Photoshop Lessons and Sig MAKING Help - Page 4

Lady Selphie · 07:42 PM

Ok, here`s the first lesson as I said. Before we`ll start, I want to say that I`ll teach you what I have learnt, and I will put a new lesson in any day of week. Ok, here we go.

Step 1:Choose any image you like and let`s chooseSquall`s image.

Step 2:Squall`s image size is 350 pixels x 263 pixels. Create a new file with File> New, or Control+N. Then put these sizes as this diagram.

Step 3:We need putting these sizes because we want the image size like the image size of Squall`s image.
Note: you may choose any image which their sizes are 500 x 200, or 400 x 300, etc.

Step 4:Go to Squall`s image and press the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M), or press M which you`ll find it on the keyboard, as the diagram shows

Step5:Then, use select all by right click on Squall`s imgae and it will show you this

Step 6:After that, use Control+C which means copy. Go to the empty image size picture and press Control+V which means paste.

Step 7:And now, the empty image size picture becomes a copy of Squall`s image, so close the original one, and let`s start with the copy one.
Note: I did those steps because the original image is locked, so I can`t do anything on this image, unless you can copy it. If you have imgae which is not locked, there`s no need to do those steps.

Step 8:In the copy one, you will see that the name of the picture is called layer, as in this diagram

Step 9: Create a new layer by Layer> New> Layer, or Shift+ Control+ N, or by this icon as you see it in this picture

Step 10:After creating a new layer, they will become two layers. The first one is Squall`s image which is layer 1, and the second is empty layer which is layer 2. Go to layer 1 and use select all as I have explained.Then, copy the image and go to layer 2 and paste the image in layer 2

Step 11:Select layer one, and go to Filter>Blur>Guassain blur.

10-Selcet layer 2, and transform the picture from normal to soft light.

Finally the image will be like that

There are some samples which are about our lesson:

Ok, that`s all today, and I haop you will understand me.

**Miriel** · 10-11-2005, 07:48 PM

Originally Bespoken by Lady Selphie:

Note: I did those steps because the original image is locked, so I can`t do anything on this image, unless you can copy it. If you have imgae which is not locked, there`s no need to do those steps.

Actually, if you double click a locked image and select "Ok" to the new layer, it'll automatically become unlocked. Also, even if an image is locked, there's nothing keeping you from right clicking and duplicating the image so that you don't need to do all that copy and paste work.

What works best for me is just to right click the original image, select "duplicate layer" and set this second duplicated layer to soft light, mess around with the opacity and then merge the image together.

Lady Selphie · 10-11-2005, 07:54 PM

Originally Bespoken by Miriel:

Originally Bespoken by Lady Selphie:

Note: I did those steps because the original image is locked, so I can`t do anything on this image, unless you can copy it. If you have imgae which is not locked, there`s no need to do those steps.

Actually, if you double click a locked image and select "Ok" to the new layer, it'll automatically become unlocked. Also, even if an image is locked, there's nothing keeping you from right clicking and duplicating the image so that you don't need to do all that copy and paste work.

What works best for me is just to right click the original image, select "duplicate layer" and set this second duplicated layer to soft light, mess around with the opacity and then merge the image together.