Photoshop is generally known for its photo-modifying special effects, but it is equally effective as an image-creation tool. With a little effort, you can create shapes, logos and other art just by using the tools and functions of Photoshop. It can even create convincing organic shapes. This article will demonstrate this by creating a vine.
Step 1
Open Photoshop. Select 'File' and click 'New.' In the dialog box, make the size and resolution settings whatever you need for your project. Then go to the bottom of the layer panel and click on the 'New Layer' icon.
Step 2
Rasterize Effect Adobe Illustrator's live effects support a wide range of distortions and transformations to the objects you draw, all without making destructively permanent changes to your original artwork. Turn Your Photo into An Artwork. By me from several of my cougar photos and all I did was use the threshold and selection and color removal tools of Photoshop to create this collage. Of a lighter color near the edge of the wings to separate the bird from the background and also just because it is an effect I like the look of.
Select the 'Rectangular Marquee' tool, and draw a tall rectangle on the canvas, then use the 'Gradient' tool to fill across the rectangle with a gradient. Click 'Image,' then 'Adjustments,' and select 'Desaturate.' Go under 'Adjustments,' click 'Levels,' and adjust the sliders to produce a higher contrast in the image.
Step 3
Change the 'Foreground' color to green and the 'Background' color to black. Create a new layer. Select 'Filter,' then 'Render,' and 'Clouds'. If the contrast between the green and black is too low, select 'Image,' then 'Adjustments' and click 'Brightness/Contrast.' Adjust both settings until the preview looks right.
Step 4
Select both working layers, right-click them, and select 'Link.' Select 'Edit,' then 'Transform,' and click 'Perspective.' Pull the handles at the bottom together into a point. Now change the 'Blending Mode' of the top layer to 'Soft Light.' Go to Layer and click 'Merge Down.'
Select 'Filter,' then 'Liquefy.' Make the brush about 4 times the top width of the vines. Then use it to move sections of the vine from side to side, creating a curvy effect. And that's it; a curvy vine.
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Although Adobe Photoshop CS5 lacks a built-in filter to simulate lithography, you can achieve a similar effect by using a combination of other filters. Lithography produces an image with a dark, highly contrasted and grainy appearance. You can simulate these effects in Photoshop CS5 by applying a combination of filters to adjust the hue and saturation of an image and apply a grainy texture.
1.Launch Photoshop CS5 and open the image to which you want to add a lithographic effect.
2.Click the 'Image' menu at the top of the window if you are working with a grayscale image. Click the 'Mode' heading and select 'RGB Color.' If you are working with a color image, skip this step.
3.Click the 'Image' menu. Click the 'Adjustments' heading and select 'Hue/Saturation.' Alternatively, press 'Ctrl'U.'
4.Drag the 'Saturation' slider left to remove most of the color from the image.
5.Drag the 'Hue' slider left or right to alter the remaining color in the image.
7.Click the 'Filter' menu at the top of the window. Click the 'Texture' heading and select 'Grain.' Note that you can also produce an effect similar to lithography using the 'Add Noise' filter under the 'Noise' heading.
8.Click the 'Grain Type' drop-down menu and select a texture such as 'Enlarged' or 'Contrasty.'
9.Drag the 'Intensity' slider to adjust the prominence of the grain texture.
10.Drag the 'Contrast' slider to adjust the contrast of the resulting image.
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Jason Artman has been a technical writer since entering the field in 1999 while attending Michigan State University. Artman has published numerous articles for various websites, covering a diverse array of computer-related topics including hardware, software, games and gadgets.
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