Post by: Jay on May 12, 2003, 09:36:21 PM
This is what I made.
What I did was:
- Open a copy of my original photo
- Copy that layer (drag layer to "create new layer" button.)
- Apply watercolor filter. (Detail - 12, Shadow Intensity - 0 and Texture - 2). However you can use any combo of numbers you want.
- Make that layer 80% opacity and select "multiply" on the drop down menu in the layers pallet.
- On your original layer I used the Bas Relief filter. (Detail - 14, Smoothness - 3, Light Direction - bottom)
- Make sure your original layer is under the copy!
So, what are your favorites? Please share! I'm sure it could be a learning experience for all!
Post by: Bruce_F on May 13, 2003, 12:35:45 PM
When the gel button was first introduced, I decided to try and duplicate it and this image is how it turned out.
People wanted to know how it was done, so I made a tutorial:
Button Tutorial
Along with the tutorial, it seemed appropriate to share this:
Stuffed Photoshop Document
Post by: tacit on May 13, 2003, 12:50:18 PM
For example, here are some jobs I've done in Photoshop without using effects filters:
This was made from a picture of a basketball and five pictures of Tampa Bay attractions. The only filter used was Distort->Displace, to curve the pictures of the attractions.
This image was made without any filters at all:
The only filters I use regularly are Gaussian Blur (usually on masks and alpha channels) and the KPT 3.0 filter called Hue Protected Noise (usually in masks). I also use Unsharp Mask to sharpen images for print.
Post by: CyberPet on May 13, 2003, 01:15:08 PM
Post by: Jay on May 13, 2003, 02:55:36 PM
Post by: tacit on May 13, 2003, 07:12:12 PM
To make the basketball, I started by creating a displacement map. A displacement map is like a 3D contour map--it's a black and white file where white means high and black means low. The basketball was light in the center and darker toward the outside.
I used this displacement map with Filter->Distort->Displace to curve the pictures. Once they had been bent, I brought them in to the image with the basketball.
I used the Pen tool to create paths around the parts of the basketball where the images should go, then used the paths to make a layer mask to cut off the parts of the image that wouldn't show.
Now comes the tricky part: Making the images look painted on to the basketball. Each image is actually in about four or five (depending on its density) layers. A layer with the image in Normal mode, but almost invisible (about 12% opaque), then a layer in Screen mode at a higher opacity, then a layer in Overlay mode at about the same opacity, then a layer in Color mode at full strength. This allows enough of the basketball's texture to show through. (The way the layers should be set up varies according to how dark the image is and how dark the underlying surface is.)
This is the same technique I used in this image:
The image here started out as a photograph of three women, and three scans of album covers. The distortion/compositing technique I used on the basketball was virtually identical to the technique I used to make the album covers appear to be painted on the women's bodies, except that the displacement map was much more difficult to create for the women (making the displacement map accounted for about half the total time I spent on this project).
Post by: krissel on May 13, 2003, 11:55:46 PM
Tacit's tips
with illustrations by Snuffysbluff
Come on guys. We're awaitin'.
Post by: Thomas S. England on May 14, 2003, 04:38:51 AM
Post by: CyberPet on May 14, 2003, 07:27:24 AM
Thank you soo much for sharing this knowledge, I hope you don't mind if I lend your idea to learn how to use the different tools. I knew the layer blendings were involved but I didn't know you could use several layers with different blendings. But it all makes sense now.
So look out for very bad exampels here later to show my progress.
Oh, and I don't care for step 1, 2 and 3 stuff, the way you described it it's perfect, lets you try different blendings etc to see what you like the most, especially since I don't plan on using basketballs all the time.
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Post by: LR827 on May 14, 2003, 12:29:35 PM
Post by: krissel on May 14, 2003, 07:51:04 PM
Er, their picture, that is.
Post by: Bill on May 16, 2003, 05:22:31 PM
Explanation on how ... Great also!!!
Hmmm ... wonder if that ball could of helped the LA Lakers? Doubt it.
Post by: LR827 on May 17, 2003, 10:14:21 AM
Post by: tacit on May 17, 2003, 09:29:16 PM
The original image, which is quite large (several hundred megabytes), I did for a local radio station called Thunder 107. heir slogan was "Back to Back Classics," hence the album covers on three women's backs.
Thunder 107's parent company loved the billboards so much they decided to take that advertising campaign nationwide, for all the other "classic rock" stations in their network. Problem is,they didn't want to pay me what I charge for image editing--which is quite reasonable at $120/hr.
So they got a second-rate artist in Atlanta to do the billboards for a tenth of my price. Their Atlanta artist didn't do anything like the image you see here; insread, he just cut out band logos and stuck them across the picture of the women. The resulting billboards looked terrible; I understand the client has since pulled that advertising campaign.
Kinda goes to show something, but I don't know what...
Post by: gmann on May 17, 2003, 09:41:18 PM
Kinda goes to show something, but I don't know what..
I think it shows that you get what you pay for.
Post by: Gary S on May 17, 2003, 11:09:22 PM
How about front to the future.
Post by: Spartacus on May 18, 2003, 04:03:30 PM
QUOTE(Bruce_F @ May 13 2003, 7:35 PM)
This isn't new by any means, but I thought it might fun to share once more.
When the gel button was first introduced, I decided to try and duplicate it and this image is how it turned out.
People wanted to know how it was done, so I made a tutorial:
Button Tutorial
Along with the tutorial, it seemed appropriate to share this:
Stuffed Photoshop Document
When the gel button was first introduced, I decided to try and duplicate it and this image is how it turned out.
People wanted to know how it was done, so I made a tutorial:
Button Tutorial
Along with the tutorial, it seemed appropriate to share this:
Stuffed Photoshop Document
Hey Bruce,
first of all:
thanks for that wonderful tutorial!
However, I am having some problems with making my button transparent.
I didn't understand your tutorial regarding that issue.
I have uploaded my button so you can see what I mean.
Without the transparency it still looks cool, but lacks the "Aqua"-effect.
One more thing. Which version of PS did you use? My PS 7 looks completely different. It took me some time to figure out what to do in my PS's menus.
Post by: Bruce_F on May 18, 2003, 06:47:22 PM
If you downloaded the Photoshop (6, I think) file I did, you can click on each layer and look at the settings for each.
The "button" layer is set to Multiply to allow the lines to show through.
It could be that I missed some details when I put the tutorial together.
