Welcome to this extensive tutorial all about creating the Avatar Na’vi effect! If you’re here looking for the mask to use on the girl’s face, you can download it right here! If you’re just ready to jump in and get started with the tutorial, simply scroll downward to see all the info. Video 1....
Video 1. Light In The Eyes That old cliche “Get it right in the camera” is a good rule to follow in general. When it comes to eyes, having a good starting image makes all the difference in the world. The key is to have the eyes well exposed and if there is a...
Video 1. Shoot Clouds! The first thing you should do is carry a camera with you as much as you can and shoot clouds all the time. I find that shooting toward the horizon (not straight up!) with a wide angle lens (24mm or wider) lends the best results. Get out there and keep...
Video 1. Create New Document Create a new Photoshop document sized 1280px by 720px. 2. Find The Background As with most UI pieces, you want a nice background to begin working on just to give your UI some kind of context before it is actually placed into an App or a website. I like...
Video 1. Why I Love The Healing Brush When it comes to the healing tools in Photoshop we have three big options to choose from, The Spot Healing Brush, The Healing Brush, and The Patch tool. The Healing Brush is my weapon of choice because it gives me to most control. It allows me...
Written Tutorial Starts: 1. Grab Subject & Background The first thing you will want to do is download the guy with gas mask (who I have already cut off the background) and the background texture we will use. Download: Guy with gas mask » Download: Background Texture » 2. Create a New Document Create...
Written Tutorial Starts: 1. Opening Curves Before we learn about the Curves Dialog box, we’ll need to open it up. You can make a quick adjustment on your image with Curves by going Image>Adjustments>Curves. I prefer working with Adjustment Layers, it’s cleaner and you can control the Adjustment Layer just as if it was any...
Step 1: Start by creating a new document sized 1280px by 720px. I’ve dropped in a background of light gray and a little noise to add some texture. Step 2: Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) and set it to draw a Shape using the control bar at the top of the work area....
Step 1: I am starting with a document sized 1280 pixels by 720 pixels. I’ve dropped in a background and am ready to start creating these icons. Step 2: Grab your Ellipse Tool (U) and set it to draw a Shape. Check out the screenshot to see what the Tool Control bar looks like....
Introduction to the New Crop Tool – Photoshop CS6 Beta For any photographer or blogger who made use of Photoshop’s awesome Crop Tool you will be delightfully surprised with the sweeping changes that Adobe has made to this awesome little tool. I used the Crop Tool every single day, whether is was cutting screenshots, cropping...
Content-Aware Move Tool Tutorial – Photoshop CS6 Beta One of the more cutting-edge features delivered in Photoshop CS6 Beta is the brand new Content-Aware Move Tool. The concept of this tool is that you will be able to select objects in your image and move them around and Photoshop will do all the edge work...
Create Custom Shadows – Photoshop CS5 Tutorial Creating a great drop shadow has become one of the fundamental skills for any graphic or web designer using Photoshop. In this tutorial we’re going to start at the most basic of basics and break out the good ole’ Drop Shadow which we all know and love so...