collecting ps beginner things

trying to learn some photoshop, putting tutorials etc here for easier access and organization

[pwnypony]

GUYS. GUYS.

GUYS.

HOLY FUCK.

GOOD GUY ADOBE releases the ENTIRE CS2 SUITE. FOR FREE.

That means free access to Photoshop CS2 - and that already has most of what you could ask for, really.

All you have to do is create a FREE ADOBE ID.

I am not sure about commercial use, but MAN. FUCKIN’ SWEET DUDE

[dalehan]

Reblogging for the greater good.

[darkoverord]

I’m unlikely to pick it up as I honestly never use PS anymore, but here everyone who follows me. Free stuff.

[verifiablebot]

oh wow this is perfect i was just lamenting that i’d have to buy creative suite for my new laptop WELP

[kyleehenke]

Signal boost for any of my followers who need art programs!

The cs2 programs date back only a few years, and still have much of the functionality of today’s more modern ones. The differences between most of the versions are little more than slight modifications or additions of minor features, and UI changes. Go for it guys!!

Also, in case the page is down, here are the download links + serials.

[azure-quill]

@drzedzworth

Here ya go, ya gobber

[druidcore]

Your character posters are so cute! May I ask how you made them or even go about finding pictures for a color scheme?

Sure thing! I’ve never made a tutorial before so forgive me if this is a bit all over the place. 

TO GO ABOUT CREATING THE ABOVE GRAPHIC YOU’RE GOING TO NEED: 

photoshop (I use CC 2015) 

four photos with preferably white-ish backgrounds (I recommend Pinterest for this. If you’re having trouble finding a a white-background photo, a good alternative is finding one that would be easy to paint white around such as this one or this one and painting around it with a soft 95px brush at 0% hardness). 

a few pastel psds that you’re going to put over one another. I don’t remember which ones I used but feel free to scroll through this tag for ones to experiment with! 

feel free to give this a like / reblog if this helped at all! 

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[ultraheroin]

Any tips for photoshop?

mostly do your own thing, do what you like, keep practicing, don’t let the stress consume you!! but if you want something more specific;  

here is a masterpost for photoshop beginners that covers a lot

here you can learn about tumblr’s posts size so your edits won’t look distorted

here you can find many great tutorials that cover from the basics to the more advanced

here is a textures masterpost 

here is a masterpost about fonts and how to use/install/pick fonts for your graphics etc

[fotosjappen]

cant for the life of me find a reblog button on this page so

[sallydonovanarchive2017-deactiv]

Cutting Out People and Hair in Photoshop

[itsphotoshop]

Tutorial made by sallydonovan.

This is a Photoshop tutorial for cutting people out of a background when they have messy hair, so you can keep all of the stray locks/strands and avoid a blocky, unrealistic look without having to manually trace around them yourself.

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[amnell]

Tutorial: Circle Graphics by amnell

[itsphotoshop]

(Requested by rebekahmikelsons) 

This tutorial is to explain how to make these little circles, which I used here. I’ll be making this one:

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[drawmaevedraw-deactivated201901]

THE LAYERS CHEAT SHEET PART TWO (PART ONE HERE) Once again, I’m no expert- there are things about these layers I probably haven’t covered, so please try them out for yourself! Layers 1-7 help your contrast. They are usually a pair of the former two groups I went over in my last post. 1. OVERLAY:  Helps your contrast by boosting your lights and darks, while the more mid tone pixels aren’t affected as much. It does this based on the layers beneath it.  “Screens” the lights, “multiplies” the darks.  2. SOFT LIGHT:  Similar to overlay, but a “softer” effect. You can think of soft light as more transparent. 3. HARD LIGHT: You can look at hard light as an intense version of overlay, with much brighter colors and a much less transparent look. 4. VIVID LIGHT:  This is the heavy metal version of overlay- think of it similar to color dodge and color burn.  Very intense colors, good for finding interesting lighting and color combos. 5. LINEAR LIGHT:  Crazy amounts of contrast and color is added here, even more than vivid light.  so heavy metal  6. PIN LIGHT:  This one is interesting because besides it also being an intense contrast layer, it can add random noise to the active layer.  Apparently this is a combo of the lighten blend mode on the light pixels and darken on the dark pixels, but the noise effect is what makes it really interesting imo. 7. HARD MIX:  You will turn this mode on and be like “no” but it is actually adjusting its fill will reveal another overlay-ish type layer.  It throws the colors on the active layer towards a more primary color such as blue, or magenta.  _____ 8. DIFFERENCE: This will invert your colors, taking into account the layers below. If colors are very close, they will be black. 9. EXCLUSION: This also inverts your colors, taking into account the layers below. If colors are very close, they are grey. Exclusion and difference are layers that would be good for graphic pieces, I haven’t really gotten used to incorporating them in my painting workflow. 10. SUBTRACT: Similar to the above layers, but more intense. You will notice that the darker you make your active layer with Difference, exclusion, and subtract, the lighter and more transparent looking the result will be. 11. DIVIDE:  Divide, however, usually results in crazy highlights that are pretty opaque unless the layer is fairly light, and then it will begin to go transparent.  ___ 12. HUE:  Makes the lower layer take on the hue of the active layer. 13. SATURATION:  The lower layers take on the saturation of the active layer. 14. COLOR:  The lower layers take on the color of the active layer. 15. LUMINOSITY:  The lower layers take on the luminosity, or brightness, of the active layer. Once again, I’m no expert, but I hope this helps. Thanks guys! http://drawmaevedraw.tumblr.com/

[graphictutorials]

。・ tutorial one by graphictutorials ゜+.*

-`. Hello everyone! In this tutorial, I’ll teach you how to center objects/text in photoshop, as well as explain how the Smart Guides and custom Guides work. .’-

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[karazorel]

I was wondering if you could explain how you turned green to yellow in this post: onceuponadaily(.)tumblr(.)com/post/159042753541 I can never seem to get it to change properly. If not that's okay it's a very pretty set. Thanks :)

Of course! It’s actually super easy to do. It’s all in the selective colors. Below the cut is the steps I took to go from green to yellow to orange to pink.

Or if you don’t want to learn and would rather use a psd instead then you can click here. 

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[fakefairybrookess]

this is an extremely messy and basic (just like me lol) tutorial of how i do those pretty gradient style edits!

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[buchcnans]

Do you know how to cut out an image? I use the polygonal lasso tool but it doesnt come out really nice and I just want to know if theres an easier and more effective way of cutting out images?

actually yes! there’s a much easier way to cut out images than using the polygonal lasso.

first off, open up your image onto photoshop. (i’m using psc5) this is the photo i’ll be using.

next, click the letter “q” on your keyboard. this creates a mask for your picture. click it once and then click your brush tool. once you’ve clicked your brush tool, paint over your person. the brush tool should come off as red, and it should look like this.

paint over the entire person (or whoever/whatever you want to cut out) i like to use a small brush, so that it’s easier to paint over the more difficult spots to paint over. once you’ve finished painting over them, it should look something like this.

now all you have to do is click “q” again and it should outline what you’ve painted. it should look like this.

now, click delete on your keyboard and voila!

easy right? i hope this was able to help you lovely! if you have any other questions, feel free to come back and ask them!

[aenhanse]

Vibrant/colorful gifs tutorial

I was aked by @nancywheelerx if I could show how I make my gifs so vibrant and some anons asked how I color my gifs so I’m making this tutorial.  I’ll show how I colored these two gifs:

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Please like or reblog if you found this tutorial useful.

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[fotosjappen]

Free Photoshop Elements Tutorials to help you get the most out of Elements. Useful techniques presented in an easy-to-follow format.

neat simple elements tutorials

[badwolvs]

Easy, colorful screencap tutorial for beginners on CS5 (very detailed)

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[fotosjappen]

Great tutorial! Thanks for writing this up!