| zafer |
I'm interested in learning Photoshop 7. Are there any books that any one of you would recommend I begin with?
In a few threads here I've seen some complete makeover MDX photos, and would like to be able to do things like that.
Thanx!
ps. I'm not familiar with any of the previous versions either. |
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| crmsnidol |
| The "Classroom in a Book" and "Bible" series are good ones. There are also tons of tutorial sites on the web for PShop. Try Google. |
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| renov8r |
I disagree.
If I understand you, you want to "customize" digital images of a real MDX with various "add-ons".
I ahve found that MOST Photoshop books/tutorials focus on the use of filters/effects to alter the digital representation.
In fact you DO NOT need anything as expensive/sophistitacted as Photoshop to simply merge/layer images of wheels, spoilers etc onto an image of your MDX. Basically, all you need to be able to do is define a clipping path (by tracing) and then resize/scale the various image parts.
Here is anice list of alternatives:
http://microsoft.toddverbeek.com/graphics.html |
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| crmsnidol |
He asked for book references - you gave him online references.
Here is a good one with tutorials on customizing images of autos.
http://www.photoshopjunkie.com/ |
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| zafer |
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Originally posted by renov8r
If I understand you, you want to "customize" digital images of a real MDX with various "add-ons".
Thanks for the links.
I know how to clip and paste wheels, accessories, etc. What I would like to learn to do is repaint an eg. MDX, or ther items in digital photos. I'll try to find some examples of what I'm taking about and post them here. I've have access to Photoshop 7. |
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| zafer |
| Thanx again for the links. Here is what I came up with so far mucking around a little. :16: |
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| renov8r |
home-based "cosmetics consultants"...
:D |
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| mdxxxx |
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Originally posted by renov8r
home-based "cosmetics consultants"...
:D
:jester: :22: |
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| buhmabee |
Hey zafer,
crmsnidol is right, Classroom in a Book is good. Espically for a beginner. THe Bible series sells well but every artist I've worked with who is now proficient in Photoshop never liked the Bible series. Again, I'm sure there are Photographes and graphic artist out there who like and/or loved the Bible series. I'm just speaking from my own expierience. When you get good, you can step up to Photoshop for Photographers by Focal Press. |
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| SuperKal |
Is this the new "Pimp" version I hear is coming out soon !!!!
Must have one..... |
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| ghost |
Zaf - I see you figured out how to change the color.
Now stop that. |
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| crmsnidol |
I've been using Photoshop since 1994 and professionally since 1997 and found the Classroom series to be the best. The Bible series are good for the illustrations. Just like any good tradesmen, it's nice to have a few tools in your belt when in a tough spot.
There are tons of great online tutorial sites for using Photoshop for various purposes and effects. I enjoy just playing around with it to see what happens when I try new options or settings. |
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| zafer |
| Anyone know what photos like these are called, and what they're done with? |
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| Mocking-DX |
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Originally posted by zafer
Anyone know what photos like these are called, and what they're done with?
hi zafer
i call it selective coloring
used to be popular to me but it has grown old on me
just layers and masking when i do it...or layers and lassoing
i used the net mostly for my photoshop tutorials also
but some books i use are from author Scott Kelby
ipod video podcast even have free video series, i think 3 of them..photoshop TV, photoshop killer tips, i forgot the other one
Oh, if turn more serious later, WACOM Tablet is a must
good luck |
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| crmsnidol |
Easy to do.
Step 1. Open your original in PShop
Step 2. Create duplicate of the layer and convert to grayscale
Step 3. Move the grayscale layer over the color layer
Step 4. Erase the gray parts (like the flag) so the color one underneath shows through. Then you can play with the color saturation for effect. |
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| Mocking-DX |
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Originally posted by crmsnidol
Easy to do.
Step 1. Open your original in PShop
Step 2. Create duplicate of the layer and convert to grayscale
Step 3. Move the grayscale layer over the color layer
Step 4. Erase the gray parts (like the flag) so the color one underneath shows through. Then you can play with the color saturation for effect.
crmsnidl's way is a good easy start
i think he meant desaturate one layer instead of converting to grayscale. Because converting to grayscale will make both layers to black and white.
what i usually do is duplicate the background layer
then click IMAGE>ADJUSTMENT>DESATURATE>click LAYER MASK icon(gray square with white circle inside)>select a BRUSH and brush the colored picture back...press "X" and brush back mistakes |
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| crmsnidol |
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Originally posted by Mocking-DX
crmsnidl's way is a good easy start
i think he meant desaturate one layer instead of converting to grayscale. Because converting to grayscale will make both layers to black and white.
what i usually do is duplicate the background layer
then click IMAGE>ADJUSTMENT>DESATURATE>click LAYER MASK icon(gray square with white circle inside)>select a BRUSH and brush the colored picture back...press "X" and brush back mistakes
No, I meant what I wrote.
Seen here. |
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| crmsnidol |
| 3 mins to do Zafer. Better results if I hadn't done the windows too but you get the point. Many Wedding photos use this effect to hyper-highlight a cumberbun or the bride's lips in a shot. |
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| Mocking-DX |
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Originally posted by crmsnidol
No, I meant what I wrote.
Seen here.
Hmmm...for some reason i can't get only one layer convert to grayscale unless i convert one of the colored layers using channel mixer, desaturate or lab channel.
Anyway, no surprise though because one can never learn
enough photoshop tricks. And there's always more than one way to do everything in photoshop
i found one sample i did before using layers and mask |
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| zafer |
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Originally posted by crmsnidol
Easy to do.
Step 1. Open your original in PShop
Step 2. Create duplicate of the layer and convert to grayscale
Step 3. Move the grayscale layer over the color layer
Step 4. Erase the gray parts (like the flag) so the color one underneath shows through. Then you can play with the color saturation for effect.
Thank you! I'll give this a try, sound quite simple :p
In step 4 - erase the gray parts - this is the tedious part you have to do with precision with the mouse along the edges? |
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| crmsnidol |
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Originally posted by zafer
Thank you! I'll give this a try, sound quite simple :p
In step 4 - erase the gray parts - this is the tedious part you have to do with precision with the mouse along the edges?
Yes, it can be tedious.
I increase the navigator size (CNTRL + +) and use an antialiased round brush for the edges and then use the lasso or rectangular selection in chunks to erase everything in between. The one I did of your vehicle above took less than 3 mins. |
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