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Great brush aha!

http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/2009/12/26/reikos-vector-brushes/



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Author: Reiko-Sensei
Resolution 500×500 (2 MB)
Photoshop CS3
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foxuzlab

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In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this really great-looking, abstract style text effect by using custom brushset (which we will be making one of our own) with dynamics, plus adding artistic effect with Photoshop filters. Have a try!
This is an intermediate level tutorial so some steps can be a bit tricky :)
Here is a preview of the final effect:



Ok let’s get started!
Step 1

Create a new document sized 1400px * 650px, fill the background layer with the following gradients:
1-grad-500x227.jpg

Step 2

Create a new layer on top of the background called “light top”, grab a big soft round brush with a white color, do a single click on the top centre region of the canvas:
2-top-500x230.jpg

Create another create called “light bottom” and use a similar brush as mentioned above, do a single click on the centre of the canvas, resize and perspective it with free transform tool (Ctrl + T) to produce more depth for it:
2-persp-500x241.jpg

Here is the effect so far:
2-effect1-500x229.jpg

Step 3

Type some texts on top of all previous layers we created. You can use any font you like but I preferred a big, bold font (download it here):
3-type-500x221.jpg

On the text layer, apply the following layer blending options:
Drop Shadow
3-drop-sha-500x350.jpg

Bevel and Emboss
3-bevel-500x350.jpg

Gradient Overlay
3-grad-500x350.jpg

Stroke
3-stroke-500x350.jpg

Here is the effect so far:
3-effect2-500x218.jpg

Optional: to add a bit more depth to the text, make a duplicate this text layer, drop the opacity of the duplicated layer to around 20% and move it to the left of the original text layer a bit:
3-effect-2-499x221.jpg

Step 4

Now let’s start make a simple brushset. Create a new document with a size of 200px * 200px, leave the background layer as white, and grab the polygon tool and draw a shape as shown below (use the distort option from the free-transform tool to adjust the shape):
The Polygon Tool:
4-poly.jpg

Polygon Tool Settings:
4-poly-set-500x21.jpg

Draw the shape:
4-draw.jpg

Tip: use the trim tool to get rid of the extra height and width of the canvas.
Important: after drawing the shape, make sure you rastersize this shape layer. and make the background layer tranparent.
4-turn-off-500x436.jpg


Once you finish the aboves, go to Edit > DefineBrush Preset:
4-define-500x696.jpg

In the box popped up, type a name for this brushset and hit “OK”, you will see the newly created brush appearing in the brush list:
4-brushset-500x350.jpg

Step 5

Select this newly created brush, apply the following brush dynamics to it:
Shape dynamics
5-shape-dyn.jpg

Scattering
5-sca.jpg

And tick the “Airbrushing” and “Smoothing” options.
Create a new layer underneath the orginal text layer, draw some random patterns as shown below with this dynamic brush, as shown below: (try adjusting the brush size)
5-paint-500x218.jpg

Step 6

Now let’s spice up the effect a bit by adding some cloud over the text. So create a new layer called “cloud”, render some cloud inside it with the cloud filter (set foreground color to a dark grey, and black background colour).
Before you render the cloud, you have to make a selection with the Lasso Tool around the text (with around 20px feather settting), then render the cloud inside the seletion.
You will have the following effect:
6-cloud-500x205.jpg

Change the blending mode of this cloud layer to “Screen”, you will have the following effect:
6-screen-cloud-500x207.jpg

You can also duplicate, resize this cloud layer and move those duplicated layer around for more effects, as show below:
Resize
6-resize-cloud-500x225.jpg

Duplicate
6-duplicate-cloud-500x213.jpg

Step 7

To produce even more depth for the text, here is a quick way to do it: create a new layer just above the original text layer, set the blending mode of this layer to “Vivid Light”, grab a soft brush to paint some color onto it:
7-paint-500x223.jpg

Add a black and white adjustment layer on top of all layers, adjust the settings accordingly, until you see there is a shadow appearing on the bottom of the text:
7-bw.jpg

Here is the effect you’re aiming to achieve: (you can see now because we have a shadow under the text, the overall effect looks deeper and more attractive)
7-effect1-500x170.jpg

Add another color layer on top of the black and white adjustment layer, set the blending mode to “color” and paint some color on it, you will have the following effect:
7-effect-21-500x226.jpg

Step 8

Now we’re on the best part of this tut – apply the filter effects! Firstly we flatten the image, then duplicate the background layer once and apply the following Reduce Noise filter to the duplicated layer:
8-reduce-noise.jpg

and you will see the text look much clearer and the overall image looks sharper:
8-after-redu-500x231.jpg

Duplicate this sharpened layer once, and apply the following motion blur settings to it:
8-mo-blur-setting.jpg

You will have the following effect:
8-mo-blur-500x225.jpg

Change the blending mode of this motion blur layer to “Hard Light” and erase the portion shown blow with a big soft brush (we don’t want the whole text to be blurred)
8-erase-499x221.jpg

Step 9

Go back to the sharpened text layer and make another duplication of it, drag it to the top and apply the reticulation filter to it (Filter > Sketch > Reticulation):
reticulation-500x403.jpg

You will see the following effect:
8-ret-500x229.jpg

Change the blending mode to “color dodge” and erase the edge of the layer off, you will have the following effect:
8-ret-change-blending-mode-500x231.jpg

Optional: go to site5 such as qbrushes.net and find some grungy brushsets, and create a new layer with the blending mode set to “overlay”, paint on it with your choice of grungy brush.
Here is my effect so far:
9-effect-500x223.jpg

Step 10

We’re almost done! To add some final touches, we can create a new layer on top of all other layers, render some cloud inside it and set the blending mode to “soft light”, you will have the following effect:
10-cloud-soft-light-500x224.jpg

I also added a colour balance adjustment layer on top of all layer to finish the effect off:
10-col-mid.jpg

10-col-mid1.jpg

10-col-high.jpg

and here is my final effect for this tutorial:


Ok that’s it for this tutorial! Just one last word: always try out different layer blending modes and see what effect that bring you! Sometimes you will be surprised to see some real cool effects :)
I hope you enjoy it and find it useful and inspirational!
Until next time, have a nice day!
 

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Maxxa Tutorial!

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In this tutorial you will learn how to create bright colourful curvy lines and place them together to give them that realistic movement effect.

Step 1: The Background

1. First off create a new document that is 800px (width) and 600px (height) and name the first layer ‘Background’
2. Select the ‘Gradient Tool’ (G) and use the following settings in the gradient editor:
Gradient settings.

3. Hit OK and use the tool to create a line from the top of the canvas to the bottom and release to see a very nice bright blue gradient.
4. Time to create some highlight areas so grab the brush tool (B) and use these settings for the brush tool:
Brush settings.

5. Set the forground colour to #58c5ff and create a couple impressions on the canvas with the brush tool until you get something similar to this:
Brush spots.

Step 2: The First Line

1. Go back to the brush tool and use these settings:
Brush settings.

2. Set your foreground colour to #d03d25 and make sure that your brush dynamics are as below: (window >> Brushes [F5])
Brush dynamics.

3. Now create a new layer and name it ‘Red Line’ and select the Pen Tool (P) and create curves and plots as shown below:
Line dynamics

4. After you’ve made a line you’re satisfied with right-click still with the pen tool and press Stroke Path and check the stimulate pressure option and choose Brush in the drop down box. and you should see this:
First line!

5. Hit enter to get rid of the construction lines and now duplicate the layer (CTRL + J) and move the layer up for about 7 hits of the up arrow key. until it looks like this:
After moving the duplicated layer up (7 hits of up key).

6. Now right click the duplicated layer and go into ‘Blending Options’ and use these settings for colour overlay:
Colour overlay.

7. Hit OK and your line should now look more solid but if you noticed the end of the line theres a gap between the 2 layers, select the layer thats beneath the other and use the brush tool with size 4px and fill in the gaps, zooming in makes a difference:
Filling in gaps with the brush tool.

After you finish filling in the gaps with the brush tool zoom back out to 100% and you will see our first solid line! If you feel you don’t need to edit the 2 seperate layers anymore you can select both layers and merge them by right clicking on one of them.
Step 3: More Lines & More Colours!

What we are trying to do is use majority of the colours on the colour spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink) and experiment with the different shades to give the lines a nice solid feel.
1. Create a new layer above or below the previous one and repeat Step 2 but use the next colour up in the spectrum so this would be orange.
2. Keep repeating Step 2 with different colours and brush sizes and different curves in lines until you get a nice bunch of lines that are plump and pretty!
Step 4: Your finished!

Well done! Now you have a nice bunch of lines that will make anyone look after they get a glance at it!
 

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GALAKA AKURU KOTANNE KOHOMADA ?

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    GALAKA AKURU KOTANNE KOHOMADA ?

    ARA MARUNAMA MINI WALE AKIRU KOTANA VIDIYATA HARI PARANA SELLIPI WALA THIYANA VIDIYATA HARI ?

    karala balala tika dawasakin kiyannam. me tike karanna welawak na. bevel and emboss eka daala balanna. most of the times hariyanna ida thiyanawa.
    inner bevel ekak dala shadow eka wenas karala balanna.