also had a wide range competition pictures in the gallery which you can view. These pictures are amazing, and a must see for any Photoshopper.
Kimberley Creative - Affordable Freelance Graphic Design Services
www.kimberleycreative.com Kimberley@kimberleycreative.com
Blending Images in Photoshop
Today I am going to show my readers some different blending techniques in Photoshop. For copyright reasons, I have been given permission to all of the images in this blog.
This picture consists or two layers: the moon and the picture of the cat, with the cat as Layer 2. Here's how I created this blending effect in Photoshop. First I selected the background of the moon and deleted the selected area from the cat layer. With the cat's face I changed the layer effect from Normal to Luminosity, this changes the colours in the layer to match the grey and whites of the moon. A different layer effect which can be used in a picture like this is Overlay. This layer effect blends the top layer into the one below the same way that Luminosity does, except it keeps the original colours of the layer being used. I hope that that isn't too confusing. Then I changed the Opacity to 44% so that the cat looks like it is part of the moon.
With this picture I wanted to make the eye a part of Ayers Rock or Uluru but make it stand out. First with the eye layer (Layer 2) I used the Eraser Tool set on Basic Brushes with the Hardness at 0% and the Master Diameter to around 40%. Using the Eraser Tool I erased around the eye within the rock blending the eye into the rock. Next I set the eyes Layer Effect to Linear Light.
With this picture I blended the two photos with the Feather. With each individual image layer I did the following. First I selected the background of the layer. Then I went Select > Modify > Feather, I set Feather to 30, this can be played around. Then I deleted the selected area. Once both images were feathered, I moved them around until they blended into one another. Blending with a feather looks the best when both images have similar colours.
Kimberley Creative - Affordable Freelance Graphic Design Services
www.kimberleycreative.com Kimberley@kimberleycreative.com
Friday, April 25, 2008
Photophop Tutorial – Shattered Glass Effect
With my regular rounds of Photoshop forums, helping people with their Photoshop problems, in hope that in return they will see my signature for my freelance Graphic Design business website, and check it out. Today at Devppl I provided a tutorial for a Shattered Glass Effect for someone who was asking. I would like to share this tutorial with you: http://www.readandforget.com/how2/Glass/ Here is what I created with this tutorial:
Kimberley Creative - Affordable Freelance Graphic Design Services
www.kimberleycreative.com Kimberley@kimberleycreative.com
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Some Photoshop Websites
Being a Graphic Designer, I am very familiar with Photoshop. I enjoy using it, and learning about the endless effects you can create using Photoshop with filters.
My favourite Photoshop Forum is Devppl.com You can find myself and lots of other people on Devppl helping people solve their Photoshop problems. If you stuck in Photoshop, this is the forum to go to!
Photoshop forums are also a good source of advertisement for people like Graphic Designers and Website Designer. After every posting I add my signature. Displaying my signature with my website address invites people to check out my freelance Graphic Design business website.
Another website I would like to recommend is Worth1000.com This website has beginner to advanced Photoshop contests which anyone who joins can enter. For the beginner competitions Worth1000 provides a photo, which you have to Photoshop. For the advanced competitions, competitors are asked to create a picture with a specified technique, e.g. one competition asked competitors to create a picture with fire as the main technique. Worth1000 also had a wide range competition pictures in the gallery which you can view. These pictures are amazing, and a must see for any Photoshopper.
Kimberley Creative - Affordable Freelance Graphic Design Services
www.kimberleycreative.com Kimberley@kimberleycreative.com