Color Blur

Color Blur

Step 1: Open a picture in photoshop. Step 2: First make a copy of this picture, so that if you mess up then you have something to go back to. To make a copy of the picture just click on it and then drag it to the 'Create a new layer' icon on the layer palette as shown below. Step 3: Select the Hue/Saturation option from the Image Menu to change the hue/saturation to a desired level. Click on the colorize option as shown below. Step 4: After you have set the hue and saturation to the

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Turn Picture into a Sketch

Turn Picture into a Sketch

Step 1: Open any Image in photoshop and prepare it with the resolution and dimension you want in your final image. Step 2: First create a copy of your image by selecting the Layer via Copy option in the Layer Menu. Now we have 2 Layers first is Background while the second is Layer 1. Step 3: Select the Desaturate option from the Image Menu as shown below. This will make the photograph black and white. Step 4: Now we again make a duplicate copy of Layer 1 by again selecting t

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DPI (Dots Per Inch)

DPI (Dots Per Inch)

Dots per inch is a measurement used for spatial printing and video dot density in which the number of dots that can be packed into a single inch of space is measured. While only related indirectly, the DPI value does tend to correlate with the resolution of a screen. DPI can be best seen when zooming in real close on something. The tiny dots are then visible to the naked eye. These tiny dots make up the images when looking at a printed picture or the screen. DPI in Video Resolution Because pix

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How to Add a Boundary Around a Picture

How to Add a Boundary Around a Picture

STEP 1: First open an image in Photoshop. STEP 2: Select an area in the picture. STEP 3: Now Invert the selection by pressing "ctrl + shift + I" keys STEP 4: Now press the "Edit in Quick mask Mode" as shown in the figure or just press key "Q". STEP 5: We add a filter to the quick mask of the picture. STEP 6: Now press on the "Edit in standard mode" button as shown in the picture or press "Q" again. STEP 7: STEP 8: Remove the backgrou

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Making a 3D Can in PhotoShop

Making a 3D Can in PhotoShop

This tutorial will help you create a three dimensional can in Photoshop. On a new layer draw a shape like this and fill with a gradient: Then on a new layer draw a eliptical shape and give it gausian until you get something like this, then place that below the layer having the main shape: Next, draw a eliptical shape for the top: After that, place an image which will be used as an cover for our can: Then go to Distort --> Spherize and use these settings: Now change the blendin

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What does GIF Stand For?

What does GIF Stand For?

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a bitmap based image file format. It was developed and introduced by CompuServe in 1987. GIF is one of the most popular image file formats used on the Internet today. The first version of GIF was 87a; CompuServe introduced an advanced version called 89a in 1989. The 89a version enabled the storage of several images in one file, so as to create simple animations. GIF supports up to 8 bits per pixel. This permits a single image to use a palette of an upper l

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How to Resize Large Images in Windows

How to Resize Large Images in Windows

The pictures we take with our camera or the wallpapers we download from the Internet are often very large in resolution or size. A large image may cause different problems like: Cannot send them via emails as attachments Cannot store them on flash drives of smaller sizes Using them in web pages may lead to more loading time Embedding them into documents increases the overall size of those documents Therefore, the best option is to resize them and make them smaller - in terms of reso

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Making a Glossy Logo in Photoshop

Making a Glossy Logo in Photoshop

Having a glossy logo is common with today's sleek website interfaces. Creating one yourself is simple with the right software and a set of instructions to walk you through the basics. You will need to open your version of Adobe Photoshop (This tutorial uses 7.0, but all versions carry the same tools and can produce similar results). Once Photoshop has opened, create a new document using the dimensions you are comfortable using for your logo. For this example, we are using a custom document

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3D Texture

3D Texture

3D texture (Three Dimensional Texture), also known as "volume texture," is a logical extension of the traditional (and better known) 2D texture. In this context, a texture is simply a bitmap image that is used to provide surface coloring for a 3D model. A 3D texture can be thought of as a number of thin pieces of texture used to generate a three dimensional image map. 3D textures are typically represented by 3 coordinates. Generally, 3D textures are packed into a rectangular parallelepiped wi

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What is a Colorimeter?

What is a Colorimeter?

A colorimeter is a computer software that is able to determine the linear scales of perceived colors as they are collected from a camera. Colorimeters can be found on computers and mobile devices alike, but always require filtered photo detectors. Colorimeters can be used to provide accuracy readings for digital imaging applications in order to improve quality and pixel definition. Colorimeters can be used to analyze any color, but are almost always used to analyze red, green, blue, and yellow.

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