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Heavy Metal

This appears difficult at first but it's really not. Follow along closely and I'll show how

easy it is to make an object appear Metalic.

Step 1: 50% Grey

Whatever your object is..start with a flat fill of 50%

grey

Step 2: Selection Samba

1) Using the rectangular Marquee tool Make a

"banded" selection horizontally across the object.

Hold down shift and creat several more marquee

selections of varying size across the object.

2) "feather" the selections by 5 pixels (keyboard

shortcut alt+ctrl D ..cmd+opt D for mac users)

3) Open the levels dialog box(ctrl L) and increase

the black output slider to about 64. Click ok.

4) with you keyboards arrows. move the selection

down about 8 taps and invert it (ctrl+i)

Step 3: Double check

Your object should look something like this now.

You can probably get the same effect by holding

shift and airbrushing dark bands across the object.

It's up to you...just make sure the object is all

greyscale and banded like you see here.

Step 4: Bevel it

If you have Photoshop 5 or higher. Add a bevel

using layer effects. Once you have created the

bevel...make a new blank layer beneath the object

and merge the object layer down with the blank

layer...this fuses the effect to the object so we can

do step 5.

If you are using eyecandy...just make a nice bevel

and join us on step 5.

Step 5: Curve it

Here's the magic. With your object layer selected.

Open your curves dialog box (keyboard shortcut

ctrl+M) and make a curve kinda like you see here.

Just click on the diagonal line and drag up and

down.

Step 5: Double Check 2

You should now look something like this. Neat eh?

but it's still missing a little something.

Step 5: colorize it

Hit Ctrl+U to bring up your hue & saturation dialog

box. Click on the "Colorize" box on the lower right

and slide hue to about 225 and saturation down to

about 15. This will make the metal kind of blueish.

You can color it however you want though.

Click OK

Step 6: sharpen it

I know the filter is called "Unsharp" but it does just

the opposite. Run the filter with settings similar to

what you see here and it will make the darker parts

of the chrome "pop" out a bit and lend an air of

realism to the whole effect.

Step 7: drop shadow and completion

There ya go! A drop shadow...maybe a few

lensflares and you have a cool chrome object and

you never had to resort to a 3D application.

Rain

I just posted this as a response on Megatokyo's board...figured it was valuable enough

to post here as an effect tutorial.

Step 1: Have a source pic

Make sure you got something to rain on...not

really a step 1 but I had to start somewhere.

Step 2: Make some noise

Create a new layer above the background

layer and fill it with black.

Run Filter>Noise>Add Noise

Choose: Gaussian, Monochrome and an

amount of around 65..depends on how big

your pic is and how much rain you want.

Step 3: Motion Blur

Now...run a motion blur filter

>Filter>Blur>Motion Blur

Use a setting similar to what I have here.

Change the layers blending mode to "Screen"

(That makes all the black transparent)

Now do this:

>Image>Adjust>Levels

Slide the central grey arrow to the right till

the rain looks right.

Step 4: Tada

Now you have rain! Easy!

Add to it's realism by adding puddles and

reflections on hard surfaces..make little white

"v"s where the rain bounces off stuff in the

foreground.

Smoke

How to make a smoking Gun, Cigarette...whatever. EASY!!

Step 1: Choose your smoking object

In this case...it's a gun...now I know guns only smoke

for a second after you shoot them but there are certain

liberties the entertainment industry takes with

physics...like spaceships making rumblesounds and

firey exposions in the vacuum of space. Smoking guns

just add drama to a picture.

Step 2: Airbrush

On a new layer..Airbrush some grey over the origin of

the smoke. Use a soft brush setting and a lower

opacity.

Step 3: Spatter fun

Now we need some "pepper". Change you airbrushes

setting to "dissolve" and shoot some white and black

particles onto the grey spot. Not too many...just

enough to smear

Step 4: Smudge

Grab the smudge tool (looks like a pointing finger) and

smear the pixels upward in an "S" like motion. Don't

worry if the effect is too severe right now...just smooth

it all out.

Step 5: Finishing Effects

Grab your eraser tool and set it to airbrush with a soft

brush setting and trim out the unwanted smoke. Use

the dodge and burn tools to add highlites and shadows

to the smoke. Re-smear any pixels or effects that look

"too hard"

Lower the smoke layers opacity to taste.

Neon Sign

Neon signs are also really easy to make in Photoshop 5. I'll show you both ways in

case you have an earlier version.

Step 1: make it dark

Your background

should be dark and

use colder nightime

colors.

Step 2: Pick a round

font

Neon signs are

basically bent tubes

filled with glowing gas.

There aren't any sharp

corners so pick a font

the has rounded

edges. I usually make

the font color white.

The NEON colors are

produced by the filters

in the next few steps.

Step 3: Layer Effects

If you have photoshop

5 or higher you can do

it this way. Don't fret if

you dont..i have

alternative steps listed

below.

Make your settings

similar to what you see

here. Do this for both

Inner and Outer glow.

Make sure you use the

same color.

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