Fashion Watercolor Artwork Step 11

Step 11

Add the tree graphic into a New Layer “Trees”. Place this layer behind the “model” layer. Resize the tree graphic proportionately such that the width size is similar to the canvas.



Step 12

Now let's adjust the colors of the model and brighten her. Create a New Adjustment Layer > Levels.



Step 13

Adjust the settings as below. To make the areas darker, move the left handle to the right and to make the light areas lighter, move the right handle to the left.





Step 14

Let's make the model blend in better with the background. Select the model's Layer Mask. Use the Brush Tool, choose a larger stipple brush of about 26px.



Step 15

Paint over areas like the cropped shoulder and let some branches show through as below. Keep the edges rough for the style.



Step 16

Now the fun part, adding watercolor splashes! Select watercolor shapes that are long and fine as well as some small splatters (to look like leaves). This watercolor design is perfect for our summer forest theme.



Step 17

Paste the image into a New Layer “watercolor 1” above all other layers. Resize it to 50%. Change the layer's blending mode to Multiply. Move the image around until you are satisfied with its position.



Step 18

Add a Layer Mask to “watercolor1”. Remove some of the watercolor drips in front of the model's face with a round brush, 90px.



Step 19

Choose another nice watercolor texture. I've picked this orange watercolor because I find it very dynamic and vibrant. Let's place it on the model's head to look like an original hat or a splash of sunlight.



Step 20

Paste the orange watercolor image into a New Layer “watercolor 2” above “watercolor1”. Resize it to 15%. Change the layer's blending mode to Multiply. Position the splash above her head.

Fashion Watercolor Artwork

Watercolor is popular in fashion artwork because of its unpredictable, fluid and beautiful nature. It enhances models and products and gives any artwork a creative flair that almost everyone finds attractive. In this step-by- step tutorial I will show you how simple it is to create a dramatic fashion artwork with watercolor effects inspired by fashion illustrator, Stina Persson.

First we'll look at the importance of choosing the right imagery and watercolor textures. Then we'll go through some basic but powerful techniques for our design composition: background image extraction, layer masks and adjustment layers.

The tricks you'll learn here can be applied in any design that requires a stunning background to bring the person/product to life.



Step 1

Let's start by choosing our photo. The model's pose is crucial in a fashion artwork. An excellent fashion photo will have the model in a stylish and effortless pose. A well lit photograph goes without saying. For this tutorial I've picked this beautiful stock image from Katanaz.



Step 2

Next brainstorm ideas for the background artwork. You should ask yourself “ What elements can I use to complement the model”. Even when doing an artistic background with watercolor splashes, you should have a theme and use design elements that will enhance the model/product. Here my inspiration came from the lovely bird necklace and the bright yellow and orange tones. They make me think of a forest in summer. Hence the trees and the summer color palette.



Step 3

We're now ready to begin our artwork! Let's say we create this artwork for a fashion website. The rule of thumb for a website is to have the width at 960px but we'll create our artwork larger so that people with wider screens can view more of the background. Create a new canvas of 1440 x 900 pixels, 72 dpi.



Step 4

Paste the picture of the model and rename the New Layer “model”. Resize (CTRL + T) the image proportionately to 45% of it's original size. Apply a default Filter > Smart Sharpen to sharpen the image.



Step 5

Now let's remove the gray background behind the model. Use the Magic Wand Tool, Tolerance 10, click to make a quick selection on the left side background. Next hold Shift and click on the right side background to add it to the selection.



Step 6

Right Click on the canvas and choose Select Inverse from the drop down menu.



Step 7

With the Magic Wand Tool still selected click on Refine Edge. This will allow you more control to refine the edge of our selection. It is a quick and easy tool that you can use in most projects where you need to extract a background.



Step 8

Click on Add Layer Mask at the bottom of the Layers Window. As you can see the hair needs some work. The advantage with using a Layer Mask is that you can hide/un hide selected parts of your work to your heart's content without having to worry about losing your original image.



Step 9

We'll now use the Eraser Tool with a Stipple Brush (from the Natural Brushes Set) of size 8px to add in strands of hair.



Step 10

Use the Brush Tool with the same Stipple Brush to extract areas of the background or part of the hair that you don't want to show. Use the Eraser & Brush Tools alternately until you are satisfied with the result.

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Adobe Photoshop CS3 shipped on April 16, 2007 and is no longer hosted on Adobe Labs. You can find the latest information about Photoshop CS3 at the new product page on Adobe.com.
Important information for beta or prerelease users

If you are a beta or prerelease user, you must first uninstall all CS3 beta and pre-release programs on your machine before installing the shipping versions.

* Windows XP - uninstall via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
* Windows Vista - in the Programs section of the Control Panel, select Uninstall a Program.
* Macintosh - the uninstaller is in Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers. Note: you CANNOT uninstall by dragging CS3 Applications to the trash, you must use the uninstaller.

After uninstalling, proceed with installing the shipping version of Creative Suite 3. If you experience problems with the uninstall or the install, you may need to use the Adobe CS3Clean Script. The script will clean up the beta and pre-release installations and allow installation of the shipping versions of Creative Suite 3. Please follow all the instructions carefully in the readme file provided when you download the CS3Clean script.

WARNING: Before running the CS3Clean Script, it is critical that you back up your hard drive including all data, content, software programs, etc. Failure to do so, and failure to follow the instructions included with the script, could result in a loss of the contents of your hard drive.

The script can be downloaded from the Adobe Support Center.

cs4 photoshop

I came across an in-depth article that details a lot of information regarding Adobe CS4, mostly things about Photoshop CS4, Bridge CS4 and the launch date of the latest version of Adobe's Creative Suite.

To begin with, the launch of CS4 is estimated to be around the time of Adobe Max, which takes place November 16th-19th. Adobe Creative Suite product cycles are 18 months and since Adobe CS3 was released on April 16th, 2007 Adobe Max would mean 19 months since the last product release. Below are some features that may or may not be included in Adobe CS4.

Adobe Photoshop CS4: Codename: Adobe Stonehenge CS4 Extended. Stonehenge is the splash screen. 1. The User-Interface is similar to CS3 however there are some minor polishes that complete the look. 2. Support for "Extensions" is listed under the "Window" menu 3. The extension manager is in every CS4 application 3. "Kuler" which is an Intranet color pallet collaboration tool for sharing color swatches with others on your team. 4. Support for Flash (more on this later)

Adobe Panel Configurator 1.0 (Alpha Version): 1. Allows you to create your own Photoshop toolboxes. 2. You can choose from over 860+ commands, tools and application features and from there create your own toolboxes that work in any CS4 application 3. Supports Actions and Scripts 4. Drag and drop text fields into toolboxes 5. Support for SWF and Quicktime video files in toolboxes 6. You can export the toolbar file and re-open it in any CS4 application.

CS4 Suite New Features: 1. Flash SWF support across all applications 2. You can play SWF files in any app 3. A tool is being developed for creating flash content without any coding experience

Adobe Bridge CS4:

1. New User-Interface
2. Sidebar and search tool location similar to Mac OS Leopard
3. Navigation in folders similar to Windows Vista Explorer
4. Labels and star ratings are easier to access.
5. Filtered searches are now much faster even across thousands of images
6. List View in Bridge
7. Auto Photo Downloader to download photos from your camera is now easier and better than Bridge CS3
8. Improved slideshows using your spacebar
9. From Slideshow, press "r" and Adobe Camera Raw opens automatically.
10. Review Mode: (full screen review of photos) a. Just like a full screen version of Apple coverflow b. Loopt tool built in c. The ability to open all, review, and drop photos out of view that you don't want and others stay full screen d. When leaving review mode the photos you kept are now selected in bridge. Ones you dropped are still there but not selected. e. You now have the ability to create photo-collections from within review mode

11. Collections are just like Playlists in iTunes. You have the ability to group photos. The location where photos are stored is not changed.
12. More sharing options a. Upload directly to FTP within Bridge b. Web gallery templates are easy and use the same templates available in Lightroom 2 c. Ability to create flash galleries with a few clicks and upload instantly d. Uses the Opera engine to render galleries within Bridge e. Photoshop Web Gallery is going away and being replaced by Bridge Web Gallery
13. Bridge CS4 Menus (in order left to right) File - Edit - View - Sttacks - Label - Tools - Window - Help

Adobe CS4 Applications are exactly the same as CS3 but the text in the icons is black instead of white.

Did you like this article? Curious about learning photoshop fast? Well now you can by getting this free report ... what are you waiting for?

Adobe Photoshop Cs5 Espa Atilde Ol

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended 12.0 + Portable

Software Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended provides an excellent opportunity selection, retouching and paint realistic images, as well as the creation of 3D=shapes. Many new features help save time and increase productivity.

A revolutionary tool for Content-Aware Fill with developed intellect can instantly remove any object or part of the image, carrying fill the space formed in the light of the other parts of the image. He just picks up light, tone and noise, depending on the surrounding area, which allows to eliminate any traces of the deleted object. With the new Refine Edge tool, users can perform the selection, which was virtually unavailable earlier. Innovative technology with high accuracy determines and creates a mask for the most complex types of objects, such as hair or foliage of trees, while not capturing the background.

With the advent of Photoshop CS5 photographers have access to a function of the new generation to create images with high dynamic range (HDR). Combining pictures with different exposures in a single HDR image, Photoshop CS5 accurately retains the full range of key scenes. New technology allows the HDR Pro to eliminate spurious distortions and provides more precise control of the tone mapping. With features HDR rendering, users can simulate spectacular HDR images, using a single photograph.

Photoshop CS5 includes revolutionary tools to enhance the creative potential of users. Brand new drawing tools include a tool Mixer Brush, who mixes an infinite number of colors on one brush tool Bristle Tips, creating the effect of this smear brush. With Puppet Warp tool, users can change the position or view of any element of the image, for example, straightened his bent arm on the photos or adjust an image of the landscape to create a new spatial perspective.

Among the most interesting innovations are the following:

* Technology Truer Edge in Photoshop CS5 Extended, improves the definition of boundaries of objects in the photographs.
* Tools Content-Aware Fill to remove from the image of an object and automatically fill the space with the relevant content.
* Advanced tools for working with HDR-images, which include tool HDR Pro, which improved removal of artifacts and customization of images. Using the HDR-toning, you can mimic the appearance of HDR-images for the usual picture.
* Tools Mixer Brush, blending the colors in one brush
* Puppet Warp Tool for the strain of any element of the image. It can be used, for example, to change the landscape, to create a different perspective, or to straighten a bent arm.
* Ability to save 16-bit image format JPEG.
* Configurable mini-bar Adobe Mini Bridge for fast file management, which is available directly from the application.

What is Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop (Photoshop), is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems.

Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS (Photoshop 7 was the final version which ran on the Windows 98 platform). Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop. The CS rebranding also resulted in Adobe offering numerous software packages containing multiple Adobe programs for a reduced price. Adobe Photoshop is included in most of Adobe's Creative Suite offerings.

Early history

In 1987, Thomas Knoll, a PhD student at the University of Michigan, began writing a program on his Macintosh Plus to display grayscale images on a monochrome display. This program, called Display, caught the attention of his brother John Knoll, an Industrial Light & Magic employee, who recommended Thomas turn it into a full-fledged image editing program. Thomas took a six month break from his studies in 1988 to collaborate with his brother on the program, which had been renamed ImagePro.[1] Later that year, Thomas renamed his program Photoshop and worked out a short-term deal with scanner manufacturer Barneyscan to distribute copies of the program with a slide scanner; a "total of about 200 copies of Photoshop were shipped" this way.[2]

During this time, John traveled to Silicon Valley and gave a demonstration of the program to engineers at Apple and Russell Brown, art director at Adobe. Both showings were successful, and Adobe decided to purchase the license to distribute in September 1988.[1] While John worked on plug-ins in California, Thomas remained in Ann Arbor writing program code. Photoshop 1.0 was released in 1990 for Macintosh exclusively.[3]