It is this photography ‘purest’ to whom I appeal (this time) – the ones that still like using film every now and then. Most photographers have Digital SLRs (DSLR – “et moi aussi”). I know you can create this effect with Photoshop, after the fact; but having creative control over this special effect makes it exciting because you execute this photo miracle at the precise moment you push the shutter button. Ghosting. This is what this special effect is called; accomplished by using your SLR’s multiple exposure feature, but with a simple twist to ensure proper film exposure. The procedure detailed in this article is different from the instructions in your SLR manual.
There are several advantages of using any of the effects for the edges on real images. One is that it reduces interference between steps or detail and the halos from other, nearby steps. Another thing, the light or dark halos make other features of the image stand out better from the background. Start doing this effect on your images using Photoshop by following several procedures: 1st step is duplicate the layer holding the image; 2nd step – apply the conventional unsharp mask; 3rd step – set the layer blending mode to “Darken” or “Lighten”.
Making your own brushes can sometimes be hard. So in this tutorial I will show you how to make your own brush. With the knowledge you’re about to learn you will be able to make your own custom brushes to use. To start making our brushes, what we need to do first is make a fractal. I know there are other programs out there that will allow you to make fractals but my favorite is Apophysis. What you want to do is make a fractal that you think would make for a good brush. You want it to be big and unique. This is the fractal I will be using: Usually I like to have more going on in a brush. Right now I don’t thinkthat this fractal would make a good brush. So I’m going to add more to it. To add more to it, I’m going to take a second fractal and add it to my current one. This is the fractal I will be adding. To add these fractals together we first want to drag our second fractal over to the first one. Then select your top layer (which should be your second fractal) and set the blending mode to Linear Dodge.
Did you know that Photoshop is color blind? When I say “color blind”, I don’t mean it has a little trouble distinguishing between certain shades of green and purple. I mean it’s completely and totally blind when it comes to color. All Photoshop sees is black and white. Well, black, white, and a lot of shades of gray in between, but that’s it. The world’s most powerful image editor, an industry standard among photographers, designers, and virtually all creative professionals, capable of producing millions, even billions of colors has no idea what color is.
If you have tones of images to resize or you want to perform the same action the next day or so. It’s tedious to repeat these steps. Photoshop Actions allows you to record the steps you perform and re-play with one click so you don’t have to keep on doing the same thing again and again. Using Photoshop Actions: Open up an image you want to resize and bring up the Photoshop Actions panel (Windows -> Actions) At the bottom of Action panel, click on the Create New Action button.
New features in Photoshop CS2 make it easier to composite images in multiple layers. In earlier versions it was necessary to select a required layer in the Layers palette. But now it’s possible to select multiple layers by using a marquee tool. The Show Transform Controls feature allows objects to be reshaped faster than ever before, and it works across multiple layers. Smart Guides is another innovation that makes it easier to align objects, even if they’re on different layers. People who learn on their own sometimes discover the best way to do things, but usually they discover the wrong way to do things, which causes recurring frustration and limits their ability to go on learning new things. The time and money you invest today in your Photoshop training will reward you in ways that you can’t even begin to imagine.
Pictures are made up of many things, editing requires knowledge of all 3: 1) Contrasts adjustments (the highlights and the shadows) 2) Neutral tones balance (color cast on grey) 3) Increasing or decreasing the saturation The work flow of the photographic post production can be performed with many adjustment tools as: Brightness/contrast – Color Balance – Hue/Saturation, or Levels – Hue/Saturation, or Auto-Adjustments – Sponge. This tutorial is very brief and introduces a new method to decrease color cast on neutral tones. The picture has a really intense orange color cast. I took this picture of Christopher Columbus’ statue along the “lower pavement” in Funchal (Madeira Island). No need to be a colorimetric expert to understand that, the light effect due to the night orange lights is to much. The goal is to decrease color cast, of course, without changing the “meaning” of the picture.First of all we duplicate the background layer. Then we apply Filter>Blur>Average, that will transform the picture’s layer into a colored “stain” by the average pixels’ color. Then we have to invert (ctrl i) the obtained color in order to see the opposite color.Now we change blending mode to Color (read also Blending modes tutorial) and decrease master opacity until we obtain our goal. And that’s all!
