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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
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
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Accent any planet or space ship with space dust! This tutorial will show you a really easy way to make space dust in Photoshop.
Decide how big you’re going to want your space dust to be, and make a canvas that size. I made mine 1000px by 1000px so it is a larger image, and can [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Monday, July 20th, 2009
We’re going to make a still image of a car into a speeding car kicking up road dust.
We first have our image with our car.
Then, we add a background to it. Make sure the background is a similar perspective to your car.
Using the Blur tool in your tool box, select the Soft Round brush, Mode: [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
This tutorial will show you how to blend and unwanted object in an image, and merge a man with an eerie setting.
Cutting Out The Man
I have this picture of this man here, but don’t want him sitting in grass.
So, we’re going to cut him out… and since I don’t want him holding a computer either, [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
This tutorial will show you how to convert your logo into a neon sign inspired design.
You can really make your logo glow by overlapping a couple intense colors on a dark background. Sounds simple, because it is.
Step 1: Getting Your Logo Ready
First off, we need have a logo to work with. If you [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
This tutorial will show you how to make a very basic android/robot-like character.
The starting image:
Getting Started
Cut out the woman. This one is easy to separate from the background because the background is simply white. Place her body in a new layer and turn the background/bottom layer white. You can add a background [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
This tutorial will show you how to crack an egg in Photoshop.
Today we’re going to crack an egg. Sounds easy enough!
Here are the images to start with:
Step 1: The Initial Crack of the Egg
Notice how the image we’re using of the cracks is similar to how an egg actually cracks. If you don’t [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Design, Photoshop
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
In this tutorial I step you through the process of creating this image of a Phoenix from scratch.
The first step is to use the Custom Shape Tool, and use the Flower 2 shape (if you haven’t done so already, you’ll first need to click down on the shape drop down menu [which is shown in [...]
in Design, Photoshop