Tutorials and Icon help

[MarMar]

This tutorial wouldn't have happened, had it not been for a tutorial by .Cat. Steps 5 and 7 are from her, with my alterations.

From to this:

1. Open image, sharpen once

(crop to 675x300)

2. Duplicate layer, set to screen,

3. Merge layers.

4. Duplicate layer. Filter → blur → gaussian blur, 1.7pixels

5. Set blurred layer to soft light.

6. Layer> New Fill Layer> Solid color.

#5c6af4, set to Color Burn, 40.

Another New Fill Layer.

#ff5fa, set to Softlight, 30.

7. Now get your text tool, and write whatever you want (it works better in White). Right click

the text layer, and go down to Blending options. Select "Drop Shadow", and "Outer Glow"

instead of using the ”awful” yellow color for gradient (at least that’s what PS wanted me to

use), use color #F7B4D9 (I eye-dropped it from her dress). Same with any brush you might

use.

[~Amy~]

^^ Great tuorial I just have one question in step 7 when you give the colour code where exactly do you enter that?

[MarMar]

Layer --> new fill layer --> solid color --> the color box right at the bottom:

[iloverobbie]

I was wondering if anyone could help me with masking?

I have downloaded some brushes like this and I was wondering if anyone could help me to get it to look like this

[MarMar]

I was wondering if anyone could help me with masking?

I have downloaded some brushes like this and I was wondering if anyone could help me to get it to look like this

1. Open image.

2. Make sure you have black as foreground color and white as background. Choose "edit in quick mask mode":

3. take the brush and drag it over the canvas (as you'd use it to fill it all up). It goes red.

4. Change it so that white is the foreground color and use the mask as you'd use a brush:

5. Go back to "edit in standard mode"

6. Copy the selected area (ctrl-c) and copy it onto a new 100x100 canvas:

[Amir]

I just invert it...

[iloverobbie]

Thankyou.

[~Amy~]

Layer --> new fill layer --> solid color --> the color box right at the bottom:

Oh I've got to start a new layer didn't realise sorry. Thanks

[.Cat.]

That tutorial looks awesome Merc ! Will have to try it.

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From this:

Here:

http://xcatrionax.livejournal.com/16556.html#cutid1

[-Emily-]

Yeshishness! Another colouring tutorial from Emzishizzle! I'll show you how to make a user info banner. Today I will go from this to

Okie doke. Sharpen your image if needed. Duplicate your base and set it to overlay @ 100%. But if your image looks weird then lower the opacity.

Now I add a new fill layer. #2C59EC and set my layer to soft light @ 100% opacity. Then add a new hue/saturation layer at up the satuation to +39.

New curves layer.

RGB: Input: 136 Output: 157

New color blance layer: Midtones: +47, +100, +27. Make sure 'preserve luminosity' is ticked.

Merge all layers.

Now go to select>>all.

Go to edit>>stroke. Put in 4 px and set the stroke color to white. Click ok. Don't deselect yet. Now do this again, but with 1 px and the stroke color greayishy color. Now deselect.

Thats it! I can't wait to see your results

Oooh that was so easy to follow I got this:

Oh wikid I love it!