Tutorial Photoshop [ Drawing Fire ]

When You open Your photo in Photoshop make first step: Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate (Shift + Ctrl + U). That will be our base image (I'll resize it to 450x600 px for presentation - You may work with larger image if You want or just use this bellow if You don't want to register on sxc.hu). Now we will add a Adjustment Layer called Levels. Hold Alt Key, and click on Adjustments Layer button on Layers Palette. Select Levels. Make Sure that Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask is sellected. Then just slide dark arrow a little right. As You can see - image is a little darker now. Now we will draw some fire. Make New Layer, ...

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Manipulation Photoshop [ Alien Effect ]

Go to File > New (Ctrl+N) to create a new file. Make sure that you have your background settings to Transparent. Now search for a portrait on your PC to use and add it to your newly created file. For this tutorial I used a picture of Tom Cruise to alienize (Source file ). Ofcourse you can use a picture of your friend, a family member or even yourself. Grab the Eraser Tool (E) and erase the eyes. Now use the Clone Stamp Tool (S) to clone parts of the cheeks over the nose. It'll look like the nose is erased. Use the Healing Stamp Tool to fix any not natural looking parts on the place where the nose first was. Go to Filter > Liquify...

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Tutorial Photoshop [ Devil's Eye ]

Well first off you need an eye to work on(get a big and high resolutioned one). Or you can grab this one.First duplicate the eye layer(and work on the duplicated one so you can toogle back and forth later, and see the changes),to do this go to your "layer/channels/paths" window,right click the word background and chose "duplicate layer". I marked the window with red. ...

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Tutorial Photoshop [ Watercolor Effect ]

Step 1 Open an image, I will use this image because it suit to my tricks. Step 2 CTRL + J, duplicate the image. Now you will have a layer which labeled as “layer 1”. SHIFT + CTRL + U, desaturate the image and you will get something like this: Step 3 CTRL + J again to duplicate layer 1 and you will get a new layer which labeled as “layer 1 copy”. CTRL + I to invert the layer and set the layer blend mode to Color Dodge. Go to filter > other > minimum > 1. Double click on layer 1 copy to bring out the blending option. ALT + left click on the triangle and set...

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