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#1 ·
The purpose of this thread is pretty self explanatory if you got a photoshop question post it and if you got an answer offer it.
 
#4 ·
The way I do most of mine is by layering abstract renders over a solid background. Check out planet renders you need to sign up but they have plenty of good renders.
 
#10 ·
At first I saw this and thought it was any question and answer. But alas, it's just for you artistically and technologically advanced folk.

Stupid question to you, necessary to me: what is needed in order to make a gif?
 
#11 ·
Depends a gif like the one in your avatar is ussually made with a video player that has a option to grab a screenshot, I dont have one anymore but I used to use I believe intervideo or something along those lines. Rotating banners and what not can be made in photoshop.

As for Evil Ira I still rock CS3, Ive heard mixed opinions on CS4 so for now Im just sticking with what works.
 
#13 ·
Can anyone answer me this:

What is the proper way to make a "smudge" background?. I've seen a few of them, I like them. Good ol' Plazz used to make lots of them. Here's an example:



I talked to Plazz back when he made it, he gave me a very small tutorial, saying he used smudges to pretty much create the whole background.

I am just now going to get back into Photoshop, and I completely forgot how to play with smudges.

Any help on creating a "smudge" look on the backgrounds will be appreciated.
 
#14 ·
The way I smudge is I get a brush (preferably a splatter brush or the default chalk one it's like 36px)

Then paint on the sig with the brush and then grab the smudge tool and smudge it, an of course you will want to play around with the settings of the smudge brush (scatter, angel jitter, etc.)

Depending on your brush that you use and brush settings the results will vary.

Here are some helpful tuts I found which should assist ya:
http://thekellz.deviantart.com/art/Naruto-Smudge-Tutorial-62092912

http://RIM-FIRE.deviantart.com/art/Explosion-Smudge-Tutorial-26204261

http://CoryK.deviantart.com/art/Smudge-Tutorial-57010067
 
#21 ·
How do I save an image with a Gradient? For some reason, no matter what file I try to save it under, it goes from being a gradient background, to a solid color(I am using a black gradient in this case, and it goes solid black when I save it).

Thanks for the help.
 
#22 ·
Uhm, I dont understand because I use gradients in everything and never have this problem, heck the sig Im using now has multiple gradient layers in it.
 
#23 ·
Hmm, to be more detailed:

I am trying to keep the "checkerboard" look after using a gradient. Everytime I save it, it goes from a black/fading white checkberboard to a solid black.

Is there a way to keep the checkerboard look on there, or does it always go to a solid color after saving it in any file type other than PSD?
 
#24 ·
Now I see, I would just make a white layer and then use a pattern to recreate the checkerboard background and make that your bottom layer. The reason its dissapearing is that isnt part of the picture but merly the default transparent background.
 
#28 ·
I believe Toxic's guide shows to use the pen tool, which is the best way to do it.

However, if you are having difficulties, you can try the Magnetic Lasso Tool, play with the settings(feather, frequency, etc).

It should be a somewhat simple image to cut out, what problem are you having exactly, that way we can help better answer your question?
 
#29 ·
I normally zoom in to around 1000% and go around once with the pen tool quickly. Then go round a second time adding ancors and bending them to fit as neatly as possible.

Right click > Make selection and cut using a 0.2pixel feather (depends how hard the render is really)
 
#30 ·
Alot of time with the old pride pics on the yellow and orange background you need to take a bit more time and lower your feathering right down as even a sliver of the orange and yellow really shows up on almost all other backdrops.
 
#31 ·
Right too be more specific.... How to I get the render into my sig? This question might seem stupid to you but I am very new to Photoshop, and want to start competing in competitions, so your help would be useful to me. Thanks for the time.
 
#32 ·
Once you have the image cut out(using the pen tool, magnetic lasso tool, etc), you right click the image and click "make selection", a window will pop up, put the feather from 0.5-1, depending on how rough the image is, then click "ok". After that, just drag the selection(the part you cut out, it'll have an outline around it) into your sig.

To resize the render after putting it into your sig, make sure you are clicked on the render and go to: edit - free transform - then hold shift(so the image stays the same quality when you shrink it) and size the render down.

Hope this helps.
 
#33 ·
Once you have the image cut out(using the pen tool, magnetic lasso tool, etc), you right click the image and click "make selection", a window will pop up, put the feather from 0.5-1, depending on how rough the image is, then click "ok". After that, just drag the selection(the part you cut out, it'll have an outline around it) into your sig.

To resize the render after putting it into your sig, make sure you are clicked on the render and go to: edit - free transform - then hold shift(so the image stays the same quality when you srhink it) and size the image down.

Hope this helps.

Thanks dude. Plus repped.
 
#35 ·
You can also cut the selection (Ctrl+X) and paste it into the new document (Ctrl+N, add sig dimensions) the paste it (ctrl+V)

Also the free transform shortcut is (ctrl+T). Holding shift whilst resizing keeps the dimensions relative.
 
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