Archive for April, 2007

Golden Touch On Photoshop

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pageHave you ever heard the story of King Midas? For those who just returned from their outer space trip, Midas is a king who was given the power to turn everything he touches into gold. But the king was devastated with his power when he accidentally turned his only daughter [...]

Gold In My Background

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pageToday, I’m going to give you a great tip about turning your backgrounds into gold. But I prefer to give you the smoother texture rather than the rough look. To start with, we create an image in RGB with 150 by 150 pixels. We fill our background with the color [...]

Gold Lining In The Clouds

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pageIf our background has achieved the golden brown hue, we now apply clouds on it through the image menu: Filter-Render-Clouds, then we select hard lighting on the layer menu. Go to the menu: Filter-Sharpen-Unsharp Mask with 500 in amount and 1.3 in radius to bring out some detail in the [...]

That Million Dollar Smile

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pageHave you ever noticed why most people give that damn serious look on their ID photos? If you’re skeptical about this, then try flipping the first few pages of your college yearbook or simply look at your own ID. Thank God, I always give my best smile that [...]

Get Instant White Teeth

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pagePeople hate to admit this, but it’s their not so white or let say yellow teeth (Sorry, but yuck!!!) that holds them back during photo shoots. Luckily, Photoshop has the perfect solution to instantly make the teeth whiter. It’s called the Dodge method. The Dodge tool is [...]

Say Cheeeeezzz

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pageSo you really don’t have to brush 10 times before going to the studio. If you’re embarrassed about your very yellow teeth, go ahead and give your best smile. Photoshop will do the trick. Besides, a few seconds of smiling won’t kill you. Photographers are very professional [...]

New York Lights In Photoshop

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Share this on your facebook page“New York is a very lovely city that never sleeps. I like the place because all the buildings there are filled with brightly-colored lights. Times Square, for instance, is decorated with colorful dancing lights. The Statue of Liberty is surrounded with glowing lights at night. Everyone in the place, either [...]

Classic Glass Design

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pageIf you are religiously inclined and you go to church every Sunday, perhaps the sight of the glass portraits of the stations of the cross is an ordinary thing to you. But for people who rarely go to churches like me, looking at those portraits give us a reviving experience. [...]

Text That Will Not Melt

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pageIce Age movie is among the craziest flicks I’ve ever seen. Can you imagine a sloth, a mammoth, and a saber-tooth tiger living together as best pals? Anyway, I like the flick because of the text effect that they used for the posters.
To create the frozen text style, dig this:. [...]

Tantalizing Tunnel Technique

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Share this on your facebook pageThe Tunnel Effect is among the most rarely used photo design technique in Adobe Photoshop. I don’t know why, but as for me, only morons can’t apply this style to their ugly photos or images.
It’s actually very simple. All you need to have is a little creativity, patience, and some [...]