超强国外ps教程create beautiful birds and flowers.doc

create beautiful birds and flowers Written by Thomas Phinney | 13 September 2010 In this tutorial Im going to show you how to create beautiful birds and flowers using just a simple source image. Well transform the picture of a dome, provided by pxleyes for a contest named Valencia. This tutorial will give you the idea that simple pics, with the help of Photoshop, can be transformed into beautiful pieces of Art.Well be working with:* Polygonal Lasso Tool.* Dodge and Burn.* Filter - Liquify - Warp.* Image - Adjustments.* Copying and pasting.Lets get started! Step 1 Open a new document. 950 X 950 px.Resolution: 100.Fill the background with color # 000000.Open your swatches palette.Window - Swatches.Pick some browns, reds, dark greens, gray, blue and ochres.With a 200 px size soft brush, and opacity of 50%, start spraying all around the frame. Use different colors at some spots. Name new layer, Background. Step 2 This is the image, provided by pxleyes, that we are going to be working with. Click over the image with the right side of your mouse.Save Image As.Give the file this name, Dome. Save it in a safe place where you can have access to it, as well use it. Step 3 Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L), to make a selection all around the dome.Copy ( Ctrl + C) and Paste ( Ctrl + V), your selection. Step 4 Name new layer, Head.Edit - Transform - Flip Horizontal.Well be making the head of a bird with this shape.Make other copy of layer Head, name it, Head Copy. Step 5 Well transform the shape of the dome, into the head of a bird.Use Filter - Liquify - Warp.Brush size: 100.Presure of 50.Try to make the shape as I did. (Shown in image). Step 6 Make a copy of layer, Head Copy.Name new layer, Head Copy 2.Edit - Transform - Flip Horizontal. (Layer Head Copy 2 only.Edit - Transform - Rotate 180.Place, and merge the two layers together. Name new layer, Body.This will be the body of our bird. Step 7 Merge down layers, Head and