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Not Just Another Mug
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Date Uploaded: Mar 31, 2005

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 just a little something i learned how to do at the PhotoShop Down & Dirty seminar...

adding 'interest'

1) open an image, preferably of something boring with a white background
2) with the rectangular marquee tool select out a rectangle, type ctrl-j to create
a new layer
3) on the layers palette, click the add style button at the bottom and add a drop
shadow. give it a bit of size
4) add another style for color overlay. add a color and lower the fill
5) select out another area and create a new layer
6) THIS IS THE COOL PART: drag the styles from layer 1 to the new layer!!!! (then
change the color...)
7) repeat steps 5 & 6 until you're happy ;-)

[note: admittedly, this was not the best base image to work with, but it was all i had...]

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 10/05/2005 07:13:23 PM
Thanks again for this great tutorial. I tried it, but had some problems. The coloured overlays were drowning the coffee cup. Hope you know what I mean. Anyway, to get around that, I linked all the coloured layers, and then changed the blending mode to multiply...and it worked. Yahooo! Thanks again Skip. I love learning new stuff.
Diana
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 04/06/2005 09:57:41 PM
ooo...i like it. why so down on the original pic? anything with the words waffle house cant be turned inot a bad picture. thanks for posting the step by step directions.
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 03/31/2005 02:36:44 PM
these are all so cool! I love these!
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