Ok so i posted my first t-shirt design.. as i thought up the idea.. thought it was clever.. at least i did.. we’ll see how everyone…
Ok so i posted my first t-shirt design.. as i thought up the idea.. thought it was clever.. at least i did.. we’ll see how everyone else thinks hey.. hopefully its a hit :) hope everyone likes it and if you have suggestions let me know. Cheers
I’ve been happily spending much time of late online with the vast portfolio of Abigaill Berenika over at AltPhotos.com. She has infused m…
I’ve been happily spending much time of late online with the vast portfolio of Abigaill Berenika over at AltPhotos.com. She has infused my love of photography with a new excitement. Her work seems quite personal, as she shoots the same model over and over-perhaps self portraits. I don’t know, she doesn’t write much about her process and I’m enjoying getting everything I need from just looking at the images. Her work reminds me a lot of of Robert Parkeharrison’s older portfolio, but with a much less dismal theme. Her tone does have a melancholic ring to it, but it’s more dreamy in a good weird way. Her use of Photoshop is thrilling. She manages to keep her images looking as if they were done with alternative processes-and maybe they are, but I doubt she actually shot a real building floating in a stormy sea…She’s a genius, a mysterious brilliant! The altphotos.com site is compelling. There are quite a few Polish photographers (Berenika is Polish) posting there and their work as a group is generally above and beyond. I wonder what’s going on in Poland that makes it possible for so many to be so poetically inclined and capable? http://www.altphotos.com/Gallery.aspx?&a=MemberGallery&memberid=2241
Well I went to the Nikon convention in London, I was impressed…Adobe was there!! Which brings me to the conclusion that we as photog…
Well I went to the Nikon convention in London, I was impressed…Adobe was there!! Which brings me to the conclusion that we as photographers either want manipulation or dont, is it worth upgrading to the CS3 in the adobe PS of whatever you have, I personally have PS4… and as far as manipulation is concerned then it is down to artistic manouver….... Cath :)
Photoshop CS3 Creative Photographic Techniques with Chris Orwig I’m about half way through watching this CD, and I have to say that …
Photoshop CS3 Creative Photographic Techniques with Chris Orwig I’m about half way through watching this CD, and I have to say that it is great. Full of tips, tricks and techniques for the photographer using PS. You can find it at Lynda and I’m suspecting that the link won’t work LOL You can find the contents of the CD Here Chris assumes that you have a working knowledge of Photoshop, and though that would be helpful – having the CD means that you can run the tutorials over and over again. I’m off to watch a couple more tuts now.
Hi, welcome to my world. / / Gordi KittenBoy I’m a Derby U.K based artist, designer, and photographer. A mere kitten, but now…
Hi, welcome to my world. / / Gordi KittenBoy I’m a Derby U.K based artist, designer, and photographer. A mere kitten, but now ready to stretch his claws. More of my ramblings and stuff @, www. kittenboyutopia .co.uk
I’m the one you’ll usually hear saying that you should learn how to use Photoshop instead of relying on plugins, but this is a plugin tha…
I’m the one you’ll usually hear saying that you should learn how to use Photoshop instead of relying on plugins, but this is a plugin that I’ve had loaded into photoshop since I first heard about it. Download the free Photoshop plug-in that’s getting rave reviews from digital photographers. virtualPhotographer lets you instantly apply high quality, professional photographic styles to your digital images, with just one click virtualPhotographer includes over 50 presets that automatically apply combinations of film grain, color modification, B/W, soft focus, high contrast and many artistic effects to achieve the same professional-looking images that used to take hours of photo editing. Get results in seconds! Compatible with Photoshop®, Photoshop® Elements, Paint Shop™ Pro®, Photo-Paint and other popular imaging applications. DOWNLOAD VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Ciaran asks us ’ which programme to get? ‘...
Ciaran asks us ’ which programme to get? ‘ . My response got a bit lengthy, so I am posting it here. I highly recommend GIMP . As much as the professionals recommend purchasing the super-duper programs, some of us don’t spend all our post-production time editing our work (because we rely on good lighting, knowledge of our camera’s (which, of course, is ongoing learning)), so we don’t need nor want to spend our mortgage repayments on Photoshop. At least not yet. GIMP has amazing similarities to Photoshop. / ... If you are earnest and keen to learn and apply, go Photoshop. / ... If you want to start out small and build up to bigger and better, go GIMP: Then learn it till you can afford Photoshop. Gimp had a major overhaul in late 2007/early 2008. It now has some amazing features and abilities. But like Photoshop, it needs a good computer to handle the processing. But remember this: Neither Photoshop nor any other multimedia program will fix a bad photograph. Sure you can apply some fancy effects, but that don’t mean a pinch of salt when it comes to selling or profiting from the time spent. I hope this helps. I also hope it stimulates conversation.
The Modern Model Release Forms This extract from the above linked web page…
The Modern Model Release Forms This extract from the above linked web page is worth reading: “We’ve included a version of the above language in our general Adult and Minor model releases, because Photoshopping has become a normal aspect of advertising photography. But that’s pretty broad language: It allows every conceivable digital effect. Depending on the model’s concerns (and the client’s needs, of course), you may need to accept certain limits on the digital reworking that may be done. For instance, However, this compositing or distortion shall be done only by Photographer or by persons working under the direct supervision of Photographer, and it will be limited to images and image components that are photographed on the same day. If you need the “however” part and you are using a pre-printed release, you can hand-write the extra sentence, and both you and the model can initial and date the change.”
- All creative thoughts inside my head have stopped… I have no idea what to do, and until get the filters for my camera it’s going to b…
- All creative thoughts inside my head have stopped… I have no idea what to do, and until get the filters for my camera it’s going to be on holiday in it’s case. My computer doesn’t want to open PS without slowing down to a bare crawl so that puts that out for a bit… * sigh *. Which is the reason for absolutely no work being uploaded anywhere :( - Had my B’day, 2 days of drinking White Russians, Bourbon, Beer and Sparkling Wine, I was so sick :P But it was fun :D - EUROVISION! Yay! it’s on soon, and hooray for SBS for playing all the semi’s! Sure alot of it is crap, but the ones that aren’t are worth it, it’s fun to watch :D - Besides all that i got my 3rd character to level 70 in WoW. Now I get to farm for gear and epic flying mounts for 2 characters…um…yay?
I’m very proud and happy that I’ve managed to convince my friend Elli / to join RedBubble. / ...
I’m very proud and happy that I’ve managed to convince my friend Elli / to join RedBubble. She hasn’t uploaded anything yet so this is actually a tad premature and not putting her under any pressure at all, ;-) , but make sure you check out her work once you can. She’s a brilliant photographer AND artist AND the things she can do with Photoshop are just amazing. I think she’s going to be a great asset to the whole RedBubble community. She’s also very active online, in fact thats how we met; online. Almost our entire friendship has been conducted online and we have only ever met in the flesh on two occasions. This isn’t that unusual these days except that when we did meet it was ten-thousand or more kms away from where we were when we first met online. I ‘met’ Elli while I was living in Amsterdam and had a blog with comments that worked AND visitors. Elli is a Texan, living in Switzerland at the time. We used to email and blog and even considered meeting up in Germany one day to see a Bridget Jones movie. (You almost have to go to Germany to make a Bridget Jones movie bearable….) But then I had my son and my days of gadding off to ‘other countries’ just to see a two-hour film were over. I just couldn’t find flights to fit between feeds! It was sad when we left the Netherlands and returned to Australia to think that we probably never would meet after all. So I was more than a little surprised to recieve an SMS only a week or so after arriving back in Australia to the effect that Elli had just landed in Melbourne and did I want to meet up? As my husband put it, it’s either an amazing coincidence OR she’s one seriously scarey cyber-stalker. Anyway, Elli and her JM have now been traipsing around Australia for quite a while doing this-and-that-in-remote-places as required by our Immigration Department so we’ve decided she’s not a cyber-stalker and our friendship is still conducted mostly online. Which is why I’m really happy to see her here on RedBubble. I’m still in the RedBubble honeymoon phase (does it ever end?) and wanting to share the ‘lerv’. It’s like adding a new room to your house and wanting all your friends to come and stay in it! RedBubble’s going to suit Elli down to a T and we can spend hours and hours gas-bagging away (is RedBubble chat in the works down-the-track…............?) and maybe even doing some work together and I can even think of a couple of groups in particular for whom she’d be a fabulous member. Yippee! PS. Here is Elli’s FLICKR photostream to keep you amused while we’re waiting.
“Their guardian angel” was featured in the group Soul Mates / !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/border:noborder/product:mounted-...
“Their guardian angel” was featured in the group Soul Mates / “Abstract reflections” was featured in The Love of Eerie and Enchanting Artwork / I am very grateful to the hosts of both groups!!
In the last few weeks I’ve spent a lot of my spare time thinking about, planning, shooting, editing and uploading photos for the “Canon P…
In the last few weeks I’ve spent a lot of my spare time thinking about, planning, shooting, editing and uploading photos for the Canon Photo5 competition. The challenge of this competition has stretched me artistically in a way that I never even intended to happen. The Competition / The Photo5 competition is where Canon send you five everyday objects in the mail and you are challenged to produce and submit one photo containing each image. To make it exciting, you don’t know what the objects are until they arrive and, even better, Canon puts up $5,000 worth of Canon products for the best image of each object. The objects this year were: / . a ribbon / . a crayon / . a cocktail umbrella / . a tealight candle; and / . a small bottle of bubbles. I believe that this year 10,000 boxes were sent out and over 1,300 photos have been submitted for each object. What’s more, Canon have enlisted David Anderson and Montalbetti+Campbell as judges – world-class photographers who I anticipate will have huge expectations for the images that they’re prepared to present as finalists. Creating My Entries / In retrospect, I’ve realised that my photography up until now has always been subject-focussed; I would see a subject that I thought was visually interesting and so I would take a photo of it. This had often turned out pleasing results. With the Photo5 objects, however, I was facing the challenge of taking photos of subjects that were visually uninteresting, even trivial. I realised pretty quickly that these objects wouldn’t make an interesting photo. To turn them into something engaging, I needed to come up with some theme or story that would make an interesting photo and that could incorporate each object. This is probably painfully obvious to anyone who listened in Art class, but to someone whose best subject was Physics, this was a major revelation for the way I take photographs. I got pretty excited about this new concept of capturing themes. The consequence of my excitement was that I suddenly became open to trying all kinds of things I’d never tried before: I spent a whole lunchtime squatting in an alley photographing a wall; I asked one of my work colleagues to model for a photo; I tried (with fairly poor results) to turn my living room into a studio; I stayed up until 2 in the morning trying to do things in The GIMP that I’d only ever read about. I spent hours on each photo because I was excited by the idea of using photos to say something rather than just show something. Results / You can see the photos that I entered into the competition by clicking on the thumbnails below, but they’re not the sum total of what I achieved by entering the competition. The challenge it presented has done more to advance my art than any book I’ve ever read or any gear I’ve ever bought. In fact, it’s caused me to consider how few things that I’ve created up until now have actually been art. It seems quite unlikely that my images will make any great impact on the competition. While I’m really impressed by what I was able to create, statistically there is a 5 in 1300 chance that any of my images will be picked to be a finalist. If I am picked, it will be a fantastic feeling, and will go a long way to compensating for the damage done to my knees in that alley. But the real win for me has been finally realising that photography is about more than just the visual subject; it’s about the story. Having said that, I’ll also say that it’s not too late to register to vote for the winners. So if you think I might have a chance of being a finalist and that you might like to vote for me if I am, go to the Canon Photo5 site, then click on ‘Competition’ then on ‘register to vote’. Thanks / Lastly, I have to say some thankyous: to Mark, who entertained my bizarre request of modelling for a photo on a city street at lunch time; to Bec, for answering my urgent call to borrow a lab coat; and to my lovely wife, Amanda, for her modelling, her patience, and for refusing to believe that I had gone mad despite much evidence to the contrary. / Cheers, guys – I couldn’t have done it without you. I hope you enjoy my photos. Grazer / Thread of Life / Immaturity / homo workaholicus / Summer Love / Making Haloes
I found this link to an HDR tutorial using a single exposure (typically you’d need three images set at different exposures). This link w…
I found this link to an HDR tutorial using a single exposure (typically you’d need three images set at different exposures). This link was posted on the group page “A Photographer’s Craft” in their forum section, and I thought it might be of interest to some of you. Here is the link: / Creating HDR Photographs from one exposure Cheers, S.
_*Aloha, mahalo nui loa to the Hosts for including and featuring this in many groups, and to all the members who have added this to your …
_Aloha, mahalo nui loa to the Hosts for including and featuring this in many groups, and to all the members who have added this to your favourites. If you favourite this, it would be so kind of you to leave me a note and let me know you are here. Today (24 August 2009) my journal has 1871 views. Today 28 September 2009 my journal has 2063 views. Check back often for additions and updates. Mahalo, thank you so much!_ Sharon Mau RedBubble Homepage Blogspot RedBubble Newsletters Chilling Effects Clearinghouse story on Derivative Works Tips for creating a Triptych in Lightroom Sell your images at Veer Marketplace ~ Stock Images Create an eye catching montage Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips Time and Date World Clock Photographers’ Voices Heard at Congressional Briefing on Copyright 10 ways to take stunning portraits Certified Professional Photographer Ashley Riddell ~ ranash1995 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials Metallic BW portrait toning Lipo’s Photo Effect Tips – Portrait Photography Retouch Digital Makeup by Christian Reppen Ship Speedpaint Waterfall Speedpaint Basic Retouch and Makeup Glamour Glow Skin Retouch Facial scrub for even, glowing skin Body Reshaping with Liquify Applying Texture Without Looking Like a Douche IceflowStudios Awesome Eyes Photoshop Tutorial “Excellent Photoshop Tutorials” was accepted into the How To RedBubble group Google AdWords Keyword Tool Google Search Based Keyword Tool# Google Search Based Keyword Tool Help – How It Works
Quite a few people have asked me how I do my textured work. / To be honest, everyone does it their own way, but it helps to have someone s…
Quite a few people have asked me how I do my textured work. / To be honest, everyone does it their own way, but it helps to have someone show you how to get started. / Nicole Goggins taught me, & I believe Mel Brackstone taught her. (apologies if I got that wrong) / Of course there’s always an alternative way of doing the steps, I’ve certainly changed my technique quite a bit since I wrote this, but this is as good a place to start as any. / So here’s the walkthrough that I’ve passed on to those who’ve asked. LETS GET STARTED : I use PhotoShop CS3, but this’ll work with any version. / If you’re not using PS, I’m confident you’ll be able to find your way through it in whatever program you’re using. I’d suggest printing this so you can follow it step by step. 1) Start by opening the image that you want to add a texture to. 2) In the layers palette on the right, (R) click on the background layer & select “Duplicate layer”. This layer will be called “Background copy”, & will sit immediately above the “background” layer. (This is to preserve your original copy) 3) Do whatever adjustments you would usually do until you’re happy with the image as it is. ( ie – levels, curves, hue/sat, curves etc ) 4) Flatten the image - / To do this, go to the Layers palette® click on a layer, & select “Flatten image”. 5)Now it’s time to apply the texture image. / First, you need to make sure that your texture image is the same size as your background image. / To do this :- / Go to your top toolbar & look for the “Image” tab, & click on it. / Then click on “Image Size”. / You’ll need to write down the following details : Pixel dimensions – Width & Height , & Resolution. / Click OK or Cancel to close that window. 6) Now go to your top tool bar, click on “File” & “Open” your texture image. 7)Now that you’re in your texture image, go to “Image”, “Image Size” again, & make sure “Resample Image” is checked, & “Constrain Proportions” is unchecked.. / In that same window, change the resolution & Pixel dimensions – Width & Height to the same details that you wrote down earlier. / Click “OK”. / Now your texture image is the same as your background image. 8) Minimize the texture image. Do not close it, just minimize it. / Now you should see your background image workspace again. 9) In your background again, go to your layers palette & create a “Background copy” like we did in step (2). 10) Go to the little toolbar on the bottom of the “Layers Palette” & look for the little icon that looks like a square with the bottom left corner turning up. / This is the “Create new layer” button. / Click on this & create a new layer, which you can rename to “texture”. / Make sure this layer is active. ( it’ll be highlighted in grey) 11) Go to “Image”, then “Apply Image”. / Now you’ll see a window with a dropdown box named “Source” at the top. / Look for your texture image in the dropdown box , select it, & click “OK”. / You’ll see the texture appear in the “texture” layer that you created in step (10). Now it’s time to get creative….. 12) In the layers palette double click on the little thumbnail image of your texture. / You’ll get a window called “Layer Style”. / Under “Blending Options”, “General blending” you’ll see that the current blend mode is “normal”. / Click on this dropbox & start experimenting with the different blend modes. / I usually use “overlay”, “soft light”, or “hard light”. / This whole “Layer style” window is one you can experiment with as much as you like until you come up with the look you want. / Click “OK” when you’re done. 13) You can change the blend mode of your background copy also. / At this stage you just need to be doing whatever you want to achieve the look you like. 14) For a bit more depth to your texturing, you can try duplicating each layer, & then alternate their order on the palette by dragging them up & down. / eg :- texture copy / background copy 2 / texture / background copy / background (this one is locked, so will always remain on the bottom) 15) In the Layers palette you can adjust the “opacity” of each layer for more or less of the effect. 16) Don’t forget to save as you go. / I like to save all my layers as a psd (Photoshop document) so that I can make changes to it at any time in the future. / When you have a final image that you like, flatten the image ( as in step 4), & “save as” a jpeg. (or your preferred format) 17) Upload to redbubble so that we can all see how well you’ve done!!!! And that’s it! Just remember that there’s no “rules” for this….. a lot of it is just experimenting as you go. What works for one image might look horrid on another, so trust your instincts! [ One last point : I put a lot of time & effort into creating these tutorials. Please don’t disrespect me by claiming them as your own.]
These are amazing. Thought you might enjoy them as I did. Check these out...
These are amazing. Thought you might enjoy them as I did. Check these out
I have just joined Red Bubble today. I see there are many very talented artists on the Red Bubble website. I have uploaded 10 of my…
I have just joined Red Bubble today. I see there are many very talented artists on the Red Bubble website. I have uploaded 10 of my digitally enhanced photographs. All of them are now available as greeting cards and some are also available as posters or prints. I will be uploading more art soon. Renata / Light Vision / www.lightvisionart.com
Another great article from DPS – How to use Textures to enhance your Photographs...
Another great article from DPS – How to use Textures to enhance your Photographs
For quite a while I’ve wanted to recreate a WWII dogfight scene using photographs of authentic aircraft. ‘Enemy Mine!’ is my first attempt. The main photograph is of the MK 1A Supermarine Spitfire – AR213/E-JZ, situated in Hangar 4 – ‘The Battle of Britain’ exhibition of the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. The aircraft was conspicuously pilotless, so I used a pilot from a photograph I took of a P-51 Mustang on the runway at Duxford. The 3rd and 4th photographs are of aircraft in flight, at the Duxford Airshow, 5th September: a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber being escorted by another Supermarine Spitfire. These were reduced and blurred using Photoshop. The background photograph is entitled ‘Sky from the plane’ by Matthieu Aubry, used under Creative Commons License. ‘Enemy Mine!’ was featured in the Universal Innovation group – 9th September 2009. Thank you to Universal Innovation and to all the members of RedBubble and beyond who enjoy my work! Best regards, Wayne Gerard Trotman
I was recently asked to explain how I use layers. So while trying to put my thoughts together, I decided I might as well share it with ev…
I was recently asked to explain how I use layers. So while trying to put my thoughts together, I decided I might as well share it with everyone who’s interested. I’ll show how to do very basic adjustments so you get a feel for how layers work. Once you’re comfortable with that you can move on to using layers to create art effects. Please keep in mind that I’m a Photoshop user... I’m in no way an expert! / This is just my way of working with layers. There are many different ways, & they all work. Why use layers ? : / Our reasons for using layers are many & varied. We might be doing vector-like illustrations, Or composing an intricate fantasy photomanipulation. / It may be a simple matter of applying text over an image. / You may just want to do basic tone & colour adjustments of your photographs. / Whatever your reason, using layers is almost essential. / I say this for one very important reason. If you apply adjustments of any type to your original image, you will be altering it permanently. There’s no going back. Pixels get moved around & destroyed, every brush or keystroke seriously alters the quality of your image. / However, working in layers is non-destructive. The original image sits at the bottom of your stack, untouched, unaltered, safe from damage. / All of your edits are stacked on top of the original, & then “flattened”, usually upon completion, or when you’re ready to move on to the next stage of editing. I’ll use this image of a bunch of people looking a Trojan warplane, to demonstrate the basics of using layers. / I’m using PS CS3, & I’m not sure how similar the layout of PS Elements is, so this will either be helpful to you, or just confusing…. it should be fairly similar though. Let’s get started : 1) Open your image in Photoshop, & save it straight away as a psd (Photoshop file format) I’ve decided to call this one “enter the trojan”. / 2) Now have a good look at the image & decide what needs doing. / Does it needs cropping? Some people choose to crop at the start, but for some strange reason I’ll often wait until I’m somewhere through my editing process. I like to wait to see how the image is evolving…. Does anything need cloning out? / This image has a rather annoying person disappearing out of the left side of the frame, so Ill be getting rid of him, as well as cleaning up a few distracting white spots on the airfield in the background. 3) Look to the right of your screen & you’ll see your layers palette. / At the top right of that you’ll see 3 little horizontal lines stacked on top of each other with an arrow next to them. Left click on this & you’ll get a drop-down box. this is your most important box for using layers. Click on duplicate layer, & rename it as you wish. / I’m calling it “clone”. / / You’ll see the duplicate layer appear above the background layer in your layers palette. / / Make sure the clone layer is selected (it’ll be highlighted in grey), & you’re ready to work on that layer. / Now select your clone tool & go to work. All done? If you’re happy with your work make sure you save. Now, remembering what I said about your background (original) layer remaining untouched, here’s a little demo. / Do you see that little eye beside your “clone” layer? / Click on it…. Hello!! Your cloning has gone! Click on it again….. it’s back!!! / OK, we could have fun with this all day, but do you see how the background image is unchanged? Cool huh? Let’s move on…. I’ve got blown out highlights in my clouds which are a problem & the mid-tones are a bit too dark. / I’ll deal with the clouds first by using a curves adjustment layer. 4) All the way down at the bottom of your layers palette, you’ll see a toolbar. look for the circle that’s half black & half white. / This is the “create new fill or adjustment layer” button. / Click on it & select “curves”. / 5) Grab the little white dot on the line in the top right corner. Now drag it a smidgen down to the right. That should take care of the blown out clouds. / Click OK. / / Do you see you now have a curves layer? / (Because I use CS3, it automatically gives me a layer mask box on this layer. It’s that white box in your curves layer. But we’re not going to get into masks today) Now to fix the mid-tones. For this I’m going to add a Levels layer. / 6) Just like in step 4), click on the “create new fill or adjustment layer” button & this time select “Levels”. / 7) This will open a box with a levels histogram in it. / To lighten your mid-tones slide the grey arrow in the middle of the histogram to the left until you’re happy. / Click OK, & you’ll see your levels layer sitting above the curves layer. Now, what if you wanted to do some dodge & burn? / There’s a number of ways to dodge & burn, so I’ll show you one that I use quite often. 8) Remember those 3 little horizontal lines that you clicked on to duplicate the layer? (step 3) / Click on that again, & this time select “New Layer”. / 9) In the dialogue box, change the name to “dodge & burn”, / click on the “mode” dropdown box, & select “overlay”, / then check the box “Fill with overlay-neutral color (50% gray) / it should look something like this : / / Then click OK. You’ll now see a layer called “dodge & burn” in your layers palette. It should be on the top of the pile. If it isn’t, simply drag it to the top. / Any work you do to the top layer will be carried over to all the layers below. 10) Select your burn tool, set your range to Shadows, & Exposure around 20 (this will depend completely upon the type of image you’re working on), then get to work burning out the areas that you feel need deepening. 11) Then take your dodge tool, set your Exposure to around 20 & work over the areas that you think need a little more highlighting. I’ve decided this image needs a bit more saturation. 12) Go back to the black/white circle (as mentioned in step 4), & this time look for Hue/Saturation. / / Adjust your sliders as you see fit, then click OK. / At this stage I’m happy with my basic adjustments. It’s now at the stage where it’s ready for me to use it as a background image for something a little more creative. 13) If you haven’t been saving until now, you really must do it now. 14) Now we’re going to Flatten the file. / Go to those 3 little horizontal lines with the arrow again (step 3), & this time look for “Flatten Image”. / / Click on it. You’ll see that all your layers have been “flattened into just one layer, & it’s now become your new background layer. If you’re planning to print this, you’ll need to give it some sharpening. / There are so many ways to sharpen, but at the moment I’m a bit partial to using the “high pass” filter. 15) To do this you’ll need to use a duplicate layer (remember step 3?) / I’m re-naming it “High Pass Sharpening”. / 16) Go to your “filter” drop down box on your top tool bar, & select, “other”, “high pass”. / 17) Adjust your radius slider until you see a good amount of line detail while keeping the tones in gray. Click OK. / You’re probably wondering what’s happened to your image. We’ll fix that right now. 18) Look above your “high pass” layer, & you’ll see Opacity set at 100%, to the left of that the word “normal” in a drop-down box. / Click on that drop-down box & select “overlay”. / / Presto! You’ve got your image back, & it’s been sharpened. / Toggle the “eye” off & on to see the effect. 19) If it’s too sharpened for your taste, you can adjust the opacity of that layer. / Find the “opacity” slider above the layer, & adjust it as you like. / I’m setting this one to 50%. / 20) Save this as a new psd file ( I’m calling this one “enter the trojan HP sharp”), & flatten it as before. / 21) Now all you need to do is save it in the Format of choice. / I routinely save all my images as TIFF files, & then save again as JPEG. / Remember to do all you backups now so you don’t forget later. All finished! Now you have an image that is fine as is, or ready for you to get a little creative & do further editing. / The final image : / You might also want to look at Texturing an Image in Photoshop for Absolute Beginners for further editing ideas. [ One last point : I put a lot of time & effort into creating these tutorials. Please don’t disrespect me by claiming them as your own.]
Martin Liebscher HERE and MORE...
Martin Liebscher HERE and MORE= TOOL OF TECHNOLOGY Thoughts from a very famous German Photographer HERE “Photoshop is a phantastic tool. I use it more like a traditional colour-lab and not like you as a completely new medium, but I see the chances of this medium. / It is too young, only very few art-theorists have thought about it. It is not yet defined. There is no common measure for quality. The new medium has already changed perception, probably we experience the beginning of an era.” thomasroessler
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Hey everyone! I have just entered some of my art in a photography competition. I would love for you all to vote for me ;) You can vote mo…
Hey everyone! I have just entered some of my art in a photography competition. I would love for you all to vote for me ;) You can vote more than once, but only once every 24 hours. You can vote for me here Love, / Sarah
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