Photoshop help center.

[Marsupial]

Sup?

This topic is for all you photoshop users, new and old, that need help using the program and various techniques. It doesn't matter if you're a PS newbie with no idea about anything or an experienced sig artist looking to pick up some advice, you are welcome here.

It won't be just me giving out help. Anyone can drop by and answer questions. Hopefully if people come here asking for help the Art forum will be less clogged with whole threads JUST made for a simple question.

Rules:

1. No spam (of course)
2. No flaming
3. No massive off-topic conversations
4. No bullshit, don't answer a question you don't know the answer for.

Yes I think this has been done before and yes I did PM MindChamber about this and he said it's ok. Also, there is a tutorial I made with a friend for anyone whose interested.

Enjoy!

[Havayosunu]

how can i make dark, thundery clouds?

[Marsupial]

I couldn't upload the tutorial here so it's here instead.

[DarkSoldier]

Hoe do you align?

[Marsupial]

At 4/9/07 03:15 PM, Havayosunu wrote: how can i make dark, thundery clouds?

The simple way is the cloud filter. After using that you can tamper with the brightness. However you could download some cloud brushes...

[Marsupial]

At 4/9/07 03:34 PM, DarkSoldier wrote: Hoe do you align?

I'm not sure about this but select what you want to align and go to "layer"- then "align to selection" and choose how you want it.

[tversteeg]

How do you make realistic fire and where can you find cloud brushes>?

[MeMB]

If you want really good clouds, I would suggest working from real cloud images. Get a few you like, blend them, brush over them, change the colouring if you want, etc. Also, you can get good brushes from Deviantart.com

[Marsupial]

At 4/9/07 03:41 PM, ninjitsuwarrior wrote: How do you make realistic fire and where can you find cloud brushes>?

I ain't no photoshop guru so all I can say is BRUSHES! You can find them at DevianArt or just google it and ton of links will come up.

I made this fiery sig with brushes alone.

[tversteeg]

But how do you do the fire?

[MeMB]

Oh, and realistic fire can be done multiple ways, but one of the quickest is to fill a circle with white at the base of where the fire should be. Then use the smudge tool to smudge the edges upwards. Make sure you do it slightly wavery, so that you get a natural look. Then use Outer Glow and Inner Glow effects to make it look more fiery.

[zef7]

That's a really good idea, it will clean up the art forum , good job.I've a question, do you know a good website or someone who has a lot of brushes on DA because otherwise you have to search and some people only have one or two that I don't wanna download.

[Lebastic]

At 4/9/07 03:15 PM, Havayosunu wrote: how can i make dark, thundery clouds?

Heres a good way :

1)Make a Black and white gradient from left to right
2)use filter>render>difference clouds (make sure your foreground color is black)
3)Negative your obtained picture by using edit>invert
4)color your picture by using image>adjustments>Hue and Saturation. check the "colorize" box at the bottom right, then change the Hue to whatever pleases you.

here is what you should get step by step

[Marsupial]

At 4/9/07 03:51 PM, zef7 wrote: That's a really good idea, it will clean up the art forum , good job.I've a question, do you know a good website or someone who has a lot of brushes on DA because otherwise you have to search and some people only have one or two that I don't wanna download.

GIve me your e-mail address and I'll send you a handful of my best. I'm glad to see we're getting some replies here.

[DarkSoldier]

At 4/9/07 03:41 PM, ninjitsuwarrior wrote: How do you make realistic fire and where can you find cloud brushes>?

Lookie here

[zef7]

At 4/9/07 04:00 PM, Marsupial wrote: GIve me your e-mail address and I'll send you a handful of my best. I'm glad to see we're getting some replies here.

Can't you PM me?If you can't for whatever reason, then I'll give you my email-adress by PM(PM me first), I don't want everybody to know it.

[Marsupial]

Can I get some comments on this sig.

[DarkSoldier]

At 4/9/07 04:15 PM, Marsupial wrote: Can I get some comments on this sig.

It's nice!

[Marsupial]

At 4/9/07 04:17 PM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 4/9/07 04:15 PM, Marsupial wrote: Can I get some comments on this sig.

It's nice!

Thanks. From that you can all see how useful brushes can be.

[DarkSoldier]

At 4/9/07 04:19 PM, Marsupial wrote:

At 4/9/07 04:17 PM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 4/9/07 04:15 PM, Marsupial wrote: Can I get some comments on this sig.

It's nice!

Thanks. From that you can all see how useful brushes can be.

Where did you get that Fox?

[Tonkpils666]

At 4/9/07 04:19 PM, Marsupial wrote: Thanks. From that you can all see how useful brushes can be.

true, also placement, lighting and blending can be very effective

[Pezboy440]

How do you make your own brushes? or stamps or what eva?

[Tonkpils666]

At 4/9/07 04:25 PM, Pezboy440 wrote: How do you make your own brushes? or stamps or what eva?

Here you go

[zef7]

At 4/9/07 04:15 PM, Marsupial wrote: Can I get some comments on this sig.

I've a question, how come you make SO good sigs and you only have a simple one where it's written : bad cop?

[Marsupial]

At 4/9/07 04:20 PM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 4/9/07 04:19 PM, Marsupial wrote:

At 4/9/07 04:17 PM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 4/9/07 04:15 PM, Marsupial wrote: Can I get some comments on this sig.

It's nice!

Thanks. From that you can all see how useful brushes can be.

Where did you get that Fox?

Search DA and you will find much better results than you will in google... Oh and it's a werewolf.

At 4/9/07 04:24 PM, Tonkpils666 wrote:

At 4/9/07 04:19 PM, Marsupial wrote: Thanks. From that you can all see how useful brushes can be.

true, also placement, lighting and blending can be very effective

Hello again. Pretty cool sig. Colour is also important.

At 4/9/07 04:40 PM, zef7 wrote:

At 4/9/07 04:15 PM, Marsupial wrote: Can I get some comments on this sig.

I've a question, how come you make SO good sigs and you only have a simple one where it's written : bad cop?

It's an inside joke. And I don't like wearing my own work. I'm glad you think my sigs are good though.

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/rules_art.html

[S-S-X]

At 4/9/07 03:37 PM, Marsupial wrote:

At 4/9/07 03:15 PM, Havayosunu wrote: how can i make dark, thundery clouds?

The simple way is the cloud filter. After using that you can tamper with the brightness. However you could download some cloud brushes...

NO. No filters. The clouds just look stupid and fake.

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

Everyone note that all of Marsupial's "art" is edited photographs and clipart he didnt make.

He then raped these with Photoshop brushes.

This qualifies him as an expert.

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[Marsupial]

At 4/9/07 05:54 PM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: Everyone note that all of Marsupial's "art" is edited photographs and clipart he didnt make.

And making pretty banners with these pictures. :) Well try to make pretty banners... Anyway I can't draw very well so I stick to making sigs and stuff. Why is this a problem?

[Marsupial]

At 4/9/07 05:52 PM, S-S-X wrote:

NO. No filters. The clouds just look stupid and fake.

Look at what Lebastic posted, it's useful.