Archive for the ‘Photoshop’ Category

19 Jan 2012 ♥ 12:49 pm ♥ Comment

Blur out the background!; Photoshop

This tutorial will teach you how to make your photos look like it was taken using an slr or any camera with macro mode on. Personally, I like my photos with a bit of blur and isolation. And I’m going to show you how you can do that through basic photoshop! : )

Note: CMD is COMMAND for mac. Use CTRL for windows.

Reference photo & the outcome

First, open the image on photoshop. In the layers window, duplicate the image by selecting it and CMD + J.

Choose the Lasso Tool from the toolbar.

Just outline around the object completely (the outline should be blinking after!).

Don’t draw around it too exactly or the outcome would look a bit off.

15 Sep 2011 ♥ 6:12 pm ♥ Comment

Creating basic shapes using pen tool and paths; Photoshop

Whenever I just need small graphics and I’m too lazy to sweat over vectoring in Illustrator, I use this pen tool process in Photoshop. The difference between a vector shape and a non-vector shape is that no matter how you zoom into / “blow up” a vector shape, the quality would not change. Think of an illustrated 10 ft. x 10 ft. billboard advertisement that has no pixelized borders and shapes. That’s an example of a vector. For this “cheat” tutorial, I will teach you how to make shapes. If you master this skill, you can actually make a vector design in no time.

Doodle your design in photoshop / scan your drawing. Doesn’t matter if its edges look a bit off.

Or for practice, you could just use the image I’ve provided above.

If you plan on printing your design later on, I suggest you work on a bigger canvas (like 300 dpi).

Check your image resolution by IMAGE >> IMAGE SIZE .

Here’s my layers window. If it’s nowhere, go to WINDOW >> LAYERS

Forgive me for future confusion but I accidentally renamed the layer as “vector” (and it isn’t). Just rename this layer anything for organization. Or choose to leave it as it is.