Posts filed under “Tutorials”
Downloadable Photoshop Action: Slight vintage colours with Gradient Map
I stumbled across this technique by accident while playing with Gradient Maps a while ago. It’s a simple way to add an attractive, non-uniform tint. Click the icon to download the action. If you want to know what the action does, then read on. How it works Start off with the basic image Add a [...]
Adding a “lomo feel” in Photoshop
Back in 2007, Flickr friend Philippe (or p*) asked me to have a go at adding a “lomo feel” to one of his photos. So the challenge is I attached a raw file of the shot…you go bananaz on it (by bananas I mean you go nuts w the lomo feel + light leak or [...]
GIMP Quicktips: Vintage Colours
Another GIMP tutorial. Based on the earlier Photoshop version showing how to get vintage colours using Curves. I’ve tried to recreate it almost exactly – even used the same photo. The recording process went surpringly well in Ubuntu. I didn’t even need to take it into Vegas for editing. Just recorded with Xvidcap at 640x480px [...]
Quick sky replacement with GIMP
A slight change of pace for me – a GIMP tutorial. I don’t use GIMP a lot but I’ve found a lot of my experience with Photoshop is transferable. This is one such case. In Photoshop I would have gone to Select > Color Range then used the selection as a layer mask. In GIMP [...]
Photoshop Quicktips: Digital Macro Lens
Make a screenshot, texture or other flat image look like it was taken by a macro lens I’ve been using this effect recently on some pattern wallpapers and textures, but it also works well for things like screenshots. The basic steps are: Print screen to get the image Transform to add perspective Gradient to make [...]
How to: Change My Computer icon to a Laptop (Vista)
Short video I made showing how to change the little My Computer icon from the default Desktop type computer into a laptop/notebook in Windows Vista. Basically: In the Control Panel, search “icon” then click “Show or hide common icons on the desktop” (You’ll need to be in the default Vista control panel, rather than the [...]
Photoshop: Rounded Pixelation effect
I was on /wg/ today and someone had posted a desktop screenshot, asking for the original wallpaper. At first glance, it just looked like a basic, pixelated image, but upon closer inspection, the pixels had rounded edges and a slight sharpening effect. The pixels were also on an angle, something not possible with the standard [...]
Photoshop QuickTips: Vintage Colours
To start off my Photoshop tutorials, here is my most popular video tutorial on YouTube. It’s a very simple trick, but not obvious if you’re new to Photoshop. The trick is understanding how Curves work and it’s not specific to Photoshop – you can use curves in Paintshop pro and GIMP for example. One notable [...]