Thanks guyz. keep visiting and get the best

Very good tutorial, I am going to try this later on and show you my outcome. Not sure when I will get around to it but hopefully soon!

welcome guyz

Creating a Typographic Wallpaper After writing my previous tutorial here about Creating a Zune in Photoshop, several viewers asked if I’d share how I created the wallpaper graphic. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make something similar, and it’s quite easy! What is Typog In order to create a typographic wallpaper, it would make sense to know a bit about Typography in the first place. Typography is the art and technique of arranging movable type. What does this mean? It means that text itself portrays a message all of its own. Its location, font-family, font-style, color and size all determine the message it portrays. Using a really blocky font for a wedding image wouldn’t make sense, because blocky text isn’t elegant or extravagant, like cursive and curly fonts can be. While this tutorial won’t focus on the essence of typography, understanding what makes type look good will help to create a great design. Step 1 - Creating the Background The background of our wallpaper is going to help set the mood. Using a dark background will allow us to make the typography we use later really stand out of our image. Create a new document with the dimensions you desire. My desktop is 1280?1024px, so that will be my document size. Set your foreground color to a dark gray (#111111) and your background color to black (#000000). Then grab the Radial Gradient Tool and create a light to dark gradient near the center of your document. Step 2 - Setting Our Text Boundary Since I want my text to be in the shape of a 9 (in relation to 2009 and Tutorial9), the easiest way to achieve the shape is going to be to create a large 9 and then use it to place our other text. To accomplish this, grab your Type Tool. Then place a 750px 9 using the font Century Gothic set to bold so that it is located in front of the center of your gradient. I also set my to the color #6dcff6 since my font will look blue later. Then lower the opacity of the layer to around 20%, since it is only being used as a guide. Step 3 - Placing the Type Now that we have our boundary area, we are ready to start adding our type. Before jumping into the vast pool of words to fill the 9, think about what you want ahead of time. Since my wallpaper is related to Tutorial9, I will fill mine with words that define the site, such as Photoshop, Design, and Tutorials. We also need to think of how different we want the type to appear. Do we limit ourselves to one font? I’m going to only use the font Century Gothic, because it has a strong yet clean look, and will allow me to easily fit the font into the 9. Feel free to use multiple fonts in your own work. Since I’m only using one font, I’m limited to ways I can make each phrase stand out. For this, I can use different font sizes and styles. I can increase the size of a font and make it bold so that it stands out, or I can make it smaller and use a crisp or smooth style to make it more subtle. Step 4 - Coloring the Text Now that we have a vast stream of words filling our 9, we need to make this image look amazing! Lets start by lowering the opacity of our 9 to around 2%. This way it will help give some border around our text, but not too noticeable. Then place all of your text layers (except the 9) into a Group (Layer > New > Group). Duplicate the group by right clicking it and selecting Duplicate Group. Click OK when the dialog box appears. The reason we duplicated the group is so that we can merge all of our text layers into one. With the new group selected, right click it and select Merge Group. This will take all of the layers in our group and place them onto a single layer. Now you can hide the group that still has all of the text layers in it since we have this single layer with all of our text. Select your merged layer in your layers palette and add a Gradient Overlay (Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay). I used a nice green (#48a248) for the bottom and a blue (#3bb2f7) for the top. Step 5 - Adding a Title Let’s add a nice title to our wallpaper. I’m going to add the text Happy New Year (Centruy Gothic / 36px / Italic) and use the same gradient overlay as before, except from left to right instead. Then I’m going to add the text Tutorial9 Staff (Century Gothic / 24px / Italic) with the color #736357. Step 6 - Adding Texture Now let’s add a texture over our image. I grabbed an image off of sxc.hu. Place the texture on a new layer on top of your document. De-saturate the image (Ctrl+Shift+U) and set the layer to Overlay. Step 7 - Re-Colorization In the next steps, we are going to add some more random and vibrant color to our image. Create a new layer and set your foreground to #6dcff6 and background to #000000. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. After your layer is filled with a mixture of blue and black “clouds”, set the layer to Overlay and lower the Opacity to 25%. Create another new layer and change your background color to white. Once again go to Filter > Render > Clouds to fill your layer with blue and white “clouds”. Then set your layer to Overlay and lower the Opacity to around 70%. Simple enough? As you can see, the hardest part of this tutorial was filling the document was text. Adding effects was actually quite simple. After learning all of the tools in Photoshop you will find yourself creating complex works with minimal effort! Feel free to experiment and create your own unique works. o get the effect above, I created a new layer and went to Image > Apply Image. Then I used a Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and set the layer to Lighten with 35% Opacity. After that, I created a Gradient Map (Layer > New Adjust Layer > Gradient Map) that went from #ec008c to #e77418. Finally, I set the gradient map layer to Vivid Light.

Wow very detailed, the outcome is amazing though! Great tutorial.

Creative Photoshop Animal King Photo Manipulation Tutorial In this photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to mash up a series of photos in a highly creative poster based on a famous painting from the 1800’s. Let’s get started! Materials Needed: Napoleon on his Throne - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Male Lion - Trisha Shears Potted Plant - G& A Scholiers Potted Flower - G& A Scholiers Palm - Milenable Crown - Ikiwaner Cow Skull - Petr Kovar Human Skull - Alicia Solario Snake - Trine de Folie Step 1: Open the Napoleon image & Crop it First of all open the painting of Napoleon. It is a famous painting done in 1806 and it can be used as it’s copyright has expired and it is now in the public domain. It was found it onWikimedia Commons Use the Crop Tool © to crop the steps off the bottom of the image to improve the compostion and bring more attention to the head. Step 2: Add Lions Head Import the image “Male Lion". Using Free Transform (Ctrl +T) resize the image and rotate it slighty so that it fits well on the body Step 3: Blend lion head into body Different shades of grey can be used for different opacities. Use a Soft Black Brush around the lions head on the layer mask to hide the surrounding scenery. You can use the ] to increase brush size and [ to decrease brush size. Use the Dodge & Burn tools to adjust the lighting of the lion head. Then sharpen the image by using Filter >Sharpen > Sharpen to get the lions head the same sharpness as the background A lions head is bigger than a human head so it will cause more of shadow on the body. The lion stock already has a prominent shadow with a clear path on it to follow. Use the Polygonal Lasso to select an area below the head where the shadow is likely to fall. Use a soft brush in the Eraser tool to erase parts of the shadow to make it more realistic. Set the layer to Soft Light and turn down the Opacity to 50% Step 4: Making the throne more jungle Create a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + N). Outline the edge of the throne using the Pen Tool (P) ( make sure the pen tool is in path mode). Right click on path and select make selection…and fill selection with a green colour. Use the eraser to get rid of areas of green which are blocking objects which would be infront of the throne. Set layer to Color mode. Right click the above layer and select blending options. The settings used are in the image below. The patterns used are photoshop defaults under the texture fill category. Step 5: Add vegetation on the throne We are going to add more vegetation around the throne to make it look more jungle. Firstly add some flowers to the greenery on the throne to make it look more regal. To do this select select the greenry by Ctrl + left click on the layer containing it. On a new layer brush on some flowers using a 3px round brush on 30% opacity to brush in the flowers, the brush settings are shown below. Play around with the colour and opacity of the brush to get different shades of flowers. Step 6: Add vegetation around the the throne Open the image “Potted Plant"in a new document. Use select > colour range to select the white in the image. Adjust the fuzziness so that as much white is selected without much of the plant being selected. Ctrl + Shift + I to selected inverse. Add a layer mask, this will mask out the white part of the image. The pot part of the image is not needed so using a black brush on the layer mask hide the pot and the shadow of the plant. Then drag the layer into the main document and resize it using Free Transform (Ctrl +T), If there is a white line around the leaves select the layer mask (Ctrl + left click ), select inverse (Ctrl + Shift + I) and feather (Ctrl + Alt + D) by 2 pixels. Delete this selection to get rid of any excess white lines around the leaves. Repeat the above steps with the “Potted Flower" and the "Palm" stock. Step 7: Arranging and blending the vegetation The palm leaves are going to be above the throne while flowers are going to rest at the feet of the throne with the leafy plant standing behind the flowers. Arrange the plants into their respective positions making sure the flower layer is above the plant layer. Duplicate the layers with the vegetation to build up the thickness of the vegetation. Use the black brush on the layer mask as needed to make sure the duplicates blend well with the originals. After achieving the right thickness and distribution of the different vegetation merge all layers of the same type of vegetation for ease of use. This can be done by selecting all the layers using Ctrl + Left Click and right clicking on the layer and selecting Merge layers. Play around with Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation to make the colours of the vegetation blend a bit more. The leafy plant and the palm leaves will need to be desaturated slighty as well as made a little darker as they are more in the background of the image. Erase parts of the vegetation that are blocking objects that would be infront of them in the image. Use the Dodge & Burn tools to adjust the lighting of the vegetation. Step 8: Add a Crown Theres no king without a crown. Import the "Crown" image to a layer above the lions head and using the Pen Tool (P) select the black area and get rid of it. Using the Free Transform (Ctrl +T) resize the crown to an appropriate size. Make the crown fit the lions head using the Perspective (Edit > Transform > Perspective) and Warp (Edit > Transform > Warp) Tools Use the Dodge & Burn tools to adjust the lighting of the crown. Step 9: Add some skulls As the King the lion is dominant over man and beast and to symbolise this we are going to add the skull of a man and the skull of an animal either side of the throne. A cow’s skull will be placed on the golden pedestal on the lions left. Cover the globe that is there with the surrounding red cloth using the Clone Stamp Tool. Import the "Cow Skull." Remove the white background of the skull using the Pen Tool (P) and use the Free Transform (Ctrl +T) to resize the skull to an appropriate size. Make the skull fit on the pedestal using the Perspective (Edit > Transform > Perspective) & Warp (Edit > Transform > Warp)Tools Using Image>Adjustments >Brightness/Contrast… reduce the brightness and the contrast of the skull. Use the Dodge & Burn tools to adjust the lighting of the skull Step 10: Add the human skull. A human skull will be placed on the golden pedestal on the lions right. The globe only needs to be partially covered as globe can be used as reference for the lighting on the skull. Cover the edge of the globe surrounding red cloak using the Clone Stamp Tool. Cover only part of globe that the skull wouldn’t be infront of. Import the "Human Skull" image. Remove the white background of the skull using the Pen Tool (P). Use the Free Transform (Ctrl +T) to resize the skull to an appropriate size . Make the skull fit the pedestal using the Perspective (Edit > Transform > Perspective) & Warp (Edit > Transform > Warp)Tools just like in the previous step Using Image>Adjustments >Brightness/Contrast… reduce the brightness and but increase contrast of the skull. And using Image>Adjustments >Hue/Saturation reduce some saturation of the skull. Use the Dodge & Burn tools to adjust the lighting of the skull Use a soft black brush of low opacity to shade the edge of the cloak and to make the skulls shadow. Step 11: Add an advisor for the king. Import the "Snake" image. Remove the white background of the snake using the Pen Tool (P). Use the Free Transform (Ctrl +T) to resize the skull to an appropriate size . The intention is to make the snake twirl around the lions cane. Copy and paste the straight part of the snake on to a new layer. Arrange it using the Free Transform (Ctrl +T) to move it and rotate it so that the snake starts to look as if it is wrapped around the cane. Duplicate the straight part of the snake till the snake starts to look as if it is wrapped around the length of the cane and is dissapearing into the kings cloak. Use a soft round eraser to smooth the harsh edges of the duplicate so that the parts of the snake starts blending into each other. Once all the different duplicates are blended together merge them into a single layer. Using the eraser remove parts of the snake which would be behind the cane. Use the Dodge & Burn tools to adjust the lighting of the snake. Step 12: Adjusting the base image Lions are thought of as being very strong animals so we are going to make the body parts of the king larger. For this we will be editing the intial layer (make sure to duplicate the first layer as an insurance). Use the Bloat Tool (B) in the Liquidify Filter (Shift + Ctrl + X) on the intial layer to make the large muscle areas of the body even larger. Use Dodge & Burn to even out the lighting on the base layer. Step 13: Overall adjustments Select the uppermost layer and then create a new Adjustment Layer by Layer >New Adjustment Layer > Black & White. Play around with the dials for the different colours until the black and white preview is balanced brightness wise. then set the adjustment layer to Luminosity and the Opacity to 50% Create a new layer above the adjustment layer (Shift + Ctrl + N). Do Ctrl + A to select all the canvas and (Shift + Ctrl + C) to copy merged. Paste this into the new layer you have created using Ctrl + V. As the final step use the Reduce Noise Filter (Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise) on the copy merged layer to make the image smoother and more like a painting. Play around with the settings to get the feeling that you desire but make sure the Strength is very high (7-9) and the Preserve Details very low (1-10%) Final Result Plz say thank if u like it

I too have had a level 5 ScL account, but randomly it dissapeared.. I tried contacting them but nothing. heehe not so esay to get higher i think Btw: Elpanda are you a designer now? what exatly is that if you are. i see your not longer a admin so... A designer is someone on the Graphical team of this forums. They specializing in designing skill and possibly photoshop. She would probably be moderator of the GFX section. Jordan.

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I too prefer the Playstation 3.

PS3 vs XBox 360 Which do you prefer? I am just curious really, which platform do you think is better or which do you prefer and why?

On this computer I do not have much music stored as I just deleted just about everything off of it. I had about 8Gig then deleted about 4 :)

My favourite is AVG, I have been using it for quite some time now and it has done its job.

I myself have never used Flock or Netscape but in my personal opinion and experience I have found FireFox to be the fastest. Yes Google Chrome might be a slight bit faster but not as secure thus they would be just about tied. I have never really used Opera except for on a Playstation 3 but I think I might try it out.

which internet browser is the fastest?

which antivirus and firewall program is the best

how much of a music fan are you.. :)

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This is a AVG vs Norton, but I made the exception of other ;)

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In my opinion Windows 7 is the best.

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AVG vs Norton Which Do You Prefer? Hello, I was just wondering which Anti Virus people prefer between AVG Anti Virus and Norton. You do not have to give a big essay about them although you can if you want to, I just want to know your general opinion and we can discuss. In my personal opinion and experience I would have to choose AVG. I will tell you more tomorrow when I wake up

I love the CSI series, hands down for me.

I am running Windows Vista :( I was thinking of dual booting though.