Photoshop Tutorials/General Photo Editing links and advice
xoJessi:
Thanks a lot!!!
Cinamun:
I just learned how to fade also, and i'm checking out the polaroid borders tutorial now, I only know how to do the plain black borders for now.
Just a few tips i've learned through practice:
1). If you're using the softening effect in photoshop (you know the one, layering with gaussian blur then overlay?) Instead of "overlay" which can sometimes make pics too blurry, try "soft light" which is right below "overlay" in the layers box. For me, I often find thats a little more subtle than the overlay feature. Also, try gaussian blur at 3.0 instead of 5.0
2). Sharpening can be the life or death of your picture. If you have photoshop, try smart sharpen and monkey around with the numbers until your picture looks clear and not too bright. You have to be careful with the sharpen feature because depending on the colors in the picture, it can ruin everything. Sometimes a picture may only need a little sharpening (a 10 as opposed to a 25). If I already have great lighting in the pic, I rarely use anything over a 10 in smart sharpen. If I have a darker picture, I use anywhere from 15 to 25, anything over that is too sharp. GIMP users have the option to change how sharp too. I use a combination of GIMP and PS with my pics.
Remember, dont overdo the gaussian blur, try "soft light" instead with your layers and see what happens.
Some examples:
With this picture, I used "sharpen" at about 17 anything over that would have ruined it. 17 was just enough to make that red "pop".
With this picture, I used a combination. I used the gaussian blur/overlay, but then I sharpened it and changed the opacity. I adjusted the hue/saturation and then added yet another layer and this time used gaussian blur/soft light. Pulled up GIMP and used the "soft glow" filter, smart sharpened yet again, and wala! To get the right effect I wanted, it took awhile, I didnt want it too dark and I wanted the red wall to show (gaussian blur/overlay made everything too dark).
Hey look i'm still an amateur, but these are some tips/tricks I learned specifically for headshots, I find my headshots are more awesome than my bodyshots LOL
I would LOVE to know how Buffy and Essa get such great headshots though.. (looks over at buffy and essa) LOL
flyingpigeon:
Eee... reposting my tutorial from S2C here. Hope this helps somebody :)
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I decided to do a little tutorial... Alyce and Sisaly explained it briefly to me, so I do not take full credit for this. I just went more in depth and got pictures :D This is if you have Photoshop elements (I have 4.0 but I don't think it matters)... I hope this helps :)
Alright, we have this picture. I like it, but I think it'd look better with the warming effect.
First, we'll duplicate the layer...
Then we gaussian blur the top layer...
Choose a setting for gaussian blur around 2-5 (the stronger the blur, the stronger the sheen/shine)...
Next, use soft filter on the layer that you just used gaussian blur on...
Next play with the opacity (this step isn't necessary)...
Alright, hope this helped! You can try to tone it down by saturating the picture. Remember to use, not abuse, because overly softened pictures don't look good at all :| And sorry for stretching the screen! I wanted the pictures to be easy to read what I'm doing... if it bugs anybody that much, I can take it down :)
~Bejeweled~:
where's overlay in gimp??
Eshe:
How do you cut the picture out to look like the one above? I just got photoshop and I'm really confused on how to do it.
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