Hi, in this tutorial we will be having a touch up photography without making it inhumane. So there are a couple of details that I didn’t want to go into waste. And this is the tutorial.

Hi all. This tutorial is about making a photograph looks more like Chinese comic. Soft looking and all. I always get jealous when I see their artwork, and I am still hoping that I could draw and color like them. Anyway, let’s start practicing.
Step01:
This is the image I used. It’s looking modern and things. You know..

Step02:
duplicate the background image (ctrl+j), then select the new layer, desaturate them (image>adjustment>desaturate).

This is how it should look now.

Step03:
duplicate layer 1 again by pressing ctrl+j, then invert it by pressing ctrl+i.

this is how …

I know, you know how to desaturate an image, just press shift+ctrl+u. But if you want to color them, there is a lot more steps, and here’s the steps.
Step01:
First this is my image. I take this image from http://angelinajolie.celebden.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Angelina%20Jolie%20hair%20style.jpg

Anyway,the first thing you have to do is double click the background layer and activate it.

Just so it was a little cleaner, make a group of it.

Step02:
Then using pentool,

try to draw path around her. Don’t worry about her hair yet.

Step03:
go to path box, and right click>make selection.

Set the feather into 0.5pixel

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Hi all. There is this really cool thing in illustrator called live trace. From this we could built a bacteria kinda living thing from nothing. So here we go.
Step01:
Make a perfect rectangle using a rectangle tool (M), and use a radial gradient to fill it, choose the color from the swatches, I used the  R=0 G=104 b =55 and for the center I used R=140 G=198 B=63.

Step02:
Make a new layer on top of it, use any color you want.

go to effect>texture>stained glass. Change the  cell size into 35 border thickness …

Hello, let’s make a bridge in illustrator CS4. It was easy and basically just need a lot copy and paste though. So, let’s get started.
Step 01:
Make a rectangle path using marquee tool (M)

Step 02:
then using ellipse tool (L) make a big circle in the middle of it, then reposition it, until it looks like the image.

Step 03:
Activate both of them, select pathfinder (window>pathfinder or shift+ctrl+F9), click minus front.

Step 04:
copy and paste in front (ctrl+c then ctrl+f) the shape, then resize and recolor it, until it look like the image.

Step 05:
select …

Hello, this is the tutorial using opacity mask, like the title said. Using this mask, you could have a more complicated mask , and I think this is an awesome trick to learn. Let’s get it done then….
Step01:
Make box using rectangle tool(M), then go to window>swatch library>gradients>sky. Fill it without any stroke.  And we just made our base color.

Step02:
Next, go to window>symbol>grime vector pack. Select symbol sprayer tool (shift+S) and then spray it once.

Step03:
Select the sprayed item, go to object>expand. Click ok.

And then recolor it into white. Drag it into …

Hi, this tutorial purpose is to make a radiance looking font, the use of appearance box in Adobe Illustrator, and in case some of you didn’t know, we could make a gradient like stroke in this tutorial. So, here we go…
Step 01:
Type your text first; in this tutorial I used Bauhaus 93, 110 pt

Step 02:
In the appearance box, click the dropdown icon, then select add new fill, first select white, then do this step again this time with a different fill color.

Step 03:
Select Effect > Path > Offset Path, and …

Hi again, today’s tutorial is making a new photo to have an old looking impression. To  make it history like and everything. Oh, and  I am using photoshop CS4 to make this tutorial so I didn’t know if it will work well in other version…
Step01
First, choose a photo. This is a dancer from Indonesia, by the way.

Step02
And to have a nice contrast, let’s go to image>adjustments>level(Shift+ctrl+L), change the black slider into 40, and the grey slider into 2.

Step03
Then  go to image>adjustments>hue/saturation. Make the hue into 40, saturation into 25, and …

Hi all, you know matrix right?? The green color , the falling letter, shiny and everything. Now we want to make one in Adobe Illustrator CS4. In this tutorial I am gonna use the “Omeoo” name though. So let’s get it done, then.
Step01
Type your text, in here I used Franklin Gothic Heavy 120 pt, set the tracking into 75. If you can’t find the tracking, it’s in window>type>character (ctrl+t)

Step02
Make it have no fill color and stroke,

then go to appearance box, select the dropdown menu>add new fill.

Make it green

Step03
Now go to …