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XistEnCe Looking foward to learning some new stuff here! :)

djdeep replied to Tutorials requests!
Guys ... ,

try to post a nice Video Tutorial of making Templates . ... or LAyouts for myspace etc etc ........

thnx ;)

level87 replied to Post your tutorials!
here are some tutorials i've made
http://www.youtube.com/level87videos

level87 Cool group, just joined

Digitizer replied to 27 tutorials and counting!
To learn many tricks about Art! will help ...................

Mike - Stereo Photography
In this tutorial I will show you how you can create an interesting 3-D effect for your photos by using gif animations. The result will look like the animated image above.

This is how it works:

Step 1: Take a photo by looking through the view finder (the LCD screen won’t work well because it’s too inaccurate) with your right eye. Focus on a medium-range object and make sure you include a foreground object as well to get the maximum effect.
Step 2: This is the tricky part because you have to be really accurate. Take a photo by looking through the view finder with your left eye, while focusing on exactly the same point as in step 1 and also keeping exposure, focal lenght, vertical alignment and distance the same. You shouldn’t move the camera lens more than 2,5 inches horizontally (which equals the distance between your eyes) or else the effect will disappear. This may require some experimenting because different cameras have different view finder positions.

Step 3: Open Photoshop and create a new file by pressing Ctrl+N. For the example above I chose a size of 320×240 pixels but you can choose any size you want (however, the width/height ratio should be the same as your camera image ratio, i.e. 4:3, to make the placing process easier). Just keep in mind that animations with no frame delay like the one we are about to create run smoother and without any distortions only if they are small.
Now click on File > Place and select the image that you took in step 1. Place it in the newly created file by pressing the enter key.
Open the animations Window (Window > Animation) and duplicate the first frame by clicking on icon 1 that you can see in the picture below.

Place your other picture from step 2 in the newly created frame (File > Place > Enter).
In the layers window, click on the eye icon of the top layer so that it disappears like in the red circle below:

Now you’re basically done. Test your animation by clicking the play icon (2) in the animations window. If the animation is too shaky, nudge one layer until you get a good result. You might also want to add some sharpness (Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen) or adjust the levels (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels).

If there is no real 3-D effect, try step 1 and 2 again and experiment a bit with the horizontal distance of the two camera positions.
When you’re satisfied with the result, save your animation by clicking File > Save for web, choose GIF format and hit the save button.

Mike - Digital Cross-Processing
The term “cross-processing” sounds very technical and abstract. However, the technique to manipulate your images digitally as if they were cross-processed is very easy. But what is cross-processing actually?

Cross-processing, briefly, is a photographic technique where slide film (E6) is processed in the set of chemicals usually used to process print film (C41). The result is images with oddly skewed colors (usually with a cyan hue) and increased contrast and saturation because the high-contrast slides have to be enlarged on a paper which is actually intended for print films with less contrast.
Less common is cross-processing in the other direction–print film processed in slide film chemicals. The result you get then is lifeless images in subdued colors because the chemicals intended for slide films compress the lights on the already low-contrast print films. Moreover, you can never be sure what colors you will actually get.
The film material is extremely and irreversibly modified due to the cross-processing technique; therefore, the advantages of the digital cross-processing simulation are obvious. And the key for digital cross-processing is the modification of the curves.

Process a print film like a slide film (I will explain for Photoshop CS 2 here)

1. Open the picture you want to process.
2. Press Ctrl+M to open the curves window or click on Image > Adjustments > Curves.

3. Modify the curves for RGB and all channels (red, blue, green) as shown in the pictures below:




4. The curves here are only for a start, and you will probably have to re-adjust the curves (especially the standard-RGB curve) until you get a decent result. This technique is interesting especially for portraits.
Process a slide film like a print film


1. Basically, it’s the same technique as shown above. Open your image and adjust the curves like this:





2. Same for these curves: They are only a start; you will probably have to slightly tweak them to satisfy your needs.
3. Don’t worry about the brightness too much. Just play around with the curves and focus on the contrast and colors first. After finishing the curves, adjust the levels (Ctrl+L) and make your picture brighter by sliding the small right arrow below the histogram a bit to the left.

Mike - Infrared Photography
In this tutorial you will learn how to take and process infrared (IR) images.You probably came across some infrared photos already without noticing it and were stunned by their beauty and maybe wondering how their special appearance was achieved. Most photographers choose a blue tone for their infrared images because then they will get a winterly look but sepia tones are found as well. However, the most important characteristic of an IR shot are the white trees and plants because they reflect IR rays almost completely. Enough said now--time for some action!1. RequirementsIf you want to take infrared images you first need an IR filter and a camera that can "see" IR light. Since some newer cameras have a built-in filter that prevents IR rays from coming through, you have to check if your camera can see IR light by pointing a normal remote control to the camera (with no filter attached). If you can see the infrared LED glow then your camera is capable of taking IR shots.There's a variety of IR filters available. A good standard filter is the Hoya R72 infrared filter. The "72" indicates that it will block light of wavelengths of 720 nm and less. You can also buy a colored IR filter for better contrast in different situations but if you edit your pictures in Photoshop then you can apply a color filter with the program as well, so a colored filter is not really necessary.2. Taking the shotYou can hardly see anything when you look through an IR filter. Since it blocks a huge amount of light the best shots are taken in bright sunlight with the sun in your back for maximum IR reflection. But even if it's bright, you will have to use a tripod because the exposure will be much longer than normal.If there's enough light you can simply attach the filter to your lens and start shooting without any problems. The camera will use the best setting for focus, shutter speed and aperture automatically. However, if the lighting conditions are not good enough problems with the autofocus may occur. In such cases, you have to focus manually while keeping the filter attached to the lens. If you remove the filter to focus manually the photo will be slightly blurred because IR rays do not have the same focal point than visible light rays.3. Processing the image in PhotoshopYour infrared image has a red/magenta hue. Additionally, it may be very noisy depending on your exposure settings and camera quality. However, the noise can be fixed easily with Photoshop and also the hue is no problem. Here's my original image:The first step is to open the channel mixer (image > adjustments > channel mixer). Choose "Red" as the output channel and move the source channel slider of red to 0% and the slider of blue to 100%. Then choose "Blue" from the output channel menu and slide red to 100% and blue to 0%. You should get something like this:Now it's time to adjust the levels. Click on image > adjustments > levels (or press [Ctrl+L] and click on the "auto" button. Here's the result of this action:Additionally, you can adjust the levels manually. Choose the red channel in the drop-down menu and move the black slider a bit to the right (where the red slider is):Then choose the green channel and move the sliders as indicated below:Now it's time to change the hue. Click on image > adjustments > hue/saturation (or press [Ctrl+U]) and check the "colorize" box on the right. Move the sliders of hue and saturation until you get a result that you like. Mine looks like this:For reducing the noise I recommend Photoshop plugins specially designed for this job rather than the Photoshop noise reduction feature (despecle). With plugins like Noise Ninja or Neat Image you will get much better results. For the final step I also applied a bleaching filter before reducing the noise so that I get even more contrast so at the end my picture looks like this:

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7Shadows replied to Tutorial sites
A site I created: http://www.tutorials20.com :)

7Shadows replied to Tutorial sites
that link is not working... maybe it's a typo mistake?

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leiko replied to Tutorials requests!
i'm glad you think so =) yay. thanks armilar

7Shadows replied to Tutorials requests!
lol that page flip thing... yea, easy to do! good idea

armilar replied to Tutorials requests!
It's very helpfull leiko :) Thanks for submiting

7Shadows replied to 27 tutorials and counting!
we'll get a whole lot more... since I invited Jason who's got like a 100 of them hehe

axl99 replied to Tutorial sites
http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=105003

A whole freaking list of 2d painting tuts. Some of the links there are outdated, but there's some pretty nice ones by Linda Bergkvist.

LostEagle - Simple Navigation Bar
This is my first tutorial so if there are any problems let me know.

leiko - Basic Tutorial-- Lighting and Shading
Just some basic concepts and common examples to use for reference in lighting and shading your pieces!