Photoshop tutorial & effects

16 tips to improve as Graphic Designer

2009-05-14T01:13:00.000-07:00

List of tips which would help to improve creativity as graphic designer.sure practices which strength our skills.

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Photoshop fabric effect

2008-09-16T02:05:00.000-07:00

Step 1. Open new document, any size as you wish, with background content transparent, fill with dark yellow color.

Step 2. go to menu Filters - Noise - Add noise

Step 3. in menu layer - layer style - Bevel and Emboss in the dialogue box tick the texture and give the value as given below

step 4. in Menu Filter - Blur - Motion blur give the value as given below.

Finally the you will get the Gold foil effect .

Rain Effect in Photoshop

2008-08-14T02:00:00.000-07:00

Rain Effect through Photoshop Filter effects

The above image is collage done some time ago, now subject how to add add rain effect to it.

Step 1. open the above image or any image you like, in photoshop,

add a layer in the layer palette and fill black color.

Step 3. in Menu Filter - Noise - Add noise

Distance 73 and angle slant as given above

Step 4. Change the layer mode in layer as screen.

you will get the below effects

Photoshop woods effects

2008-08-05T05:36:00.001-07:00

photoshop filter effects

Photoshop Filter Effects

Wooden Effects

Video Tutorial

Written Tutorial
Step 1. open a new file - size can vary but needs to transparent. so set the background content tarnsparent.
step 2. fill foreground color by clicking the foreground tab RGB 181 93 8

Step3. click filters - noise - add noise amount - 68.32 and tick the monochromatic option and say ok

Add Noise Applies random pixels to an image, simulating the effect of shooting pictures on high-speed film. You can also use the Add Noise filter to reduce banding in feathered selections or graduated fills or to give a more realistic look to heavily retouched areas. Options for noise distribution include Uniform and Gaussian. Uniform distributes color values of noise using random numbers between 0 and plus or minus the specified value, creating a subtle effect. Gaussian distributes color values of noise along a bell-shaped curve, creating a speckled effect. The Monochromatic option applies the filter to only the tonal elements in the image without changing the colors

step 4. filter - blur - motion blur distance - 9 and angle adjust to horizontal

Motion Blur Blurs in the specified direction (from –360º to +360º) and at a specified intensity (from 1 to 999). The filter’s effect is analogous to taking a picture of a moving object with a fixed exposure time.

step 5. filte - render - lightings select the texture channel to red

6. filter - liquify give a wood timber effects

Thats all the steps.

Brick Effects Photoshop filters

2008-08-06T05:08:00.000-07:00

Photoshop filter effects

Brick Effects

step 1: Create a new file in Photoshop by clicking on File>Open. Click on Set Foreground Color. Choose brown color or a shade of brick color. Click on OK. Select the Paint Bucket Tool. Click on your canvas. It will fill the background with brown color.

step 2: Go to Filter>Texture>Texturizer>Brick.

A screen named texturizer will appear. Select texture as Brick. Select scaling as 200%. Select relief as 15. Select light direction as top left. Click on Ok.

Photoshop blood effects

2008-08-07T04:43:00.000-07:00

Blood Cell Effect - Photoshop filter

Lets see how to produce the cool effects give below

1 step. Select Rectangle Marquee tool, draw a rectangle selection and fill with black.

step2. Filters - Render - Clouds

step3. filters - noise - addnoise

step4. using the brush tool - set black as color, draw following stroke on it

step5. Go to Filter Sketch Recticulation Adjust the setting still you get the following

step6. Image - Adjustment - Hue/saturation Adjust the saturation value still to get the following effect

Photoshop Red Chilly Effect

2008-08-09T04:54:00.000-07:00

Photoshop Filter Effects

Lets Create Red Chilly effect, which can be used as texture and also a background for website.

Step 1. open a new file , size does n't matter, select rectangle marquee tool, make a rectangular selection. fill black colour.

Step2. Add noise noise - Add noise

step 3. sketch - Plaster

step 4. apply hue and saturation to change the colour image - adjustment - hue / saturation

you wil l get the effect

Cool Globe filters effects

2008-08-21T05:18:00.000-07:00

Photoshop filter effects Tutorial

Step1.

Create a new file any dimension and fill with black foreground colour. apply could effects

Filter - Render - Different Colouds

Step 2.

Filter - Sketch - Plaster

Step3.

Image - Adjustment - Hue / Saturation

adjust hue and saturation slider still you will get the colour as blue.

Step4.

Take eliptical selection and make eclipital selection in centre.

Edit - Copy merged

and paste it in new file.

Photoshop filters effects

2008-08-25T01:36:00.000-07:00

Using Photoshop filters

you can use Photoshop filters to clean or retouch the images, you convert a image into artistic painting or sketch, or create unique transformations using distortions and lighting effects. you can use Third party filters apart from photoshop filters given in the filter menu.
Smart Filters, applied to Smart Objects, let you use filters nondestructively. Smart Filters are stored as layer effects in the Layers palette and can be readjusted at any time, working from the original image data contained in the Smart Object.

Filters are applied to the active, visible layer or a selection.

Most filters can be applied cumulatively through the Filter Gallery. All filters can be applied individually.

Photoshop Filters can be applied only RGB mode,Filters cannot be applied to Bitmap-mode or indexed-color images.All filters can be applied to 8‑bit images.

Photoshop Filter that can be applied to 16 bit images: Liquify, Vanishing Point, Average Blur, Blur, Blur More, Box Blur, Gaussian Blur, Lens Blur, Motion Blur, Radial Blur, Surface Blur, Shape Blur, Lens Correction, Add Noise, Despeckle, Dust & Scratches, Median, Reduce Noise, Fibers, Cloud 1, Cloud 2, Lens Flare, Sharpen, Sharpen Edges, Sharpen More, Smart Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, Emboss, Find Edges, Solarize, De-Interlace, NTSC Colors, Custom, High Pass, Maximum, Minimum, and Offset.

Photoshop filters that can be applied 32 bit images: Average Blur, Box Blur, Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Surface Blur, Add Noise, Cloud 1, Cloud 2, Lens Flare, Smart Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, De-Interlace, NTSC Colors, Emboss, High Pass, Maximum, Minimum, and Offset.

Red hot planet photoshop filter effects

2008-09-02T06:09:00.000-07:00

Step 1. New file 800 x 800 pixels, fill black for black back ground.

step2. Filter - noise - Add noise.

step 3. Select elipitical selection from toolbar, mark a selection in centre.
filter -Distort - spherize

step 3. change color to red image - adjustment - Hue/Saturation

step 4. apply lighting effect. Filter - Render - Lighting effects

Step 5. Select the sphere using the elliptical tool. Right click on it - choose layer vise cut option.
give outer glow. layer - layer style - outer glow

Step 5. Delete the the rest of cut part and ensure background is black.