Photoshop/Illustrator/PaintShopPro Support - Help, Tutorials, Setting etc - Page 5

NerdUprising · February 29th, 2004

Originally Posted by PseudoKiller

ahh transparency is not a color and does not have a hexidecimal value. In a graphics program you can set a value to represent a color that will be removed when saving it as a *gif or *png But you have save it in those formats only because they are 2 of maybe 3 formats which can do transparencies. What are you trying to do anyway?? and what program are you trying to do it in??

ahh, I should have been more specific, my apologies - I'm using photoshop, and I was wondering how to modify the opacity in a layer based on the black saturation, superspecifically... I have an x-ray image, which is white on black, and I was wondering if it was possible to have all colors (the absolute blacks to the varying grays), based on their black content, swap that black content for a degree of opacity...

**PseudoKiller** · February 29th, 2004

Originally Posted by NerdUprising

ahh, I should have been more specific, my apologies - I'm using photoshop, and I was wondering how to modify the opacity in a layer based on the black saturation, superspecifically... I have an x-ray image, which is white on black, and I was wondering if it was possible to have all colors (the absolute blacks to the varying grays), based on their black content, swap that black content for a degree of opacity...

yes ... but it can be a little complicated.. . and I am too drunk to explain.
Choices are upload the image and I can try or wait till I am sober... yeah those are the choices... sober aint happening tonite. nope not tonite. nope.
yeha

NerdUprising · February 29th, 2004

Originally Posted by PseudoKiller

yes ... but it can be a little complicated.. . and I am too drunk to explain.
Choices are upload the image and I can try or wait till I am sober... yeah those are the choices... sober aint happening tonite. nope not tonite. nope.
yeha

hehe, at least one of us is... I am lacking in the liquor department, have to settle for being caffinated out of my mind instead. Enjoy the drunkenness for both of us

Standard · March 1st, 2004

just a small question;

when using photoshop, i want my text/design/graphic(s), to be very sharp. I see sig's like Geffy's and everything is so perfectly sharp. Is there a way I can get some sort of "anti-aliasing" look to all my graphics?

**PseudoKiller** · March 6th, 2004

Depends on the source. If you have am image that is not to blurry then you can use the sharpen tool in PS7 but if the image is too blurry then you might have some slight problems. Remember garbage in - garbage out.
You can also adjust the histogram to fine tune an image. Text is easy since in the Font pallette you have the option to to Sharp, Crisp, Smooth or Strong.

NerdUprising · May 25th, 2004

Here's something that would seem relatively easy, but I have been puzzled as to how to do it for a while:

How would I go about creating an opacity gradient... ie preserving the colors in a layer's contents, but having the opacity fade from 100-0 (or some other number combination) gradually from top to bottom, side to side, from a point in the middle, etc?

_ronin · June 9th, 2004

I would like to request for a tutorial for this yet undetermined method of manipulating photos. I've seen it before, but never had interest til now to try it out.

Thanks for any help provided.

**~bk** · June 9th, 2004

That's a vector image.

_ronin · June 9th, 2004

Are you telling me someone drew that with a blank canvas? I've seen tutorials where they've taken a photograph and converted into something similiar to the above.

Look at Nerduprising's sig figure, it is similiar on a less detailed scale.

**PseudoKiller** · June 9th, 2004

There are pretty much 2 different ways to create a vector image.
1. Take the image and painstakenly trace and contour the image in Illustrator and when you are done you will have a true vector image
2. Open Photoshop go to Filter > Artistic > Cutout ... this can give you a good version of a vector but not a true vector image. Plus you can do some adjusting under Image > Adjustments > Levels and work with those settings to fine tune it.

_ronin · June 9th, 2004

Hey, that filter effect isn't half bad.

Thanks

**PseudoKiller** · June 9th, 2004

Originally Posted by _ronin

Hey, that filter effect isn't half bad.

Thanks

would i steer you wrong

Valek · July 4th, 2004

Hello all,

Its been a long time. I am trying to do something here with Photoshop and I have no clue how to go about it. Essentially, a friend of mine is creating a map for Star Wars JKA and he is trying to modify a couple of the tiles to fit what he needs. I have zipped the files up and they can be downloaded HERE. I did this because the one file is 1024x1024 and the others are TGA's and I didn't know how they would be handled.

The effect I am trying to achieve is to take the footprints and make them match the color of the gauntsand.jpg tile instead of the snow tile that they were originally from and also the snowpuff.tga's as well. I believe the Alpha Layer has to be edited somehow but I have no clue what I need to do. The map editor requires the tga's for some reason but I know nothing about the JK Editing tools and my friend know's even less about Photoshop.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Val

**Kush** · August 7th, 2004

How would u guys do in photo shop the pics like the ipod ads? i wanna make one of me later when i get my ipod for my site

**Tuffgong4** · October 30th, 2004

was supposed to do this a long time ago but here goes...here is a list of some of my favorite tutorial links mainly for Photoshop but also for some other programs and the second most are for flash designers. I use these to get ideas on how to do things and then take what I've learned and put it into my own designs from scratch

http://www.tutorialized.com/
http://phong.com/tutorials/
http://www.w3schools.com/
http://www.good-tutorials.com/
http://www.flashkit.com/index.shtml
http://necromanthus.com/main.html
http://www.propellerhead-graphix.com/
http://www.bridel.org/
http://www.macromedia.com/software/f...ettingstarted/
http://www.nk-graphix.com/
http://www.findsounds.com/index.html
http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp
http://www.flashadvisor.com/tutorial/index.php
http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraini...2D%20Animation
http://www.echoecho.com/flash.htm
http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutflash.asp
http://links.gfx-forum.de/photoshop.php

**~bk** · October 30th, 2004

Thanks for sharing Tuffgong4. Will look into those soon...

**Tuffgong4** · October 30th, 2004

there are many more those are just the ones I bookmarked...as I find more I will post more

February 29th, 2004	Top \| #81
NerdUprising [ Method ] Joined: May 2003 Location: Kamarupta Posts: 736 Reputation: 30 Power: 117	Originally Posted by PseudoKiller ahh transparency is not a color and does not have a hexidecimal value. In a graphics program you can set a value to represent a color that will be removed when saving it as a gif or png But you have save it in those formats only because they are 2 of maybe 3 formats which can do transparencies. What are you trying to do anyway?? and what program are you trying to do it in?? ahh, I should have been more specific, my apologies - I'm using photoshop, and I was wondering how to modify the opacity in a layer based on the black saturation, superspecifically... I have an x-ray image, which is white on black, and I was wondering if it was possible to have all colors (the absolute blacks to the varying grays), based on their black content, swap that black content for a degree of opacity... "But what then am I? Res cogitans."

February 29th, 2004	Top \| #82
PseudoKiller Zug Zug Joined: April 2002 Location: Ice Crown Citadel Posts: 3,858 Reputation: 490 Power: 165	Originally Posted by NerdUprising ahh, I should have been more specific, my apologies - I'm using photoshop, and I was wondering how to modify the opacity in a layer based on the black saturation, superspecifically... I have an x-ray image, which is white on black, and I was wondering if it was possible to have all colors (the absolute blacks to the varying grays), based on their black content, swap that black content for a degree of opacity... yes ... but it can be a little complicated.. . and I am too drunk to explain. Choices are upload the image and I can try or wait till I am sober... yeah those are the choices... sober aint happening tonite. nope not tonite. nope. yeha )\|( I reject your reality and substitute my own )\|(

February 29th, 2004	Top \| #83
NerdUprising [ Method ] Joined: May 2003 Location: Kamarupta Posts: 736 Reputation: 30 Power: 117	Originally Posted by PseudoKiller yes ... but it can be a little complicated.. . and I am too drunk to explain. Choices are upload the image and I can try or wait till I am sober... yeah those are the choices... sober aint happening tonite. nope not tonite. nope. yeha hehe, at least one of us is... I am lacking in the liquor department, have to settle for being caffinated out of my mind instead. Enjoy the drunkenness for both of us "But what then am I? Res cogitans."

March 6th, 2004	Top \| #85
PseudoKiller Zug Zug Joined: April 2002 Location: Ice Crown Citadel Posts: 3,858 Reputation: 490 Power: 165	Depends on the source. If you have am image that is not to blurry then you can use the sharpen tool in PS7 but if the image is too blurry then you might have some slight problems. Remember garbage in - garbage out. You can also adjust the histogram to fine tune an image. Text is easy since in the Font pallette you have the option to to Sharp, Crisp, Smooth or Strong. )\|( I reject your reality and substitute my own )\|(

May 25th, 2004	Top \| #86
NerdUprising [ Method ] Joined: May 2003 Location: Kamarupta Posts: 736 Reputation: 30 Power: 117	Here's something that would seem relatively easy, but I have been puzzled as to how to do it for a while: How would I go about creating an opacity gradient... ie preserving the colors in a layer's contents, but having the opacity fade from 100-0 (or some other number combination) gradually from top to bottom, side to side, from a point in the middle, etc? "But what then am I? Res cogitans."

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March 1st, 2004	Top \| #84
Standard OSNN Junior Addict Joined: September 2003 Posts: 49 Reputation: 0 Power: 107	just a small question; when using photoshop, i want my text/design/graphic(s), to be very sharp. I see sig's like Geffy's and everything is so perfectly sharp. Is there a way I can get some sort of "anti-aliasing" look to all my graphics?

June 9th, 2004	Top \| #87
_ronin OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 55 Reputation: 20 Power: 101	I would like to request for a tutorial for this yet undetermined method of manipulating photos. I've seen it before, but never had interest til now to try it out. Thanks for any help provided.

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~bk I <3 Adriana Joined: November 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,768 Reputation: 1230 Power: 154	That's a vector image. +bk.designs; + notebook + deviantART __________ // art is literacy of the heart <3

June 9th, 2004	Top \| #89
_ronin OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 55 Reputation: 20 Power: 101	Are you telling me someone drew that with a blank canvas? I've seen tutorials where they've taken a photograph and converted into something similiar to the above. Look at Nerduprising's sig figure, it is similiar on a less detailed scale.

June 9th, 2004	Top \| #90
PseudoKiller Zug Zug Joined: April 2002 Location: Ice Crown Citadel Posts: 3,858 Reputation: 490 Power: 165	There are pretty much 2 different ways to create a vector image. 1. Take the image and painstakenly trace and contour the image in Illustrator and when you are done you will have a true vector image 2. Open Photoshop go to Filter > Artistic > Cutout ... this can give you a good version of a vector but not a true vector image. Plus you can do some adjusting under Image > Adjustments > Levels and work with those settings to fine tune it. )\|( I reject your reality and substitute my own )\|(

June 9th, 2004	Top \| #91
_ronin OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 55 Reputation: 20 Power: 101	Hey, that filter effect isn't half bad. Thanks

June 9th, 2004	Top \| #92
PseudoKiller Zug Zug Joined: April 2002 Location: Ice Crown Citadel Posts: 3,858 Reputation: 490 Power: 165	Originally Posted by _ronin Hey, that filter effect isn't half bad. Thanks would i steer you wrong )\|( I reject your reality and substitute my own )\|(

July 4th, 2004	Top \| #93
Valek OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: June 2004 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Need Help With Alpha Layers Hello all, Its been a long time. I am trying to do something here with Photoshop and I have no clue how to go about it. Essentially, a friend of mine is creating a map for Star Wars JKA and he is trying to modify a couple of the tiles to fit what he needs. I have zipped the files up and they can be downloaded HERE. I did this because the one file is 1024x1024 and the others are TGA's and I didn't know how they would be handled. The effect I am trying to achieve is to take the footprints and make them match the color of the gauntsand.jpg tile instead of the snow tile that they were originally from and also the snowpuff.tga's as well. I believe the Alpha Layer has to be edited somehow but I have no clue what I need to do. The map editor requires the tga's for some reason but I know nothing about the JK Editing tools and my friend know's even less about Photoshop. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Val

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Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 153	was supposed to do this a long time ago but here goes...here is a list of some of my favorite tutorial links mainly for Photoshop but also for some other programs and the second most are for flash designers. I use these to get ideas on how to do things and then take what I've learned and put it into my own designs from scratch http://www.tutorialized.com/ http://phong.com/tutorials/ http://www.w3schools.com/ http://www.good-tutorials.com/ http://www.flashkit.com/index.shtml http://necromanthus.com/main.html http://www.propellerhead-graphix.com/ http://www.bridel.org/ http://www.macromedia.com/software/f...ettingstarted/ http://www.nk-graphix.com/ http://www.findsounds.com/index.html http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp http://www.flashadvisor.com/tutorial/index.php http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraini...2D%20Animation http://www.echoecho.com/flash.htm http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutflash.asp http://links.gfx-forum.de/photoshop.php Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64

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