Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple clipping path, so you can add and background or colour to an element of a image in a few easy steps.
1.) First you need to open up the image you want to work with in Photoshop to start you clipping path. Clipping paths are a vector-based version of a layer mask, a clipping path performs the same function as a layer mask, but contain smooth, hard, edges that do not allow for any shading. To create a clipping path, begin by drawing a path on your image with the pen tool.
2.) Click the Paths tab on the Layers palette. Then select on Shape 1 Vector Mask path – the Save Path tab will pop up when you click on it. The default path name for the new path is “Path 1″.
3.) Then click on the upper right arrow button and select the option ‘clipping path’.
4.) In the dialog, choose which path layer to assign a flatness value. Flatness value determines how closely the path conforms to the curves. The lower the number, the more closely the path will conform to the curves. Enter a value and click “OK”
5.) Delete background by pressing the ctrl key + select the path layer and press delete. And then fill with a new background colour, pattern or image you would like as your background!
Tags: Clipping Path, Layer Mask, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorial, Vector Based Image
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
The effect of a black and white image with a splash of colour is a popular effect used in photographs and images especially for adverts in magazines and on the internet. This tutorial will teach you the basic instructions for different ways to achieve this effect.
1.) To create an image to grayscale you need to begin by creating a duplicate of the original image, and then convert the duplicate image to grayscale by using the option Image > Mode > Grayscale, and then convert the grayscale image to RGB.
2.) Use the appropriate selection tool to select only the portion of the image that you want to have in black and white in your final composition. What we are doing is creating a “hole” in the grayscale image so that the colour image shows through the hole when the two images are combined in the next step.
3.) Combine the selected portion of your grayscale image with a duplicate of your original colour image. One simple way to do this is to copy the grayscale selection and paste it on top of the colour image then combine/merge the two.
4.) Make a duplicate of your colour image and work with it. Mask (protect) the portion of your image that you wish to remain in colour.
5.) With the mask in place protecting the part you want in colour, desaturate your image. The masked portion will remain in color. Image > Adjust > Desaturate. Do any other manipulations you care to make then, if the image is destined for print, convert to CMYK before placing the image in your page layout program. As a RGB image will not create the same given effect.
Tags: Blending Images, Grayscale, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorial, Saturation
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This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple clipping path, so you can add and background or colour to an element of a image in a few easy steps. 