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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
We’ll be altering a photo of a beautiful woman walking in a wind, into an ethereal ghost haunting the grounds.
This is a very easy tutorial, that once you learn how to do it, it will only take you a few minutes to make anyone into a ghost.
Starting with our lady:
Desaturate the whole picture CTRL+SHIFT+U.
Duplicate the [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
We’ve all been out driving around and come across some random wildlife somewhere, but what if it was actually a famous animal, that walked and talked? Learn how to create an entire scene from several images, and bring Yogi and Boo Boo to life.
I’ll begin by saying that Yogi, Boo Boo and Jellystone Park are [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
We’re going to make a really easy set of flash cards. Flash, flash cards. This would be great for anyone who wants to maybe make something interactive for kids to learn from, or a frame-by-frame click through cartoon or comic or something. Today, we’re making the beginning of the alphabet. Easy as A, B, C, [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Apple, Flash, Flash Cards, Site Navigation
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
We are going to make a nice refreshing glass of seawater, complete with aquatic life and a shark.
Some decisions had to be made on which images to use, for the glass and what pieces of ocean we want inside of the glass. So to better decide, I opened all of the images I had and [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
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It’s time to learn the magic of making mannequins look alive. Learn how to turn a group of mannequins into silent killers. |
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Mannequin, Photoshop
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Transform a man into a torture victim with a couple tricks and some basic tools.
Step 1: Put Him in Stitches
This man will soon have a life-changing experience.
The color in this picture is a little intense, so first thing we’re going to do is lower the saturation. CTRL+U and drag the Saturation slider down to [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Manipulation, Photoshop
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Just like writers, designers get hit by dry spells, where our creativity has either been drained or is moving the speed of a sloth. Sure, there’s always something rolling around in our imaginations, but to really have an “Aha!” moment, sometimes it takes a little push in the right direction.
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Open Source, Photoshop, Wordpress
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
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Learn how to create a high quality refrigerator with texture and accessories. |
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Magnet, Photoshop, Refrigerator
Monday, September 28th, 2009
With the new release of Guild Wars 2 coming sometime soon (hopefully), I thought I would make a GW2 sig!
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop, Signature
Monday, September 28th, 2009
Use some easy photo manipulation skills to make a surreal landscape scene.
Here are all of the images we’re going to use.
Open a new file and make it oversized so you have plenty of room – I made mine 800×800px.
Since we are working with a couple smaller images and we want the area to be larger, [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Landscape, Photoshop