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3D Ball Photoshop Tutorial

June 15, 2008 20:35 by anjel

Create new file, size of 100х100 pixels. And create new layer Layer >> New >> Layer. Now with selection tool "circle" draw  a circle pressing SHIFT. You should get:

 

In Brushes window window select a brush and put a dot in upper part of our ball.

 

 

Now do Layer >> Effects >> Drop Shadow:

 


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Cartoon Eye Photoshop Tutorial

May 19, 2008 02:02 by anjel

Create a new layer and name it Eyeball. Select Elliptical Marquee Tooland pressing SHIFT draw a circle. Inside Layer Effects make shadows as shown below:

 

 

 


Now create one more layer and name it Eye. Draw another circle inside and fill it with blue layer. Then apply Inner Glow filter. See the picture below:

 


Now create a new layer once again and name it Pupil. Draw one more circe inside (less radious). Now do one more layer called Reflection.  Select Elliptical Marquee Tool and draw ellipse? fill it with white:

 

Then you can add shapes of heads and etc.

 


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Aqua Text Effect

May 12, 2008 02:28 by anjel

Create a new image, size 393х393 pixels, background is white and using #00A3E2 color write any letter you want.

 

 

Now Rasterize layer this layer, duplicate it and inside options select Screen.

 


 
 
Rotate it as shown below and set the Opacity: 30%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Holding CTRL select our original layer with "O". Now we have to do inverse our selected area. Then select the main layer and press DEL. To glue this 2 layers press Ctrl + E. Now let's add water effect to our "O" by selecting Dodge tool and light the selected areas as shown below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Now hold CTRL and select the main layer again. And sav it Select > Save selection. Then create a new layer and stroke Edit > Stroke.
 
 
 
 
 
Now create one more layer and do stroke again with parametres Edit > Stroke :
 
 
Using Polygon selection tool select the area as shown on image and press DEL:
 
 
 
 
 
And move our white scheme to the right:
 
 
Use eraser to make more light:
 
 
 
 
Now you can dark som spots to contrast all image on your choice:
 
 
 
Now create a new layer again, load our selection and fill it with white. Decrise opacity to 15% and move it a little bit to the right:
 
 
 
Load our Selection one more time and fill it with dark blue:
 
 
 
And in the end apply  Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur with parameter 4:
 
 

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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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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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