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Heavy Metal
This appears difficult at first but it's really not. Follow along closely and I'll show how
easy it is to make an object appear Metalic.
Step 1: 50% Grey
Whatever your object is..start with a flat fill of 50%
grey
Step 2: Selection Samba
1)
Using the rectangular Marquee tool Make a
"banded" selection horizontally across the object.
Hold down shift and creat several more marquee
selections of varying size across the object.
2) "feather" the selections by 5 pixels (keyboard
shortcut alt+ctrl D ..cmd+opt D for mac users)
3) Open the levels dialog box(ctrl L) and increase
the black output slider to about 64. Click ok.
4) with you keyboards arrows. move the selection
down about 8 taps and invert it (ctrl+i)
Step 3: Double check
Your object should look something like this now.
You can probably get the same effect by holding
shift and airbrushing dark bands across the object.
It's up to you...just make sure the object is all
greyscale and banded like you see here.
Step 4: Bevel it
If you have Photoshop 5 or higher. Add a bevel
using layer effects. Once you have created the
bevel...make a new blank layer beneath the object
and merge the object layer down with the blank
layer...this fuses the effect to the object so we can
do step 5.
If you are using eyecandy...just make a nice bevel
and join us on step 5.
Step 5: Curve it
Here's the magic. With your object layer selected.
Open your curves dialog box (keyboard shortcut
ctrl+M) and make a curve kinda like you see here.
Just click on the diagonal line and drag up and
down.
Step 5: Double Check
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You should now look something like this. Neat eh?
but it's still missing a little something.
Step 5: colorize it
Hit Ctrl+U to bring up your hue & saturation dialog
box. Click on the "Colorize" box on the lower right
and slide hue to about 225 and saturation down to
about 15. This will make the metal kind of blueish.
You can color it however you want though.
Click OK
Step 6: sharpen it
I know the filter is called "Unsharp" but it does just
the opposite. Run the filter with settings similar to
what you see here and it will make the darker parts
of the chrome "pop" out a bit and lend an air of
realism to the whole effect.
Step 7: drop shadow and completion
There ya go! A drop shadow...maybe a few
lensflares and you have a cool chrome object and
you never had to resort to a 3D application.
Rain
I just posted this as a response on Megatokyo's board...figured it was valuable enough
to post here as an effect tutorial.
Step 1: Have a source pic
Make sure you got something to rain on...not
really a step 1 but I had to start somewhere.
Step 2: Make some noise
Create a new layer above the background
layer and fill it with black.
Run Filter>Noise>Add Noise
Choose: Gaussian, Monochrome and an
amount of around 65..depends on how big
your pic is and how much rain you want.
Step 3: Motion Blur
Now...run a motion blur filter
>Filter>Blur>Motion Blur
Use a setting similar to what I have here.
Change the layers blending mode to "Screen"
(That makes all the black transparent)
Now do this:
>Image>Adjust>Levels
Slide the central grey arrow to the right till
the rain looks right.
Step 4: Tada
Now you have rain! Easy!
Add to it's realism by adding puddles and
reflections on hard surfaces..make little white
"v"s where the rain bounces off stuff in the
foreground.
Smoke
How to make a smoking Gun, Cigarette...whatever. EASY!!
Step 1: Choose your smoking object
In this case...it's a gun...now I know guns only smoke
for a second after you shoot them but there are certain
liberties the entertainment industry takes with
physics...like spaceships making rumblesounds and
firey exposions in the vacuum of space. Smoking guns
just add drama to a picture.
Step 2: Airbrush
On a new layer..Airbrush some grey over the origin of
the smoke. Use a soft brush setting and a lower
opacity.
Step 3: Spatter fun
Now we need some "pepper". Change you airbrushes
setting to "dissolve" and shoot some white and black
particles onto the grey spot. Not too many...just
enough to smear
Step 4: Smudge
Grab the smudge tool (looks like a pointing finger) and
smear the pixels upward in an "S" like motion. Don't
worry if the effect is too severe right now...just smooth
it all out.
Step 5: Finishing Effects
Grab your eraser tool and set it to airbrush with a soft
brush setting and trim out the unwanted smoke. Use
the dodge and burn tools to add highlites and shadows
to the smoke. Re-smear any pixels or effects that look
"too hard"
Lower the smoke layers opacity to taste.
Neon Sign
Neon signs are also really easy to make in Photoshop 5. I'll show you both ways in
case you have an earlier version.
Step 1: make it dark
Your background
should be dark and
use colder nightime
colors.
Step 2: Pick a round
font
Neon signs are
basically bent tubes
filled with glowing gas.
There aren't any sharp
corners so pick a font
the has rounded
edges. I usually make
the font color white.
The NEON colors are
produced by the filters
in the next few steps.
Step 3: Layer Effects
If you have photoshop
5 or higher you can do
it this way. Don't fret if
you dont..i have
alternative steps listed
below.
Make your settings
similar to what you see
here. Do this for both
Inner and Outer glow.
Make sure you use the
same color.
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