[thelist] Photoshop: Reproducing this effect?
Kelly Hallman
khallman at wrack.org
Sat Aug 2 19:03:26 CDT 2003
On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, Frank wrote:
> Please check out the following document
> http://contdiv.com/404.htm
>
> Does anyone know how that scratchy/moody/grungy effect is done?
Brushes, usually.
First, take a picture of a dirty floor or wall with some decent contrast.
In Photoshop, desaturate the layer. Use the Levels adjustment to tune the
grey levels as you would like them. Then make a selection and do Edit ->
Define Brush. Try out your new brush, especially with different colors.
Sometimes it takes a couple tries to get a brush the way you want it.
Depending on the brush, you may want to lightly stamp it out a few times
or you may want to add several layers of color over the top. If you want
a truly grunge look, then layer as much as you want. Also, such brushes
are good for using on layer masks of any sort, to give a 'removed' grunge
look to text, pictures, etc.
> By the way, who among us here are genuine Photoshop artists (as opposed
> to those of us who simply use it to cut images up for templates). What
> are your favourite instructional/inspirational sites?
I don't know what makes someone a genuine Photoshop artist.
I think I Photoshop at an expert level, though.
No ideas about tutorial sites. As for inspiration, start at a site like
www.newstoday.com and you should find inspirational linkage for days...
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Kelly Hallman
http://wrack.org/
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