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Realistic Balloon

 

This week Corey creates a realistic balloon against a blue sky all from scratch. Inspired by the Pixar’s new movie UP.

 

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.

31 Comments

  1. Danne said on — May 29, 2009 @ 5:41 pm

    Amazing, as usual. Keep it up Corey.

  2. Talen Dejesus said on — May 29, 2009 @ 6:30 pm

    I absolutely enjoyed reading your post…

  3. b said on — May 29, 2009 @ 6:37 pm

    first to comment

    wicked cool corey your clear and concise I am gonna master photoshop cos of these vids nice one

  4. Garry said on — May 29, 2009 @ 6:58 pm

    Once again Corey a fantastic tutorial, thank you.

  5. TraumaHound said on — May 29, 2009 @ 10:53 pm

    I liked watching this come together; a simple balloon never looked so cool. :)

  6. iman said on — May 29, 2009 @ 11:10 pm

    Thanks for the tutorial. That was one of the best I have seen in a long time.

  7. Ben said on — May 30, 2009 @ 9:05 pm

    Such a wonderful tut, Corey…please keep them coming. Your teaching style is so clear, you make even complex steps seem easy.

  8. luke marohn said on — May 30, 2009 @ 10:45 pm

    dude… you are jesus…

  9. BJ Texas said on — May 31, 2009 @ 12:06 pm

    Corey, your current tutorials based on new movies is terrific! One day, I hope you will produce some tutorials based on past movies, i.e. all the pixar movies (especially Cars), & other greats. (PS – all of your tutorials are fantastic — Thanks for sharing your amazing talents)

  10. arnaldo said on — May 31, 2009 @ 12:52 pm

    exelente illustracion me gusto mucho

  11. David W. said on — May 31, 2009 @ 1:56 pm

    Awesome! What are you doing for Night at the Museum 2? It’s one of the best sequels I’ve ever seen!!! :)

  12. Anita Baas said on — June 1, 2009 @ 9:09 am

    NICE!

  13. Firgs said on — June 1, 2009 @ 1:11 pm

    Just saw Up this weekend. The balloons were my favorite part!

    Corey, could you take this a step further and do an animated balloon with color cast shadow? When the balloons passed over the street below there were these really cool colorized shadows that passed over everything. That part is still sticking in my head. Would love to see it as a tutorial. :)

  14. Jessica said on — June 1, 2009 @ 3:56 pm

    but it would have been fun to make a character from the movie

  15. James Arendell said on — June 2, 2009 @ 8:02 am

    Great stuff as usual Corey.
    A quick question; when are you going to write a book on your techniques,?as you seem to be the one I follow most due to your expertise.

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  17. Burcin Kurkcuoglu said on — June 3, 2009 @ 1:33 pm

    This tutorial was great as always Corey! Thanks a lot

  18. Eli said on — June 5, 2009 @ 2:12 pm

    Your AWESOME Corey!

  19. riki said on — June 8, 2009 @ 8:01 am

    amazing, awesome, fantastic corey

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  21. Andre said on — June 8, 2009 @ 11:32 pm

    Hi, where can i get commands for the pc, because when i try shift delete nothing happens?

  22. Wyatt said on — June 9, 2009 @ 4:12 pm

    Great tut. Used it for a banner in an email I just ran. Thanks!
    http://www.cobornsdelivers.com/images/email/2009/05/13_guerilla/banner.jpg

  23. Sean said on — June 10, 2009 @ 7:56 am

    Very cool!!!

  24. Tranquility said on — June 16, 2009 @ 3:55 am

    Very fun project – thanks!

  25. Steve said on — June 18, 2009 @ 11:38 am

    @Andre

    For a PC, when he says delete, use your backspace key. Also, just in case you don’t know this, option is alt.

  26. databox said on — June 18, 2009 @ 2:41 pm

    Hi Corey,
    I like the way you explain things.
    Can you help me? I need to create a “take a tour video” for my website.

    Pls contact me on e(at)u-city(dot).org

    Thx

  27. Jesse said on — June 29, 2009 @ 4:11 pm

    My photoshop will not let me do Artist filter.. so I cannot do the plastic wrap filter… :( Anyone know what is going on?

  28. Lori Hug said on — October 2, 2009 @ 4:14 pm

    Corey,
    I’ve been watching your tutorials and they are fabulous, please keep up the great work… I look forward to you new postings.

    A new “fan” of you work (not a stalker) :)

    Lori

  29. Sarah White said on — September 16, 2010 @ 7:18 pm

    This was awesome. I am still pretty new to all this and I could still follow along. Here is what I came up with. http://LosingSarah.deviantart.com/art/Balloons-Set-Free-179403298?q=&qo=

    I am a huge fan of yours. Your tutorials are always so easy to follow. Thanks for another great one.

  30. Amy said on — May 19, 2011 @ 5:02 pm

    I personally don’t think the plastic wrap did you a favor when it created a hard shadow that isn’t very natural looking. I love tutorials like these, and the sky was just one of those quick things that are very useful. I’ll make a note to look at other tutorials.

  31. Jo Lawler said on — August 13, 2011 @ 10:24 am

    This was so cool. You make everything look so easy, thanks for the inspiration.

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