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[JimmyV]

My first ever tutorial! I hope its explained well.

Changing eye color:

1)Select your picture(HQ one with reflections in the eyes require more work)

2)Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool, or Polygonal Lasso if eye isn't round or cut off, select the eye. Its usually best to zoom in a lot.

3)Press 'control'

4)Go to 'Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation', or 'command + U' for Mac

5)While in the Hue/Sat menu, check "Colorize"

5)Mess with the settings until you get the desired color. I usually use Hue to get the over all color, then Sat to get the tone. I almost never touch Lightness for this topic.



Something I did very quickly before bed time(sorry its really small):

Blue Eyes:

Yellowish Eyes(not checking "Colorize"):

Green Eyes(checking "Colorize". I mad it a little too bright but you get the idea):

 

[Keylime]

Updated the OP with the goods.

Don't let this thread stagnate folks! We've hardly scratched the surface!

 

[Ecrofirt]

I use photoshop on the daily at work and used to work as a comics colorist. Here's some dumb tips that haven't been posted.

2-(photoshop7)- hold down alt, go to help and click about

What's this supposed to do? I have 7.0.1 on my PC at work, and all it does is make the text on the about screen scroll a bit faster

 

[JimmyV]

Oh come on! I know with all the Photoshoping that goes on around here we have a lot more to add!

Also, I think we should arrange the table of contents into three sections; Beginner, Advanced, Expert. Original, I know. And also add another just for random tips. So like tutorials could be in one of the sections, and shorcut things could be under 'tips'.

Or maybe this is getting too complicated now lol:lol

 

[snacknuts]

I hope this thread starts getting more attention. I just found out that my university struck a licensing deal with Adobe that lets me get pretty much all of their software for free.

 

[lil smoke]

It's hard to come up with the tricks on the spot when you're not in front of photoshop. When you use it like everyday, you don't see them as tricks, it's just ... getting the job done!

If the thread stays popular, I can add some stuff next time I have a project.

 

[snacknuts]

Honestly, just simple stuff would be hugely beneficial for me. A few years ago I pretty much ditched using Photoshop in favor of Macromedia (at the time) Fireworks just because I felt like it was easier to do simple thing in. For instance, it was dead simple to make a rectangle of an exact size and position it precisely where I wanted it. Something like that I couldn't ever do in Photoshop. I'm sure there's a way to do it, but they don't make it easy to figure it out.

 

[lil smoke]

Honestly, just simple stuff would be hugely beneficial for me. A few years ago I pretty much ditched using Photoshop in favor of Macromedia (at the time) Fireworks just because I felt like it was easier to do simple thing in. For instance, it was dead simple to make a rectangle of an exact size and position it precisely where I wanted it. Something like that I couldn't ever do in Photoshop. I'm sure there's a way to do it, but they don't make it easy to figure it out.

Well you realize there are no traditional "shape" tools in photoshop, so you would use the (M) marquis tool.

It would go something like this:

-hit (M), hold shift, drag cursor. You have a box.
-Now you would need to fill it. Shift +F5. (tip:Make an action for both fill foreground and background and make sure actions are in button mode.)
-hit return.
-also know the (X) command switches fore/background color in the pallet so think about this before you use fill forground action.
-Further, you would hit (V) move tool to move it, or (M) and right click to cut/copy to a layer, but these steps depend on other factors.

EDIT: oops, there is a rectangle tool, but personally I use my path tools in Illustrator only. I'm old school

 

[JimmyV]

Wow. So nothing new in almost a month? Really?? Not even something random, little, or just for fun??

Anyway, anyone know how to do the Woll Smoth shops? I tried to google it and nothing of help came up.

 

[Keylime]

Wow. So nothing new in almost a month? Really?? Not even something random, little, or just for fun??

Anyway, anyone know how to do the Woll Smoth shops? I tried to google it and nothing of help came up.

I'd imagine you use the liquify filter and to shrink a specific part (eye, mouth, etc), and then use the clone stamp to even out the left behind areas for a quick and dirty job.

I too was sad that this thread died, but alas

 

[Rewrite]

I'd imagine you use the liquify filter and to shrink a specific part (eye, mouth, etc), and then use the clone stamp to even out the left behind areas for a quick and dirty job.

I too was sad that this thread died, but alas

You know, I would really participate if I knew tricks and tips regarding Photoshop, but as you can see...I really don't know how to use the program and I was relying on this thread to get some tips! In my previous post in here, my gif would be too slow. I've finally managed to make it go smoothly now. It's all thanks to this thread that I managed to learn how to appropriately make a gif the easy way. :lol

 

[Ydahs]

Some of these are great. Really liked that colour isolation tutorial.

We really need to get m0dus and orioto in here!

 

[Jake.]

Masking hair, especially out of a non-white background, is difficult and time-consuming. Just a general observation.

i have yet to meet anyone who can do this well, it seems basically impossible to get a good result. i came across a filter (knockout) that did an average job but it wasn't really worth it.

 

[JimmyV]

Some of these are great. Really liked that colour isolation tutorial.

We really need to get m0dus and orioto in here!

QFT!!!

 

[Ollie Pooch]

one technique i find really handy at work for sharpening photos -

instead of using the stock 'sharpen' and 'unsharp mask' filters, instead make a duplicate of the current layer (ctrl-j, or drag the layer to the 'new layer' icon in the layers palette).

with the top layer selected, choose filter-->other-->high pass. generally a radius of ~1.0 will do, but you can experiment with this... the layer will go mid-grey with highlight areas on it.

change the blending mode of this layer to 'overlay' and then adjust the opacity of it, to get a much subtler (and more adjustable) sharpening effect.

i have yet to meet anyone who can do this well, it seems basically impossible to get a good result. i came across a filter (knockout) that did an average job but it wasn't really worth it.

if the person (and their hair) is against a coloured background, generally i move it to a new layer after isolating it, with transparency aaround the hair. (eg. after selecting the person + hair, hit ctrl-J to create a new layer of just the selected area).

on a new layer, sample a colour that is close to that of the majority of the hair with the eye dropper tool, then use the brush tool with blending mode 'color' turned on, painting over any areas that still retain the background colour.

it will convert any stray pixels of background colour to that of the hair colour, making it look much smoother. usually works well, anyway

 

[orioto]

Some of these are great. Really liked that colour isolation tutorial.

We really need to get m0dus and orioto in here!

I wouldn't even know how to begin, BUT i did a tuto back in the time : http://orioto.deviantart.com/art/Realistic-Hair-Tuto-51879661

It's long ...

 

[Rewrite]

I wouldn't even know how to begin, BUT i did a tuto back in the time : http://orioto.deviantart.com/art/Realistic-Hair-Tuto-51879661

It's long ...

Wow. :O

 

[C.Dark.DN]

I wouldn't even know how to begin, BUT i did a tuto back in the time : http://orioto.deviantart.com/art/Realistic-Hair-Tuto-51879661

It's long ...

Like the image idea. Web based and video based can be hard to keep track of.

 

[orioto]

Like the image idea. Web based and video based can be hard to keep track of.

I don't really know if it's the best way anyway... but it's the way it'd generally done on deviantart. The vertical size can be frightning ...

 

[Pancakes]

Making an animated gif from a video file
...

I had no idea Photoshop could make GIFs, I always used ImageReady. One quick question though how do I go about resizing a GIF in Photoshop?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/shani21/Vesperia_Better.gif

 

[Keylime]

OK so I actually have a question instead of advice.

Is there any easy way to remove the background on my avatar? I keep trying to do a color select but getting parts of the cube itself.

Trying to get a transparent background to potentially save space.

I had no idea Photoshop could make GIFs, I always used ImageReady. One quick question though how do I go about resizing a GIF in Photoshop?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/shani21/Vesperia_Better.gif

Are you looking for something beyond just a simple:

Image > Adjustments > Image Size?

 

[El Papa]

I had no idea Photoshop could make GIFs, I always used ImageReady. One quick question though how do I go about resizing a GIF in Photoshop?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/shani21/Vesperia_Better.gif

Since CS3, ImageReady was kinda merged with PS.

How to open an animated GIF in Photoshop CS3 or higher:

File > Import > Video Frames to Layers

In the "Filename" field, type this: *.* (that's asterisk, then a period, then another asterisk). Hit enter.

You can now select any file. Choose your GIF and open it. Make sure "Make Frame Animation" is checked on the next dialog.

 

[MilesWebber]

Simple shift shortcuts:

Holding shift while:

Using the Transform Tool (cmnd+t) will increase or decrease selection to scale
Using the brush or eraser tool Will create a straight line up or down.

I use photoshop daily for work and i must say that these save me so much time.

Also I'll echo the LEARN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS statement.

I'll make up a small design tutorial later tonight!

 

[JimmyV]

YES! Hopefully more people will notice this now and post more tuts!