Well, I just got Photoshop 7 today, which I'm really happy about. But the problem is that I hardly have any idea how to use it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So if anyone knows any good tutorials, please tell me about them. Right now I just need the basics, but feel free to post some more advanced stuff so that I'll have it already in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(I already searched and couldn't find what I was looking for.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

 

 

~Astralinre

I dont know how to use PS myself, I just mess around with the filters and see what I can come up with.

dont use your results form a tut in a sig not too good all the time but go to photoshopcafe.com and http://www.good-tutorials.com do that to learn what aobut everything does etc etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also brushes come in hand search on goog for photoshop brush packs

 

 

 

check spoono.com too they have some

 

 

 

also some tools have more than one like the one with arrows right click it to see more tool options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

foreground color is the front square background is back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

quick tut

 

 

 

Create new document 300X100 in rgb color transparent bg

 

 

 

click filter>render>clouds

 

 

 

right click the layer with clouds and select duplicate

 

 

 

Filter>sketch>chalk and charcoal get a look you like

 

 

 

press ctrl+u and get it to a medium dark redish color

 

 

 

in layers pallete change the opacity of the charcoald sketch layer to 35%

 

 

 

press crtl+shift+n for new layer and make it transparent on this layey tkae your paintbrush tool scriblle some medium dark blue color and then cat the top clic color burn change the color to white and scribble some white

 

 

 

then set it to hard light and scribble black thens et it back to normal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filter>blur>gaussian blur radius of about 1

 

 

 

filter>distort> pinch just mess aroudn with the settings

 

 

 

filter>distort> polar coordinates set it polar to rectangular

 

 

 

then filter>blur>motion blur and give it a real stretched out look really blurred then go to filter stylize>emoboss

 

 

 

then change the color settings c+u to a blue and then set the opactiy to 35%

 

 

 

now take the type tool and type in your name put it in the middle or bottom left pick a good font times new roman i guess ten click the f at the bottom of the pallet and click stroke set the size to 1 and color black and there you go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i dont know how this will look i jsut made up everything in my head

photoshop is easy to learn just mess with it a bit.

Thanks for the help. Does anyone else have any advice or tutorials?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just like most people, I want to learn to make abstracts, then I want to figure out space scenes, but that'll take some work to get good enough for that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's an abstract piece I tried.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hmm looks liek a charcola/chalk cloud render also for planets and landscapes those are created in other programs such as terregen, or bryce, and for spacescapes i dont know of one i woudl like to know tho