Posted January 28, 200718 yr Hey all, this guide is written by me(frithead/merhorse) and is for use on this site. And this site ONLY. It is 14 pages of photoshop goodness and is helpful for people of all levels. NOTE: Please report broken image links, and lost images so that i can update Lets start off with the basics of Photoshop, the tools TOOL BAR http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8748/toolbarcg1.jpg This is the toolbar, your number one Photoshop necessity. I am going to go through all the tools now THE MARQUEE TOOL http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6202/marqueezx4.jpg These are great for selecting shapes. The tools are pretty self-explanatory and if used correctly can make great cuts THE CURSOR TOOL http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1660/cursorlt8.jpg Also another obvious one. This allows you to drag and move images LASSO TOOL http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9349/lassonf0.jpg This is great for blending and cutting techniques. You can cut out an image by going around it with a lasso tool. Here are the types of lassos NORMAL LASSO: like the pencil tool only it draws an invisible outline POLYGONAL LASSO: draws straight lines and is great for borders. MAGNETIC LASSO: this is used mainly for cutting out images and sticks to colours and shapes to get the best cut. THE MAGIC WAND TOOL http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2264/magicwandvh5.jpg This tool is great for selecting backgrounds. It will select all of a certain colour - Change its tolerance to select colours more or less in a colour range
January 28, 200718 yr Author CONTINUED THE CROP AND SLICE TOOLS http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2351/cropslifeax6.jpg These are used in making layouts for websites THE HEALING BRUSH http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3399/healingbrushqa4.jpg This will revert an image that u have screwed around with back to its normal state. THE BRUSH AND PENCIL TOOL http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7499/brushtoollh5.jpg This is probably my favourite tool. It does brushing duh. The pencil tool is used to draw THE STAMP AND ART HISTORY BRUSH TOOLS http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2879/brushandstampse5.jpg Another lot of tools that serve no real purpose for sig makers THE ERASER TOOLS http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7677/eraserdh9.jpg Removal of the shit
January 28, 200718 yr Author CONTINUED THE PAINT AND GRADIENT TOOLS http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7969/gradientua4.jpg The paint tool fills with 1 colour and the gradient tool fills with lots of colours in patterns BLUR SHARPEN AND SMUDGE TOOLS http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8736/burnshitloluy5.jpg These aren’t really essential but can come in handy. Their names say all there is too them THE DODGE BURN SMUDGE TOOLS http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/121/wrongloltb2.jpg Also not very essential but can bring out allot in your images. BURN TOOL: gives the image a bronzed effect SMUDGE TOOL: smudges it up DODGE TOOL: this makes the image lighter s TEXT TOOLS http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/377/texttoolnn8.jpg This one is another obvious tool and anyone who needs it explained to them... Is mentally sick i'm afraid to say PEN TOOL http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5020/pentooldd4.jpg Great for drawing funny abstract shapes and chessboards. Not much explaining to do
January 28, 200718 yr Author CONTINUED THE SHAPE TOOL http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5023/shapetoolpm3.jpg This one lives up to its name. It draws shapes and fills em. I don’t use this 1 at all THE EYEDROPPER http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3417/eyedropperze7.jpg This tool picks up a colour that you select THE HAND TOOL http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3769/handtoolxq5.jpg It gropes stuff :D THE MAGNIFICATION TOOL http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3822/magnificationtoolzn4.jpg Zooms in and out, very powerful and great resolution And that concludes the tools section
January 28, 200718 yr Author THE RENDER SECTION This is a list of Commonly used Photoshop renders and there functions. im not doin all the filters because I want this done by the end of the year!!! This is the render section As u can see there are a lot of other effects that you can find out by yourself CLOUDS One of The most commonly used renders. It is used in abstracts and grunge and it looks like this http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/784/cloudsgi8.jpg DIFFERENCE CLOUDS This adds nice whippy lines to the cloud effect and can be quite usefull http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2209/difcloudsuf4.jpg LENS FLARE Beautiful effect for sensets and it works uber well when chromed http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8576/lensflareby8.jpg CHROME Looks like a very sexy liquid metal http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1711/chromezp3.jpg THIS CONCLUDES THE RENDER SECTION DOWNLOADING BRUSHES Ok heres a list of places to download brushes from and also some of my favourites http://www.deviantart.com http://www.cybia.co.uk http://www.greycobra.com IMAGE BLENDING Here are 3 styles of image blending 1. Get the image you want to blend into a sig and lasso roughly around it. Set the feather too 20 and select inverse (ctrl+shift+I) press delete or backspace. Now go to the saturation (ctrl+U) and set it to -100. To finish place the layer with the image on it under the colour balance layer. 2. Once the image is in your sig get the rubber tool selected and set with a soft grunge brush. Brush around the edges with the rubber and it will blend in. then u have to set the saturation to -100 and place it under the color balance layer 3. Lasso around the image roughly and select inverse. Now go to layer mask hide selection. Set the saturation to -100 and put it under the colour balance This concludes the blending part
January 28, 200718 yr Author SIGS!!! Now onto the serious stuff. There are 3 main types of sigs. Grunge, Abstract and Tech. The type of sig that you make is decided on by the type of brushes you use, grunge and abstracts are the same to make, but tech is extra NORMAL SIGS GRUNGE These are really easy to make 1.just go to filter>>render>>clouds http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4193/grunge1wb0.jpg 2.now start brushing lightly with a grunge brush in black http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5146/grunge2yc3.jpg 3.make a new layer and brush lightly with a grunge brush in white http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9338/grunge3qs0.jpg 4.repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have 3-6 layers or it is looking sexy 5.add a colour balance. 6.bask in the glory of your sig http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8038/finishedgrungezn7.jpg
January 28, 200718 yr Author TECH Ok these take a long time to do but are well worth the extra effort. You will need some grunge/abstract brushsets and a tech set--reccomended wurklash big tech-- 1. Press "D" to reset your colours and start by going to filter>>render>>clouds http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4193/grunge1wb0.jpg 2. Get out Abstract or Grungee brushes and start brushing in black. Make a new layer and start brushing in white. Repeat this for 3-6 layers until u have something you like 4. Now add a color balance http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6573/techcolourye1.jpg 5. --OPTIONAL-- Get an image you want in the sig and put it in there. Press ctrl+U and set the saturation to -100. Now get the lasso tool and draw a circle around the image. set the feather to about 20 then ctrl+shift+I. now finally press delete and place the image under the color balance 6. Now for the tech part. this takes a long time to do and doesnt always bring out the best results. Make a new layer under the colour balance layer but ontop of all the others and set the master opacity to around 50-80%. Then just brush in white but space it out and take your time with the placing. i did a quick job with this so yours will probably look better than mine but here is the final product http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7926/techcompleteaq3.jpg
January 28, 200718 yr Author BORDERS yes finally the part where we spruce up your images im gonna go over 2 types of borders 3 PIXEL BORDERS these are small but very effective. step one. make a new layer and select all step two. go to edit>>stroke and set it to 3 pixels step three. make another new layer and select all. go to stroke and make it 2 pixels and the blending mode to clear step 4. make a final new layer and select all. set go to stroke and make it 1 pixel and also set the blending back to normal and thats how to make 3 pixel borders. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7821/pixelborderiu0.jpg TECH BORDERS these are very popular and easy to do 1. use the polygonal lasso tool and make something like this 2. select inverse (ctrl+I) 3. put the border on a new layer of your sig and fill it with black. 4. now go to blending options and use the gradient effect to give it a nice lighting. u can basicly fiddle round with the effects until you get what you want. after placing the border under the colour balance it should look something like this LOST IMAGES: Updating them later THIS CONCLUDES THE BORDER SECTION TEXT text is easily fiddled round with to make look awesome. so im not gona make a section on it. CREDITS: This document is copyrighted by Frithead/Elliot Frith 2006. All Rights Reserved. It is for private and personal use only. It can not be reprinted, reproduced in parts or in its entirety in any form or shape. Since it is intended to be free, you can not sell it, you can not give it away as prize, bonus or promotion. It can not be used for profitable, commercial or promotional purposes. Further, this FAQ can not be altered, referenced or distributed by any individual, web site, organization, group, company, magazine, strategy guide author without my absolute permission. This is protected by International Copyright Law, break or violate any of these rules may resulted in severe civil and criminal penalties. Lastly, this document CAN NEVER EVER be posted without my permission on any sites other than myg0t.Com
January 28, 200718 yr Author Thanks :) i wrote this over a year ago now. So if anything needs updating please tell me
January 28, 200718 yr Author No its not. I wrote this in mid 05 for a photoshop site called digital kaos. If you really want proof its mine go to jaghax.com (cheating site for crummy old runescape) i was a moderator there. My name was frithead. Dont just say stolen for the sake of it, Get proof or shut up
January 28, 200718 yr Dont just say stolen for the sake of it You must be mistaken, sir. This is myg0t.
January 28, 200718 yr its a nice tutorial too bad there are 50million of these all over the interwebs already.
January 28, 200718 yr Author Yeah you probably saw it somewhere elsewhere, WRITTEN BY ME. I have the psd images used in the tutorial and about 100 people who could vouch for me.
January 28, 200718 yr Can't you accept the fact someone made something good? Fuck up. Good tutorial :)
January 28, 200718 yr Yeah you probably saw it somewhere elsewhere, WRITTEN BY ME. I have the psd images used in the tutorial and about 100 people who could vouch for me. im just kiddin i believe ya my friends on filecabi.net think im a pro for posting it, but i'm not very good at photoshop
January 28, 200718 yr who fuckin cares if you made it or not? this is the internet and you are just a name...
