Sign Tutorial
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You will need: These patterns 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 and These brushes 1
1. Open the Site Model picture you wish to use.
2. In your layers Pallet, Double Click on the layer, so that it no longer says "Background", but says "Layer 0".
3. Using your polygon lasso tool
, carefully select around the person in your picture.
4. When you have them selected around, press Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste. Now you should have two layers: The background layer, and the girl. Go back with the Polygon Lasso tool and fix any details. Click Here for Screenshot
5. Now, on your layers pallet, click the little eyeball on the bottom layer to hide it. Now you should have the girl with a checkerboard looking background underneath.
6. Create a new layer under the girl by going to Layer->New->Layer or clicking this symbol
.
7. On that layer, go to your brushes and select the vector brush, and stamp it on [click for screenshot], then hide the girl, by clicking the eyeball.Click for screenshot
8. Now go to the Magic Wand tool, and match your settings at the top of the screen to mine [See the screenshot and the end of step 9].
9. Now go through and, while holding down the shift key, select every four of the rays so it looks like this.Click for screenshot
10. Use the paintbucket tool to fill it in, and continue to do that until all the black ones are colored, like this. Click for screenshot
11. Then, create four blank layers underneath the layer with the vector. on those four layers, do what you did in step 10, but make sure each color is on its own layer. Click for screenshot
12. Now, go back to the top vector layer, and right click-> Blending Options.
13. Match your settings to mine, or to your liking. When your done, click OK. Click for screenshotClick for screenshotClick for screenshotClick for screenshot <
br>14. Go through the 4 layers that you put the color stripes on, go to blending options, and use each pattern by going to pattern overlay, and setting the blending mode to overlay.
15. You should now have something like this.Click for screenshot
16. Optional: you can use this sparkle brush in white over the vector, then set the blending mode to overlay.
17. Now, unhide the layer with the sitemodel on it, and go to blending modes again. Set your settings to match mine. Click for screenshot
18. Go to the Magic Wand tool, match your settings to mine, and click on the area outsise of the sitemodel. Then go to select->Inverse. Click for screenshot
19. Go to Select->Modify->Expand and put in a number from 15-25. I'll do 20.
20. Make a new layer underneath the sitemodel. Then, go to the gradient, and using a gradient that matches the colors you've already used, fill the selection.
21. Right click on the layer, and go to blending options. Match your settings to mine. Click for screenshot
22. If you would like, you can add a dropshadow to that layer and the sitemodel layer. Click for screenshot
23. Now, you can just add gradients to the cloths, add text, and your done!
1. Open the Site Model picture you wish to use.
2. In your layers Pallet, Double Click on the layer, so that it no longer says "Background", but says "Layer 0".
3. Using your polygon lasso tool
, carefully select around the person in your picture.
4. When you have them selected around, press Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste. Now you should have two layers: The background layer, and the girl. Go back with the Polygon Lasso tool and fix any details. Click Here for Screenshot
5. Now, on your layers pallet, click the little eyeball on the bottom layer to hide it. Now you should have the girl with a checkerboard looking background underneath.
6. Create a new layer under the girl by going to Layer->New->Layer or clicking this symbol
.
7. On that layer, go to your brushes and select the vector brush, and stamp it on [click for screenshot], then hide the girl, by clicking the eyeball.Click for screenshot
8. Now go to the Magic Wand tool, and match your settings at the top of the screen to mine [See the screenshot and the end of step 9].
9. Now go through and, while holding down the shift key, select every four of the rays so it looks like this.Click for screenshot
10. Use the paintbucket tool to fill it in, and continue to do that until all the black ones are colored, like this. Click for screenshot
11. Then, create four blank layers underneath the layer with the vector. on those four layers, do what you did in step 10, but make sure each color is on its own layer. Click for screenshot
12. Now, go back to the top vector layer, and right click-> Blending Options.
13. Match your settings to mine, or to your liking. When your done, click OK. Click for screenshotClick for screenshotClick for screenshotClick for screenshot <
br>14. Go through the 4 layers that you put the color stripes on, go to blending options, and use each pattern by going to pattern overlay, and setting the blending mode to overlay.
15. You should now have something like this.Click for screenshot
16. Optional: you can use this sparkle brush in white over the vector, then set the blending mode to overlay.
17. Now, unhide the layer with the sitemodel on it, and go to blending modes again. Set your settings to match mine. Click for screenshot
18. Go to the Magic Wand tool, match your settings to mine, and click on the area outsise of the sitemodel. Then go to select->Inverse. Click for screenshot
19. Go to Select->Modify->Expand and put in a number from 15-25. I'll do 20.
20. Make a new layer underneath the sitemodel. Then, go to the gradient, and using a gradient that matches the colors you've already used, fill the selection.
21. Right click on the layer, and go to blending options. Match your settings to mine. Click for screenshot
22. If you would like, you can add a dropshadow to that layer and the sitemodel layer. Click for screenshot
23. Now, you can just add gradients to the cloths, add text, and your done!