#photoshop tutorials
first, make your gif. you can add your psd here if you want, but i waited until the end. after you do that, make a circle over the part you want to be your gif. to get a perfect circle, hold down the shift key while making it.
the next thing you need to do is group all your layers so you can make a layer mask on them.
now click on the shape layer and select the circle.
now make a layer mask on your group. it’ll look like this:
now just delete the shape and you’re done!
unfortunately, the sharp edges are something you can’t really fix.
first, make your gif and add your psd. then select all the frames and all the layers, and click this button:
it’ll change the animation frames into a timeline
then, with all the layers still selected, go to filters > convert for smart filters. it’ll change all the frames into this:
now make a copy of that:
now go to filter > sketch > halftone pattern. enter the settings you want, and apply this to the top copy. your gif will look like this (depending on the colors you chose)
just change the opacity and you’re done! if you want to sharpen it, sharpen the bottom layer.
coloring tutorial requested by anonymous
Note!! - This coloring obviously doesn’t work on all pictures. ofc you need to adjust them. This coloring will involves many textures to be play around with. other example: http://oi50.tinypic.com/1zgumie.jpg
Step 1: Open up your picture. I’m using thisone.
Step 2: Go to layer>new adjustment layer>selective color
Colors: Reds
0, 0, -10, -10
Step 3:Openthis texture on photoshop, drag the layer to your picture. set the blending mood to screen, opacity 80% and fill 100%
Step 4: Go to layer>new adjustment layer>photo filter
Choose color and enter #855b20
Step 5: layer>new adjustment layer>color balance
tone: Midtones
0, -16, 0
Step 6: Go to layer>new adjustment layer>gradient map
choose black and white gradient map
set it as overlay, opacity 100% and fill 70%
Step 7: Go to layer>new adjustment layer>brightness/contrast
2, 20
Step 8: Openthis texture on photoshop, drag the layer to your picture. set the blending mood to screen, opacity and fill 100%
Step 9: I add up glow texture which you can do that by using brush tool. create a new layer(layer>new>layer), choose white on the color picker and just brush off around the left corner. change the blending mood to screen. decrease the opacity to around 70%
Step 10: remember you can always adjust the setting above!! when you’re satisfied with the results, flatten the image (layer>flatten image).
- you’re done! any questions just ask me :)
Step 1: Open up your photoshop as well as your picture (file>open). In this tutorial I’m going to use thispicture.
Step 2: Then i crop/resize the picture to 245x320 pixels
Step 3: Duplicate the layer(layer>duplicate layer). Then Filter>Sharpen>Smart sharpen. Amount: 500 and Radius: 0.3
Step 4: Go to Filter>Texture>Grain. This is my setting
Step 5: Add psd/coloring to the pictures. This takes a lot of time for me to color. you can find some great psd here,here and many more at my resources page.
Step 6: I use this texture and set it to screen, opacity at 70% and fill 100%
Step 7: I use handwritten texture which you can find here. how to use it? set it to darken and after that i use sharpen the texture(filter>sharpen).
tips: use the move tool to adjust the position and you can also rotate the texture!
Step 8: Flatten the image if you’re satisfied with the result(layer>flatten image). Save it and done!
Step 1: Open up your picture.
Step 2: Crop and resize the picture, mine is 245x320. you can add coloring, sharpen etc.
Step 3: Go to layer>new and select rectangular marquee tool on the tools bar.
Step 4: Make a selection on the layer.
Step 5: right click on the picture and click select inverse
Step 6: right click again and choose fill. follow this setting (and for the color choose white #ffffff)
Step 7: After that go to click>deselect. Make a selection again in between the border.
Step 8: Right click on the picture and select stroke. For color option choose black. I usually keep up the opacity between 20%-40%
Step 9: If you want to make the line(stroke), use the same step as step 8. After you’re done go to layer>flatten image. Save it and you’re done!
okay..so lets get started
Step 1: Open up 7 pictures. 6 for the background and 1 for the centre. I get all the pictures above from here.
Step 2: Crop and resize your six pictures to 245px and height 150px. After that you can sharpen/topaz the pictures and add coloring/psd or even textures.
Step 3: Go to layer>new. width 500px and height 475px. Background contents: transparent.
Step 4: On your six pictures, one by one, at the top of photoshop go to select>all then edit>copy merged. Go to the layer in step 3 and click edit>paste. Repeat the step until you obtain this result. After that, go to layer>merge visible.
Step 5: For the picture at the centre, I use this picture. Cut the background using whatever tool you’re comfortable with. Make the background transparent like this:
Step 6: Go to layer>new adjustment layer>gradient map. Choose black and white. then on the gradient map layer, right click and click create clipping mask. your layer should look like this:
Step 7: At the top of photoshop go to layer>merge visible. Create new layer, layer>new>layer.
Step 8: At my picture, i want to highlight her lips and dress. So on the color picker, i choose red. I zoom in the picture and paint her lips with red. After you’re done, change the blending mood from normal to color. Everytime you want to highlight something, the first step is make a new layer and then paint it with whatever color you want.
Step 9: After you’re done in step 8, go to layer>merge visible. then go to select>all then edit>copy merged. Go to your layer where you put the six pictures and put it at the centre. or doesn’t have to be at the centre. its up to you. (make sure you already resize the picture before pasting it into other document, of course you don’t want the picture to be too small or too big)
Step 10: For the final touch, i add up film texture by going to filter>texture>grain. choose film and here and my setting:
Step 11: Then i go right click at the centre picture and go to blending option. mess around and adjust the setting. I choose outer glow, here are my setting:
Step 12: Save your picture. I recommend to save it as .png format. :)
I hope you like it, it seems a bit complicated but hmm… it’s a bit easy! So if you’ve any difficulties send me a message and i’ll try to answer as soon as possible! Good luck!!! xx