Tag: tutorials
Photoshop Tutorial : Adventures in Tilt-Shift Photography
by amp on Aug.19, 2010, under Photoshop, Pro Tips, Tutorials
Tilt-Shift Effect
Tilt-shift photography has been around for nearly 43 years and is still popular today. Granted, this tutorial isn’t about what you would call “true” tilt-shift photography but rather simulated but still achieves the same effect with more control.
Recently it has been used the most in taking a photo of a real-life environment and digitally editing it so that it looks like a model (see : miniature faking). This tutorial aims to teach you how to achieve this effect using Photoshop along with a few very useful pointers.
Original Stock Photo : “Bridge” by thadz on sxc.hu (stock-xchg)
Photoshop Tutorial : Turn Any Picture Into a Drawing
by amp on May.22, 2010, under Photoshop, Pro Tips, Tutorials, Web Resources
Alec Baldwin
Got another one for you, this time it’s real quick. A few simple steps and less than two minutes later you can have this wonderful drawing outline you can use to cheat in your art class. This tutorial can make it extremely easy to trace or just use as sort of a stencil to color in, paint, etc.
Give it a shot and let’s see your results!
P.S. If you want the original of Alec Baldwin from 30 rock that I used, follow this link to Google Images.
Special Note : To get a better view of the video, watch it directly on YouTube so you can select HD (720p).
Photoshop Tutorial – Pure PS Orb
by amp on May.20, 2010, under Photoshop, Tutorials, Web Resources
No need to use 3D Editing programs to make perfect 3d spheres. You can use just photoshop. Also, no need to use that nasty bevel/emboss tool. =)
If you can’t distinguish what I am clicking on the video, watch it directly on YouTube. You can set it in HD.
Basic Apache Install on CentOS 5.4
by amp on Apr.10, 2010, under Linux, Tutorials, Web Resources
Apache is probably the number 1 web service hosting software ever created. With that said I get a lot of people always asking how to install it or some variation of. Here’s an easy tutorial on it using CentOS 5.4 Linux using a Rackspace Cloud Server…
1. SSH into your Server
2. Make sure you are root user.
3. Update Yum with command : # yum update
4. Download and install Apache with command : # yum install httpd
5. Set chkconfig run levels to ensure that apache starts up even if the system is rebooted with command : # chkconfig –levels 2345 httpd on
6. Start Apache or httpd service with command : # service httpd start.
7. Flush your IP Tables and add port 22 for SSH (unless you changed it’s port) and also allow port 80 for apache/http connections. I have also deleted the “RH-Firewall-1-INPUT” chain and set the default INPUT policy to “DROP”.
# iptables -X RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
# iptables -F
# iptables -I INPUT -p tcp –dport 22 -j ACCEPT
# iptables -I INPUT -p tcp –dport 80 -j ACCEPT
# iptables -P INPUT DROP
# service iptables save
8. Congrats, you now have a basic apache install.
Notes : Apache’s configuration file is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and the default place to put all of your websites files are in /var/www/html/
Glowing streaks in Photoshop
by DaNDaMaN on Feb.27, 2010, under Photoshop, Tutorials
Finished image example.
Difficulty : Easy
This tutorial will show you how to achieve a glowing streak effect in Photoshop. It’s a very easy effect but can make an image a much better effect. Enjoy.
(Click images for a bigger preview)
Step #1 – The first thing you want to do is open up the
image you want to apply this effect to. You can use pretty much any image you like, a person, an animal, a guitar, anything works, in this example i’ll be using a picture of a friend of mine.
Step #2 – Next you want a create a new layer by clicking the small icon second in from the right, or alternatively going to Layer > New layer. Now select the pen tool by pressing the P key on your keyboard. Make sure your pen settings at the top of the screen are the same as the ones in the image below or this won’t work.
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