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Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Artistic Grunge Photo Effect Photoshop Tutorial Step 1 Open a photo that you want to edit. A nice photo to start off with is a portrait. Step 2 In the Layers palette, click on the button. This will open a menu that shows all the adjustment layers available. Select Hue/Saturation and a new Hue/Saturatio...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

The first thing you should do when altering any pixels is make a duplicate of the layer you want to screw around with. Just drag it to the new layer icon as shown. Choose the Smudge tool as shown. The tool you used the latest will appear on top of the mini-menu when you have a choice when you ...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

There are a few different methods through which you can make shapes. Create a new blank layer by clicking on the new layer icon as shown. Make sure that you are on the ‘fill pixels’ option for this method. This will allow the shape to 'fill' onto the new layer. Now go to the shapes toolbar as...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Go ahead and select the rectangular marquee tool. Just click and drag to form a rectangular selection. Here I’m generally covering the area of this window. When you are the default marquee tool; new selection, you can move the marquee itself around the entire document when you place th...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

In order to scan in photographs to your computer via Photoshop you must first have your scanner hooked up, drivers and software installed. I use the CanoScan N1220U which I bought several years ago which still works nice. I also have installed ScanGear from Canon which is available for ...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

So, say you want to duplicate and use an exact color that you’ve seen somewhere and have it scanned in to your computer..... Taking this color data collection stuff a little bit further (see how I’m rounding out your education already?)...Once you have the sample points go to the ...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

This is an important tutorial because it is introducing you to the quick mask. The quick mask is a powerful way to get great selections accurately and it’s very flexible. First start off with the lasso tool and make a very loose selection around an object Now that you have made a selectio...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Get the polygonal lasso tool from the lasso menu on the toolbar. Open up an image of a nice easy to select shape with a few straight lines such as this oriental heating duct. To use the tool just click at each corner point and drag in a new direction. If you have a perfectly straight line or wa...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

When you are signed up for the Educational Series you'll get the tutorial on how to create a path. Now I’m going to cover basic path editing. You can use the editing tools to modify your path/shape. This allows you to not only have more control, but to come back at a later time and fix someth...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

The healing brush is just an incredible tool in Photoshop 7 & CS. This tool alone is often worth the price of the software if you’re a professional photographer or retoucher. All you have to do is Alt/Opt click to choose a source point (aka ‘sample’) from which to heal or replace into with...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

In this tutorial lets take a look at the basic layer effects and blending options. This is a whole new world unto itself and opens up a plethora of opportunities for all Photoshop users and designers. You can right click on any layer and choose Blending Options to bring up the mondo dialog...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

The magic eraser tool can be a nice and quick tool to use in the right circumstances. Start out with a clean background image. This tutorial will help you to better understand it. I recommend that you duplicate the background layer first, by dragging it to the new layer icon at the bottom of t...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

From a different and previous tutorial (available when you sign up for the 60 free tutorials) we have made a selection. So start with a selection. After you have duplicated the background layer by dragging it to the new layer icon, you can now make some adjustments to the selection we’ve...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

This tutorial is an introduction to working with layer sets and a continuation of understanding layers. In this psd.net finished tutorial design (which is available for download; go here to get free access) we are looking at the layers palette. Here you can see that I’ve created di...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Use the eyedropper tool to get a sample of any color in your document. Click and the sample will now become the foreground color that you can work with. For this educational tutorial, get an eyedropper sample to get your new foreground color in the color picker. Now drag the backgrou...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Here's how to use the singular marquee tools; yes they actually do serve a purpose. Use them when you want to select just a single pixel wide or long across the entire document. You must be on an active layer (that you want to copy from) to do this. Just click where you want in the image and th...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

For this tutorial grab the lasso tool in the toolbar. Now make a general selection by dragging the lasso around your subject. Try to keep it as close as you can. You have to go all the way around the subject to meet endpoints to close off the selection. This is a basic and old school way of maki...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

The easiest way to make a copy of an entire .psd file (or any file) instead of doing the old school method of select: copy: paste and then maybe dragging in layers (which believe it or not I used to do), you can just go to Image: Duplicate. Here you can enter a new name if you want. Press OK and yo...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Now that you’ve got a selected area (the wall in this case); go to Image: Adjustments: Hue/Saturation. Click on the Colorize box. Now you can move the Hue sliders around to choose a value which you can preview in real-time to see your wall change color. This is cool because, if you’ll notice t...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Touching up images first comes with mastering or having knowledge of the skills to use Photoshop’s tools. As you learn the tools, it will become more instinctual to know what to do in order to touchup or repair each different image. In this case I’m using the clone stamp tool. By alt-clickin...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

In this set of tutorials we’re going to do some more image adjusting. Grab your tragic wand tool. Get an image with a similarly colored background. These are the easiest to select and the magic wand can maybe live up to it’s name before it becomes tragic again. Adjust your tolerance setting t...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

I’m going to show you the Clone stamp tool in this tutorial. First another review of how to create a fill. This is one way to do it. First, make a selection with a rectangular marquee (or any other marquee). Here I’m just covering the right half of the document. Now choose a color that you want as...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

This tutorial will get you more involved with the brush tool, options and the brush palette. To bring up the brushes palette you can toggle the window here in the upper right corner of the options bar (when you are on a brush tool). You can also choose to open it from the Window menu as shown (...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Here is a demonstration of the background eraser tool. This tutorial will also morph into how to use it to get a selection. First duplicate the background layer by dragging it to the new layer icon. This is by no means my favorite way of getting a selection but the tool itself can come in handy i...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

It’s fairly easy to record your own action. To start off, go to the actions palette now click on the folder icon. This will create your own set. Give it a name in the pop up window. Now you can press the New Action icon. Enter a name for your new action (ie. scanned in image size, color balance a...

Sihina_lahiru · Sihina_lahiru

Start with any image like this original Photos.com image. I’m going to introduce you to another very powerful feature of Photoshop; it’s called an adjustment layer. Adjustment layers give you the flexibility and power to make powerful, dramatic improvements to your images WITHOUT alt...

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	Artistic Grunge Photo Effect Photoshop Tutorial (Preview) Artistic Grunge Photo Effect Photoshop Tutorial Step 1 Open a photo that you want to edit. A nice photo to start off with is a portrait. Step 2 In the Layers palette, click on the button. This will open a menu that shows all the adjustment layers available. Select Hue/Saturation and a new Hue/Saturatio...	Sihina_lahiru	1	1987	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Smudge & Liquify (Preview) The first thing you should do when altering any pixels is make a duplicate of the layer you want to screw around with. Just drag it to the new layer icon as shown. Choose the Smudge tool as shown. The tool you used the latest will appear on top of the mini-menu when you have a choice when you ...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1154	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover & Manage Basic Shapes (Preview) There are a few different methods through which you can make shapes. Create a new blank layer by clicking on the new layer icon as shown. Make sure that you are on the ‘fill pixels’ option for this method. This will allow the shape to 'fill' onto the new layer. Now go to the shapes toolbar as...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1090	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Rectangular Marquee & Transform Selection (Preview) Go ahead and select the rectangular marquee tool. Just click and drag to form a rectangular selection. Here I’m generally covering the area of this window. When you are the default marquee tool; new selection, you can move the marquee itself around the entire document when you place th...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1167	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Scan-in and Save Images (Preview) In order to scan in photographs to your computer via Photoshop you must first have your scanner hooked up, drivers and software installed. I use the CanoScan N1220U which I bought several years ago which still works nice. I also have installed ScanGear from Canon which is available for ...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1335	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Color Reproduction (Preview) So, say you want to duplicate and use an exact color that you’ve seen somewhere and have it scanned in to your computer..... Taking this color data collection stuff a little bit further (see how I’m rounding out your education already?)...Once you have the sample points go to the ...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1131	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Quick Mask Mode (Preview) This is an important tutorial because it is introducing you to the quick mask. The quick mask is a powerful way to get great selections accurately and it’s *very* flexible. First start off with the lasso tool and make a very loose selection around an object Now that you have made a selectio...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1118	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Polygonal Lasso Tool for Duplication (Preview) Get the polygonal lasso tool from the lasso menu on the toolbar. Open up an image of a nice easy to select shape with a few straight lines such as this oriental heating duct. To use the tool just click at each corner point and drag in a new direction. If you have a perfectly straight line or wa...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1074	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Path Editing (Preview) When you are signed up for the Educational Series you'll get the tutorial on how to create a path. Now I’m going to cover basic path editing. You can use the editing tools to modify your path/shape. This allows you to not only have more control, but to come back at a later time and fix someth...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1163	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Healing Brush & Patch Tool (Preview) The healing brush is just an incredible tool in Photoshop 7 & CS. This tool alone is often worth the price of the software if you’re a professional photographer or retoucher. All you have to do is Alt/Opt click to choose a source point (aka ‘sample’) from which to heal or replace into with...	Sihina_lahiru	1	1169	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Layer Effects (Preview) In this tutorial lets take a look at the basic layer effects and blending options. This is a whole new world unto itself and opens up a plethora of opportunities for all Photoshop users and designers. You can right click on any layer and choose Blending Options to bring up the mondo dialog...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1129	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Magic Eraser (Preview) The magic eraser tool can be a nice and quick tool to use in the right circumstances. Start out with a clean background image. This tutorial will help you to better understand it. I recommend that you duplicate the background layer first, by dragging it to the new layer icon at the bottom of t...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1113	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Levels (Preview) From a different and previous tutorial (available when you sign up for the 60 free tutorials) we have made a selection. So start with a selection. After you have duplicated the background layer by dragging it to the new layer icon, you can now make some adjustments to the selection we’ve...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1053	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Working with Layers Part I: Layer Sets (Preview) This tutorial is an introduction to working with layer sets and a continuation of understanding layers. In this psd.net finished tutorial design (which is available for download; go here to get free access) we are looking at the layers palette. Here you can see that I’ve created di...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1128	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Layer Mask (Preview) Use the eyedropper tool to get a sample of any color in your document. Click and the sample will now become the foreground color that you can work with. For this educational tutorial, get an eyedropper sample to get your new foreground color in the color picker. Now drag the backgrou...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1291	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Single Marquee Tools/ Pixel Stretch Technique (Preview) Here's how to use the singular marquee tools; yes they actually do serve a purpose. Use them when you want to select just a single pixel wide or long across the entire document. You must be on an active layer (that you want to copy from) to do this. Just click where you want in the image and th...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1438	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Lasso for making selections (Preview) For this tutorial grab the lasso tool in the toolbar. Now make a general selection by dragging the lasso around your subject. Try to keep it as close as you can. You have to go all the way around the subject to meet endpoints to close off the selection. This is a basic and old school way of maki...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1136	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Image Size & Resolution (Preview) The easiest way to make a copy of an entire .psd file (or any file) instead of doing the old school method of select: copy: paste and then maybe dragging in layers (which believe it or not I used to do), you can just go to Image: Duplicate. Here you can enter a new name if you want. Press OK and yo...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1108	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Hue/Saturation (Preview) Now that you’ve got a selected area (the wall in this case); go to Image: Adjustments: Hue/Saturation. Click on the Colorize box. Now you can move the Hue sliders around to choose a value which you can preview in real-time to see your wall change color. This is cool because, if you’ll notice t...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1270	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Basic Image Enhancement (Preview) Touching up images first comes with mastering or having knowledge of the skills to use Photoshop’s tools. As you learn the tools, it will become more instinctual to know what to do in order to touchup or repair each different image. In this case I’m using the clone stamp tool. By alt-clickin...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1405	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Magic Wand for Image Adjusting (Preview) In this set of tutorials we’re going to do some more image adjusting. Grab your tragic wand tool. Get an image with a similarly colored background. These are the easiest to select and the magic wand can maybe live up to it’s name before it becomes tragic again. Adjust your tolerance setting t...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1175	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Clone Stamp (Preview) I’m going to show you the Clone stamp tool in this tutorial. First another review of how to create a fill. This is one way to do it. First, make a selection with a rectangular marquee (or any other marquee). Here I’m just covering the right half of the document. Now choose a color that you want as...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1214	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Brushes Palette (Preview) This tutorial will get you more involved with the brush tool, options and the brush palette. To bring up the brushes palette you can toggle the window here in the upper right corner of the options bar (when you are on a brush tool). You can also choose to open it from the Window menu as shown (...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1038	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover the Background Eraser (Preview) Here is a demonstration of the background eraser tool. This tutorial will also morph into how to use it to get a selection. First duplicate the background layer by dragging it to the new layer icon. This is by no means my favorite way of getting a selection but the tool itself can come in handy i...	Sihina_lahiru	0	991	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Record & Play an Action (Preview) It’s fairly easy to record your own action. To start off, go to the actions palette now click on the folder icon. This will create your own set. Give it a name in the pop up window. Now you can press the New Action icon. Enter a name for your new action (ie. scanned in image size, color balance a...	Sihina_lahiru	0	1026	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
	Discover Adjustment Layers (Preview) Start with any image like this original Photos.com image. I’m going to introduce you to another very powerful feature of Photoshop; it’s called an adjustment layer. Adjustment layers give you the flexibility and power to make powerful, dramatic improvements to your images WITHOUT alt...	Sihina_lahiru	0	885	Dec 18, 2009 by Sihina_lahiru
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