Photoshop CS5 Mixer Brush Tips and Tricks (This is the first of two articles on the Mixer Brush that I've written. The second can be found here.) Having wrestled with Photoshop's new Mixer Brush in CS5 for the past few months, I've come to the conclusion that the new tool is indeed a great addition, however with many caveats. Some of the problems are technical ones (such as painting in 8-bits/channel), others by design (not mixing with transparency). Here are the biggest hurdles I've come across while working with the new Mixer Brush, and how I've overcome them for the time being. 1.) This one stumped me for a long time. As can be seen in the pic below, the Mixer Brush never manages to build up to the actual color you have selected when painting in 8-bits/channel, no matter how many strokes you lay down. When painting in 16-bits/channel, the Mixer Brush works just fine. So the solution is easy - paint in 16-bits/channel! 2.) (I'll discuss this point in finer detail in a future article.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) Conclusion: p.s.
untitled Photoshop Tutorials :: Making of “Morning in Garden” In this making of I will show you the way I work and learn from experience from other artists, as well as the brushes that I collected from them. Especially artists Marta Dalhig, my favorite artists through my work Morning in the Garden. I started finding reference for my concept. The best thing I like from great artists such as William Bouguereau is his painting skin, a clear white skin, and rosy. However I would like the skin of my work seems to be in the plastic. Download brush at the bottom of the page. First ,I want to talk about the color tone, I think a pretty picture is a picture of beauty color , no need to know the technical or details . With the tone i found, I started to quickly layout and ideas with a rough outline, and identify the source of light. Mixing various colors will make your tone become less poor and less monotonous brilliant color. Began to push deeper details I began to divide the range of light and shadow clearly, and more details Final,focus on detail
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Eye Sharpening - Photoshop Tutorial With this tutorial you can create amazing, bright eyes within minutes. First retouch, adjust levels and do all necessary colour corrections on your image. With a Lasso Tool (L) select the eyes (hold Shift key to add to selection). Hit Ctrl+J to copy selection to a new layer. Use Smart Sharpen filter on the eyes, the choice of right settings will depend on the size of your file. Add a layer mask to the sharpened layer, then using a white soft brush on 50% bring back paint only iris’ and pupils to expose the sharpened eyes. Using levels brighten the whole picture and then copy mask from previous layer to select only eyes by holding Alt while dragging the sharpened mask (“layer 1” in the pic) onto the “levels 2” layer. With a Colour Balance set desired eye colour, keep “Preserve Luminosity” ticked, again use copy of previously created mask to select eyes only. Reduce opacity of the colour layer to make the eyes look more natural. And voilà, the image is ready.
Tutorials „Speedpainting“ - tips and tricks Click here to read my notes about speed painting. „Maintenance“ - progress video This video shows my approach on the 30min spitpaintings using photoshop. completion: November 2013main software: Photoshoprunning time: 2:53 min „Port“ - progress video This video shows my approach on speedpainting using photoshop. completion: August 2005main software: Photoshoprunning time: 16:27 min „iPad/iPhone Brushes“ - progress videos These are progress videos of some of my iPad/iPhone finger paintings with the Brushes App. completion: 2010main software:Brushes App „The Hunt“ - making of article I wrote this Making Of article for the CGSociety. completion: October 2005main software: Photoshop
The 35 best Photoshop plugins | Photoshop In this article we've lined up some of the best Photoshop plugins available for Adobe Creative Cloud's photo editing giant. Photoshop is an amazing tool – capable of producing sublime images, high-quality video and very passable renders for 3D art. All this power offers a world of possibilities – but occasionally it's worth adding a few optional extras to get the most out of your investment. There's a plethora of plugins available for PS users, but we've selected the best of those that you can download and use straight away. Publisher: Filter ForgePrice: $149-$399 (now with 80% discount $29 - $79)Good for: Photographers, photo editors, graphic designers, 3D artists Currently in version 6.0, Filter Forge offers 11 thousands of filter effects and textures, covering almost every application you can imagine. 63 Photoshop shortcuts to speed up your workflow Publisher: Alien SkinPrice: $129 (free trial available)Best for: Designers 01. Publisher: FontselfPrice: £43Good for: Designers 02. 03. 04.
10 Ways Photoshop Actions Can Improve Your Workflow Photoshop actions are an extremely easy way to automate all of the mundane daily tasks that have made their way into your design workflow. Whether you’re in web or print design, odds are there are a few repetitive tasks that you could let Photoshop handle for you. Perhaps the biggest hurdle to automating your workflow is simply coming up with ideas for where Photoshop actions could help you out. Today we’ll help you solve that problem by going over 10 ways Photoshop actions can improve your workflow. Wielding Actions as a Designer Just about everyone that uses Photoshop knows about actions. The thing is, they’re largely underutilized in the design world. I think one of the biggest hurdles is simply coming up with ideas for how to use actions effectively. To help you out, I’ve compiled ten ways that I use custom actions in my workflow. How Do Actions Work? For those new to actions, I’ll give you a quick primer. Remember that Photoshop actions record every little thing you do. 1. 2. 3. 4.
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