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Undress a Giraffe

Have you ever wanted to know what a Giraffe looks like without its spots? If so, this tutorial is for you, you pervert! Today, we will demonstrate how to undress a giraffe by removing its spots. We will then show how to turn its spots into an outfit that will be draped over an ironing board. Pretty cool! Let’s get started!

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Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop

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My name is Alexandra Fomicheva. I love art in different forms, this is my hobby and my work. I have a traditional art school background. While studying in the university I became interested in different graphic design software technologies and started creating digital art works. Some of them became pretty popular and may be found all over the web. You may find my portfolio by visiting my website.

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Scratch a Ghostly

Today I gonna show you how to realize from scratch a ghostly scene in few steps. We will use a couple of stock photos and modify them so they will look harmoniously combined. In particular we will deal with the burn tool, layer masks and some Photoshop filters often overlooked.

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Howdy! I'm a self taught graphic designer who loves to create amazing stuff using every kind of media. I'm currently living in Italy, where my full-time job consists in making of WeGraphics one of the best resources for designers from all over the world.

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Milk monster and chocolate

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Create a Milk Monster in Photoshop

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I have been interested in design from the early childhood and started from drawing and painting. As well as many children I was drawing relatives, friends and characters of cartoon films and fairy tales. Later the hobby became more serious and I went to art school where I spent 8 years.

After finishing school I entered the university and graduated with honors. I'm holding Master Degree in Graphic Design. While studying in the university I became interested in different graphic design software technologies and started creating digital art works. The works became popular and may be found all over the web.

I'm doing all kinds of graphic/web development/web design for different clients and some of the works maybe found on this website. Photoshop Tutorials created by me and presented on Alfoart.com became a good educational tool for lots of people on the web and website traffic is constantly growing as people get to know more and more about this resource.

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Imaginative Tree Man

Create A Striking Nature Scene In Photoshop

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create a nature inspired design that is both organic and visually arresting. We will be covering some useful tips as we work through the process of creating a striking image that will show a helpless being pulled into the powerful grasp of nature.

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Create an Imaginative Tree Man

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Eric is a Graphic Designer, specializing in Print and Web Design. He's a graduate of the New England Institute of Art in Boston and has over 4 years of professional and freelance work experience. He lives in Brooklyn, New York working as a Graphic Designer and he has been featured in Advanced Photoshop Magazine, The Art of Fashion Art Exhibit and Artists In The Station Art Exhibit. Visit Eric's portfolio at ericvasquez.net

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Dark and Mysterious TV-Head

For this Photoshop tutorial, I will be showing you how to make a dark and mysterious scene with the subject having a TV for a head. You will see how to seamlessly replace a person’s head with another object—in this case, a television—and how to create a stormy sky using brush strokes. We’ll also deal with creating realistic lights and shadows as well as how to retouch subjects who are against a light source.

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How to Create a Dark and Mysterious TV-Head Scene

Author: Michael Vincent Manalo

Michael Vincent Manalo was born in December 1986. He is a freelance artist/designer. He loves life. Art and photography for him is a bus that drives him to places where dreams exist, while music is a car that takes his soul to places where emotions can be grasped. He enjoys playing and experimenting with the guitar, the harmonica, the keyboard and the bongos. You can contact him through his website: michaelVmanalo.

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How To Do HDR Photography

HDR how? This is a simple how-to HDR tutorial to help you create amazing HDR photographs that make viewers say, “Wow!” When I saw my first HDR photo, I just had to find out how to take HDR photos, and how to process them. What I now know is that everyone can take an impressive looking HDR photo. Follow these easy steps and you can be creating HDR masterpieces today.

"Standing Room Only" captured by Debra Vanderlaan (Click Image to See More From Debra Vanderlaan)

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. It result from the processing of one image, or even better, a series of images with different exposures. HDR photographs actually compress the amount of light in a photograph so it can be displayed in print or on your computer. For example, have you ever taken a photo directly into a sunset and noticed that the foreground is too dark to see? This is because your camera is adjusting its light meter for the bright sunset, and as a result the foreground becomes silhouetted. But with HDR photography, both the foreground and bright background will be properly exposed resulting in an amazing picture.Start by taking three photos at different lighting levels. You can do this very easily if your camera has a bracketing, or multiple exposure setting. Set the bracketing to 2 EV increments so that the first photo you take will be too dark, the second photo will be correctly exposed, and the third photo will be too light, or, over exposed. If your camera does not have a bracketing setting, you can manually adjust the aperture or go into the menu settings and manually adjust the exposure value (EV) settings between shots.

To be clear, the first photo should be taken at minus two EV, the second photo should be zero EV, and the third photo should be plus two EV. But, there is a key point here. Your camera should be set to aperture priority if you have this setting. This is usually denoned by an “A” on the camera. This means that your shutter speed won’t change while you take the three photos which will result in different depths of field and a blurry HDR image. And finally, ensure your ISO is set to your lowest setting to eliminate noise in the finished HDR image. This means an ISO setting of 100, and may also mean your resulting shutter speed is going to be a long one. But if you have a tripod, this shouldn’t be an issue.

"When the sun goes down in Chicago" captured by Ronald Quillopas (Click Image to See More From Ronald Quillopas)

Set your ISO to its lowest setting
Use aperture priority mode
Set exposure bracketing (AEB) to take three frames at two EV increments, or five at one EV increments.
Use a tripod if at all possible

Of course, you don’t want your camera to move in between shots so a tripod should be used. Having said that, I have taken many good HDR settings with my camera hand-held. To do this you need to hold your camera rock solid still and have your shutter set to a rapid fire mode so all you have to do is hold down the shutter release to take the three shots. Some HDR photos are taken with five or more frames instead of three. If your camera’s bracketing mode only allows you to take photos with one EV increments, then you will want to take five photos. If you can set it for two EV increments, then you only need to take three photos.

Trust me on this, three frames are all you need for the vast majority of high dynamic range settings. You may get a slightly enhanced tonal range with five shots, but you need to know in advance that five photos take much more processing time and you will find yourself sitting in front of your computer for long periods of time waiting for your HDR photo to render. Bottom line: three frames at two EV increments are all you need the majority of the time.

I shoot all my photos in RAW. If you don’t shoot in RAW, then it is high time you started. RAW photos are like a film negative. They contain so much more light information than a jpg image which allows you to make incredible adjustments to the shadows and highlights, and fix errors in exposure that would never be possible with a jpg.

The next step is to upload your photos into your computer and save them on your hard drive.

"Hobbit Eyeview" captured by Debra Vanderlaan (Click Image to See More From Debra Vanderlaan)

Now it is time to process them, and in order to do that you are going to need a piece of software that specializes in the processing of HDR photos.

I have searched far and wide for the best and most cost effective HDR software, and by far the best I have found is Photomatix Pro. You can dowload a free demo version of Photomatix Pro and can use it for as long as you want for free in order to practice creating HDR photos. The software will imprint a watermark on your finished images, and when you are ready you can purchase the program which will remove the watermark. Photomatix Pro costs $99.00, but if you use a discount code you will get $15.00 off which brings the price down to $84.00 I was at first sceptical of spending money on another piece of photography software, but once I tried the free demo version I was sold on the product which is why I now promote it.

Photomatix Pro can also be installed as a plug in for Lightroom and Photoshop. I have tried both, and I recommend installing the stand-alone program instead of using it as a plug in. The stand-alone program is much simpler to install and use in my opinion. And lets face it, when you are learning about new software, it pays to keep things simple.

Once you have installed Photomatix Pro, please come back here and keep going through this tutorial.

If you shoot your photos in RAW, it is recommended you convert them into jpg or tiff files first. I didn’t know this for the longest time, and was importing my RAW photo files directly into Photomatix Pro for processing into an HDR image. But Photomatix recommends that you first convert your images to jpg or tiff using your favorite photo processing software such as Photoshop or Lightroom, and then import the converted files directly into Photomatix Pro. This is because noise in your finished HDR image will be greatly reduced if you create the HDR image using jpg or tiff files instead of with RAW files.

But there is a but here… if you have taken a photo of moving subject, then you can easily create a pseudo HDR image using one RAW file. It is incredibly easy to do, and again, requires only one RAW file. This is your easiest solution to create an HDR photo of moving subjects, but because it will only be a pseudo HDR image, the finished product will not contain the broad dynamic range that a conventional three image HDR image will.

Start by opening the program. A box will appear. Click “Generate HDR image”. Select the three or five images you took using bracketing.

A second box will open. I always select “Align source images”, “By matching features.” This is a neat feature that will allign all three or five images so that slight imperfections in the framing will be compensated for. I find that even if I take my photos on a tripod, there is always a tiny shift that occurs between shots. Aligning the source images by matching features will line up all your frames perfectly.

I also tick “Reduce chromatic aberrations” and “Reduce noise”.

Next, if you have any objects that were moving between your three shots, you will need to tick “Attempt to reduce ghosting artifacts”, “Background movements.” You will be suprised how much a small breeze can move grass or foliage which will result in a blurry HDR image if you don’t tick this box. However, this feature will not be able to fix significant movement between frames.

"San Francisco - HDR" captured by Shan Putnam (Click Image to See More From Shan Putnam)

Keep the tone curve of color profile on the default setting, and click OK. Now the software starts to work its magic. This might take a minute, or could take five minutes. It really depends on your computer’s processer, the number of images, and the size of the images. Once it has been processed, a button appears that says “Tone mapping”. Click it. This is where the real magic begins.

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Tim Shields – http://www.hdr-photography.org

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How start a photo manipulation

Manipulation step by step tutorial by `azurylipfe

· Alright gona make a tut how i make a manipulation:) i hope i don't confuse you to much because you have to follow how i make a new one :D so with all the jumps back and forwards :d

· Open the stock image you want, i choose again one from Tw1stedTruth_stock

· Take your lassotool and cut the image out ( for this i could recommend Staldrens tutorial for the nexts steps:) he can explain it better then I could:) )

· Set your background layer on rasterlayer, go to selection- invert and click on delet, now your background is gone and the only thing left is the image of the personage:)

· Remove the selection. zoom your photo in untill 300%

· Go to your smudgetool settings about size 22 hardness 11 step 1 density 100, thickness 100 rotation doesn't really matter because you use a round brush, and opacity between 65 -73

· Smudge every pixel smooth.. in the area of the eyes , resize the size of your brush from 22 to 11 and the opacity may higher about 80-85 because that may be a little more accentueted:).

· When you are smudgen, once and awhile take a look at the original size and even smaller to look at it , and then if you think its fine, resize it again till 200 or 300 %

· This take the most time of the whole manipulation... for me :D don't know about others :d

· Allright first part is done. Add a new layer and put that one behind the lady or men or whatever you are using:)and fill it with a black color

· Add another layer. Choose a sky pic ( i choosed one of the pink skys from my own stock, select 2/3 or 1-2 of your background and go to edit> paste into selection

· Now chose a waterpic cut of the horizon of a sea or if you have it a mask from a sea, use the flaming pear filter flood, take that:)

· Invert the selection , add a new layer and paste that one in that selection.

· Take your removel tool and set the density on 53 and the opacity on 38 and slightly remove some from the bottom of the sky and the sea, but still make that they are blending

· Select a little part from the waves and copie that, add a new layer above the lady and paste it into the same selection

· It could be that you have to make the lady a bit smaller,if so, just resize her untill 70 %

· Use your removel tool again and take little clicks to remove the waves before her where you want it to be removed:) don't keep the right button in, because that take away to much in once, just click fast while moving ( i can't exactly say how, because that is a bit to difficult to explain:)

· If you are happy with the result , go back to your sky layer

· Select a little rectangle ( you can set feather on 20 or 30 % but its not neccesairy:) ) behind the lady, go to selections - invert and make a new layer and fill that one with a bronze gradient, remove the selection and dupplicate that layer and set them both on overlay 100%, and that part looks a bit more gold :D

· Select that rectangle go to effects - dropshadow and settings 2 -2 -100- 2

· Mostly add this point i add a new layer and fill that one with black and put a bordermask on it, so i can see the contrast between the manipulation and the border ,and it gives me the inspiration how to go further:) allright:) moving on :D

· Go to the layer with the lady , put that layer on luminancy 100%, dupplicate that layer and set that one on overlay 50 %, dupplicate that one again and put it on normal 55 %.. why i do this, i have no idea , but i have the illusion that the pic becomes more soft, but like i said its an illusion i have lol

· Go to the layer under the border if you added one to, otherwise just the top layer:) and add a new layer and fill it with a gradient, you have to take one in the color you want the pic to have, i choose a blue gradient, and set it on color (legacy) 48%

· And now its the easy part, its just adding brushes on the places you want:) i added the treebrushes at the borders, a moon behing the trees , some birds, some little tricks..

· For a kind of rainbowish look , you have a few options:) the best option is of course the filter mystical> rainbow:) second options isn't a filter but don't give the same good result , but it works:)

· Choose a gradient, select a cirkel or freehand shape feather on 30-40 or 50 and more, fill it, and go to adjust> blur > gaussian blur > settings about 50 , you get the same cloud that mystical creates but only one color, set that layer on overlay, and do this with different colors on different layers, next or on top top of the previous, and play with overlay , soft light and set it on 30-45 % then you can get almost the same result, but its a bit experimenting for the same result:)

· Second options , is take your pensil, set in big in size , about 90 draw a stroke in gradiant color, take another color, draw a line next to the previous one, and do that about 4 times or so, then again, adjust- blur, gaussian blur, settings about 50-60-70 and set it on soft light:) and you have a rainbowish look in you manipulation :)..

· The mystical filter is fun to use but easy :D the other methods are a bit more challenging :D but also fun :D

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22 Excellent Examples Photoshop Tutorials of Creating Digital Art

With the following tutorials, not only will you be shown how to create beautiful digital art pieces, but also get to learn a hodgepodge of digital art techniques and methods that you can adapt later on into your design projects.

In this article, you’ll find top-notch tutorials for creating posters. Not only will you be learning specific procedures for creating posters, but also Photoshop and general design practices such as photo-composition, illustration, coloring processing, typography effects, working with custom shapes, using Filters in unique ways, and much more.

1. Grunge Rock

Rock out in this Indie band theme grunge poster design tutorial that utilizes a "Displacement Map" technique for creating the tattered and colorful background and the popular "starburst" element to create a design that truly pops out to its viewers.

2. Impactful Child Welfare

Many posters portray shocking scenes to grab peoples’ attention to the message it is trying to convey. Such a poster is featured in this Photoshop tutorial that will test your skills with the Path Tool and show you a technique for giving text a nice drop shadow. Poster

3. Portable Gaming Device

This beautiful poster design benefits from the use of free and downloadable stock images to give the design a unique and eye-catching look. In this Photoshop tutorial, you’ll also learn techniques for preparing and retouching photo subjects that will be used as digital art components.

4. Furious Pink Panther

Although this tutorial is for drawing a "pink panther", the stock photo used is of a tiger; that fact does not take away anything from the quality of the instructions and the end-result of this tutorial by GoMediaZine.

5. Celebrating the Passing of Spring

Masterful Photoshop artist Simon Hubbert shows us how to create a one-of-a-kind poster design that uses the theme of the spring to summer transition period. You will discover how to use the Radial Blur filter to create a unique color transition.

6. Retro Boxing

Make a vintage/retro styled design by following along this excellent step-by-step Photoshop tutorial. You’ll be able to learn the methods involved in adjusting images sourced from different assets so that they are similar to each other.

7. retro/grunge themed

This retro/grunge themed design uses various techniques and design trends that results in a beautiful poster. You will learn the basics of using Perspective Transform to create a three-dimensional look-and-feel using the popular multicolor retro ribbons.

8. Shoe Advertisement Poster Using Floral Elements

Using some popular design trends (floral elements) and masterful use of the Burn Tool to amicably integrate them into the poster’s subject, you will learn several great Photoshop techniques by following along this well-written tutorial.

9. Skateboarding Poster

In this Photoshop tutorial, you will witness a cool technique for creating stacked, multi-color silhouettes on the art piece’s subject. You will also learn how to use the Pen Tool to create a nice trail to add the feeling of motion and dynamism onto your designs.

10. Space Invaders

This Photoshop poster design tutorial exposes some great techniques - most notably - a technique for applying a beautiful and unique type treatment to the design’s text. You will also discover a great use for the Brush Tool: adding details to your art pieces’ subject.

11. Stylish Fashion Advert

Learn some unique Photoshop techniques by following along this Photoshop tutorial. Particularly, you will learn to use the Clone Stamp tool to apply a distinctive type effect treatment onto your poster’s text.

12. The Ocean’s Freshness

This ocean-inspired poster design utilizes the Clouds Filter to create an underwater, deep-sea overlay. What’s cool about this tutorial is that you can also discover a way to use the Soft Brush tip to add a hazy mist that gives the design a unique design element.

13. Typographic Concept

This Photoshop tutorial outlines a time-intensive but very eye-grabbing method of creating a unique type treatment (by positioning words to spell out letters). Set against a dirty grunge background, the outcome of this piece is a vintage/grunge look and feel.

14. Vector Political

In this Photoshop design tutorial inspired by Sheppard Fairey’s political poster series, you will see a method for recreating a very similar effect onto your artwork that involves the skillful use of the Pen Tool to select different sections of the canvas.

15. Amazing Diamond Advertisement

This Photoshop poster design tutorial involves the use an array of intermediate level photo-editing techniques such as using the Brush Tool with custom settings and masking using the Pen Tool. Several free and downloadable stock images (over 10 of them from different sources) are applied and modified to create a unique and eye-grabbing poster.

16. Artistic Poster with Drawn Elements

Learn about Photoshop techniques involved in the creation of beautiful and digitally drawn works of art in this step-by-step tutorial based on the unique style of Digital Illustrator and Graphic Artist Alex Beltechi (the tutorial writer).

17. Awesome Colorful

Create a stunning and eye-catching poster based on the Ray-Ban Colorize ad campaign using several Photoshop techniques such as tweaking Image Adjustment settings and quick/hassle-free selection using the Magic Wand Tool.

18. Colorful Pastel Typo

Learn to create a nice-looking poster that is centered around a unique, retro-inspired typography set against a textured background for extreme contrast.

19. Cool Movie

In this Photoshop tutorial, you will witness the use of techniques such as color correction and manipulation, and adjusting an object’s perspective for accurate superimposing to create a beautiful movie-like poster.

20. Fragmented Golden Phone

In this tutorial, you will be creating a cool-looking poster that uses a mobile phone as the subject; the photo-effects are stunning: smoky elements, and the top part of the subject fading into text.