Final for my Photoshop class!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Tutorial #7 - Advanced Glow Effects: With Color Text
Boy, have I ever been busy these last couple weeks. The semester is almost over and the catchup work has been draggin' me down.
But this week's tutorial was another shot at glow effects. Will Advanced Glow Effects: With Color Text stick out among the many failures of Glow Effect tutorials?!?
Final image:
WOAH.
This actually looks somewhat like the example! Any differences were my own design choices. The instructions were helpful and clear and there were many screenshots... EXCEPT in step 9, instead of giving you the exact specifications of the layer styles, they ask you to DOWNLOAD their original file.
NO NO NO NO NO NO
I worked on this tutorial on a train. When I got to step 9, I couldn't continue until I reached a place with internet. I was not pleased.
My suggestion does not go to you, but to the creator of this tutorial. Next time, supply the .psd file at the beginning of the tutorial and explain that it is needed to finish the tutorial.
That is all!
Length of time: 35 minutes.
Level: Intermediate.
Clarity:
Handiness:
Cool factor:
Source: http://photoshoptunes.blogspot.com/2009/12/advanced-glow-effects-with-color-text.html
But this week's tutorial was another shot at glow effects. Will Advanced Glow Effects: With Color Text stick out among the many failures of Glow Effect tutorials?!?
Final image:
WOAH.
This actually looks somewhat like the example! Any differences were my own design choices. The instructions were helpful and clear and there were many screenshots... EXCEPT in step 9, instead of giving you the exact specifications of the layer styles, they ask you to DOWNLOAD their original file.
NO NO NO NO NO NO
I worked on this tutorial on a train. When I got to step 9, I couldn't continue until I reached a place with internet. I was not pleased.
My suggestion does not go to you, but to the creator of this tutorial. Next time, supply the .psd file at the beginning of the tutorial and explain that it is needed to finish the tutorial.
That is all!
Length of time: 35 minutes.
Level: Intermediate.
Clarity:
Handiness:
Cool factor:
Source: http://photoshoptunes.blogspot.com/2009/12/advanced-glow-effects-with-color-text.html
Monday, April 5, 2010
Tutorial #6: Na'vi Tutorials.
Everyone and their mother has been doing Na'vi tutorials recently. I've found a lot of good ones, a lot of horrible ones, and many in between. Instead of doing one tutorial, I decided to pick and choose things from several.
The tutorials I used, in order of best to worse, were:
Na'vi Avatar Photomanipulation Tutorial
Create James Cameron's AVATAR Movie Poster in Photoshop
Angelina Jolie as Na'Vi from Avatar Movie
Original image:
Final image:
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Each tutorial had its good and bad sides, but worked fantastically when combined. Really, they each had completely different styles. The success of the tutorial depends on what you'd like to take from each. My only tip is to make a lot of copies of your progress. Save often.
And because I always need to complain about something, this tutorial was undoubtedly the worst thing I have ever seen.
Length of time: 6 hours.
Level: Advanced.
Handiness: (I learned a lot.)
Cool factor:
The tutorials I used, in order of best to worse, were:
Na'vi Avatar Photomanipulation Tutorial
Create James Cameron's AVATAR Movie Poster in Photoshop
Angelina Jolie as Na'Vi from Avatar Movie
Original image:
Final image:
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Each tutorial had its good and bad sides, but worked fantastically when combined. Really, they each had completely different styles. The success of the tutorial depends on what you'd like to take from each. My only tip is to make a lot of copies of your progress. Save often.
And because I always need to complain about something, this tutorial was undoubtedly the worst thing I have ever seen.
Length of time: 6 hours.
Level: Advanced.
Handiness:
(I learned a lot.)Cool factor:
Friday, April 2, 2010
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