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Contents
Q&A
Your Photoshop
questions
answered
P90
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Essentials Tutorials
06 Readers’ gallery 24 Create a double exposure
Take a look at what your fellow Mix photos and textures using layer
readers have been up to this issue masks and blend modes
10 Readers’ challenge
28 Make surreal art with masks
Enter our competition for a chance
Create a fantasy landscape using
to win a top prize worth $145!
essential Photoshop tools
12 Feature: Make your own
brushes and more 34 Supercharge your photos YOURFREEPHOTOSHOP
Learn how to make your own Add fi re effects to portraits with a
assets to use in Photoshop range of fi lters and brushes RESOURCES ARE HERE!
24 Tutorials 40 Learn how to play with (cid:23)This issue: brushes, stock images, textures,
Start learning new skills this issue
out-of-bounds effects backgrounds, fonts, actions and more
with a host of creative tutorials
Make a steam train pop out of an (cid:23)Plus files to follow the tutorials
82 Reviews image from the past
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A Panasonic camera, an Epson
printer and a Totally Rad! plug-in 44 Paint a simple landscape
88 Subscribe Discover how to paint a basic but
Never miss an issue when you eye-catching landscape painting
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48 Add special effects with
90 Q&A essentials
layer masks
Your Photoshop Elements, CS
Create a sinister effect to
and CC problems solved
transform your portrait shots
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98 Expertinterview personswimminginconcrete free
WetalktoHelderBorghiabouthis resources!
58 Createfractalanimalart
surrealworkinPhotoshop
Usebrushes,layerstylesandthe
Pentooltomakeglowingeffects
62 Useselectionscreativelyto
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makeapuzzleface
Jumbleupfacialfeaturesandturn
theminto3Dsegments
Photoshop for beginners
68 MastertheContent-Aware 76 Improvecompositionin
Top tips FillMovetool yourphotos
Learnhowtoquicklymove Applytheruleofthirds,adda
subjectsinyourphotos vignetteandstraightenhorizons
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DERS’ IMAGES
inspirational round-up of great Photoshop
atedbynoneotherthanyourfellowreaders
BE A PART
OF IT!
fi rst volume
digital ‘Hall of
Fame’seriesisout now! We’re
continuing to select our favourite
entries from the Readers’ Gallery
o showcase in forthcoming
volumes. To be in with a chance of
being featured, submit your best
digital art today!
Jimnah Njue
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co.uk/user/jimnah
Image of the issue
“I used the Pen tool a lot
on this project, as well as the Soft Light
and Color blend modes. I then used
the Dodge and Burn tools right at the
end of the editing.”
Elissandro
Pinto
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co.uk/user/Elissandro
“These two pictures were
created with the help of a few friends
for a Photoshop contest. The main
focus for both of them was on
all the textures that I integrated into
each piece.”
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Jim Gade
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user/Jimmyg
“I gathered the images I needed:
the elephant, monkey, water
slide tube and water. The water I used for the
splashes came from everything from ocean
pictures to images of clear splashing water.”
Lisa Bagherpour
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co.uk/user/fairiegodmother Ocelio Targino
“I love hummingbirds. I
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already had the picture of
user/Ocelio%20Targino
them and kept trying to fi nd something
“This composition used a
that worked well with the image. I wanted
number of contradictory
something vibrant and summery so I
stock images, such as the two subjects,
played with these images and found out
plus the fi re and the lightning images, to
they worked well together.”
create a fantasy effect.”
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Arvydas
Butautas
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creative.co.uk/user/
Arvi
“The layers of broken glass in
this picture were drawn using the
Pen tool, fi lled with a black and
white gradient and duplicated. I
then applied two blend modes:
Multiply and Overlay.”
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Marcos Nogueira
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“This image was based on
Japanese traditions of the
samurai. It was created for a Photoshop
challenge in Brazil and the colours were
important to get right in the picture.”
Tibor Nagy
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Adax
“First I masked out the original
picture, then I inserted two
different pictures with different blend modes
(Normal and Lighten). I colourised it using a
sepia-cyan gradient map, and after that I played
a little with the colours and Levels.”
Robart Kaeler
www.photoshopcreative.co.uk/user/
NOMIE87
“My ideas come from everyday life,
what I see and experience. With
this image, I wanted to convey how children are
manipulated through TV.”
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READERS’ CHALLENGE
Upload your images to photoshopcreative.co.uk
Readers’
Challenge C h a l l e n g e
entries WI N N E R
The best entries and
overall challenge winner
1 Zoran Bojovic
Out of the Box
“I managed to use all four of
these images, turning the leaf
image into my own brush that
was then scattered across
the sky, to help create this
final composition.”
2 Samir Jagtap
Limited Freedom
“This image used the box
image and the girl to form the
focus, along with a colourful
background to help pad out
the image.”
3 Bob Parsi
The Sound of Music
“I created this piece using
all the elements provided.
All kinds of techniques were
used, including clipping masks,
blending, brushes, blurs and
much more.”
4 Anita Elder
Floating Away
“I opted to turn my images into
more of a cartoon look, using
adjustment levels, blending
modes, the Pen tool and
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more. All four pictures were
used for this composition.” This issue’s
challenge
Think you can do
better? Prove it!
Get creative with the supplied
images and you could win a
fantastic prize! Use as many of the
images as you like (from previous
issues too!) and include your own
photos if you wish. Head to
www.photoshopcreative.co.uk
and simply hit the Challenge link.
Good luck!
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