Monday, January 12, 2009

Make Most Realistic Flag in Photoshop

Step 1

take some picture of flag made in vectors.

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Step 2

Second picture is picture of some fine silk. Make sure that the both picture be same size.

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Step 3

Select second picture and use desaturate. Image>Adjustments>Desaturate.

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Step 4

Then go to Filter>Gaussian Blur and select Radius number depending of the document size.

This is import to lose sharpen if you have in image.

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Step 5

Save image as PSD file. We save as SILK.

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Step 6

Go back to first picture.

Go to Filter>Distort>Displace.

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Step 7

Select this option as in picture. Press ok.

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Step 8

When press OK program ask you to select picture. Select picture as SILK. then pree Open.

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Step 9

This is effect you get.

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Step 10

now take open allready open document off silk and move him as layer in the document of flag.

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Step 11

Center him. You now see whay is import to documents be of same sizes.

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Step 12

Now just select Hard Light in Layer's and you get nice realistic flag from vector picture.

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Step 13

This is one of solutions for your question how I can made the FLAG.

Make Most Realistic Flag in Photoshop Tutorial: Final Result

Abduzeedo 2 Years Art in Photoshop

Step 1

Create a new document in Photoshop. I used 1920x1200 pixels. Then in the Background layer add a Gradient Overlay via Layer Styles. Use #020202 and #131622 for the colors, Radial for Style and 100% Opacity.

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Step 2

Now a classic step, I think I always do that when creating light effects. It's good because it adds some noise to the effect, like make it not so linear. Anyway, add a new layer and go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Just make sure you had black and white for the colors. After that change the layer's Blend Mode to Color Dodge.

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Step 3

In this step we will add some colors to our effect, select the Brush Tool with a big and soft brush. Make sure that the hardness is 0%. Then paint with different sizes and colors some areas, use the image below for reference. For the colors use Red, Yellow, Blue and Green. After that change the layer's Blend Mode to Overlay.

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Step 4

To create the first light effects, select the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) and make a rectangle selection. Then select the Brush Tool (B). Use white for the color with a soft rounded brush. Paint a horizontal line, half out of the selection, exactly like the image below.

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Step 5

Now rotate and resize the first streak of light. After that duplicate the layer and go to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. Group both layers, rename the group to light effects, and change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge.

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Step 6

For the 2 Years I used a font called CassandraTwo, you can download it at www.dafont.com. Basicaly what I recreate the font for the number 2 using the Rectangle Tool (U), Ellispe Tool (U), and Pen Tool. That way I was able to apply different effects to the each part of the number.

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Step 7

Select the circle part of the number 2 and go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 10 pixels for the Radius.

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Step 8

Here, select the bottom part of the number and again go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. This time however use 5 pixels for the Radius.

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Step 9

For the lines use apply a Gaussian Blur again, but for this part, as the lines are very think, use a 1 pixel for the Blur Radius.

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Step 10

For the word year, apply a Gaussian Blur too and use 2 pixels for the Radius. After that group all elements, rename to group to "2years" and change the Blend Mode of the group to Color Dodge.

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Step 11

With the line tool create some lines following the lines of the number 2. Then convert them to Smart Objects, or if you prefer, just merge them to a layer. After that go to Edit>Transform>Distort. Add a perspective to the lines as they are coming towards the screen. Use the image below for reference.

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Step 12

Group the lines and rename the group to "lines". Change the folder's Blend Mode to Color Dodge. With the lines layer selected go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 3 pixels for the Radius. The go to Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal All. Select the Brush Tool with black for the color and erase the end part of some lines. After that add a new layer inside the group and with the Brush Tool (B) and white for the color with a very soft brush, paint some rounded light spots.

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Step 13

Let's use a photo to create the stars, you can download it here. Change the photo's blend mode to Color Dodge, and with Mask or Eraser Tool (E), start deleting some areas of the layer, leave only the area inside the triangle of light. The idea is that the triangle is a window to the space.

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Step 14

Now let's add some clouds, I used the same technique I used for the Beautiful Fluffy Clouds in Photoshop tutorial. With the layer with the clouds, group the layer to a new folder and change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge. Repeat the same thing we did for the start, delete or mask the layer so only the area inside of the triangle is visible.

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Conclusion

You can group all layers, duplicate the group and merge it to a new layer, then add a gaussian blur and change the blend mode to Screen to add a nice glow effect. Also you can add another layer on top of the others and place a photo of an old paper or other textures to make the image look old. It's all about playing, trying different combinations with blend modes and masks, and that's why it's really fun to play with Photoshop.

Abduzeedo 2 Years Art in Photoshop Tutorial: Final Result

Glass Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a glass object from a photo

1. First find a photo with an interesting object in it. I got this from sxc.hu

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2. Copy the object from the photo and place it on a new layer

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3. Hide layer one by clicking the eye next to the layer. Name the new layer object and duplicate it by pressing control + J

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4. Hide the object layer, click object copy and rename it edges.

Make a new layer and fill it with a gradient from gray (B0AAAA) to black (000000) fill it with noise set to 2

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Drag the gradient layer below the object layer

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5. Click the edges layer, go to filter >>stylize>>find edges

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6. Invert the edges layer by pressing control + I, desaturate (image>>adjustment>>desaturate) and set blending mode to screen

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7. Make a new layer, control and click the edges layer to get the outline (marching Ants) . On the new layer fill it with blue (00AEEF) set the fill to 5% (more if you need it) so it looks like this

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8. Make another new layer and control and Click the edges layer (same as step 7). On the new layer fill it with black (000000).

Name this layer shadow

Control + T on the shadow layer, right click and select distort. Drag the black object down to create a shadow - set the opacity to 50%, Gaussian Blur 9 pixels
Drag the shadow layer below the object layer but above the gradient layer

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9. Make a new layer

Press D then X on the keyboard

Control click the edges layer - on the new layer trace a line of white down one edge on the object

Add a large white spot further down from the line

Set opacity to 50%

Gaussian Blur 9 pixels

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10. Finally add a 1 pixel blur to the edges layer to remove any sharp unwanted parts

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extra ideas.....

If you want you can place something behind the object to give it a bit of perspective smudge any large amounts of lines you feel doesn't fit into the picture. Rollover image to see how its changes

Glass Tutorial: Final Result

Learn to Place Objects in the Glass

Open the image of a jar

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And pencils :

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Place the pencil layer over the jar as shown :

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With pencil layer selected, make a selection as shown :

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Press control+x to cut and control+v to paste the layer. Adjust the layer in such a way that it look as its a single pencil layer.

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Change the layer mode of new layer to Soft Light :

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Click on the original pencil layer to activate it again. Select the portion of the jar, but keeping the pencil layer activated.

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Press control+x :

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Control+v :

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Now, go to filter>Liquify or press shift+control+x from the keyboard. Select Warp Tool image 10 , set the brush size according to the layer size. Slightly move the Warp Brush to the right side. We are doing this to have a reflection effect in the glass:

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Finally, change this layer's layer mode to Soft Light too. You have successfully placed pencils in the jar :)

Learn to Place Objects in the Glass Tutorial: Final Result