Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Open a new document in photoshop sizing:
Now select your type tool.
Use the following settings:
Type a letter of your choice. I used the letter J in Arial black font.
Now, right click anywhere on the document and select “Create Work Path”…
You will want to hide the text layer so you can view the path. To do this, click the eyeball in the layers palette next to the text layer so you do not see it.
You will have this:
Change the size of your text to the following settings:
Click on the path, and you will get this:
You may now start typing whatever you want in the letter…
When you finish typing what you want inside the letter, you can change settings of the text by clicking this icon:
It will bring this up:
If you want equal spacing choose justify:
You will have this:
Choose the Layer with the one letter on it.
You may now change the color of the letter.
Right click on the Letter layer and choose Blending Options…
Use the following settings:
You will have this:
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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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Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Open a new document in photoshop sizing:
Make your foreground color black.
Fill your background layer with black.
Find an image of a model. I chose this one:
Remove the background from the image. I used the quick selection tool,
and selected around the model.
Now move the model to the document with the black background.
On the model layer, press Command J to duplicate.
Now set the layer style to Overlay on the duplicated layer.
Your model will look like this:
Select both the model and the model copy layer. (hold shift and click)
Merge these layer by right clicking and selecting Merge Layers…
Right click on the model layer and select Blending Options
Use the following setting:
You will have this:
Select your text tool.
Use a simple font. I used Arial Black.
Now add the designers name in the middle…
I used a multi-ornamental font in red and angled it.
Tags: Ad, banner, blending options, CS5, fashion, marketing ad, Tutorial
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