Guys,
This the last day of the Competition. If you still did not submit your work – now is your chance.
I wish the best of luck to all of you.
And here is a little something I just did for those of you who love photography. I shot this image a few years ago, there was this beautiful olive tree plantation and the clouds were just magical. The shot was taken in Istria/Croatia and I must add that this area offers loads of opportunities for photographers and people who like photography.
After I did a little “touch up” in Photoshop (wanted to emphasize the oldness of the tree and the magic of the surroundings) I placed the photo on one of the background from 2 Pack Graphics: Old Grunge Paper images 3. This was done using layer multiply effect.
I placed the whole thing on the paper that I did for this purpose (plain brown background with texturizer filter applied).
The cornders come from Photo Corners (20+20) Photoshop brushes.
So, basically, to get an effect like this is more simple than it looks, isn’t it?
So, I hope you like it. Feel free to browse through my little shop for some other HiRes Photoshop brushes, background images and vectors.
Love ya all,
Silvia
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Somebody asked me, a while ago, if I could make a tutorial on how to create this kind a special (old skin) effect on a photo.
So here it is, Sanya portrait from last Thursday’s TT post in original RGB colors and combined with the dirt texture in sepia tone.
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This video tutorial is really huge so I had to cut it out to four parts:
- 1. First part is about Desaturating RGB photo and coloring it to sepia tone. Easy way :)
- 2. Second video is about applying texture brush to the image.
- 3. Third video is about using mask on layer in Photoshop, this is the longest one (and the heaviest: 33MB)
- 4. And the last one, fourth video is about softening layer with the texture just to add more natural look to the image
That’s it :D
If you followed that tutorial on your computer – you learned something new today!
If not, go back, start Photoshop and follow the steps from this tutorial.
Have fun creating!
S
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OK. St. Patrick’s Day is coming and I though I’d prepare something original for the occasion.
St. Patricks Day apron. I mean, everybody’s got a T-shirt already, inn’it?
Apron for St. Patrick’s Day with Irish saying by “unnamed author”)
For every wound, a balm.
For every sorrow, cheer.
For every storm, a calm.
For every thirst, a beer.
So, here is a short “How-to” make something like this on Zazzle.
1. STEP ONE
In Photoshop, create a document 7×8 inch on 200 dpi (you could do it on 300dpi just to be on the safe side when it comes to quality, but 200dpi will work fine as well):
2. STEP TWO
Now select a color by clicking on a “Foreground color” in PS main toolbar. In my case that was #107208 in hexadecimal (that’s R: 16, G: 114, B:8 in RGB color system)
3. STEP THREE
Load the brushes set (if you need more help on how to load brushes in Photoshop please visit “How to Install and Use Brushes in Photoshop“), select the brush you want and place it on the document :). Add some text (like the one at the beginning of this post) and save it as JPG at max quality (12).
Now you can upload this JPG to zazzle and apply it on t-shirts, mugs, bags… apron! Zazzle will do the rest of the work for you.
Just remember: have fun! Always! Simply because life is pointless without having a fun!
XOXO,
Silvia
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Hi Gang,
Many of you asked me about coloring brushes in Adobe Illustrator.
Well, I know, I promised to make a video tutorial long time ago, but there is so much to do and so little time :)
Anyways, finally, it is here. Video tutorial on coloring the brushes.
Before watching it, please make sure that you have your Illustrator ready and the brushes window open (F5).
Basically, what I’m doing here is the following:
- First I load my Adobe Illustrator brushes from Vector Floral Shapes set (30). As soon as the desired brush is clicked on – it appears on the brushes window.
- Double click on the brush to open a dialog box. “Colorization method” has to be set to “Tints”.
- Rest is self explanatory, just make the shape and select the color with the color picker
Enjoy the movie and let me know if you think I should add more details.
Have fun creating!
Silvia
P.S.
Of course, even if you are not interested in getting 800+ HiRes Pro Photoshop brushes for 1/2 the price (which is barely possible); you certainly don’t want to miss the Vectors and Illustrations department in my little shop :)
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Gang!
Since I know many of you are, one way or another, involved into weddings whether it be as a friends, family or wedding photographers it is always nice to have some cool photos from the occasion. So, I thought I’d show you how to decorate a wedding photo with Photoshop brushes.
In this particular example we used two different brushes from two different brushes sets:
Here is the final outcome:
And here is how we got there.
1. Load a plain photo in Photoshop
2. Load first brushes set, in this case Swirls 2, Photoshop brushes set, 36
(Click here if you need to find out how to load and use brushes into Photoshop->)
2. Place the first brush on the photo like this:
3. Load second brushes set, in this case Photoshop Brushes – Floral Shapes (37)
4. Place that second brush it on the top of the first one so that it creates one new shape
(Find out how to color the brush ->)
5. Now, the time has come to color the right part of the image. First we need to make a selection, to do that – use Polygonal Lasso Tool (L)
6. Close the path: join beginning and the ending points
7. Click on Gradient Tool (G). Now click and on the gradient itself (upper left corner) and adjust the colors until you get something like this (or whatever look you prefer)
8. Drag the gradient with the mouse from upper left corner to the bottom right corner
9. Add some drop shadow on the first brush to enhance the visual effect. Double click on the layer thumbnail to get the “Layer style Pop-Up window”, checkmark the Drop Shadow box.
10. Adjust the drop shadow settings like this
And voila!
Add text and here is our newly decorated wedding photo!
I hope you liked it! I tried to make it as simple as possible but if there are some steps that are not completely clear please let me know.
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Of course, don’t forget to browse through my little shop for some cool brushes and stuff :)
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OK Gang!
First, I need to apologize for not writing for so long. Mea culpa. Was away for a while.
So, for those of you who wanted to find out was the graphic from the previous post done – here it is.
OK. But, first, let me show you another version of the same graphic (one layer is switched off and it became even more interesting – I think).
OK. And here is what it looks like in Photoshop:
So, let’s go layer by layer starting from the bottom.
- White background (it’s kinda obvious but I need to be consistent :)
- Layer with the brush, filled and outlined, stroke, 3px. You can choose colors as you feel fit. The same one is copied and placed on the top – point No. 5
- Black&White version of the photo
- Color version of the photo, cut-out in the shape of the brush. How it’s done? Easy a) select the layer with the full image b) Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the layer with the brush, brush shaped selection will load it self onto photo c) Press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selectio d) Press Delete to delete the selectio. That’s how I got this layer
- Copy of layer 8, Layer blending mode – Screen (for all other Layers it’s Normal)
And that’s it!
Let me know if point 4 was not explained very well. I will make a video about it.
Don’t forget! This great brush is a part of even greater package called Ultimate Wedding Photography PS Brushes Pack (158) which is on sale now, 158 HiRes Commercial free PC/Mac Photoshop brushes, find out more here ->
Love,
Silvia
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Now, that was supposed to be a catchy headline. I hope it was catchy enough to get you start reading this. If you are a beginner willing to learn about Adobe Illustrator, this short video might be kinda revealing for you.
So, as always in my video tutorials, make sure your Adobe Illustrator is open and your mouse is always close to “Pause” button on the video as you’ll have to press “Pause” a lot and do what I do on your screen simultaneously.
Ok. I this is probably the fastest possible way to make a flower in Illustrator enthusiasts. So, 2 minutes and 36 seconds tutorial for a flower is, IMHO – not bad.
Captions on the bottom of the video should give you all additional info on what’s being done.
Use shortcuts whenever it is possible! This is very important! It will speed you up tremendously. Keep your left hand fingers on:
- “V“, Selection tool, important when selecting objects for rotation and transformations and for moving objects
- “A“, Direct Selection tool, important for manipulation with points (in this tutorial to join endpoints and create a petal shape)
- “Alt (PC)”/”Option (Mac)” important when duplicating objects (in this tutorial when duplicating and rotating at the same time)
So, if you try and do your best to use the shortcuts and learn to work using shortcuts whenever it is possible it will really make your work in Illustrator (and any other software) much much faster and easier.
OK. Let’s get to work now. As I said, make sure your mouse always close to “Pause” button as you will need to Pause a lot.
Let me know what you think or if you have any questions!
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Hello, hello!
OK, guys, I know that the first tutorial on creating swirls in AI was not the best tutorial on the topic and it just screamed for improvement.
So, we did some.
We did a video, accompanied with some fine ambient music
(thanks Rach!)
Please note, before starting the video and really learn how make a swirl in Adobe Illustrator you will need to:
- Open Adobe Illustrator
- Make sure that your mouse is always close to the “Pause” button.
- Click “Pause” after each action taken on the video.
- Do the same on your computer
Video is accompanied with titles explaining what has been done each step of the way.
This is the first part. In next part we will add a branch to the swirl. And we’ll see where to go from there.
I hope you’ll like it!
D.
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I received a lot of questions about using my Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements.
Here is a short video (129 seconds) to show you how to use my (and any other) Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements:
- Loading brushes
- Decorating a family photo
So, here is what’s going on on video:
- Select Brush tool (Shortcut “B”)
- Expand Brushes palette
- Go to “Load brushes”
- Browse to the directory with brushes and select “Swirls butterflies PREMIUM set” -> Load
- Select one of the brushes
- Make sure Hue Jitter is 100% (that is if you want color to vary)
- Adjust the size of each of the butterflies by pressing [ (to decrease) or ] (to increase)
- Place butterflies around the image
This is just a small intro to answer some of your questions related to compatibility of Photoshop brushes with Elements. This video was done in Elements 6.0
If you were just thinking about getting Photoshop Elements for PC:
Adobe Photoshop Elements for Windows
If you were just thinking about getting Photoshop Elements for Mac:
Adobe Photoshop Elements for Mac
If you would like to get great, big and huge discounts on my brushes Click here (time limited offer) ->
If you’re designer looking for more images like the one used in this video please refer to iStockphoto.
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Eh, and don’t forget to check out my latest Photoshop brushes Catalog – Summer 2008 Edition ->
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So, in last post we talked about Paint.NET and how to get Photoshop brushes into it.
Now, it’s only fair that we say a word or two about GIMP. Just like Paint.NET, GIMP is also free Image Manipulation Program. It was interesting to notice how Paint.NET had only 1.6Mb. That’s, like, really really small. GIMP seems to be a bit heavier – 17Mb.
So, let’s see what’s GIMP‘s functionality when it comes to brushes and how could we use existing Photoshop brushes in GIMP.
So, here is the procedure:
1. Convert Photoshop brush to .png
- Start abrViewer
- In abrViewer, click on load brushes and select the folder that contains .abr files (Photoshop Brushes)
- Double-Click on the brush set that you would like to convert
- Go to Export -> Thumbnails and select the location for .png files
2. Import that .png brush to GIMP
3. Go to File-> Save As -> <somename>.gbr
4. Make sure to save it into <GIMP installation folder>\share\gimp\2.0<version No.>\brushes
And Voila! You now have Photoshop brushes in GIMP!
OK. I made one GIMP brushes set for you. For free of course:
– download free version of Swirled Floral Edges GIMP brushes set (4 brushes) ->
There are four brushes here in this LITE version. If you are after creating your own designs or scrapbooking, or if you are a photographer looking to enrich your photos or photobooks you will surely want to get more of these. So for full PREMIUM version of (including commercial license) click here and be amazed on how cheap they come and how useful they are ->
Of course, to make the ultimate save for the ultimate brushes make sure to click on the banner on the right hand side (by the way, that’s my friend Mirta pointing with her finger :)) and see how you can get all of my ultimate edition brushes for 1/2 the price AND get ADDITIONAL $10 bonus (this $10 bonus is time limited offer so if you’re interested, now is the best time to buy)!
Anyways, that’s all for now, I hope you learned something new and I’m looking forward to see your works, so please, keep’ em coming! I’ll feature them on this blog.
Love,
Silvia
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Paint.NET plugin and tutorial on how to use Photoshop brushes in paint.net. There are also some Paint.NET photoshop brushes included for free download.
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