OFFICIAL: Photoshop Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

e92phreak · 05-06-2008, 10:48 AM

Okay... I've searched and only found one thread that died rather quickly concerning Photoshop tips and tricks.

I see so many great photoshopped pics on this board, and like many of you out there, I want to learn to mod them better. <----

mod...

So far, I by far use Levels to modify the images, because it's pretty easy to do so.

Anyways, for you Photoshop gurus, can you please add your tips, tricks, and techniques so that we too can produce some outstanding shots of our E9X's?

Thanks.

!Xoible · 05-06-2008, 10:58 AM

e92phreak · 05-06-2008, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ///Mantis

Did you not read through the post? The other one never really got going and died very quickly, quite some time ago.

Crimson92 · 05-06-2008, 11:17 AM

i have no idea whats going on , but im here anyways

LOLrance · 05-06-2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Crimson92

i have no idea whats going on , but im here anyways

LOL

LOLrance · 05-06-2008, 11:54 AM

Two tools that anyone who photoshops should learn is clone stamp and healing brush. Using it is a bit complicated so i'll let you all mess around and play with it yourself but these are easily the 2 best tools you will ever use in photoshop.

sinnet112 · 05-06-2008, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by l4wr3nc3

Two tools that anyone who photoshops should learn is clone stamp and healing brush. Using it is a bit complicated so i'll let you all mess around and play with it yourself but these are easily the 2 best tools you will ever use in photoshop.

+1 on these two

These tools can turn this –

Into this –

Also, selective color and replace color works very well as well. Curves can also dramatically alter an image. PS is great

wuufer001 · 05-06-2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sinnet112

+1 on these two

These tools can turn this –

Into this –

Also, selective color and replace color works very well as well. Curves can also dramatically alter an image. PS is great

i'm a totally noob to to PS, so
you only used the clone stamp and healing brush? what software is that?
anyone can do a good PS with just MS Paint?

Minipuck V 2.0 · 05-06-2008, 07:01 PM

i am noob ... where is the original thread if there is one?

LOLrance · 05-06-2008, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wuufer001

i'm a totally noob to to PS, so
you only used the clone stamp and healing brush? what software is that?
anyone can do a good PS with just MS Paint?

clone stamp and healing brushes are tools in photoshop.

MS Paint does not have even 1% the capabilities that photoshop has. It really cant do much.

e92phreak · 05-06-2008, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Minipuck V 2.0

i am noob ... where is the original thread if there is one?

Here's the original thread that died pretty quickly...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79538

Mach@M-Force_Design · 05-12-2008, 02:32 AM

Auto levels, auto contrast, auto color.

Try duplicating the layer, and adjusting the layer properties to something you like. Take the duplicated layer and adjust it.

Heres an example of an before and after of a quick photoshop edit.

To get a crisper picture, you can use FILTER -> Sharpen on the background layer.

AFTER

The possibilities with photoshop is unlimited, you can do a lot of things if you know how to use it.

The owner of this car, I hope you don't mind me using it as a photoshop example.
________
The Cliff Condos Pattaya

bosstones · 05-12-2008, 01:12 PM

Autolevel/color/contrast are sometimes good beginning places but autocolor sometimes goes horribly wrong.

For sharpening, unsharp mask (under the same Sharpen menu Mach pointed to) is your friend for sharpening. Sharpen and Sharpen More sometimes do the trick but if you find that you need more control, go for Unsharp Mask. I use it almost exclusively after resizing an image.

The Exposure and Shadow/Highlights tools are also very helpful but tweaking levels and contrast afterwards can sometimes undo what was achieved with them.

I'm a semi-noob with PS so I can't give great explainations behind all the tools I use in PS but at least I can point you to some of the MANY available tools so that you can start messing with them.

e92phreak · 05-12-2008, 01:14 PM

This is good stuff! Appreciate all the help.

LOLrance · 05-12-2008, 01:41 PM

+1 for some of the stuff stated above. If you are looking to sharpen, dont use "sharpen" or "sharpen more" tool. Just use unsharp mask. It gives you a lot more control and you dont get that over sharpened look.

kamek · 05-13-2008, 02:38 AM

Search "you suck at photoshop" on youtube. Informational tutorials and hilarious at the same time. Very entertaining.

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Mach@M-Force_Design Lieutenant Colonel 91 Rep 1,601 Posts Drives: TiAg E90 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario iTrader: (13)	Auto levels, auto contrast, auto color. Try duplicating the layer, and adjusting the layer properties to something you like. Take the duplicated layer and adjust it. Heres an example of an before and after of a quick photoshop edit. To get a crisper picture, you can use FILTER -> Sharpen on the background layer. AFTER The possibilities with photoshop is unlimited, you can do a lot of things if you know how to use it. The owner of this car, I hope you don't mind me using it as a photoshop example. ________ The Cliff Condos Pattaya Attached Images Last edited by Mach@M-Force_Design; 08-31-2011 at 03:36 AM..
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bosstones Lieutenant Colonel 1154 Rep 1,543 Posts Drives: o_0 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Suburbia iTrader: (0)	Autolevel/color/contrast are sometimes good beginning places but autocolor sometimes goes horribly wrong. For sharpening, unsharp mask (under the same Sharpen menu Mach pointed to) is your friend for sharpening. Sharpen and Sharpen More sometimes do the trick but if you find that you need more control, go for Unsharp Mask. I use it almost exclusively after resizing an image. The Exposure and Shadow/Highlights tools are also very helpful but tweaking levels and contrast afterwards can sometimes undo what was achieved with them. I'm a semi-noob with PS so I can't give great explainations behind all the tools I use in PS but at least I can point you to some of the MANY available tools so that you can start messing with them.
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LOLrance The Law. 301 Rep 14,283 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SF / OC iTrader: (17)	+1 for some of the stuff stated above. If you are looking to sharpen, dont use "sharpen" or "sharpen more" tool. Just use unsharp mask. It gives you a lot more control and you dont get that over sharpened look. __________________
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