Monday, November 29th, 2010
Open an image you would like to light. I used this one:
Select the adjustment layer icon at the bottom of the layers window.
Select Curves.
Now adjust your curves to be a little darker than original image.
You’ll have this:
Make sure you select the Model layer to work on.
Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare…
Use the following settings:
You’ll have this effect:
Select the Burn tool.
Use the following settings:
Now go in and burn where the shadows would be in her face:
(around her eyes, her ears, anywhere you see darker areas)
Now select your dodge tool.
Use these settings:
Now go in and highlight where the light would hit, you can be as drastic or as minimal as you’d like:
Your end result:
Tags: artificial lighting, CS5, model, Photoshop, retouching, Tutorial
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Open an image of a foggy/rainy window. I used this:
Create a new layer over this. Name it writing.
Now select the brush tool from the tools palette. Use the following settings:
Make sure you have your foreground color set to black.
Write what you wish on the writing layer.
Change the settings of your brush to this:
Zoom in and make some drips following the rain pattern.
Select the smudge tool.
Use the following settings:
Using the smudge tool, smudge along the lines of the drips, as well ad the writing.
Now set the blending mode on the writing layer to Soft Light.
You will have this:
Tags: blending modes, CS5, foggy, image effect, Photoshop, Tutorial, window writing, writing
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Open an image of an eye.
Feel free to adjust the curves, levels or hues or the image.
(I brought my levels down to 50, just to make it a little darker)
Create a new layer. Name it “design”.
Select your brush tool from the tools palette.
Choose a design brush you would like to use. I chose this (a fire design):
I chose #fc0505 for my color of the brush.
On your design layer, paint the design on.
Feel free to put a few designs in.
Select your eraser tool, and erase where the design overlaps on the skin.
Set the design layer to Multiply.
Press Command J to duplicate the design layer, and set that layer to Color Burn at 75% Opacity.
Repeat this process with however many designs you want to put in the eye.
Tags: CS5, eyeball, fun, image effect, manipulation, Photoshop
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