Tutorials and Icon help

[.Amy.]

Open them both and restore them

[Zetti]

Thankies

[SfanS]

Hey, I have a tutorial!

Pretty bad but I don't think I've seen one in a little while. It's a bit blank and whatever, but so what!

I hope you like it.! Very simple.

Alright, so we're going from this:

To this:

1# Crop, sharpen, etc. Do whatever you need to do to get into a good starting point.

2# Go to Hue/Saturation. Satuaration -36. Ok.

3# Selective colouring.

Reds -

Cyan +100, It makes it look more dull and grey.

Mag. +100, gives it more purpl-ish colour.

black + 100 to make it darker. (You can do without this, without the +100, in the end it still looks okay. Just a bit different. I like both ways.)

Cyan -

-100 for everything

Same with the blues.

Whites -

- 100 for everything.

Blacks -

Cyan & Black + 100.

Very short, quick, and gives a different effect from it's picture.

NOw just add brushes, borders, text, etc. Whatever you like.

[ali52]

Someone suggested I do a tutorial, so I though I'd have a go.

Before you start:

-I used Photoshop 7 for this, but im 99% sure you can transfer it to other versions/ other graphics programs e.t.c

-This is a simple tutorial. Don't expect it to be one of those "OMG!! THIS IS OUT OF THE WORLD!!" products.

-I've written it in detail (a bit), for those newbies to PS e.t.c

-If you try this out, I'd like to see how it turned out. So please give me feedback/show us your final product.

Ok, to start off....

1. Open your image, and crop it. Tip: It's always better to crop your image from a weird angle, as it makes your final product look more original/unique/better. Center crops can be ugly, aswell. Once you've cropped your image, that will now be your base.

This is my base:

2. Sharpen Image (Filter>> Sharpen>> Sharpen). Depending on your image, you may need to do this twice. I only did it once, however.

3. Now duplacite your base TWICE. To duplacite something, right click your image in the layers pallette, then a "pop-up" (?) will come up. Click 'Duplacite layer'. Do this twice

4. Desaturate your first duplacite (the one above your base). To desaturate your image, press Ctrl + Shift + U (Don't actually press the plus sign on your keyboard ). And then set the blending mode to 'Softlight', at 100% opacity.

5. Now for the other duplacite, set the blending mode to 'Softlight', at 100%.

My base now:

Note: Depending on your image, you may need to alter the opacity on those duplacites

6. Now go to Layer>> New Fill layer>> Solid colour, a pop up will come up that will say something about a new layer. Click OK. Then the color selector will appear. At the bottom of that pop up, the very bottom (where you can automatically enter your color code), enter 0B043E into that space. Click ok. Now your image is just 1 blue square.

7. Change the blending mode to 'Exclusion'. Much better.

My base now:

8. I added this pattern,

I found that online at another tutorial, but now can't find that tutorial so I can't give any credit for it. Set it to softlight at 40% opacity. Select your eraser tool. I had mine at size 19, 100% opacity, and erased any of the pattern on Hilary (face/clothes e.t.c).

My base now:

Now add text/brushes e.t.c and you're done!. I know it's not much, but I did say it was a simple tutorial.

thanks for this tutorional it was easy to understand and everything! heres my result

when i save it as a JPEG how can i not make it fuzzy like it is ^

[~Rosey~]

Save it in .PNG

[ali52]

thanks

i found this

its quick and easy and really easy to understand.

tutional easy

[ali52]

Heres another easy one i found on another site (its not mine)

Get Pic, crop it the way you like resize it. etc

Starting pic:

1.Sharpen your base to 40

2. Layer>> New Fill Layer >> Solid Colour

Set it to Colour Burn, Opacity at 100.

Your colour picker should open.

Use: #8ccdfe

Should look like this :

3. Right click on your background layer and duplicate it.

4. Set layer to screen, opacity at 100.

Do this as many times as needed.

x1 x2

PLease try it takes you only five seconds.

Please also post how yours turned out love to see it

[.Amy.]

I am making a tutorial page on my LJ, does anyone have anyone tutorials you want used, I will credit.

[~Rosey~]

Sarah, thanks for the tut I'll try it out when I have time

ali52, Thanks for the links

Amy...if I ever got qaround to writing a good one, I will tell you...might be soonish

[SfanS]

Heres another easy one i found on another site (its not mine)

Get Pic, crop it the way you like resize it. etc

Starting pic:

1.Sharpen your base to 40

2. Layer>> New Fill Layer >> Solid Colour

Set it to Colour Burn, Opacity at 100.

Your colour picker should open.

Use: #8ccdfe

Should look like this :

3. Right click on your background layer and duplicate it.

4. Set layer to screen, opacity at 100.

Do this as many times as needed.

x1 x2

PLease try it takes you only five seconds.

Please also post how yours turned out love to see it

Oh, can't wait to try that!