I've been using Adobe PhotoShop CS over a year and now CS 2, and I must say it's pretty good so far. Yep, all of my labels that I printed on my YUDEN and Maxell printable media, I've used Adobe PhotoShop CS 2 to handle the job, it has never let me down.
good tut on merging photos: http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=160978&print=1 [bold]Merging Drew and Bouguereau by Arsidubu[/bold]
[bold]Etch-a-Stetch your photos YAY!!![/bold] First, let's start off with the blank Etch-a-Sketch: I took this photo myself, but you can use it if you want. You could also buy and scan one if you didn't have a digital camera. [bold]Step 1:[/bold] Open up the image that you want to add into the Etch-a-Sketch. This time we're going to use a nice photo of a mother and her two kids. With the image open, go to IMAGE > MODE > GRAYSCALE to remove all the color from the photo. [bold]Step 2:[/bold] After the image has been grayscaled, apply the "Photocopy" filter by clicking FILTER > SKETCH > PHOTOCOPY. I selected a detail of "1" and a darkness of about "40", but you pick whatever looks best to you. You can stop here, or you can play with other filters. Try using "Conte Crayon", with a foreground level of "14" and a background level of "7". Your image should look something like this: [bold]Step 3:[/bold] Now, open your blank Etch-a-Sketch image. Using either the magnetic lasso or magic wand selection tools, select the inside of the Etch-a-Sketch (the gray part). Make sure that your selection gets right up next to the red without including it. Now, go to SELECT > FEATHER and enter a value of 1-5 pixels, depending on the resolution. (In our case, 1 pixel is enough). This will make the image you paste into the Etch-a-Sketch look more realistic. [bold]Step 4:[/bold] Switch back to the photo that we'll be pasting (the family) and hit CTRL+A to select the whole canvas, then CTRL+C to copy the image. Switch back to the Etch-a-Sketch that has the feathered selection in place. [bold]Step 5:[/bold] With the Etch-a-Sketch image up, hit CTRL+SHIFT+V (or EDIT > PASTE INTO) to paste the sketched image into the selection on your Etch-a-Sketch. Now, when you move the image around, it will appear "underneath" the edge of the Etch-a-Sketch, via a Photoshop layer mask. Pretty slick. [bold]Step 6:[/bold] Finally, with the sketched image in place and its layer selected in the "Layers" panel, change its blend mode to "Multiply" (this option is available right at the top of the "Layers" panel). Adjust the opacity if you want and you should come up with something like this: That's it! Feel free to mess with the filters, blend modes, etc. to come up with something even better. Another way to do it is to simply start with the blank Etch-a-Sketch, select the pencil tool with a charcoal gray color, and draw with the mouse. Just make sure you don't lift your hand! [bold]Credit goes to William Berry campaigns.[/bold]
1. open photoshop[im using CS2] 2. make the image size your screen resolution 3. make background black 4. filter->render->lens flare and add a couple three in differant spots 5. Ctrl+I mac Command+I 6. Ctrl+U mac Command+U 7. change Hue and saturation to youe liking 8. filter->styleize->find edges 9. Ctrl+I mac Command+I wa-laplay around with it and its fun.
[bold]Sketch your photos[/bold] 1.Open up your image. 2.Duplicate the background layer 3. Now on the duplicate layer Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation Use these settings 4. Next Duplicate the black and white Image 5. Invert the Duplicated layer CTRL + I or Image > Adjustments > Invert 6. Set the Blending mode to linear dodge it should turn mostly/all white 7. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set the radius to desired amount I used between 2 and 10 Ta Da! You have a drawn Image Here is what I came up with: [bold]Credit goes to Derik of IFTomatoes[/bold]
Thanks svar. You rock. thanks for the detailed explanation. can you please let me know how to duplicate the background layer?
Thanks svar again. I tried as you said but I didn't get the same sketch effect on the image I used like you have given a sample picture. I don't know what went wrong but the sketch was not that great. But thanks for your help.
I can provide help But i'd also like to receive suggestions. I'm an aspiring Photoshop user. I love space scenery. I've looked around for threads like: Photoshop wallpapers Creating photoshop imagery But afterdawn does not seem to have much in this area. We should change that! So please, opinions are welcome. Feel free to be as critical as you can. You won't hurt my feelings. I'm pretty familiar with photoshops capabilities. My question is, What would you do further? What would you do to improve? The star scenery was just kind of slapped together. I usually do better. The space ship "Delta flyer" is not my work. I simply extracted using the extract filter. The wormhole however is my work, using a nebula and some effects.
