Photoshop 101 with Evanish

[Andrew]

Sometimes you just can't get a good pictures with your camera, so I have made some good tuts for people to bring out the real quality in pictures. I use photoshop cs2. These tuts will work on most photoshops.



How to bring out the true color of your pictures:

1) Open up your picture

2) Go to Image>adjustments>Color banlance. You may adjust the colors different if you would like.

3)Then go to select>all Edit>copy

4) Then open up a new document. ( make same size as your picture )

5) Edit>stroke.

6) Then File>Save for web

Finished porduct :

 

[Andrew]

Making background black and white and just one item in color


1) Create a new document the same size as your picture and set the background to transparent.

2) Then copy and paste your picture into photoshop on the document you made.

3) Take the background eraser tool and erase the everything around the image ( coral ) you want to keep.

4) Zoom into the image you want to be in color ( coral )

5) Take the background eraser tool and go around the object you want in color. Get rid of everything you don't want in color.

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[Andrew]

6) Now go to File>Open and find your org. photo and open it. ( keep all doc. open! )

7) Go to Image>Mode>Grayscale

8) Select> all and then Edit>copy

9) Keep all other documents open. Now make a new one the same size as the org. picture. Make sure it matches this here:

10) Edit> Paste

11) Go to the doc. where you have the image you want in color

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[Andrew]

12) Select>all Edit> COPY MERGED

13) Now open up the last doc u made in step 9

14) Edit > paste> Then move the image in color to the spot that you want

15) If you would like to add a border then please follow the steps below or if not then go to File > save image for web

16) Select > all Edit > COPY MERGED

17) Then open up a new document. Same size as org. photo.

18) Edit> paste

19) Edit > stroke

20) File > Save image for web

21) Finished product:

 

[Andrew]

How to resize an image


1) File> open> selete your picture

2) Help> Resize image ( Im making this image usable for an avatar on RC. )

3) File> save image for web

Finished product:

If you have any questions or would like me to add more screen shots or more tuts please e-mail or pm me. Please do not use the images posted above

 

[melev]

Very nice.

 

[Andrew]

Thank you. I plan on make some more tuts this week and add them.

 

[gho]

Nice!

I have some too:

Basic Photo Workflow in photoshop:
http://www.ximinasphotography.com/lessons/lesson07/workflow_5.html

Extractions:
http://www.ximinasphotography.com/photoshop/index.html

I was going to do more, but I've been lazy :/

 

[Me No Nemo]

Wow Greg...great work. I enjoyed Evanish's as well. Very powerful tools to have and great advice on the Elements vs. Photoshop. I love the layers options and have enjoyed many years of graphic design and photo restoration. Thanks for sharing as I'm sure many folks here will be able to use all the above to great advantage. Marcye

 

[melev]

I never use Layers because I always get stuff confused and I get stuck. I should re-read the directions here so I can get that system down pat.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Wow, just fiddling with that I can see how easy it is to falsely make corals look better than they really do.

 

[jaypainter24]

thanks learned alot

 

[Me No Nemo]

Yes, layers takes a bit to get used to..the best advice I found is to name each layer as you go...makes it much easier to work with. They are a very worthwhile subject to learn.

 

[marinelife]

Why do we need to edit pictures of already beautiful creature, does not make since to me

 

[Andrew]

It makes the pictures stand out more and show the true look of your took. Some camera can't get that effect for you.

 

[marinelife]

O OK!!!

 

[sfsuphysics]

Just don't be dishonest with this newly found power I turned a very nice lavender yuma into an ultra rare reddish/purple color morph with a few mouse clicks

 

[gnoles]

I've used the extraction method for about two years... you can take mere snapshots and create some nice effects.

Nothing fishy, but here's a use of extraction that I've had a little success with. (linked to protect the bandwidth limited)

 

[melev]

Very nice Gary. I like what you did.

When I edit my images, I try to match the image with what I see with my own eyes. The camera rarely gets it 100% right the first time, and using cropping, levels and sharpening, it is possible to salvage many shots.

 

[FalsePerc]

To add a bit to this...

Instead of using the eraser to cut out the image and getting rough edges, unrealistic looks, etc. on the more complex subjects, use the pen tool. Outline the subject, then go to your layers box. (If it is not in the lower right-hand corner, go to Window->Layers). Select the "Paths" tab, keeping the pen's layer selected. "Shape 1 Vector Mask" should be visible. Right click this. In the menu that appears, hit "Make a Selection." Use a feather Radius of 0 pixels, Anti-Aliased, and "New Selection." Hit OK. Now, your shape you created with your pen will be selected. Go back to the Layers tab in the Layer window. Switch your selection from the pen's layer to the layer of the object you want to cut out. The selection should remain. Edit->Copy/Cut (Ctrl + C/X), File->New (Ctrl + N), OK (Enter), Edit->Paste (Ctrl + V).

If you are good with the pen tool, this should appear a flawless cutout of your image.