Archive for November 26th, 2005

Creating A Portal Effect

Filed under Photoshop Tutorials - Head Nerd @ November 26th, 2005

Creating a portal effect

This tutorial is not intended only for creating a portal effect, but also to teach you how to use multiple filter effect one after another.

Create a new document, 1000×1000 pixels, white background.

Go to Filter > Render > Clouds

Then use Filter > Pixelate > Mezzotint with “Long Strokes” option activated. Your image should look like this:

Now go to Filter > Blur > Radial blur and use these settings: Amount:100, Method: zoom, Quality: best. Your image should look like this:

Now use Filter > Distort > Twirl and set it to 200.

Now duplicate the layer and on the newly created layer go again to Filter > Distort > Twirl but this time apply it with a -400 value. Change the blending mode of this layer to “Lighten”. Your image should look like this:

Merge the two layers now. Go again now to Filter > Distort > Twirl and set it to 200. Now press CTRL+U or Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and use any settings you like. I used Colorized, Hue: 200, Saturation: 30, Lightness: 0

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Photo Background Extraction

Filed under Photoshop Tutorials - Head Nerd @ November 26th, 2005

The extract command
The Extract command in Photoshop enables you to isolate a foreground object from its background. Even objects with undefinable edges like hair can now be clipped from their backgrounds with very little manual work.
Open the image with the object you want to isolate. I choose an image with a pigeon to demonstrate better that you can extract it with a high level of precision

After you have loaded an image, go to Image>Extract. You�ll see the same image come up in the Extract window.

	The first thing we�ll need to do is outline our foreground object, in this case it will be the pigeon. Select the Edge Highlighter tool (as shown). Now set a brush size and outline your foreground object. Zoom in if needed



Now we need to fill our foreground object by using the Fill Tool. Select this tool and click in the center of the object.

Now we are ready to preview the image by pressing the “Preview” button at the top right corner of the window. You now should see the background disappear. Under the Preview Options you can change the background color if needed. If you like what you see, then press the OK button.