Sponsored by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Learn More

Follow The Evidence

 

How to create realistic crime scene tape.

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

8 Comments

  1. L. Phillips said on — June 19, 2008 @ 9:27 am

    What is the simple thing I am missing that won’t let me apply the distortion filter?

    Thanks

  2. photojunkie said on — July 2, 2008 @ 12:25 pm

    This like so many of your tutorials are top class. the techniques used in this tutorial can be applied to so many projects and images I am sure people will find it really useful. cheers.

  3. Bisky said on — September 2, 2008 @ 4:04 pm

    Absolutely awesome tutorial, really helpful and easy to follow.cheers

  4. Dirk Smith said on — March 5, 2009 @ 3:49 pm

    Excellent tutorial Corey. Here’s my use for the banner:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/dereksbeard/3330880655/

  5. Simon Steele said on — April 17, 2009 @ 5:44 pm

    Fantastic Mr. Barker

  6. George said on — June 12, 2009 @ 7:40 am

    Wow ! this tutorial is awesome

  7. Mark Crowley said on — November 15, 2010 @ 10:50 pm

    I have learnt so much from your tutorials, and as a result have signed up to Kelby Training to continue learning.
    I took what you taught in other tutorials, and created a smart object out of the text and yellow banner, so that the text is truly editable. I didn’t even know what a smart object was 2 weeks ago!!

  8. taking-a-break said on — February 25, 2011 @ 12:37 pm

    Awesome, thank you so much :D
    Just finished mine :) well the tape anyhow ;)
    Now going to create a desktop/wallpapers, with it cheers

    Will post link when done :) ;)

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment

Photoshop Tutorials

  • Flare Effects

    Corey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another.

  • Hollywood Touch-Ups

    See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.

  • 3D Christmas Ornaments

    Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.

  • 3D Distortions

    This week Corey has a cool new trick for using 3D reflections in a rather creative way!

Premium Video Tutorials From NAPP


 

Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith

Read More Tips

Tip of the Day
 
 
Kelby Training
 
DVD Special
Online Training
Kelby Training