Spear Sphere Tutorial

In this tutorial you will make this transformation:



































Ok lets start,

first you have to find similar texture image like first one. i used some "stone road" photo

than using Eliptical Marque Tool make selection like this and choose Layer via copy (using right click on selection)




















than invert image colors (Image > Adjustments > Invert) and you should get this


















using Magic Wand select square and than use Spherize filter (Filter > Distort > Spherize)



















we're using another filter (Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates) select polar to Rectangular


















Rotate image cnavas 90CW and use wind filter (Filter > Stylize > Wind). Repeat wind filter step 3 times


















now we sholud bring sphere back with rotating image back 90CCW and Polar Coordinates filter (Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates). this time will be Rectangular to Polar






















one last step Ink filter (Filter > Brush Strokes > Ink Outlines) and this is it




















now you can play with color and bacground and get something like this or whatever ypu like

--Photoshop-- Create Water Drops

Tutorial on creating water drops in adobe photoshop in a few easy steps.



1. Open your image on which you want to create water drops (mine was a picture of leaf).




2. Create new layer, select Elliptical Marquee tool and create ellipse like this:







3. Now select Gradient Tool (make sure that background/foreground color is black/white) and cerate gradient as it little red arrow shows:




4. Deselect and now set the blending mode from normal to overlay:



and now you should have something like this:





5. Now double click on the "water drop" layer to go to set shadows in blending options:





After this you have created a realistic water drop:




Optional you can duplicate "water drop" layer a few times and using Transform Tool you can easy get this:

--Photoshop-- Stick Out From Picture

This time you will learn how can you make any object stick out form any image like this:





1. Open your image, duplicate layer (delete first one) and make new layer. You should have this in layer palette:




2. Now select Rectangular Marquee Tool, make selection on "superman layer" and fill it with white like this:




3. Select Rectangular Marquee Tool again, make square on the white area and use Erase Tool to bring back the old photo:




4. Select first selection with rectangular again and press Ctrl+T to transform it. Right click on transform area to select Perspective. Transform selection like this:




5. Use Erase Tool to remove part of border that should not be seen:




6. Now select "Background copy" layer and using erase tool remove all all background of image except that in border (it is easier to zoom image and use erase tool):




7. Create another new layer (for background) and drag it below background layer like this:




8. select "Back" layer and fill it with some color (no matter which one):




9. Now double click on "back" layer to open Blending Options and in Gradient Overlay set this:




It is done! Your final result will be:

--Flash-- Quick Stickman Animation

This tutorial will show you how can you animate a stickman in macromedia flash.

--Flash-- Business Site Intro part2

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12. Now we have to create title. Insert new layer. On 120th frame create last position of title using text tool and convert it to movie clip:




13. Copy 120th frame of "title layer" and paste it to 46th frame. Move title to where you want to be its first position and set Alpha to 10%:




14. Click somewhere between 46th and 120th frame, create motion tween and also set Ease to +100:




15. Now repeat steps 8-11 to create animated line under the title. After that you should have something like this:

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16. Now insert new layer for "enter" button. On 120th frame create button and convert it to button:




17. Copy 120th frame of "enter layer" and paste it to 80th frame. On 80th frame set alpha to 0%:




18. Click somewhere between 80th and 120th frame and create motion tween with Ease -100:




19. Insert another layer for actions. On 120th frame insert blank Keyframe and in actionscript (press F9) write: stop();




20. If you want to add some loop music to your intro go back to root, insert new layer for music and add sound on it just like this:



That's it! Your Flash site intro is ready to go!


You can download finished .fla file here:
Flash Intro (fla file)

You can see Flash site intro here:
Flash Site Intro