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Hot Metal Photoshop Tutorial

May 6, 2008 21:25 by anjel

Ok, let's start:

Create a new image of 267х154 pixels size (background color is black). And with Text Tool write any text you like using Carbon Block type if you don't have one please download it HERE carbonblock.rar (15.31 kb) 

 

 

Click right mouse and choose Blending Options. Then select 1) Outer Glow 2) Inner Glow 3) Bevel and Emboss 4) Contour 5) Color Overlay with parametres as shown below:

 











You can add a sword and get the following :)

 


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Golden Egg Photoshop Tutorial

April 27, 2008 21:13 by anjel

Fir the first select Pen Tool and draw a figure of our future egg:

 


Select Blending Options and then put parametres as shown below 1) Inner Shadow 2) Gradient Overlay The result should be as shown on the last image:

 

 

 

 

Now create a new layer and apply Filter > Render > Clouds and then aplly one more filter Filter > Noise > Add Noise:

 

 

Holding CTRL  click on the layer with our Egg to invert selection, Press Del and change Blending mode to Overlay, then decrease Fill to 17%

 


Click over our layer with right button of our mouse and select Blending Options - > Inner Shadow Parametres are shown on the image below:

 

 


Now select Brush Tool 40 px size, creat a new layer and light a middle part of our egg. Change Blending mode to Color Dodge and decrease Fill to 48%

 

Now use Pen Tool and draw a figure like the following:

 

And in the end apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur:

 

 


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Tele Image Photoshop Tutorial

April 21, 2008 02:29 by anjel

Create a new layer of 10х2 size. use instrument select 1 pixel size spot and fill it with and black color. For your convenience zoom image to 1600%

 

 

 

Now Delete backgroun and remember this layer as pattern  Edit  >> Define Pattern.

 

Now open your image to apply tele image effect:

 
 

And do Layer >> New >> Layer then Edit >> Fill and set parametres Use: Pattern, Mode: Overlay

 

You should get the following effect:

 


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Nice Text - Photoshop Tutorial

April 13, 2008 20:58 by anjel

First, create a new image 300x300 pixels size and write any black text on the white beckground:

   

Now rasterize our layer by clicking right mouse:

 



Holding CTRL click on the text to select it. Then use Gradient tool: foreground  - light grey; and background  - dark grey:

 

Then select Edit > Stroke and set parametres as shown below:

 

Now Select > Modify > Contract: 

 

Now change the color of our text as show on the image below:

 

Now again use Stroke:

 

Create a new layer Layer > New layer using Gradient tool one more time:

 

Now we have to use Gradient tool fill our selected object. Then with circle selection delete unnecessary part of our text and do Select > Inverse. And the last step - add Drop shadow :)

 

 


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Fire Text - Photoshop Tutorial

April 8, 2008 22:04 by anjel

Create background filled with black gradien and write anything on it:

 

Copy your layer Layer > Duplicate Layer. Now activate your text layer and make Rasterize and apply the following filter  Filter > Stylize > Wind.

 

We have to apply that filter on every side of our text so now we are goting to rotate it Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 Degrees CW and press Ctrl+F. 

 

Now do Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur

 

Copy this layer and select Overlay. Then select Filter > Distort > Ripple and glue this 2 layers by pressing Ctrl+E

 

Then create new layer and apply Color as show below:

 

Now create a new layer below our text layers to create a smoke. You can use the instrument Smudge tools

 

Now return to our first text layer and apply Layer > Layer Style > Bevel and Emboss

 

Change out text to red color and that's it :)

 


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Making Icons using Photoshop

March 30, 2008 23:18 by anjel

Create a new image of 300х155 pixels size, white background and draw our new icon with Rounded Rectangle Too, radius: 3 and color #43abed

 

 

Then click left mouse and select Blending Options with 1) Drop Shadow 2) Bevel and Emboss 3) Satin 4) Gradient Overlay as shown below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then use instrument Polygon Tool and #e1effa color, draw 3 stars as shown below:

 

 

 

 

Then write some text:

 

 

 

 

Use Pen Tool, to create wave figure:

 

 


Change transparency to 18% that's it :)

 

 


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Icy Text 2 Photoshop Titorial

March 24, 2008 00:19 by anjel

Let's create another type of Icy text in Photoshop for your website design.

Create a new image of size 400x300 pixels and apply Filter > Render > Clouds Foregrond must be white and background must be black.

 

Use Text tool, write any text, then copy this layer and hide it. We will com back to it later.

 

Now do Rasterize for visible layer. Then Ctrl+E and apply Filter > Stylize > Wind, select From the right and press OK.  Then Image > Rotate Canvas > 90 Degrees CW and Ctrl+F. You have to repeat this step for all sides of our image. 

 

Select Image > Adjustments > Brightness Contrast

 

Now let's add more colours. Creat new layer and change it to Color. Foreground should be light blue and background - dark blue. Select Gradient tool and apply Radial Gradient.

 

Then you can experiment with your text e.g. adding Mosaic filter etc.

 


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Drawing Clouds in Photoshop CS3

March 16, 2008 21:57 by anjel

Create a new image, press D then X to set the parametres of foreground and background. Then apply Filter > Render > Different Clouds.

 

Then select Select > Color Range as shown below:

 

And press Delete to remove unnesessary color, then press Ctrl + D

 

Now, ctreate new layer and plcae it under the layer with clouds and fiil it with blue color.

 

Now select our last layer and make Blending Options -> Color Overlay:

 

 


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Harry Potter Text Type - Photoshop Tutorial

March 9, 2008 21:35 by anjel

Creat a new image with 267х154 pixels size, background should be black, and write the phrase Harry Potter usin Harry Potter type which is available for downloading HERE -> potter.rar (11.22 kb)

 

 

Then select Blending Options -> Bevel and Emboss with parametres as shown below:

 

 

 

You can add some additional text and possible result can be the following:

 


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Grass - Photoshop Tutorial

March 3, 2008 03:22 by anjel

Creat a new image, size 281х168 pixels, background - white. Then create a new layer and apply Filter > Noise > Add Noise with Amount -140.31, Uniform and Monochromatic.

 

Then apply one more filter Filter > Blur > Motion Blur: Angle -77 and Distance 13

 

Inside the menue please select Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation Options are shown below:

 

   



Then apply Filter > Stylize > Wind with parameters: Method = Stagger and Direction = from the Rignt.

 

Now do Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 CW

  



Copy our layer and in properties select Color Burn with Fill = 38%

 


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