The Official GotWoot Photoshop Tutorial Thread

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

Alright well me and Fooman had the idea to make a thread to post tutorials in so that we can contribute to the forum and help everyone out with Photoshop. We're going to continue adding tutorials to this thread, and we will be taking requests. Hope you guys learn a thing or two.

First up, I made a full signature tutorial VIDEO (featuring Mut and the gotwoot Irc channel XD) . Here is what I got with it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/RockLee89/ee2bf471.jpg

here's the download:
http://files.filefront.com/GotWootSigTutorialwmv/;4091997;;/fileinfo.html
lmao I forgot to add a border in the video, well if you need to learn how just ask and I'll tell you.

Next up will be Foomanchew's Full Sig Written Tutorial.

For NM's image enhancing tutorial go here:
http://forums.gotwoot.net/mess...6049&enterthread=y (http://forums.gotwoot.net/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=16049&enterthrea d=y)

[Mut]

I'm so fucking famous.

[Foomanchew24]

Here is my tut. Im sure there will be some parts people dont understand. Just ask questions, this is my first tut, so probably not the best.

Edit: Ill fix the bad spelling later but Im tired now so balaaaa.......

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/6229/ironmansigtut0uw.jpg

[Alhuin]

Very nice tuts Kage; Foo. I was wondering how you got the background on yoru IronMan sig Foo... I guess now I know!

Looking forward to more...

[PSJ]

Nice sigs Kage and Foo.

[AtHRunOwNZaLL]

how do you make an animated avatar or picture though?

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

That is done with Adobe Imageready and I have very little experiance working with it, the most I could do is take a video in .mov format and make pieces of it into an avatar or whatever.

[DraGunZer0]

I can help you out with Imageready, although I don't have time to make a tutorial so just IM me.

[Assertn]

Originally posted by: Kagemane_no_Jutsu
For NM's image enhancing tutorial go here:
http://forums.gotwoot.net/mess...6049&enterthread=y (http://forums.gotwoot.net/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=16049&enterthrea d=y)

thats funny.......
that sorta looks like my tutorial (http://forums.gotwoot.net/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=10650&highlight_ key=y&keyword1=tutorial)
i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif

[Koyuki]

Yea, but you can find your tut and NMs tut everywhere.

[NM]

Originally posted by: AssertnFailure


Originally posted by: Kagemane_no_Jutsu
For NM's image enhancing tutorial go here:
http://forums.gotwoot.net/mess...6049&enterthread=y (http://forums.gotwoot.net/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=16049&enterthrea d=y)

thats funny.......
that sorta looks like my tutorial (http://forums.gotwoot.net/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=10650&highlight_ key=y&keyword1=tutorial)



Out with the old, in with the new Assertn. i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif

[Assertn]

but its not really new...its pretty much the same

and you can't say you didnt see my tutorial cause you posted shortly after mine too i/expressions/brokenheart.gif

[anime050]

Fade to black: http://www.maplehacks.com/comm.../showthread.php?t=4891 (http://www.maplehacks.com/community/showthread.php?t=4891)

Made by yours truly.

Knock yourself out you goons.

And yes, I want maple hacks. lawl.

[KitKat]

a50, you're awesome! Very simple and easy to follow tutorial.

Kage, I have to admit that I've downloaded your tutorial, but haven't watched it yet. When I do though, I'll make a sig and you can judge how much I learned i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Assertn]

i like how a50 pointed out that people who use filters for backgrounds will be ridiculed, while those who obsess with brushes, apparently, wont i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

yea, brushes are getting really old, I just learned some new styles with smudging. So atleast now I have a different way of making sigs instead of the same old brushes. And cool sig a50 deff a big help for the noobs. KitKat, googogogogogogo its the greatest tutorial ever i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif

[Assertn]

i have nothing against brushes, but if you want to consider yourself to be a "good" artist, you would make your brushes, instead of just downloading others

making the brush textures are the hardest part of the process

[Turkish-S]

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7383/subzerfirstsig0kw.jpg

my first sig with the help of a50's tut and NM's image enhancing tut..

[6Zabuza9]

is there anymore other good sites with renders other than the one listed in foomanchew's tut

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

Kage's Photomanip Tutorial (http://files.filefront.com/PhotomanipTutorialavi/;4253824;;/fileinfo.html)

requested by NM so if you learn anything thank him

heres the outcome:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/RockLee89/AuelPhotomanip.jpg

its a photgraph stock for the bg

[NM]

You rule Kage! Thanks alot for the tut man. Can't wait to give this a whirl!

[Splash!]

i would be really thankful if someone could post up a tutorial on how to manipulate the selected area in photoshop

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

edit-transform-whatever you wanna do

[PSJ]

Finally watched your photomanip tutorial Kage. Very good tutorial i must say, good work.

I have a question, you mentioned somewhere that you cut your renders with the pen tool, how exactly does this work? You think you could give us a tut on that? I'm starting to get annoyed by the limitations of the polygonal lasso tool.

[Deckz]

u can try masking...i think it's the best method to cut out renders (even though it takes a while longer), because u actually "colour in" the parts u want, u can also use soft brushes for edges, then all the stuff in the centre can just be filled.

[Phoenix20578]

Apperently, the pen tool is better than masking. I'm with PSJ on this one Kage. Your tuts kick ass, so make one por favor

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

Originally posted by: Deckz
u can try masking...i think it's the best method to cut out renders (even though it takes a while longer), because u actually "colour in" the parts u want, u can also use soft brushes for edges, then all the stuff in the centre can just be filled.

yea I just recently found this out

For anyone who doesnt know what masking is, its the second button from the left on the bottom of your layers pallete. When cutting stuff out or making things blend better, add a mask, take a soft black brush (0 hardness) and brush whatever you dont want. And just make the brush smaller and smaller as you go along.

[Assertn]

pen tool is the professional way to go.
"masking" by kage's definition is actually "quick-mask mode"

masks are actually grayscale layers linked to image layers to hide parts of an image layer i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

how to use the pen tool:

First select the pen tool, I forgot to get a screencap of it, but its on the toolbar so find it lazy asses. Then go here and select this:

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5296/pen11pr.jpg

now just click and make a path along whatever your rendering. In this case it was already rendered so I just did a quick job, you should zoom in a couple times and get it perfect if you want a perfect render cut.

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1120/pen29hf.jpg

now once you connect them it'll be all one line then right click and:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2921/pen34gw.jpg

now it'll say something like how much you wanna feather just leave it as 0 at hit ok, then it'll make a selection and grab a selection tool and right click-layer via cut

thats about it

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

double posted

[Phoenix20578]

Thanks Kage. This will help in the future. Also, thats an interesting render choice i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif

[Pochii]

Originally posted by: Kagemane_no_Jutsu
double posted

actually i was wondering where you had gotten that render kage. I want to start working with phtoshop. i just got a

so called "backup copy" of photoshop cs2 from my good friend "bit torrent"

i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif

[AtHRunOwNZaLL]

can you use photoshop to make avatars too?

[Phoenix20578]

Yes, you can.

[Assertn]

It's pretty much the best image in the hot babes thread....the first image

[Pochii]

Lol i cant find the babes thread are u kidding with me or could i plz have a link?

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
It's pretty much the best image in the hot babes thread....the first image

Is it really!? I found it at some graphics site already rendered O.O

[Assertn]

http://forums.gotwoot.net/mess...p;keyword1=hot%20babes (http://forums.gotwoot.net/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=14460&highlight_ key=y&keyword1=hot%20babes)
Where have YOU guys been? o.O

[PSJ]

Thanks alot Kage.

Elin Grindemyr right? She's hot and from Sweden.

[KitKat]

I'd like to request a tutorial on masking from anyone who has requisite knowledge. Sometimes, I want to make a mask in the shape of an outline of one layer and apply it to another layer, but so far I've been unsuccessful. The best I can do is make a mask and fill it with black then selectively uncover the areas I want with a brush, but this is imprecise and time-consuming. There's got to be a better way.

[Assertn]

when you say outline of one layer, do you mean the non-transparent part of one layer? if so, then ctrl+click that layer to select all the non-transparent parts, and then go to the layer you want a mask on, then click the mask button at the bottom of the layer window, and it should automatically clip out the selection for you.

[aznroyale]

where could i get better brushes?

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

www.deviantart.com

[KitKat]

Thanks Assertn! That was what I was looking for. Ok, so now to take it a step further. What if I want to take a layer and make it into a mask. Like, a layer of brushing that I've already done. How can I make a copy of that and make it into the mask for another layer? Is this possible?

[Assertn]

Ehh....that's a bit tricker. I have attempted that in the past myself, but I don't recall coming up with any convenient solution =X

[KitKat]

Ok, another question. I have a bunch of brushes that I downloaded but they're all mixed together in a very inefficient way. How do I edit my brushes so I can move them around into different folders and split them up and recategorize and name them?

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

couldn't you just do that from the brushes folder just browsing it?

[KitKat]

No, I could if they were in different folders, but they're not. I have these 'brush sets' that are made of like 10 b'zillion brush sets and I can never find anything in them and it takes forever for one of them to load up on photoshop. I want to split them up and make them back into smaller ones, but because of the format windows tells me I can only open the file in photoshop, and in photoshop I can only find the option to delete or rename a brush, which is not what I want.

[Zinobi]

Originally posted by: Kagemane_no_Jutsu
how to use the pen tool:

First select the pen tool, I forgot to get a screencap of it, but its on the toolbar so find it lazy asses. Then go here and select this:

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5296/pen11pr.jpg

now just click and make a path along whatever your rendering. In this case it was already rendered so I just did a quick job, you should zoom in a couple times and get it perfect if you want a perfect render cut.

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1120/pen29hf.jpg

now once you connect them it'll be all one line then right click and:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2921/pen34gw.jpg

now it'll say something like how much you wanna feather just leave it as 0 at hit ok, then it'll make a selection and grab a selection tool and right click-layer via cut

thats about it


Why not use the Magnetic Lasso? is there something wrong with it that i dont know about?

[Phoenix20578]

The pen tool is more percise and you can get closer than the mag. lasso

[el_boss]

When I use the pen-tool I get all these wierd bends and shit. It's impossible to make straight line damn it. What am I doing wrong?

[Assertn]

when you click down, drag before lifting the mouse button, and you'll be able get more subtle curves. Or if you mean literally straight lines, just click without dragging.

[xDarkMaster]

here is a really good video on how to use the pen tool

http://www.deviantart.com/view/5822845/

[Board of Command]

Magnetic lasso is garbage. Don't ever use that tool.

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

BOC comin out with some strong words towards the magnetic lasso...

how will it respond?

heres a tut I made and was sellin for credits on gamerenders, but my beautiful folks here and GW get it for 5 easy payments of $FREE.99

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1560/mytutorial6ge.jpg
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5426/mytutpage28do.jpg

hope it helps ya nublets

[LaZie]

Here's a border tutorial from a guy named Headshot at Graphix Network.

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9504/simpleborders3cq.jpg

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

too bad that sig is garbage^

and I would hope that you try to contribute your own tutorials, for instance I'd love to read one on your star ocean sig Lazy.

[LaZie]

If I have the time and feel like making a tutorial for it.....I will make it look nice! i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

Edit: Here I made a tutorial i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif Can you follow it easily?

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8660/smudgetutorial7et.jpg

[kenren]

people!

i would like know if there is a huge difference between photoshop elements 2.0 and photoshop CS2?

[KitKat]

Those are some pretty sweet tuts, Kage and Lazie. Very nice work guys!

[Board of Command]

I don't take credit for this. I read this somewhere a long time ago but don't have the link, so I'm just recreating it.

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/6277/highpasssharpening9uh.jpg

Btw it works a lot better on anime pictures than actual photos because there's are a lot less textures. Another note for anime sharpening: it sometimes helps to duplicate the high passed layer once or twice to give it some additional sharpening. Here's a quick example:

http://img495.imageshack.us/img495/5116/animesharpen0gy.jpg

[Phoenix20578]

Heres a good tut for brushes, what you should be looking for in them. Also, not mine, I found it on another site:

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/5618/betterbrushingtut2in.jpg

[el_boss]

Originally posted by: kenren
people!

i would like know if there is a huge difference between photoshop elements 2.0 and photoshop CS2?
I think elements is like the "freeware" version of photoshop. Don't know the exact differences, but there's bound to be alot.

[Board of Command]

Elements = crap.

[dragonrage]

hi i am total total noob here(super noob). however i would like to learn how to use photo shop at the moment i have no one i know that could teach me. so i was wondering if you guys kew and good "photo shop for dummies" site, it is something that i would like to learn and also i won't have to bother anyone of you to make a sig for me and stuff besides it would increase my limited intelligence lol..... anyways i love that fact that you all are helping out eachout and sharing your knowledge.... i would just like to join it and maybe understand the words that in between and the and but. lol

thanks for your time

DrAgE

[kenren]

er...view the first page of this thread...kage provided a good video tutorial !

[Lucifus]

Excellent Tutorials to Phoniex and Foochewman =) Thanks.

[master_me]

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6397/basicsigtut4popout8md.png

There's an extremely basic tutorial for pop-out images. The outcome, unlike that crappy Mario example, is much better. The tut took me about half an hour to make.

[FrogKing]

I was trying to check out NM's enhancing tut and the link (or any of the other thread links for that matter) doesn't work because of the switch to our new forums. Can somebody relocate NM's tut and either PM me the link or update it in this thread? Thanks.
Btw, nice job on the various tut's above ^.

[Phoenix20578]

Well, that is gone now. I tried to recreate it to the best of my ability, since it is a really good tool:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8365/tutcopy1bj.gif

[masamuneehs]

^^^ :eek: Thnx Phoenix
I never knew you weren't supposed to use 'Flatten Image'! I'm usually lazy and just do exactly that... Should I use 'merge all visible' instead? Also, what's the recommended save format for high quality (but not gigantic file size) pics?

[FrogKing]

^Thanks Phoenix for the 're' post.

[Board of Command]

A note about that enhancement technique: try adjusting the opacity of the two overlay layers because different pictures turn out differently due to different contrast. Sometimes pictures tend to get "over-enhanced" and lose details.

[Kraco]

Hmm... I usually merge layers with the copy merged edit option. Although before saving that single layer image I do choose the flatten image, as otherwise Photoshop wouldn't want to save the image as a jpeg.


Also, what's the recommended save format for high quality (but not gigantic file size) pics?

PNG is for lossless and jpeg with HQ setting for degenerate (lossy). You should note that there's a huge difference in the files sizes (and quality) when you save with different jpeg settings. For web publishing without the need for transparency it's quite dubious to use anything but jpeg. Of course for any use, which requires further editing jpeg is a wrong choice. jpeg is a terminal point for an image.

Well, if you are asking for other purposes than web publishing, then I don't know. There are some more exotic formats, like tiff with lzw compression. But png really is a standard nowadays.

[master_me]

I prefer .png for everything. The only reason I'll occaisonally do gif for transparency is because of the people out there who don't have proper .png plug-ins, otherwise known as "those who use internet explorer."

[NM]

Phoenix, great job redoing my tut! Looks alot better too, rather than just making the tut as a regular post. :cool:

Theres also another way to image enhance and I've been using it quite alot (much thanks to Kage for telling me about it). To image enhance another way, you don't need to duplicate layers. With the original image, give it a Gaussian Blur of some value. Then go to Edit --> Fade Gaussian Blur. And as Phoenix stated, experiment here with the different blend modes, see which one gives you something good. As stated by BoC, adjust the opacity if you want to and it makes it better. Then hit OK and you've got a better quality image. Before you ask if theres any difference in the quality between this method and the one Phoenix recreated, there is none. It all depends on how much of the Gaussian Blur you use in both and which type of blending modes are in effect. The end result is the same too, its just based on preference.

[Phoenix20578]

Phoenix, great job redoing my tut! Looks alot better too, rather than just making the tut as a regular post. :cool:

Hehe, only trying to match your greatness :cool:

I also use the Gaus. Blur ->Fade method, as it isn't as involved, but that was already posted by Kage.

[masamuneehs]

I have finally joined the Photoshop world :)

First was a 30-day trial of Corel Paint Shop X
Then GIMP

Now I've finally gone and got Photoshop CS2! Ah, Microsoft Paint seems so long ago...

As such I'll probably be fiddling around and trying to get used to Photoshop, as well as going to find new brushes. ;)

edit: Sorry, this post doesn't quite belong here does it? Couldn't curb my enthusiasm I guess...

[Assertn]

flattening an image doesn't degrade it's quality. The ONLY downside to flattening an image is that you are no longer able to edit the file on a per-layer basis. Which, mind you, is a significant downside, however.

[Board of Command]

Hmm... I usually merge layers with the copy merged edit option. Although before saving that single layer image I do choose the flatten image, as otherwise Photoshop wouldn't want to save the image as a jpeg.

Like Assertn said, flattening will lose all your layers which is a tremendous downside. I remember in the old versions of Photoshop, like 5 or so, you can't save as JPEG unless you flatten. In CS2 I always leave the layers intact and it still lets me save as whatever format I want. IIRC, 7 and CS1 also lets you do this.

[Kraco]

Oh, yes, indeed. That's why I said it wouldn't, meaning PS only wants to save it as a copy with the selection (or something like that). I use v 7, if that makes any difference.

However, I should note that I don't mean I would merge layers normally just out of fun. I was talking about merging them before a web release as a jpeg. No choice but to merge, since jpeg is a single layer 24 bit format, after all. Obviously I store my original work in psd format with all the layers and stuff, only saving them in jpeg or png when the method of release so requires.

[dragonrage]

how do you take a screenshot of your desktop using photoshop?

[IFHTT]

You actually use the print screen key on your keyboard, then open photoshop and go File>New and it will automatically be set to make a new document in the dimensions of your desktop, and once the new document is opened just Ctrl+V or Edit>Paste.

[dragonrage]

thank you once again.. thats another one i owe you man:rolleyes: .. don't wait too long to collect.:p

[IFHTT]

No problem, check your pm inbox in a second.

[dragonrage]

question: How do you remove text when rendering?

[xDarkMaster]

What do you mean?

[dragonrage]

Kraco said: No, it's not just you. I also prefer to do that for a very specific reason: It gets me involved in the work from an earlier stage. Of course even better would be to draw it from scratch (if I had the skills). That's why I also, in a twisted sense, like when there's something that needs fixing in the image: removing text, adding some clipped parts... That sort of things.

My question is how you fix something like removing text from something you are trying to render?

[xDarkMaster]

Well, there is a bunch of different ways to do it. Although, often the outcome won't look very good. My favorite way would be to use the clone-stamp tool though. I don't know how others do it.

[Phoenix20578]

Clone stamp is one of the best ways to do it. Its something thats still kinda hard to do, but its best to try a bunch of different things and see what has the best outcome.

[Kraco]

Yeah. Clone stamp is the basic tool for me as well. Small or narrow areas, especially cell shading (which often needs fixing anyway after cutting out), is just basic brushwork. And of course one can never forget the famous airbrush... But it's basically and fundamentally like Phoenix[numbers] said: Any technique or tool that gets the job done is perfect. That being said, you can't fix images unless you know at least the basics of PS drawing, but that's not hard to learn.

And a Wacom tablet sure made that kind of work much more enjoyable...

[xDarkMaster]

This is kinda a strange request but is there a way to make a photograph of a, lets say mountain, and make it so it looks like it was drawn in anime style?

Yes, I have seen Kage's image manipulation tut but I just can't get the effect I want.

[IFHTT]

^ I would like to know if this is possible too.

[naruto=pwnage]

I just looked thru this whole thread. and I don't know if I am even asking in the right place so don't shoot me, but.. is there a good free photoshop that I could use to make my own sigs with on the internet? if so please tell me thanks. peace.:)

[IFHTT]

I doubt you can use it on the internet, but you can download photoshop and make your own sigs on your computer. I had a link to a torrent for it, let me see if I can find it and I'll post it for you.

[naruto=pwnage]

actually I meant I wanted to download it. sorry about the grammar error. and thankyou for looking for it.

[IFHTT]

No problem, and as for posting in the right section. This seems like a suitable place to post your question, so kudos for that ;) seeing as how your other posts today didn't get too much positive attention. I'll edit this post with the torrent when I find it. It may take a bit so please be patient.

[naruto=pwnage]

thanks a bunch!:)

[xDarkMaster]

It does seem like an okay place to post this question but seriously, why is everyone here so lazy when it comes to finding torrents?

Pick one (http://ts.searching.com/search.asp?h=&query=photoshop+cs2&submit.x=0&submit.y=0)

[naruto=pwnage]

well for one, I have no idea where I would look to find that kind of a torrent file. if it was an anime torrent file I was looking for I'd look in likely places such as the GW torrent page and other various sites. it's kinda obvious where to look for anime. but, I'm completely lost as to where I'd find this kind of torrent file. e.g. the photoshop torrent file I just asked for.

__________________________________________
by the way I posted a request for a sig and if anybody would like to say "yes I'll do it for you" it would be greatly appreciated. if not I'l wait till I get the photoshop torrent file.
peace:)

[masamuneehs]

Looking for fonts? Look no further!
Lots of free fonts at sketchpad (http://www.sketchpad.net/freefonts.htm)

I figured posting a link here might be helpful. I had been struggling with fonts for a long time (finding the ones I wanted that is) and when I came across this site I was like 'wow', hot damn this is what I was looking for. Hope it helps others too.

[Board of Command]

well for one, I have no idea where I would look to find that kind of a torrent file. if it was an anime torrent file I was looking for I'd look in likely places such as the GW torrent page and other various sites. it's kinda obvious where to look for anime. but, I'm completely lost as to where I'd find this kind of torrent file. e.g. the photoshop torrent file I just asked for.
Torrentspy is your friend (www.torrentspy.com)

[dragonrage]

Looking for fonts? Look no further!
Lots of free fonts at sketchpad (http://www.sketchpad.net/freefonts.htm)

I figured posting a link here might be helpful. I had been struggling with fonts for a long time (finding the ones I wanted that is) and when I came across this site I was like 'wow', hot damn this is what I was looking for. Hope it helps others too.

thanks masa will be sure to abuse this site...

[naruto=pwnage]

Torrentspy is your friend (www.torrentspy.com)

thanks for the tip:D
_________________________________
by the way, on torrentspy I found a program called Adobe Photoshop CS2 9 0. I was wondering if anybody could tell me if this program would be suitable for making sigs. thanks.

[naruto=pwnage]

BOC comin out with some strong words towards the magnetic lasso...

how will it respond?

heres a tut I made and was sellin for credits on gamerenders, but my beautiful folks here and GW get it for 5 easy payments of $FREE.99

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1560/mytutorial6ge.jpg
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5426/mytutpage28do.jpg

hope it helps ya nublets

this is a double post, I know. but, I'd like to know how exactly you add a picture into your sig or whatever your making to go on top (or something) of what you already have.:confused: this something I need to know in order to start making my own sigs.
thanks peace

[PSJ]

You open it up and drag it onto the bg you have.

[naruto=pwnage]

great. open it with? and drag using.. what tool?

[xDarkMaster]

Are you kidding?

Open it with Photoshop. Move it with the move tool...

[naruto=pwnage]

oops. shoulda figured that one out... I = stupid when it comes to photoshop:confused:

I'm learning though, if not slowly
peace

[PSJ]

Seriosly you should start looking at tuts on the tools and what to do before you start looking on photo manip tuts. Take it easy, no one becomes a master over night.

[Board of Command]

You should just play around with Photoshop for a while first. Learn the interface. Make a new picture and do some random filters. Learn how to use the basic tools (marquee, brush, erasor, gradient). Just fiddle around the program, but avoid messing with the Settings. Once you're comfortable, read some tutorials.

Good-Tutorials (www.good-tutorials.com)

Keep in mind, you can do a lot of stuff with just the basic tools. It's how you use them that matters. Even now there are still some tools that I don't know how to use , like Pen. Oh wait, that's the only tool I don't know how to use.

[master_me]

I've finally finished a decent tutorial .-.

This took me a while, considering it's only my third, but I kind of like the effect.

Part One (http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3320/blastutp1copy6me.png)
Part Two (http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9063/blastutp2copy4hd.png)

For the record, adethas is my third alias

[Board of Command]

Tutorial for the glowing eye effect I used on my latest sig. It's quite trivial, but still...

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1737/glowingeyetut3dp.th.jpg (http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=glowingeyetut3dp.jpg)

[master_me]

Finally, a new tut. This one took me forever, seeing as how the first time I finished it photoshop crashed before I could save it. I think it took me like, three or four hours total.

Here's the polaroid, which is necessary for the tut.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/polaroid.png

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/p1png-1.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/p2png-1.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/p3png-1.png

Also, other outcome made by someone who tried out the tut:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/mehmpolaroidtutkp0.png

[PSJ]

That polaroid tut looks cool actually.

[master_me]

Thanks :)

Most of the people who've tried have had pretty succesful outcomes. I'm surprised by how well this turned out.

[master_me]

Sorry for the double post.

Another new tut. Not sure if it's hit or miss, but I hope you all like it~

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/finish.png

[master_me]

Although I still feel a little... erm, naughty... triple posting, masa gave me the ok.

This is my favorite tut so far, though most of the people I've had try it so far are a little incompetent and probably belong in an art hospital.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/TUTP1.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/TUTP2.png

Posting outcomes would be nice :D

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

I prefer your outcome without the color step added. Looks pretty good.

[Lucifus]

Excellent tuts Master_me. Will definatly try it out tommorow.:D

[master_me]

Thanks for the comments :)

A lot of people are asking me for renders, so I'm thinking about compiling some of my favorites that I've made and hosting it for people to download.

[Lucifus]

Those tuts are awesome. I was halfway through a Kenshin one with your style, but my Vista Home Premium arrived and I just had to install it.:D =P Will finish her up as soon as possible. Your last tut was the best.:cool:

[master_me]

I honestly can't wait to see someone who can actually use photoshop try this XD

Almost everyone who tried this said they strayed off around the part where you had to place the C4Ds.

...which is like, the entire point of the tut.

[Lucifus]

Alright, heres my attempt with your Tut MM.:rolleyes:
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/200/mmlucifussignaturehs1.png
I was watching that 70s Show while making it so i'm pretty sure I missed a step, but i like it.
Colored version. With a bit of touch up on the render.
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3010/mmlucifussignature2up9.png

[master_me]

Oh god. Thank you so much. You wouldn't believe some of the horrible outcomes people were having.

[Deadfire]

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3010/mmlucifussignature2up9.png

Those eyes look horrible, I'm sorry but it needs to be said.

As well I would try this tut... if I had the basic brushes you are useing.. It's very werid the the verison of PS I have doesn't have those...

[KitKat]

I honestly can't wait to see someone who can actually use photoshop try this XD

Almost everyone who tried this said they strayed off around the part where you had to place the C4Ds.

...which is like, the entire point of the tut.

I can see how that would happen. I'm not even really clear on what a c4d render is, or where I can find them. Could the same effect be done with just brushes? Besides those perplexing questions though, I really like the tutorial. If I sort out this c4d stuff, I'd really like to see what I can do using this tut.

[Deadfire]

I can see how that would happen. I'm not even really clear on what a c4d render is, or where I can find them. Could the same effect be done with just brushes? Besides those perplexing questions though, I really like the tutorial. If I sort out this c4d stuff, I'd really like to see what I can do using this tut.

c4d renders are shapes and other objects made in CINEMA 4D, he uses them to add texture to the backgrounds/renders/etc

Kitkat I'll DCC you some renders on IRC if you want to try, It seems our Gallery is down so I can't upload them there.

[Lucifus]

Those eyes look horrible, I'm sorry but it needs to be said.

As well I would try this tut... if I had the basic brushes you are useing.. It's very werid the the verison of PS I have doesn't have those...

Yes, i realize how horrible the eyes were. I wish I could find a better render/ or a Code Geass render. I "dieing" for decent Kallen/CC/Lelouch renders and cant find a single one myself, and I sorta suck at making renders unless its kinda really high res image.

I probably spent double the time on that Saber sig because of the eyes and smoothing out the edges, andz getting rid of colors that wasn't supposed to be there.

Someone find me kool Code Geass renderZ.:( I want to try that Tut you made again. C4D's are kool to me, but I don't really use em because of the fact that I can do pretty much the same effects without the use of em. But if you do hunt em down, it does make it alot easier and faster.

There are some very kool C4D's out there though. However other than Master_me's style sig, I only used one in one other image.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6295/gotwootmainfront03fj0.png

[master_me]

I, personally, am I total C4D junkie.

@KitKat - Sadly, brushes can't pull off anything too similar. C4Ds are really their own thing.
@DF - Are you using PS CS2? Just go to load a brush set, and click "reset" instead of one of the packs.

[Zinobi]

So i made a tut on how to make a makeshift cookie in PS...

Page 1 (http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5703/cookietutcopymw1.jpg)
Page 2 (http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3455/cookietut2copydk7.jpg)

its pretty simple and i should have added a drop shadow into it but it works i suppose.

[Lucifus]

My first ever tutorial. I think I did a pretty decent job. =D Well, here you go GotWoot.

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/pfiles/download/141/Tutorial.jpg

Heres another result.
Spoiler pic removed.

Edit: Sweet....thats just peachy AssertN...could have just pm'd me or something.......

[master_me]

Great. You've done it, Lucifus. You've made a tutorial that I can't wait to try tomorrow morning. Very original and unique style, by the way. :D

[KitKat]

Totally sweet tutorial. I adore your sigs, Luc, and your tutorial is very clearly laid out, easy to follow, and professional looking. It may even inspire me to put down my knitting, dust off photoshop, and make some more sigs myself!

[Lucifus]

Hehe, Lucifus blushs. Thank youZ. =] I now have 3 styles under my belt I can call successful. Gotta make some more that are decent and make some tutorials. Making that was fun and it only take me 2 hours. :D Course I should have double checked my grammer and spelling....>.>

Looking forward to seeing your attempt MM.:cool:

[master_me]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/lucifusomg.png

I love it.

[Lucifus]

Wow, that is totally sweet. Excellent MM. Glad to see the first try is so impressive.:D
Beautiful coloring.:cool:

[master_me]

I'd set it as my sig if I didn't love my TR advertisement so much "D

[KitKat]

Beautiful outcome, master_me.

I finally opened my photoshop again and realized just how rusty I'd become since I haven't made a sig in aaaaaages. Here's my result from this tut. I feel a bit meh about this sig, but it's pretty cute. I skipped a couple steps in the tutorial, but mostly followed everything else. I also selectively erased those dots in certain places to make the sig a bit more streamlined.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d125/engphysgirl/sigs/Meow.jpg

[Lucifus]

Only problem I see is the render being shiny and the background not so much. Love how smooth everything else seems to blend together though. Nice work considering you just reopened Photoshop.:cool:





(KitKatZ made a sig from my tutorial!!!! ftfw! :D )

[master_me]

I'd like a tut on your current, KitKat :D
I've always liked it.

[KitKat]

Ah, well, sig making for me is always a haphazard affair full of random spontaneity and impulsive decisions, ending up with three times as many layers as I actually end up using. Sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn't, but the sig I end up with is always quite a bit different than what I originally envisioned when I started making the sig. Perhaps I'll go back to my psd file and see if I can sift some order out of the chaos to see if it's tutorial worthy.

[master_me]

I just really like the scratching :)
...or are they vector brushes?

EDIT: By the way Luc, if you haven't spread this elsewhere, you totally should soon. It's a very nice and original tutorial, unlike mine :(

[Lucifus]

HmmZ, okay, but where @?

Btw mm, are you feeling up to making an animation tutorial?:rolleyes: Or can you direct me to one?:cool:

[master_me]

Actually, I know someone made a tutorial. It's on another forum, and it's mostly concerning animation with sprites - I'm making a number of tutorials soon, including how to use the pen, how to render with the pen, basic animation, advanced animation, and some other tuts. You're probably best searching www.tutorialized.com or looking on google. Sorry :(

[NM]

Once I'm done with my final exams, I'm so going to try that tutorial you made Lucifus. Great job on it, the final products look fantastic!

[Lucifus]

Lucifus is totally high on praise.:D :cool:

Oh my effing god! 1000th post! Lucifus has left the village and is now a bonifed missing nin. Bow before me.

[python862]

Congrats, man, and awesome tut that you 'slave drove' me to try out in class, at which point you took over and produced my current.

[master_me]

This took forever. I love it.

Either view here or download here (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54278778/), which also comes with the PSD for the sig.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/part1.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/part2.png

[Lucifus]

Excellent man. No doubts about it.

Gonna attempt right nowZ.

Edit: Oh yea, I think when you said Distort > Twist, you meant Twirl rightZ?

[master_me]

I can't wait to see it :)
You're usually the only person who's actually able to pull off my tuts.

[Lucifus]

HmmZ. Heres what I came up with.

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4465/masterchief2di5.png

Whatd'ya think?

[master_me]

I thinkZ it's good. Z.
The text bugs me a bit, as do the spots of color on his arm.

EDIT: And yeah, twist, twirl, oops. Same thing :/

[Thi3f]

....................

[master_me]

Nice. Kage made one a while ago too on the thirdish page of this thread, but yours is a little more in-depth - and about just as perverted ;)

[Lucifus]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooT!!!!

http://forums.gotwoot.net/gallery/files/9/6/2/7/Tutorial02_original.jpg


Comments Now!!:D :D

[Iridani]

So you wished me to bid you praise hmm Luci? I shall!

The instructions are easy to follow and your points are made clear. I'll be sure to test it out sometime :P

There... how's that? Lame praise I know, but all I've got time for!

[Lucifus]

Heres a new one peoples. Hope you all find it useful.

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http://i1.uploadem.com/12042007/Tutorial03LightingBlending.jpg
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[Lucifus]

Heres another:


http://img177.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=21296_Tutorial04_Junior_TekniqueZ_12 2_228lo.jpg

[RyougaZell]

Which of all the tutorial would you guys recommend to a total n00b on photoshop (that is... me). I mean... some of this are for advanced things, which I will definitely love to try... but first things first... need to get started with something easier. (Finally got a copy of Photoshop CS2)

[Lucifus]

Not sure if its the best choice for a beginner, but I'd say Master_mes polariod tutorial hands down.

It gives you a firm understanding for lighting and placement. Once you learn that such editing is possible, you'll pick up on it in no time.

http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?p=320419&postcount=114