#tutorial: graphic

[peachresources]

doodle edit mini tutorial

this mini tutorial assumes you already know the basics of gif making.

1. get your image and psd ready.

2. click on ‘Create Frame Animation’. if you don’t see this option, go to window > animation.

3. create a new layer and draw whatever you want on it.

4. create another frame and another layer to draw on.

5. repeat steps 2 & 3 for a third time. make sure to go through the frames to make sure that each layer is visible on it’s respective frame. e.g. only layer 1 visible on frame 1. only layer 2 visible on frame 2. only layer 3 visible on frame 3.

6. select the frames and adjust the delay to your preferred time. I chose 0.35.

7. save as a gif with your normal settings!

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marble background tutorial

today I’ll be explaining how to quickly make a marble background like this!

which can then be used to make things like this! banners, graphics, etc, anything and everything!

1. create your canvas, I usually use something like 1500 x 1500. 

go to filter > render > difference clouds

you will have to do it a few times to get something like this, ideally you want something that shows the veins.

2. go to image > adjustments > equalize. 

this is just gonna make our image pop a bit more.

3. go to image > adjustments > levels

drag the middle and right arrows to the left. something like the values below.

and your image should look like something the one below.

4. duplicate your layer.

select the top layer and go to filter > distort > twirl.

use a value around 50.

5.  still having the top layer selected, go to edit > transform > flip horizontal.

set the blending mode to screen and the opacity to between 60% and 70%.

6. select both layers and merge them together. 

right click layers > merge layers

7. go to filter > blur > gaussian blur and set the radius to between 0.2 and 0.5, it all depends on your preference. it just makes the veins softer.

and that’s it!.

however if you want the veins to be lighter, add a solid white layer set to screen and around 40% opacity.

and if you want the marble background to be a different colour, add a solid colour layer of your choice set to multiply and the opacity is up to you!

[peachresources]

netflix poster tutorial

how to make this

1. grab a copy of the netflix logo. I used this one and made it white.

2. create a document sized 540 x 700.

3. add your image and your psd. I used this psd.

4. place your netflix logo wherever you like, I went with up top.

5. right above the netflix logo write ‘only on’ in Arial Bold or a similar font.

6. change your font to one that fits the feel of your series. I used Abril Fatface.

7. use the same font used with the netflix logo and type ‘a netflix original’ and place it where it looks best. I placed it at the bottom to balance out the design.

8. save as png and that’s it!

[italianroleplayers]

tag drop.

[stephassists]

Do you know how to enlargen a picture in Photoshop without losing a lot of image quality?

Here’s a good tutorial on it - though, I haven’t tried it out myself.

[stephassists]

so sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldnt find it anywhere on your blog. I was wondering if you could tell me how to add a gradient/psd to a png? thanks for your help :)

I probably do have it somewhere, but I’m in the mood to make a tutorial and so I’m going to show you! Alright, first open your png/make a png - have the background transparent and everything on the image flattened to just one layer. So, say you have those lines around it, if you want the gradient/psd to go on that as well, flatten it to the image. This is just a random png I have cause I decided the other day I just wanted to make a ton of pngs -

Then, open up/make your psd/gradient and put it on the png -

Then, with your gradient layer selected, right click and create clipping mask. Now, the gradient should only be on the png - and the background transparent -

Then, you know, save as a png and upload it and it should be good to go -

[stephassists]

Do you know a tutorial on how to use gifs in polaroid textures?

First, grab your gif and polaroid and open them both up in photoshop. (If you need a polaroid png, just google polaroid png and go to images. There’s tons. You have to save them instead of copy and paste, though - otherwise they’ll come up with a black background.)

Now, to make it all easier on you, put all your gif layers in a group (Select > All Layers then Layer > Group Layers). 

Then, to make it even more easier - you don’t have to do this (you could just go and paste the polaroid onto the gif itself and then adjust it there, but who cares) - go to that little arrow on your Animation Bar on your gif and click it and Copy Frames.

Make a new layer, File > New - and make it any size you want, I did it 500x500 so it’d be big enough, you can always crop it later. And then paste the frames onto that layer by going to the same menu in the step before and click Paste Frames.

Now, all that’s left is to drag your polaroid png onto the file where the gif is and adjust it to where the gif is inside the polaroid. (To drag the polaroid onto the gif, put the window the polaroid is in on top of the gif layer like I have it in the first screenshot and have the layer of the polaroid selected and click and hold and drag it. If that makes any sense.)

Oh and crop and edit your polaroid gif however you wish, then save and you’re done!

[stephassists]

How do you make a lightleak?

Here’s a tutorial. It’s simple, simple.