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Continue exploring the possibilities with Photoshop’s new 3D tools.
Corey shows you how to make a new photo look damaged by blending in some unusual textures.
Use Photoshop’s new 3D tools to create some dazzling background effects.
In the second part of this tutorial, Corey finishes creating this illustration of a striking match.
In Bridge, you can add keywords to images to make searching for pictures a little less cumbersome. You don’t, however, want the process to become tedious as well. By either Command-clicking (PC: Ctrl-clicking) or Shift-clicking on images, you can select multiple files inside Bridge. Once you have the files selected, you can go to the Keywords panel and turn on any keyword you like. This will apply the keyword to all of the files that you have selected. It takes away a little bit of the pain of categorization, but just a little.
kurt said on — April 12, 2008 @ 7:20 am
excellent tutorial again, corey – super fast and interesting framing. i like it. greetings from austria, kurt.
rosanna said on — April 12, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
This is an excellent beginners explanation. Concise and to the point.
Thank you very much!
Rosanna
kara said on — April 12, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
Nice and simple – looks classy.
Thanks!
David O'Hara said on — April 14, 2008 @ 3:00 am
Excellent video. I understood it which says something. Excellent. I have now added this to my favorites and am using it all the time.
Thanks a lot
David
Alvaro Garay said on — April 14, 2008 @ 10:19 am
Hi,
Just wanted to tell you that the tutorial is very easy to apply and very useful.
thanks for sharing it with all of us.
Alvaro
Ivonne said on — April 14, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
wow! this tutorial is great! It makes me feel like a pro hehe
thank you so much… keep the tutorials coming!
Skowronek said on — April 16, 2008 @ 9:29 pm
As always, great, quick tips.
katryna said on — April 17, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
great tips! thank you!
Darren Moffitt said on — April 18, 2008 @ 12:55 pm
In the tutorial “Borders in a Minute”, can you give a tutorial on how to make the digital swoops graphic in the opening display / lesson.
Thanks
Limon said on — April 18, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
Good……toturials…I like it
karwan kurdish said on — April 21, 2008 @ 2:31 am
Its realy good explanation I hope you be success in your life and job
kind regards
Paulo Jordao said on — April 23, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
Great video… I was impressed how you made it easy to understand.
Great Job!
Paulo Jordao
Naniko said on — April 24, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
i got confused when you put the color into the border x-x
Andi McCollum said on — April 24, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
great tutorial. this was so easy to use. Thanks
Karen Skelly said on — April 30, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
I love this tutorial. Is it printed out somewhere so I can save a copy to follow later.
Thanks
Manda said on — May 4, 2008 @ 12:21 am
This was a great tutorial! I’ve been going through a creativity dry spell but this has given me a few ideas. And it’s so simple!!!!! XD
vu said on — May 6, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
I have been watching your videos for a while. THis video is the one that I found it very fun to work around my pictures. THanks so much.
Solay said on — May 7, 2008 @ 11:44 pm
This is a handy hint. I had a folder of images I wanted to have edge effects on but was lost to how to create one and I was thinking of googleing it, then instinct told me to go to NAPP site where I then got a link to this tutorial.
Very brief, yet detailed.
Thank you
Solay
lisabee said on — May 8, 2008 @ 4:26 am
Hi Corey, thanks for the tut, we are trying this for this week’s Be Creative #26 Challenge over at the Elements Village forum http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37148,
Lisa
martin mc glone said on — May 9, 2008 @ 8:33 am
creative and easy
Márcio Guerra said on — May 17, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
Well, if you think it properly, you might find some use for this tutorial… Nice one, perhaps not on scribbling, but, some other ways… It is nice! Thanks
Márcio Guerra
Azia said on — May 30, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
This was so simple to do, I actually tried this today and my graphic came out better than what I had hoped for. I don’t know what I would have done without these tutorials
Nina said on — June 2, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
Thank you so much. I just did it and having fun creating border from your simple tutorial. i didnt know it is that simple
) i shared your website to my friends in my blog, i hope that is ok.
John said on — June 18, 2008 @ 8:28 am
Very clear tutor!I didn’t even have to attach speakers in my pc to see what was coming….
Lukas said on — June 21, 2008 @ 5:54 am
Thakns, You are Awesome!! Best Regards from POLAND!
Chae said on — June 23, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
Same as poster above, I get confused when you fill your doodle with color early on in the tutorial – I’ve noticed that some of these tutorials aren’t really PS newbie friendly – which kinda defeats the purpose. I am on a mac trying to “option+delete” the hell out of it, but no color is pasted down…. You might want to explain and/or cover alternative ways of doing it…
Other than that, the tutorial and the effect it creates looks great!
Eli said on — June 30, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
Corey you freakin rock dude!!!!
denny said on — July 3, 2008 @ 4:22 am
Help
Ramone Williams said on — July 23, 2008 @ 10:25 pm
Wonderful stuff!!!!!!!!!!!! I am completely new to photoshop, so i was lost when you added foreground colour. I have no idea what happened right there. could someone please help me. Send me an email at ramone_williams@hotmail.com
AdictPS said on — July 26, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
COOL TUTORIAL THANKS FOR SHARED IT
Jack Casement said on — August 8, 2008 @ 4:11 am
Excellent Corey. Another great tutorial for me to teach my students
danhm said on — August 17, 2008 @ 7:24 pm
jussst amaziiiiiing….
Jules said on — September 23, 2008 @ 2:21 am
Its amazing!!!! Thank you so much!!!
David said on — October 4, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
Thank you SOOOO much Mr. Barker, i’ve been trying to learn this ALL year!!
Fred said on — October 5, 2008 @ 5:35 am
Hi all, I have only recently found this great site, good tutorials!
As for the problem people have with adding foreground colour, if you look at the bottom left of the tools palette you will see two small squares wich by default are black on top and white below, these are the same squares that will CHANGE COLOUR when you choose a different colour from the colour palette (ie when using a brush). The top square (default black) is the foreground colour (brush colour) the lower square is the background colour (canvas colour if you will) default white. If you press the D key on your keyboard (Mac or PC) you will be given the default colours (even if you had other colours previously selected). if you press the X key (Mac or PC) it will toggle these colours from foreground to background, (you can also do this in the tools pallette by using the small arrows icon on the top right of these squares). When using Option+Delete (Mac) or Alt+Backspace (PC) you are filling your selection with the FOREGROUND COLOUR ( ie if default colours are used it will be filled with black). As Photoshop uses a Black to White (Grayscale) Image to create a mask, anything White will be 100% solid, and anything Black will be 100% Transparent, and so show your image underneath. Anything shaded gray will have varying levels of transparency. Hope this helps!
(Note: using Command+Delete Mac) or Ctrl+Backspace (PC) will fill your selection with the BACKGROUND colour you have) ie if default colours will be White.
Love the site Corey, Keep up the great work!
Lori said on — October 11, 2008 @ 11:22 am
Wow – awesome! I can do this with just Photoshop Elements! Thank you for this!
Kimiko said on — October 16, 2008 @ 1:37 am
OMG. You are such a pro. And very pro tutorial. Thanks! I will play with my photoshop. ^__^ I wish I can do that. Tsk.
Mabuc said on — October 20, 2008 @ 10:34 am
Corey this is nice again, I like it very much, thank you for sharing I am inspired.
lil strap said on — October 21, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
This is an excellent beginners explanation
jorgerosa said on — October 28, 2008 @ 10:02 pm
Awesome short, effective, tutorial. Thanks!!!
AMJAD said on — November 8, 2008 @ 6:57 am
Corey this is nice again, I like it very much, thank you.
Apit said on — November 29, 2008 @ 9:13 am
Thanks You so much Corey..You really are a good teacher.
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That is awesome said on — January 11, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
This is awesome. Thank you
Bob said on — April 15, 2009 @ 4:32 pm
New to Photoshop – Self taught using web and books. This post is awesome. Clear, easy to follow directions. I can’t wait to show my customer their unique final image made using your techniques!!!
felix said on — August 23, 2009 @ 10:29 pm
Hi, great tutorial and it is easy to understand, and very effective for my job , thanks