Posted at photoshopzilla.com in Photoshop Let me create a digital cloud painting or a galaxy/cosmic effect using few photoshop techniques that I know like Dodge tool, burn tool and smudge tool. 1. Create a new document as shown. 2. That's the new document in Adobe photoshop software. 3.Create a new layer as show. choose 100% as default. 4. Using Gradient tool lets fill with color (# DC7521, #C43903 ) . 5. Use Dodge Tool in the area I have drawn using these settings. (size - 100, Range- Midtones, Exposure-33 % ) 6. Now Lets use burn tool in the area show with green pointers. use setting as Burn tool size 50% , Exposure 48. 7. Again Dodge tool is used in the areas I have drawn to create this effect. Dodge size15, Exposure 33%. 8. Draw few yellow color ( #FFED15 ) dots as shown below. 9. Use Smudge tool to stretch the yellow color dots in all direction a little bit. Use Brush size 70, mode Normal , Strength 57%. 10.Now with Burn tool, burn the areas shown below. ( Brush size 30, Exposure 50%. ) 11.Draw few more yellow ( #EFED15 ) dots using brush on layer 3. 12. Again use Smudge tool to stretch the yellow dots and expand them. 13. Draw some irregular shape of white color. Brush size 10 , opacity 100. 14. I will again use smudge tool to stretch white painted areas. Smudge tool ( brush size 30, Mode Normal , Strength 100% ) . 15. Now before creating a new layer, click on layer 1 and then select new layer. this is the layer no 6. 16. layer 6 lene ke bad Is layer par Paint Bucket tool ke dwaara color ( # CB002F ) fill karate hain. 16. After Layer 6 is selected, use Paint Bucket tool to fill the color CB002F ) 17 Click on Darken option of the layer. 18. Now using Lasso tool create a new shape. 19. Select Marquee tool and right click on the created image and select feather, feather radius = 35 pixel and press ok. press delete 4 times. Voila!!! - we have done it. These are man made galaxy images .
I am going to draw a galaxy effect or cosmic effect using smudge and burn tool.
Draw a Digital cloud painting
7/29/2007
Photoshop: Draw a Digital Cloud
Photoshop: Exposure Blur
Posted at photoshoptutorials.ws in Photoshop In this section, we'll use the Levels tool to identify the light sources that will be used to create the light streaks. Now that we have the light sources identify, we can use it to create the light streaks. The streaks will be created by duplicating the layer and moving it one pixel at a time. This might send shivers down your spine; don't worry, it'll be easy and fun. Really! To create the animation, we need to create the individual frames as layers. Now that we have the frames created, we're ready to switch to ImageReady to start the animating process. There are countless effects that can be created with this technique. Experiment with different combination to discover new exposure blur animations.
Create abstract light streaks in motion. This animation simulates the effect of a long exposure photo taken with a moving camera. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create streaks of light from a photo and learn several basic animation techniques to animate the light streaks.Finding the Light Sources
Creating the Light Streaks
Loading the Action
This is a CPU & RAM intensive process so we recommend closing any unnecessary programs before proceeding.
Animating the Light Streaks: Creating the Frames
Animating the Light Streaks: Animating with ImageReady
Format: GIF
Colors: 64
Dither Method: None
Use the "Save Optimize As" tool (File> Save Optimized As) to save the image.Final Results
Photoshop: Hyperspace Star Effect
Posted at drquincy.com in Photoshop You are going create a hyperspace effect like this: 1. Begin by copying this image, obtained from a stock photography site, into Photoshop: 2. Choose Filter > Blur > Radial Blur - set the Amount to 33, the Blur Method to Zoom and the Quality to Best: 3. Choose Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen. Hold down Ctrl and press F twice (this reapplies the Sharpen filter twice). your image will look like this: 4. Choose Image > Image Size; ensure Constrain Proportions is checked and set the width of the image to 600px. The height will adjust automatically. 5. Now we will change the colour of the stars. Choose Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and set the Hue to -100. The shifts the colours of the image so it will look like this: 6. Right-click the Background layer and choose Duplicate Layer and click Ok. 7. On the new layer choose Filter > Blur > Guassian Blur and set the radius to 3.0 pixels: 8. Set the blending mode of the new layer to Screen. You're finished:
Create the effect of going through space quickly in a few simple steps.Create a hyperspace star effect in Photoshop
Note: This tutorial is written for Photoshop CS on a Windows XP platform and assumes you have a basic knowledge of Photoshop. However, this technique will work on most versions of Photoshop or similar graphics package.