How to Make an Album Cover in Photoshop For this specific look, you will need three elements: -Side view portrait -Painted background -Hat (If not already on the subject) Use various selection tools to select and position your images where you would like them to go. Keep in mind that album covers are generally in a 1:1 ratio (a square). We suggest unchecking “delete cropped pixels” so you can recover your image if you need to. When your portrait is ready, it’s time to make it into a sort of silhouette! Turn it into a layer mask by holding Crtl/Cmd and clicking on your subject to select it, and then clicking the layer mask button. From here on out, this technique is mostly just playing with blending modes. We inverted the blue color so that it appears bright orangeish red, so that’s something you might want to experiment with. For this specific image, we utilized the subtract blending mode. We also played around with the size and position of the painted background layers...
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Learn how to use displacement maps in today's episode and help this rad granny out by adding the Phlearn logo to her hat! You will need two elements for this technique: -Logo or some sort of design -Image to place the design on To start, transform your logo onto the image. You can hold Cntl/Cmd + T, right click, and select Warp to really hone in on the correct angles and perspective. Next, go to Channels and find the one that has the most contrast (this is often the blue). Then, right click on that channel. Select New under the Document Menu. Title it appropriately and hit OK. Now, go to File - Save As, and save it as a PSD. This document is now your displacement map. Back to the original image we go! Select RGB in the Channels tab so that all of them are selected. Now, go back to the layer tab. While on your logo layer, go to Filter - Distort - Displace. Set the horizontal and vertical scale to 10. It will ask you to load your displacement map, which is the other docume...
If you have a complicated selection to make such as hair, let us introduce you to your new best friend: the refine edge tool! Learn how to master the tool and get flawless results in today's episode! Begin by using whichever selection tool you prefer. In this episode, we use the magic wand tool to select the sky around the lion, and then invert that selection. because the lion has so much detailed fluff, a lot of the sky shows through and the hair is not defined at all. To mend this, go to Select- Refine Edge. In this dialogue box you can choose which view is most helpful to you. You might want to soften the edge a little, and you can do this by feathering. Play around with the contrast and shift edge as well. Keep looking for what makes the hair more defined and realistic looking- it might be helpful to shift the edge inwards a little bit. Hint: If you’d like to use the “output to” option to output to a different location such as a layer mask, be sure that you are not on...
It’s always a sad time when you end up with unwanted reflections in someone’s glasses :( Learn how to utilize the clone source dialogue to remove glare in today's episode! Short and Sweet For this technique, you will need to make sure that there is one eye that is relatively clear of reflection, so that we can use it to copy to the other eye. The clone stamp settings we use are (found on the top bar): -Opacity- 100% -Flow- 100% -Sample: Current and Below To get to the Clone Source Dialogue, go to Window - Clone Source. This is where we can really get down to the nitty gritty details. Here, some helpful things to do are: -Turn on “Show Overlay” to reveal a preview of what you are cloning -Flip the Width so that the cloning is flipped horizontally Then, we clone from the left eye over to the right eye to take care of the majority of the glare. Be sure to match up the glasses as closely as you can; the preview is helpful for this! Feel free to use layer masks to fi...
You will be stunned by the simplicity and effectiveness of this technique! Learn how to auto-remove objects from your images in no time! Be sure that your images are shot on a tripod for this, or it will not work. They must be lined up perfectly so that the photos can be combined. Manual This process can be done manually, which would be to load all of the images and use layer masks to eliminate parts of certain photos. Go to File - Scripts - Load Files into Stack. You can then select your files and click OK. They will load as individual layers, which allows you to add or eliminate elements with layer masks (black conceals, white reveals). Automatic This process does all of the masking for you! Go to File - Scripts - Statistics. The Stack Mode should be “Median.” This means that it will locate all of the “different” elements in the files and remove those differences (ie. cars, people, random moving objects). Click Browse to open your images, and check the “Attempt to Automa...
Adding a little Paris to your studio portraits is simpler than you might think! Learn how to add a reflection to sunglasses in today's episode. Start by scaling the scenery down to the right size. Lower the opacity to see how it will look inside of the lenses. Be aware that only one of the lenses needs to look good, because it will be copied! Next, select the area right around the lens with the Marquee tool. Go to Select - Inverse, then press the delete key. Now you should have a little square of reflection over one eye. Copy that layer and move it over to be on top of the second eye. Now make the reflection layer invisible and select the Magic Wand tool. We use this to select out the lenses (be sure that “sample all layers” is checked). Use the refine edge tool to soften or bring the edge in a bit. Group those layers with themselves and hit the layer mask button. To style the reflection so that it doesn’t look fake, create a levels adjustment layer. Darken the darks and m...
Video Game lovers, rejoice! In today's episode, learn How to Make a Call of Duty Title Screen in Photoshop, and take away some versatile font techniques too! Preparing the background- Begin by dragging your texture onto the image of the subject. You can group the layers and turn them off for now. Crop the image to your liking, and be sure that 'Delete Cropped Pixels' is unchecked! If you find that you need to add a solid color layer beneath your image, like we did in this episode because of the cropping, we suggest creating a Color Fill Adjustment Layer. This will interact with the crop tool so that there is always color on the background. Rough and Rugged- For this image we simply downloaded a free Call of Duty font from dafont.com. The character panel is where you will find all of your text options for things like color, tracking, and point size (if you don't see this, go to Window - Character). There are also tools at the top bar of Photoshop that will...
The Beginners Guide To Levitation is the most comprehensive levitation photography and Photoshop tutorial available anywhere. Learn the entire process, photography and Photoshop, 3 different times for 3 different images. This guide includes over 5 hours of video tutorials, images to follow along, and even custom Photoshop brushes. Stock Images: http://us.fotolia.com/
How to Create a Futuristic Eye in Photoshop Start by making a new square document. This is very important for the next step! Create any lines or patterns that you would like, keeping in mind that they will soon be spun into a circle. Go to Filter - Distort - Polar Coordinates. Select “Rectangular to Polar” if you want a circle effect. These will be layered over the eye later, so play with different geometric shapes and placements! For another layer of graphics, we found some cool pictures that resemble sound waves. You can apply the same Polar Coordinate Effect to these images as well! Drag them right onto the image and place them around the eye. Blending Mode Tips: If you want only the darks to show up from an image, use the Multiply blend mode. If you want only the lights to show up from an image, use the Screen blend mode. Soft light will help graphics blend in to your eye a little better. Double click on a layer to bring up the Layer Style Dialogue. Select outer glo...
In today's episode, we show you how to create an email signature in photoshop. Having your own signature at the end of your emails is a great way to leave a professional impression. No matter what type of business you are in, having an email signature is the perfect way to sign off. Join us as we take you step by step through the entire process.
If you are looking to add some security to the images you are uploading online, this episode is perfect for you! Today we'll show you how to create a watermark to place on your images. It could be your signature, logo, or really anything you desire. Having a watermark is a great way to protect your images and direct people back towards your brand. We'll start in photoshop, getting your watermark just the way you like it. Then we'll hop into Lightroom where we'll create a preset. This preset will enable you to watermark your images automatically. Finally, we'll show you a quick and easy way to export your images and have them ready for the web. Enjoy!
Selecting Color Range To select out the different colors, create a new layer and go to Select - Color Range. Click on the color you want to sample with the regular eyedropper tool. You can play with the fuzziness to get more of an accurate selection. Also, if you need to add or take away from your selection, you can use the eyedroppers with the plus and minus symbols next to them to do so. Next, go to Layer - New Adjustment Layer - Hue/Saturation. This will load your selection directly into the Hue/Saturation layer so that you can adjust the hue sliders and change only the colors you want to change! Refining Layer Masks If you have small unwanted parts in a selection, you can always paint over it with a brush tool on the layer mask. Tip: If you hold alt/opt and click on a layer mask, it will appear as black and white. This can be very helpful for seeing tiny stray colors in your selections.
The Rounded Rectangle Tool How often do you use the rounded rectangle tool? Almost never right? In today's episode, the rounded rectangle tool comes in handy as we create our icon. The rounded rectangle tool helps us create are shape and there are enough options available for us to be really specific. Sampling Colors Next we sample colors from the actual iOS 8 app and use a gradient to color our rounded rectangle. Logo and Finishing Touches Next we place our logo right in the center of our shape using some alignment tools. And to finish it all off we add a drop shadow, turn the background transparent, and save it out as a png file.
In today's episode, learn how to create handwritten text in photoshop. You will learn about a great website where you can download fonts for free, as well as how to warp and transform fonts to make them look like they actually fit into your image. Choosing the right image: This won't work on every image. We'll show you the type of images that will work perfect for this type of effect. Then we'll show you the fonts that will help sell it even more. Photoshop: In photoshop we transform and warp our text box to make it fit right on the page. Then we add a blur and layer mask to really bring it to life.
Check out the awesome banners Fotolia has to offer: https://us.fotolia.com/search?k=banner&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aall%5D=1&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 In today's episode, we show you how to create a text banner in photoshop. Banners are used in a variety of different ways, but you can't just put simple text on a banner and be done with it. In this episode we'll show you where to get a banner, how to transform your text to fit on the banner and how to place those banners on your images. We start off by downloading a template from fotolia.com. Then we bring the banner into photoshop and show you how to lay words over the different shapes and sizes of the banner. Sometimes the text in your banners require a bit of transformation to make it look like it belongs on your banner. We'll show you the right tools to use when transforming text. Finally, we'll place the banners we've created onto an image for a more polished look.
Learn How to Create and Place a Logo in Perspective in today's episode! This is helpful for photographers and designers alike as you will learn how to transform text as well as place it into an image! Whether you are branding yourself, branding others, or want to place text on a billboard, this episode will come in handy! Section 1: Creating a Logo (1:20) Don’t be afraid to play with text! That means font, weight, color, etc. For this specific logo, we simply used an A and transformed it to be more stylized (Ctrl/Cmd + T). We also copied and flipped it, so that there are two As sitting next to each other. If you are planning on adding any design elements to the logo, be sure to use rulers and other tools like the polygonal lasso tool to guide your shapes into being perfectly straight and symmetrical. Section 2: Creating a Size Guide (10:36) Since we are planning on placing the logo onto the side of a truck, it is very helpful to make a general selection of that area first; Use the...
Check out our Text & Graphics Playlist for more tutorials like this! Have you ever had an idea for a product but didn't know the exact steps to take after sketching out your idea? Well in today's episode, we show you a possibility for your next step. You can create your product in photoshop. Learn how to render an apple watch from scratch in today's episode! Section 1: Creating the Watch Inner Surface (3:32) We kick things off by creating the inner surface of the watch. In this section, the Rounded Rectangle Tool will become your best friend. This tool gives us the options to really make the corners on our rounded rectangle smooth and precise. The Layer Style options also come in handy because it allows us to create that inner glow. This give the illusion of a shiny surface. The Rounded Rectangle Tool is even used to create the shine we see surrounding our inner surface. Section 2: Creating the Watch Case (10:52) Now that we have an inner surface created, we beg...
It's our first episode in our brand new studio and boy is it a good one. Learn how to create graphic art in photoshop! Today's episode is for all those artist out there. We show you some basic techniques you can use to create some awesome graphic art. From color fill adjustment layers to layer masks, to transforming selections and saving custom color swatches. This episode has a little something for the whole phamily! Section 1: Creating a Color Fill Layer (4:27) We kick things off by using a Color Fill Adjustment layer. Then we use a layer mask to define the visibility of that layer. A key point to remember here is that painting white on a layer mask makes that layer visible. Painting black on the layer mask makes that layer invisible. This concept is constant throughout the episode because it determines what is actually showing on our layer. Using our Fill Dialog box, we choose to fill the layer with white. Section 2: Creating a Target (6:28) So now that the basics...
In today's episode, we show you how to make a panorama in Lightroom. Adobe just recently announced it's update to the software and one of the main attractions was it's ability to create Panoramas while in Lightroom. If you already have the creative cloud subscription, just go to your Creative Cloud icon in the top right hand corner and click update on your Lightroom program. So what is a Panorama? A Panorama is when you put multiple photos together to create one wide (Panoramic) view. Panoramas are very commonly used in landscape photography. A few years ago, there wasn't much software that would allow you to do Panoramas besides Photoshop and other smaller programs. That has all changed in the past couple years. Now even an iPhone can take a Panorama photograph. Panoramas in Lightroom Now you'll be able to create a Panorama in Lightroom! This means you'll be able to take high quality images from your camera and edit them into one high quality image in Li...