Photoshop Tutorial Questing (and Critique)
For this blog post, I'm went and found some Photoshop tutorials because I was told too.
We were supposed to do two, but I did three because I'm an over-achiever.
So here they are!
Tutorial 1:
Non-Destructive Lens Flare
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This trick, while not doing much in the way of unique aesthetics, does teach something that is very practical in its function. This may be a tutorial that I'll actually use in the future for future projects.
This trick it the Non-Destructive Lens Flare.
Normally in Photoshop, a lens flare has to be placed on the same layer as the subject. This means that when you save, that lans flare will be stuck there, unable to be removed or modified. This is an issue, as you never know when you would want to change how the Lens Flare looks or if the image looks better without it.So this chap, one Aaron Nace from the Youtube channel Phlearn, showed us Photoshoppers (new word) how to create a Lens Flare on a blank layer.
This tutorial does a pretty good job on describing what the Lens Flare effect is in Photoshop, and on how it works. He goes over the problem presented, and then goes on to explain how to avoid it. You're able to keep up with the tutorial and not get slowed down by having to figure out a step yourself. Everything is explained as if a novice were watching the video. And while normally I'd take that as an insult, in this case it's alright because I'm not the main demographic. that said, it was still something I had not known before, and it will be a technique I'll use on Lens Flares in any future projects that uses them.
I guarantee that I'll use this trick again. This has been a really helpful tutorial. I'm sure that I'll be more confident in using Lens Flares in the future.
Tutorial 2:
Create Fire in Photoshop
This tutorial tells you how to use the "Flame" effect in Photoshop. it describes how to add the flame effect, going through the steps in a timely manner. Then they go over all the settings and presets of the flame effect.
I personally liked this tutorial, as it showed all the important stuff while leaving all the little settings to be discovered and experimented by the viewer. However, I did have some issues with trying to make my picture look, for a lack of better words, right. But that wasn't a fault of the tutorial, and was just me forgetting that the spotlight tool existed.
Overall, I'd probably give this tutorial an 8/10. It showed me what to do and how to do it without wasting my time. But, it failed to explain how delicate the shape of the path the effect goes on can be. A few irregularities can screw everything up. But I don't blame the video for that, as their main goal of showing off the Flame effect and letting the viewers experiment for themselves was achieved.
Tutorial 3 (bonus):
Color Lookup (Turn day into night)
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This tutorial went over the Color Lookup tool in the adjustments panel. It showed how to access the adjustment, how to edit it, and its presets. The presets were the important part, as they included the effects that would be used to turn day into night. Or in my case, dusk.
The tutorial did a decent job at explaining how to get to the Color Lookup adjustment, as well as showing the presets off. I used two of these presets in my image, making it the only tutorial where I did what was shown instead of me changing it in my own way. I was able to get right into playing with the adjustment the second I saw where to go, and I got done real quick.
I like this tutorial. I give it a 9/10, because scoring a perfect 10 is just stupid.
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