1 [PS]Photoshop Tutorial Disgruntled Dots Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:41 am
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This is a moderately advanced Photoshop tutorial. The effects in this lesson are very flexible, so you must be creative to achieve unique effects. |
AGetting Started
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | For this tutorial, save the hoopy water image I rendered, on the left side, and open it in Photoshop. If you don't know how:
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | Now, open the Channels window.
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BSetting the Pattern
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | Grab the rectangular marquee tool again.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | Go back to the Layers window. Drag the Background layer onto the new layer button [[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]] Select the layer Background copy, and go Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic... 18 pixels |
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | Go to the Channels window, hold down Ctrl, and click on the channel Alpha 2, or the channel with the pattern. A selection outlining the pattern should appear all over your document. Now, go back to the Layers window and select the layer Background copy, the layer with the mosaic effect. Go Edit > Copy, or Ctrl+C on the keyboard, to copy the pixels to clipboard. Paste the contents of the clipboard, by selecting Edit > Paste from the menu, or pressing Ctrl+V on the keyboard. Photoshop will automatically create a new layer, and paste the dots into it. Make sure your layers resemble those in the picture to the left. If they don't, see if you missed a step. |
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | Next, delete the Background copy layer, by dragging it onto the little trash icon at the bottom right of the layers window. [[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]] Finally, click on the Background layer and Gaussian blur it. Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur... 9 pixels |
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Here I've customized the effects, with a description of the effect and how it was achieved in the caption. Enjoy! |
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Change the blending mode on the dot layer (Layer 1) to Lighten. Make a copy of the dots layer and change the blending mode on the copied layer to Color Dodge, and set the opacity on it to 20%. | [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] I added the Photoshop stock Inner Glow effect to the dots layer, and filled in all the lighter dots with the same light blue. |