Posts Tagged ‘Tutorial’

How to Make Bamboo

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Open a new document in photoshop sizing:

Make a rectangular shape and fill with black.

Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise…

Use the following settings:

Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur…

Use the following settings:

Select a layer mask and choose hue/saturation…

Your layers will look like this:

Use the following settings on the adjustment layer:

You’ll have something like this:

Press Command T to transform, and select warp…

Warp like this:

Select the burn tool.

Use the following settings:

Burn edges.

Duplicate the layer by pressing Command J.

Set the blending mode on the duplicated layer to Screen.

You’ll have this:

Select both layers by holding shift, and right click… select Merge Layers

Now duplicate the merged layers, set the blending mode to Multiply at 10% opacity and arrange like this:

Now, merge top 3 layers together.

Using the rectangular marquee tool, select the top of the bamboo. Press Command T to transform, and right click to select Warp.

Use this as your guide to shape:

Select a soft edge paintbrush, choose black as the foreground color, and toggle the opacity to paint like this:

Paint along edges to create depth.

You’ll have this:

Duplicate this layer.

Arrange on top of the other piece to get this finished look:

Norther Sky with Star Background

Monday, December 6th, 2010

*You can use the Star Background for this…

Open the Star Background you created.

Create a new layer and name it Colors.

Select the marquee selection tool.

Make a selection on the top half of the document.

Select the gradient tool from the tools palette.

Use this gradient:

Use the following settings:

Start the gradient in the bottom lefthand corner and take it to the top righthand corner diagonally.

You will have this:

Press Command D to deselect.

Set the layer to Linear Light at 40% Opacity.

Select the Eraser tool.

Use a large soft edge brush and bring to opacity of the brush down to 50%. (You may want to toggle the opacity levels to get a more realistic result)

Erase the bottom edges lightly while changing the opacity levels frequently to achieve the desired result:

Realistic Star Background

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Open a new document in photoshop sizing:

Fill the entire background with black.

Now go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise

Use the following settings:

Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur…

Use the following settings:

Now go to Image > Adjustments > Levels…

Use the following settings:

Select the gradient tool:

Use the following settings:

Apply the gradient from the bottom up.

You will have this: