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Action Background
1) You need to pick two basic colors to be in your action background, and pick a size for your image. Since mine is going to be black/red, I chose a 400x100 image on a black background. Your first step is to scribble with the pencil, using red. Don't scribble too much. Also, use variants of red, ...
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Faded Edges
This is what your piece should look like after fading the edges. This produces the effect of faded edges which may be useful for many endeavors. 1. Open your image in Adobe Photoshop. I have chosen to use this photograph. 2. Using the rectangular marquee tool, make a rectangle like sho...
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How to make Burned Paper
1. First off get an image. I chose a photo of my great grand father and my grandfather as my subject. Get the lasso tool and select an area of the image that you want "burned". 2. Click the box shown below to swith to Quick Mask Mode
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Rain With Haze
1. Well lets start off with an image. For this one I chose Vicious from Cowboy Bebop. Make sure the subject is on its own layer. To make this easier I suggest starting with a black background. 2. Duplicate the layer that the subject is on. Select the subject and fill it in with white. Now dro...
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Water Texture
1. First, Make a new document, size of your choice. 2. Make the background color black and used a medium sized brush to draw a similar pattern to what I have shown below. 2. Then go to Filters -> Noise -> Add Noise and use the default settings. 3. Then go to Filters -> Artistic -> Plast...
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Gridlines
1. Make a new document, size 8pixel by 8pixel. 2. Next, Zoom in all the way (to 1600%). Choose the pencil tool set to 1 pixel, color black. Then fill in the first row and first column. 3. Go to Select -> All. Then go to Edit -> Define Pattern to set it as a pattern. Name it "Gridlines...
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Learn hoe to make a Superb Matrix Effect
1. First, Make a new document, size of your choice. 2. Fill the image with a white background. 3. Go to Filter -> Texture -> Grain and use the settings shown below. 100 intensity, 100 contrast and vertical grain type. 4. Next go to Filters -> Artistic -> Neon Glow and use the settings b...
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Energy Explosion
1. Start off with a good sized image. Make a new layer and call it "fire". Now set you foreground color to black and BG color to White. Do: Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. Do that a few times till you get something with a lot of variance. Now do: Image > Adjustments > Equalize. Then do: Image...
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