Photoshop: October 2013

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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Posted: 29 Oct 2013 06:39 PM PDT

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Photoshop Tutorials: Free Download: 5 Effects for Wedding Photographers

Free Download: 5 Effects for Wedding Photographers

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:56 PM PDT

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Wedding Effects Preview

These Photoshop actions are easy to use. Simply play the first action then pick from any of the 5 effects. If you're a SparkleStock member, you get 7 extra effects for a total of 12 photo effects. All layers are fully editable and you can easily adjust the fade by changing the opacity of the "Fade" layer.

5 Beautiful Wedding Effects

5 beautiful effects

Image Credits: Young couple having fun, love concept — Stock Photo © loriklaszlo

Download Wood Panel Textures

5 Wedding Effects

12 Wedding Effects

Monday, October 28, 2013

Photoshop Tutorials: Create a Halloween Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Create a Halloween Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Posted: 28 Oct 2013 12:00 AM PDT

Preview of Final Results

result

Tutorial Resources

Pumpkin – byTheKaykat-Stock
Tombstones -by wolverine041269
Dead Trees – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne
Grave House – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne
Dig Sites – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne
Ravens & Crows – by FairieGoodMother
Hayswagon – by CHEYENNE75
Bat Brush – by radroachmeat
Fog – by Moonglowlilly
Pumpkin On Hayswagon – Pixabay
Moon Sky – Pixabay
Dark Cloud Sky – Pixabay
Dead Forest – SXC.HU
Hill – SXC.HU
Fence – SXC.HU
Field – CGTexture (you need to resigter a free account in order to download)

Step 1 – Create A New File

Open Photoshop and create a new document with Width 1920 and Height 1200, leave the Background Contents as Transparent.

step 1

Step 2 – Create The Sky

Firstly we will work on the sky first by combining two different images : Moon Sky and Dark Cloud Sky. Place the Dark Cloud Sky into the document first by go to File -> Place, by doing this the image will be set as Smart Object – allows you to work with it indestructibly, this step should be used all along this tutorial for every images. You can also transform any normal layer to Smart Object by right clicking on it and select Convert to Smart Object.

Resize the Sky like below. (Ctrl + T to open Transform tool)

step 2a

Adjust the Sky a little bit with Brightness&Contrast (Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Brightness&Contrast). Remember to tick on the box “Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask“, by this way the adjustment layer will only be used on the Sky layer without affecting other layers below.

step 2a1

step 2b

Next, open the Moon Sky image and apply Layer Mask. Layer Mask is a great way to erase unneccesary part on an image and you can still restore the erased part after that if you need to. Quick access to Layer Mask via the panel below the layer area.

step 2b1

Now grab a big Soft Brush with Black color and start painting on the Moon Sky’s layer mask, the masking part will be indicate with red color. Mask all the white part of this Moon Sky layer.

step 2c