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Read MoreHow to turn part of a photo to black and white in Photoshop
Follow this tutorial to find out how to turn just part of a photo to black and white to achieve a great effect. This works really well with an image where part of the photo is really brightly coloured but can also be used with subtle colours to create an interesting effect. I have used a photo of a Peacock that I found on Wikimedia by Wilfredor as the basis of this tutorial. Step 1. Start by opening the...
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Read MoreDotted and Dashed Lines in Photoshop
Dotted and dashed lines are used a great deal in web design, and if like me you use Photoshop for your web designs, you will know that creating these lines in Photoshop isn’t as easy as in other programs such as Fireworks. You can create your own brush styles to give you the same effect but I often find that when you create your own brushes they aren’t always to the exact proportions needed...
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Read MoreHow to group & merge layers in Photoshop
It is a very simple process to merge layers in Photoshop. Follow the quick steps below to learn how. One point to note is that once you have merged layers they will become a raster layer and you won’t be able to un-merge them. If you think you may need to work on the separate layers individually again it may be best to group the layers as this will give you the ability to move the layers around as...
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Read MoreHow to create a coloured pencil effect from a black and white line drawing
This tutorial shows a quick and easy way to create a coloured pencil effect from a black and white line drawing (originally a photo). I had a couple of comments on a previous post asking how to change the finished black and white line drawing into a coloured line drawing. I will start the tutorial from where I left the previous post. If you are starting this tutorial afresh start at Step 2. I am starting...
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Read MorePhotoshop Square Brushes
This whole set of square brushes comes with Photoshop and they just need to be loaded into your brush palette to enable you to start using them. To load the square brushes into your brush palette: Step 1 With a document open and the brush tool selected, right click the canvas. Step 2. Click on the arrow which is top right on the brush selector. Step 3. Choose Square brushes from the list. You...
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Read MoreChange the colour of part of an image using layer masks.
For this tutorial I am going to use an image from Wikimedia commons by Sebastianjude. Step 1. Open your image in Photoshop. Step 2. Duplicate the layer Step 3. Turn off the original picture layer by pressing the eye icon for that layer in the layers palette. Step 4. Select the duplicate layer and click the icon at the bottom of the layers palette to add a layer mask. Step 5. With the layer mask selected,...
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Read MoreHow to create a repeating background tile in Photoshop
First of all you need to choose your original pattern quite carefully. The original image should not have light and dark sections, the tone and pattern should be roughly the same throughout. I have chosen to use Rain Texture by FunnyBunny-stock Step 1. Open up the image that you want to use – make sure the image is on it’s own layer (not the background layer) and make the canvas twice as big....
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Read MoreFree cork repeating background tile
Use the tile below to create a free cork background for your website. To use the cork tile as a paint bucket background for design work in Photoshop open the tile in Photoshop and choose Edit > Define Pattern. For a full tutorial see How to create a repeating background in Photoshop. To use this tile as a repeating background on the web, use the CSS background image option. Use the above cork image for...
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