Here is a website that includes 41 photoshop tutorials that could be very helpful with the poster project. Many of them are very intricate, but if they are executed correctly, then they can have a great impact on your images and overall execution of the poster.
See my common theme here? I’ve been posting tutorials that I have been using for my poster. Guess what? My poster involves a lot of smoke – so expect more of these. The thing with these tutorials is that they take a little bit of trial and error, so you’re first attempt might not look as good as your third. Usually by your later attempts you get faster at doing the effects though. Click on the image for the tutorial.
I found this site for super simple photoshop techniques. Hence, free. These are probably best used for simple effects. Perhaps you would like to know how to put a lightening in your bottle.
You can click the image to the site.
Hope this helps! Enjoy.
Photoshopping can be a great tool for posters, magazine covers, etc., however, sometimes editors take photoshopping to another level. There has been much controversy in the past few years in the news of people photoshopping celebrities and enhancing their image to make them look better to the public. As a result, the public sees this false image of celebrities. It is hard to tell these days what is real and what is not. Here is an image of Cameron Diaz. It is a before and after of her with a lot of photoshopping done.
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Back in the day, freshman year at Syracuse University, I majored in Communications & Rhetorical Studies. Many people (no names) called this the Newhouse rejects’ major (oh, and look who’s laughing now.) Anyway, I took CRS225 – Public Advocacy. I will always remember this YouTube video my professor showed her students.
It was the Dove Evolution Campaign. This video, for obvious reasons, may affect women moreso than men. However, it invites a womb of individuals from all professions. Advertisers, make-up artists, Photoshop experts, businesswomen, businessmen, mothers, daughters, sisters, friends. The young, the old, and the inbetweens.
How far do we go to create “beauty” with a touch of technology and a bottle of foundation? Is it our fault for literally buying into this finale (whether it’s foundation to cover up acne scars, or Photoshop to make sure our Facebook Profile picture depicts a picture perfect face of ourselves)? And is it our fault for not realizing what we see has been altered? I guess, either way, it’s our fault.
But no. This is art, most will argue. If people knew that it was Photoshopped and knew that behind all that make-up is a real person with flaws, then all of this controversy would not exist. And it’s true. It is a form of art, and people should know that those women on the magazine are Photoshopped (hello, America’s Next Top Model). And why are they Photoshopped? Because it is another form of art. We hire graphic designers to attract viewers for a website. We hire artists to create something visually pleasing for a museum. These are the people who help us define “aesthetic.” Why would Photoshopping a person’s face any different? Art is subjective.
At the end of the clip, the billboard reads, “FASEL.” I’m pretty sure it’s an anagram for “FALSE.”
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For all the people that aren’t great with photoshop..this helps!
http://photoshoptutorials.ws/
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Check it out! It has tutorials and helpful tips on web design
