Photoshop Tutorial

[rodent]

I have recently been playing with photoshop to learn how to edit & do cool stuff with pictures. Many of them are posted in this thread (some of the cooler ones are on page 2). http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...er-tricks.html

 

I use photoshop elements v2.0. Some of the steps might be different on another program. Here are some of the techniques I’ve been using. Please share the cool things you do with photoshop too!

 

Changing background to black & white

Use polygonal lasso tool (L) to select what you want to leave in color

Change it to selecting the background using Select-> Inverse or shift + Ctrl + I

Select brush tool (

Change color picker to make the upper left color black

Change mode to color (top tool bar).

Opacity should be 100%. Chose a large size brush, like 1153 pixels.

Paint the background black & white

 

Removing sunburn (same technique can be used to remove other things from pictures)

Zoom way in (view-> zoom in or Ctlr +)

Clone stamp tool (S)

Mode: normal Opacity: 25% (good for keeping skin looking natural, for removing other items opacity can be 100%)

Click Alt button & click on section of good skin

Paint this section over a burnt area

You will need to click Alt onto new places every so often

 

Artistic effects

Go to Filter-> Artistic effects-> cutout

I usually prefer 8 levels. Resize the preview box & try the different variations

Do the same thing to choose other artistic effects. Some work better if there are no faces in the picture.

 

Make the background a solid color (good for making cards)

Folow steps just like in the example where I made the background black & white except two differences

1. Select a color other than black (unless you want your card in black)

2. Set mode to nomal instead of color

[rodent]

Here are the same instructions without pictures

Changing background to black & white

Use polygonal lasso tool (L) to select what you want to leave in color

Change it to selecting the background using Select-> Inverse or shift + Ctrl + I

Select brush tool (

Change color picker to make the upper left color black

Change mode to color (top tool bar).

Opacity should be 100%. Chose a large size brush, like 1153 pixels.

Paint the background black & white

 

Removing sunburn (same technique can be used to remove other things from pictures)

Zoom way in (view-> zoom in or Ctlr +)

Clone stamp tool (S)

Mode: normal Opacity: 25% (good for keeping skin looking natural, for removing other items opacity can be 100%)

Click Alt button & click on section of good skin

Paint this section over a burnt area

You will need to click Alt onto new places every so often

 

Artistic effects

Go to Filter->Artistic effects-> cutout

I usually prefer 8 levels. Resize the preview box & try the different variations

Do the same thing to choose other artistic effects. Some work better if there are no faces in the picture.

 

Make the background a solid color (good for making cards)

Folow steps just like in the example where I made the background black & white except two differences

1. Select a color other than black (unless you want your card in black)

2. Set mode to nomal instead of color

[MsShelley]

thanks so much, I really want to learn to do all this!

[amyh]

these are great, thanks!

[boscobel]

I am totally bookmarking this for whenever I get a computer that doesn't shut off and when I buy PhotoShop!

[rodent]

Resize a picture to make a vista print postcard

Image -> Resize-> Image size

Unclick “constrain proportions”

Set to 300 pixels

Width=1677 Height= 1300

Remember about ¼ inch from the edges will get cropped.

[TATrisha]

For those of you who are interested in purchasing photoshop I highly recommend Elements simply because it has a lot of the features and is much cheaper. Personally I bought version 6 on Ebay for $20. great deal and it works perfect!

[boscobel]

Trish - I am going to check that out, since $ is such an option these days.

[rodent]

I love the way some of the artistic effects look, but they can also make people look weird. So for this picture I selected around us & then inverted the selection to change just the background to cutout, solarize, or fresco.