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04/24/2006 10:11:20 PM · #1 |
| Who else thinks that BearMusic should write up and post a tutorial on contrast masking? |
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04/24/2006 10:12:37 PM · #2 |
Me!
And on gradients! Please
And while we're at it, i recommend Graphikfunks tutorial threads on levels and curves be made tutorials as well
Sorry for the hijack
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04/24/2006 10:18:48 PM · #3 |
I know it is not a tutorial, but in the meantime he has gone over them both quite a bit in this thread.
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04/24/2006 10:22:38 PM · #4 |
I have both his landscape threads on watch, but often, his post gets lost in the masses of the thread, and it can sometimes be difficult to find
Also, for the numerous new people who come and peruse the tutorials, it would be another handy tutorial that exists with all the other. Contrast masking has many applications, not just landscape
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04/24/2006 10:25:38 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by MayaM:
I know it is not a tutorial, but in the meantime he has gone over them both quite a bit in this thread.
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What pidge said! :-) |
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04/24/2006 10:31:20 PM · #6 |
and also, can someone make a tutotial on how to create GRUNGE effects?
I saw Joey Lawrence is good at it! |
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04/24/2006 10:33:30 PM · #7 |
That would be wonderful. And the more basic he makes it the better, as far as I am concerned. I know little and get confused easily.
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04/25/2006 12:26:34 AM · #8 |
For my money, Bear can write a tutorial on anything he wants to...
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04/25/2006 01:20:36 AM · #9 |
Thanx, people. My problem is I'm good at doing this stuff, and OK at writing about it, but don't have a CLUE how to create a nice tutorial with screen captures integrated that makes sense.
On a related note, I'm lobbying to create a new set of forums specifically for learning threads, where the given thread's "moderator" (teacher) can create sub-threads for each topic and pin the lessons to the top where they can easily be found.
Anyone want to come up to Cape Cod for a weekend and help me make a killer tutorial? Knowledge of how to integrate screen captures into the finished product is a must. This would be a huge tutorial :-)
R.
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04/25/2006 01:26:22 AM · #10 |
Aw quite yer whinin' Robt.
lol
That's what Printscreen, arrows and text on each step are for....
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04/25/2006 01:27:42 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by chaimelle:
That would be wonderful. And the more basic he makes it the better, as far as I am concerned. I know little and get confused easily. |
I hear what you're saying, but there's really no way to make contrast masking "basic"; it's very subtle and it can be tweaked in so many ways with layer modes that it sort of requires a fair basic knowledge of photoshop to use it to advantage. However, here's the most basic (and common) use of the technique, and pretty much anyone who knows what layers are can handle this workflow easily:
Assume an image with too much contrast; brights are too bright, darks are too dark.
1. Open image and save-as a psd file.
2. Key "cntrl-alt-tilde" (tilde is ~) to create a feathered highlights selection
3. Key "cntrl-J" to create a new layer with only the selected areas on it. Name this layer "highlights"
4. Click BG layer to make it active again
5. "cntrl-alt-tilde" again, then "cntrl-shift-I" to invert the selection, and "cntrl-J" to make another new layer with the shadow selection loaded; call this layer "shadows".
6. Make the "highlights" layer active and set the layer mode to "multiply".
7. Make the "shadows"layer active and set the layer mode to "screen".
8. Make each of these layers active in turn and adjust the opacity slider until the results look right. A good starting point for the average contrasty image is 50% each layer.
Robt.
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04/25/2006 01:29:43 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by BradP:
Aw quite yer whinin' Robt.
lol
That's what Printscreen, arrows and text on each step are for.... |
Gimme a break. It ain't that I don't know "printscreen", it's the sheer organization of the whole thing and placing it in a document such that it can be used by the site that has me worried. From where I'm sitting it looks like a real problem. I'm not good at EVERYTHING you know? jejeje�
R.
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04/25/2006 01:35:05 AM · #13 |
You might try and download a trial version of Camtasia, which records your actions and creates a video. I used it one time and it worked great the first time I tried it. I don't know how it is now but back then the trial version worked indefinitely with the only difference being a splash screen that would pop up however it wasn't hard to move it out of the way and continue recording. There's also a program called SnagIt by the same company I think but I have no experience with that.
Edited to add: here's a shareware progam that might be of some interest although I have no experience with it, Screen Video Recorder
Message edited by author 2006-04-25 01:41:15. |
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04/25/2006 02:01:32 AM · #14 |
I give you a small advice. Install a spy program like starr etc. These pograms automatically takes screen shots of work you are doing, set some frequency suitable to your work.
Then just do the work. Finally take all the screen shots from its log and use them in tut.
It will make your job easy i guess.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Thanx, people. My problem is I'm good at doing this stuff, and OK at writing about it, but don't have a CLUE how to create a nice tutorial with screen captures integrated that makes sense.
On a related note, I'm lobbying to create a new set of forums specifically for learning threads, where the given thread's "moderator" (teacher) can create sub-threads for each topic and pin the lessons to the top where they can easily be found.
Anyone want to come up to Cape Cod for a weekend and help me make a killer tutorial? Knowledge of how to integrate screen captures into the finished product is a must. This would be a huge tutorial :-)
R. |
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04/25/2006 02:03:29 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I'm not good at EVERYTHING you know? jejeje� |
Did you hear that???
That was the sound of my jaw hitting the desk. Say it ain't so!
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04/25/2006 02:29:07 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Anyone want to come up to Cape Cod for a weekend and help me make a killer tutorial? Knowledge of how to integrate screen captures into the finished product is a must. This would be a huge tutorial :-)
R. |
If I send Kiwipix he would never come home again :)
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