Phil Coggan
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
ANOTHER PHOTOSHOP STEP by STEP.
This step by step is aimed at those not familier with PS. There are various ways of doing this, i’ve chosen a way that will be relatively easy.
Presentation can be very important when showing photo’s of your work to potential customers.
Whatever your work, this is a step by step on how to make an ordinary photo look professional.
I’m using a picture of a knife I made in 1983 when I was just starting learning to engrave. As a matter of interest the blade is made from a leaf spring off a Ford Escort.
Import a picture into PS. Drag the right hand corner to enlarge the box the hold Ctrl + to enlarge the picture. Make sure the Layers and Paths are visible, if not, Window > Layer/Path.
In Layers drag the Background Layer to the icon next to the bin this will create a Background copy. Click the’Eye’ off the Locked Background layer.
Click the same icon again to make a New layer. Drag it so it is under the Background copy.
The next part CAN be done with the ‘Lasso’ tool, I only use it on small area’s because you have to put lots of nodes down to create a convincing curve which takes longer and sometimes when your near the end the nodes connect to somewhere you don’t want them to and you have to start from the beginning again.
In Paths click the icon next to the bin to create a new path.
Enlarge the image. Select the ‘Pen’ tool. If Pen + etc. is showing, right click and select Pen.
Put a Node down either side of a radius and work your way around, when you get back to the first node a little circle will appear, this shows that you have completed the circumference.
Select the ‘Add Anchor Point ‘ tool, the pen +
Add an anchor point between each of the nodes that you have previously done, either side of a curve.
This step by step is aimed at those not familier with PS. There are various ways of doing this, i’ve chosen a way that will be relatively easy.
Presentation can be very important when showing photo’s of your work to potential customers.
Whatever your work, this is a step by step on how to make an ordinary photo look professional.
I’m using a picture of a knife I made in 1983 when I was just starting learning to engrave. As a matter of interest the blade is made from a leaf spring off a Ford Escort.
Import a picture into PS. Drag the right hand corner to enlarge the box the hold Ctrl + to enlarge the picture. Make sure the Layers and Paths are visible, if not, Window > Layer/Path.
In Layers drag the Background Layer to the icon next to the bin this will create a Background copy. Click the’Eye’ off the Locked Background layer.
Click the same icon again to make a New layer. Drag it so it is under the Background copy.
The next part CAN be done with the ‘Lasso’ tool, I only use it on small area’s because you have to put lots of nodes down to create a convincing curve which takes longer and sometimes when your near the end the nodes connect to somewhere you don’t want them to and you have to start from the beginning again.
In Paths click the icon next to the bin to create a new path.
Enlarge the image. Select the ‘Pen’ tool. If Pen + etc. is showing, right click and select Pen.
Put a Node down either side of a radius and work your way around, when you get back to the first node a little circle will appear, this shows that you have completed the circumference.
Select the ‘Add Anchor Point ‘ tool, the pen +
Add an anchor point between each of the nodes that you have previously done, either side of a curve.
