September 2008 ~ Photoshop Tutorials 2013

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Pen Tool Vector Mask

9:18 AM Unknown

Create a Vector Mask with the Pen Tool to make a clean selection. This is especially useful for cutting out an image from its background cleanly and without fuss.

The photo of Aishwairya Rai Bacchan has been cut out cleanly using a Vector Mask created with the Pen Tool.

The tutorial is here.

Other tutorials are here.

Layer for Correcting Color

1:39 AM Unknown

Layers in Photoshop can be used to correct Color and improve photos in any version, without having to use paid filters.

The photo on top has been corrected using Layers.

The tutorial is here.

Other tutorials are here.

Photo to black and white cutout

7:45 AM Unknown

Change any photo to a black and white cutout with this simple tutorial in any version of photoshop.

The color photo of the girl has been reduced to a black and white cutout.

The tutorial is here.

Other tutorials are here.

Sharpen Images in a jiffy in any version of Photoshop

11:46 PM Unknown

You can sharpen an image, particularly those taken with mobile phone cameras, in a jiffy in any version of photoshop.

The photo on top is the original and the one at the bottom the sharpened one.
The tutorial is here.
Other tutorials are here.

Fiery Effect with Layer Styles and Custom Brush

2:17 PM Unknown

You can make a fiery effect in Photoshp with Layer styles and a Custom Brush. Learn how to do it.

I have used the image above for my Custom Brush with Layer Styles for the effect shown in the image below.

The tutorial is here.

Other tutorials are here.

Silhouette with Vector Mask in Photoshop

11:44 PM Unknown

You can make a perfect silhouette with any photo with a Vector Mask. It is quite easy to do. Making a silhouette with a Vector Mask has an advantage. If you resize it, no pixels are lost i.e. the image does not deteriorate if you increase or decrease its size.