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Many young photographers today are choosing digital photography as their profession of choice. Unfortunately it is a difficult field to enter and many find difficulties at the outset which preclude them from making it big. The main problem people run into is poor photo quality which easily fails to impress potential clients, as revealed in this free adobe photoshop elements book.

What many new, young photographers are unaware of is the hidden tool that professional use, Adobe Elements. Adobe Elements is a photo editing software program that enables you to take an ordinary photo and manipulate it into something incredible. If you are unfamiliar with this program I have listed a quick glimpse at the tools contained in this program that enable you to create amazing works of art.

Photo editing begins once you have finished taking the picture. When you open your photo inside Elements you always want to create a new layer from the options menu. This is important as you will be making any editing on the new layer and not on your original photo and in the end will make your job much simpler. If your photo is too dark or too bright you will next want to enhance this by using brightness and contrast. You can also accent the color scheme by using various brushes. You can choose from the paint, spray and air brush. You will want to play around with this until you achieve your desired effect.

Once you have selected the brush you want to also choose the stroke size as well as brush size. After choosing the brush tool from the menu press your right bracket key on your keyboard to increase its size and the left bracket key to decrease its size. If you want to not have to go through this process each time you use Elements you can select the sample size option to maintain the consistent size of the brush. The next step is to figure out how dark you want to your brush strokes to be.

Using the opacity tool will give you the freedom to increase or decrease the darkness to improve the clarity of the picture. You should see a slider on the opacity tool which gives you the opportunity to increase or decrease the color intensity of your paint brush from 0% to 100%. Elements has a variety of color schemes and you can play around until you find which will work best for you. Experiment with your colors in different layers and then keep only the layer you are satisfied with.

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Photoshop Trick : 6 Steps Make Your Photo to Stone Human Effect!

In the story about the superhero comics, the hero often described having supernatural powers or extraordinary physical shape that allows them to win every battle. Here we will create a new superhero, A Fierce Stone Man. Curious? Following steps!

Step 1

Prepare a photo with a plain background to facilitate the editing process. Open the image from the File menu, select Open. In general, JPEG files are opened in the application Photo Manager e.g. Adobe Photoshop – will turn into a locked Background layer. You can duplicate the layer by selecting Layer menu, select Duplicate Layer. In the dialog box, give the name of Layer 1. Override background layer with white using the Paint Bucket Tool. Then remove the white background in layer 1 by using the magic wand tool and press Delete on the keyboard.

Step 2

Press Ctrl + D to remove the remaining selection. Well, we’ll start from here, to create more realistic texture, duplicate Layer 1 by selecting the Layer menu, select Duplicate Layer and change the layer’s name becomes “Texture”. In this layer, select the Image menu, then select Adjustment > Desaturate to remove color existing and change to gray. Place these layer above Layer 1.

Step 3

Next, we will give texture to the layer and before that, make sure the layer is active. Choose the Filter menu, then select Texture > Craquelure. Enter the following parameters: Crack Spacing: 75; Crack Depth: 7; Crack Brightness: 6; and press the Enter key on the keyboard. Photos will be filled with cracks. Next use the Eraser tool to remove the motive tool cracks on clothing, hair and let the skin in the crack.

Step 4

Next, prepare a set of stone images. You can photograph the walls, highways, or you can find the reference image in google with keyword “Stone Pattern” or other keywords. Once you get it, open the image from the File menu, select Open. Then use the Move Tool to move into your working canvas. Try the entire area to be textured stone, covered with perfectly. Rename this new layer to Stone. Remember to put that layer, place on top of the layer panel.

Step 5

Then, change the layer Blending Mode of Layer Panel from Normal to Multiply and press keys Ctrl + left click on the texture layer to take a picture selection. Move the cursor to the layer Stone, from the Menu Select menu choose Select Inverse to reverse the selection area. Press the Delete key on the keyboard to remove the parts that are not needed. You can lower the Opacity level to 90% if the texture of the stone looks too dark.

Step 6

Next, prepare longer a photograph Pattern to improve the texture. This time we take photographs of marble floors. Open the photo from the File menu, select Open and use the tool Move tool to move the images to your canvas. Keep all parts of the body in the photo that will be done perfectly sealed. Click Ctrl key + left click on the texture layer to retrieve the selection, and from the Select menu, choose Select Inverse and press Delete on the keyboard. Select Multiply Mode on panel layer and lower its Opacity level to 15%.

And Last : See result!

The results of your work is finished and ready for display. You can experiment with different textures of stone, large and small to get the final result of different.

Photoshop Trick : 10 Steps Make Your Photo To Hand Sketch Effect

If you like the beauty of the painting sketch was made crayons or pencils, Now with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4, you can practice these effects to your digital photos. Without drawing skills, you have been able to draw sketches. There are few tips from me, if you want a sketch painted more optimal, use the Graphic Tablet Mouse instead.

Step 1 :

Find a digital photo with high resolution both as a reference sketch, open the image in the File Menu > Open. Create a new layer just above it and name the layer is Gray Layer. Select the color light gray from the Color Picker as the Foreground Color, and then click OK. Fill the layer with the color of the foreground color by clicking on the Edit menu, then select Fill > Foreground Color and click OK.

Step 2 :

Next, switch to the layer palette, select Menu Layers > Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer, and then select Pattern. Select group Pappers Grayscale and select the fibers 1 type. And before pressing the OK button, larger-scale pattern in the texture of 300% in the Scale column then continue by clicking OK.

Step 3 :

Change the layer blending to Soft Light with the Opacity to 40%. Next duplicate the background layer / model and name it glowing edges on the duplicated layer. This is done to give effect to these layers.

Step 4 :

Now, go to Filter menu, choose Stylize > Glowing edges. Drag the slider Edge Width to number 3, move the slider Edge Brightness to number 12, Drag the slider smoothness to the number 7 and click OK. Still on Layer Glowing edges, invert staining in this layer by selecting Image menu, select Adjustment > Invert (Ctrl + I). Because since we do not need color information at this layer, change the color to be black & white by selecting the Image menu, select Adjustment Desaturate or press a key combination (Ctrl + Shift + U) on the keyboard.

Step 5 :

Move the layer Glowing edges is to stack the top layer by dragging while holding the left mouse button. Change the Layer Blending into Multiply by setting the Opacity to 20%. Return to layer, duplicate the layer Background / model and name this new layer with the Sketch. On this layer, we will create a sketch effect. Discard color information at this layer by selecting Image menu, select Adjustment > Desaturate or press the key combination Shift + Ctrl + U on the keyboard.

Step 6 :

Next, move the sketch layer to the stack top layer by dragging while holding the left mouse button. Then, increase the contrast in this layer by selecting Image menu, and select Adjustment > Curves or press the key combination Ctrl + F on your keyboard and click OK. Give Grainy effect by selecting Filter menu, select Noise > Add Noise. Drag the slider Amount to 14.21%, choose Gaussian in the Distribution column, and check Monochromatic field and click OK.

Step 7 :

Hide the first layer Sketch by choosing Layer menu, select Layer Mask > Hide All. You also can press the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layer palette then click the Edit menu, select Fill > Black. This layer makes the layer remains visible on the mode, but for now, hidden under the mask.

Step 8 :

Now select the Brush Tool (B), then click on the Toolbar Brush to select the brush shape. Choose the Dry Media Brushes and then select the type of brush Pastel on Charcoal Paper. If you use the Graphic Tablet, open the Brush Editor by pressing the F5 key on your keyboard. Dynamic Shape Panel, change the Size Control Jitter from Off to Pen Pressure. Similarly, in the Other Dynamics Panel, change the Opacity Jitter becomes Pen Pressure Control. If you use the Mouse, you do not need to open the Brush Editor, simply change the quantity Opacity and Flow at the Option bar.

Step 9 :

Back to the Sketch Layer, click the thumbnail black mask to work on the Mask. Do not forget to use the Foreground Color to white. Set brush size 15 px, opacity to 55% and Flow to 75%, scratched Stylus / Mouse slowly. Apply On the first face of the character, such as eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth. Do more scratches, especially on the part of the body contours.

Step 10 :

Now, scratched Brush hair in the frame. Use a smaller brush, about the size of 10px. Now, larger brush size of 30 px, scratched in all parts of the hair. And further, larger Opacity to 98% and use a small brush (10 px) to further reinforce the characters eyes and mouth. And as a last resort, brush in shadow areas by using the Brush size 35 px or larger and Opacity to 81%.