Post it!

Today we are going to use an easy way to create our own POST-IT's on Photoshop. On we go mates :)

1-Create a new document with the following settings:

2-Create a new layer by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+N and name it "yellow".

3-Now, select the Rectangular Marquee Tool and draw, with the SHIFT key pressed draw a square shape.

4-Choose your foreground color to a yellow color. Here I used #fcf185, and then click ALT+BACKSPACE so the square shape will be filled with our selected color or you can use the Paint Bucket Tool to do the same effect.

5-Create another layer by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+N and name it "darker yellow".

6-Select once again the Rectangular Marquee Tool but this time with Subtract from Selection option.

7-Now create another square shape on the bottom of the our figure to deselect that part, because we only want the top of the selection that we created on 3rd step.

8-Choose a darker yellow as your foreground color (#ece179), select the Gradient tool, and choose the gradient that goes from dark yellow to transparent.

9-With the Gradient tool select drag from the top of the selection to the bottom. And click CTRL+D to deselect our small selection.

10-Change the opacity of the layer to 80%.

11-Click to select the layer named "yellow" and press CTRL+J to duplicate it. And on the duplicated layer click CTRL+U to open the Hue/Saturation settings, and you'll have to define the value of lightness to -100% to make the layer completely black. To finish this step, place the duplicated layer below the "yellow" layer and lower it's opacity to 35%.

12-Now, select the "yellow" layer and go to EDIT>TRANSFORM>WRAP. Drag the bottom right point to raise the Post-it edge. When you are happy with your effect click ENTER to leave the transformation mode.

13-You can do the same for the bottom left point or leave it as it is. Select the "yellow copy" layer that is our shadow and go to FILTER>BLUR>GAUSSIAN BLUR and set the value of the radius to 10.

14-At last, select the Horizontal Type Tool and write whatever you wish on the Post-it. Change the opacity of the text layer to 63%.

15- Here is my result. I decreased the size of the shadow to make it more realistic, lifted another point of the Post-it at left.

You can download the tutorial and the file here (The new function of our blog)
Password to unzip: photoshopsway

Hope you enjoyed.

All the best :)

Kal El


Credits for the owner of the idea of the Post-it Tutorial:

http://digitalretouching.synthasite.com/stickynote.php

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Dark Planet Tutorial

1- Start a new file with these settings.

2- Reset the colors with the D key.

3- Go to FILTER>RENDER>CLOUDS.

4- Now go to FILTER>SKETCH>BAS RELIEF.

5- With the Elliptical Marquee Tool, draw a circle on the center of the image.

6-Go to FILTER>DISORT>SPHERIZE, amount: 100% and mode: normal.
7-Click CTRL+F to reapply the same effect. (So the spherize effect will be applied twice).

8-Click CTRL+J to make a new layer with only the globe.

9-Select the "Background" layer, then go to EDIT>FILL> And choose black.

10-Here's our picture at the moment.

11-Select the "Layer 1" and go to IMAGE>ADJUSTMENT>HUE/SATURATION or simply click CTRL+U and add these settings.

12- And your planet turned to blue right?

13-Go to FILTER>RENDER>LIGHTING EFFECT and do exactly like the picture shows.

14-Click CTRL+F to reapply the same effect. (So the lighting effect will be applied twice).
15-And here is our planet a bit dark at the moment.

16-Click with your right mouse button on "Layer 1" and go to Blending Options and add this settings on Outer Glow and Inner Glow.

17-Move the "Layer 1" with the move tool (Pres V to activate it) and place the planet on the left at the bottom.

18-Select the "Background" layer and go to FILTER>NOISE>ADD NOISE (Amount: 9,51,Uniform and check the Monochromatic box.

19-Go to FILTER>RENDER>LENS FLARE and do exactly like this.

20- All done :)

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PSW Gallery

Photoshop's Way Gallery or simply PSW Gallery is a place where I keep the pictures I've changed with Photoshop and all the work I make with our software. It's some kind of a portfolio, my album or something like that, but I decided to call it gallery because you can have your picture there too.

In order to have your picture on our gallery you just need to send it to: kalelbusiness@gmail.com. And I'll make sure your art goes to the gallery as fast as possible. I guessed it was a good idea to create our closer community. Hope you like the idea.

Note: If you want to download any image for your computer do not copy and save them. Ask me and I'll send you with the best quality :)

..::PSW GALLERY::..

Logo for Photoshop's Way 1.
Click here to see


Logo for Photoshop's Way 2.
Click here to see


Pop Art using Michael Rosenbaum from Smallville TV show.
Click here to see


Sunflower Wallpaper
Click here to see


Max Payne effect
Click here to see

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Yellow to White Teeth

1- Firstly, open your picture.

2- Now select the Polygonal Lasso Tool with Feather 2px.

3- Zoom in if you need to look closer to avoid mistakes and select the teeth.

4- Go to IMAGE>ADJUSTMENT>HUE/SATURATION or simply click CTRL+U and add these values.

5- Press CTRL+D to deselect the selection and voilá, white teeth.

Here's the difference

Kal El

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Are you interested?

Hello my friends :D I have been trying something on our software ( Photoshop of course) this night because I wasn't sleepy at all and I managed to create this cool set of pin badges.

What do you think about them?

And I was wondering to make the tutorial for this, so you can make your own pins.
Then would you like me to do it?

Hugs :)

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Photoshop Tool Chart

Here I bring something that may be useful for you.

It's called Photoshop Tool Chart and it help you to locate some tools that may be hidden and when I speak about any tool it'll be easier for you to find it.

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