Monday, August 22, 2011

Create a Magic Crystal Ball



In this tutorial we will learn how to create some cool effects, really easy and simple to do it. We will create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands.
Let’s create a new file (File>New) of 1280×1024 px and 72 dpi, applying there the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to give it black color.
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Next we’ll download a set of brushes for Adobe Photoshop, named: Brushset_VI_by_mystcART and Vector_Flower_Brushes_by_Yasny_chan. Create a new layer and use here the brushes that we have to represent an ornament. The color chosen in this case is #89C5DF
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Click several times more to repeat the same ornament:
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Select then the Brush Tool (B) (Opacity 50%) to dark out the picture’s borders, applying black color.
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Find in Internet a picture having represented on it the human hands. For this tutorial, I used this picture from SXC. I would like to thank the author of this picture.
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Cut them out and insert the element on our picture:
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Make a mouse click on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on the selection Create new fill or adjustment layer>Hue/Saturation

Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Press Alt button and make a mouse click between the effect’s layers Hue/Saturation and the hands’ layer (on the layers’ panel).
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer and use there a standard brush with the Opacity of 20% to represent a kind of luminescence. Apply the brush above the fingers and between them. The brush’s color is #37698C
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The layer’s parameters: Blending mode-Color Dodge
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Press Alt button while clicking between the luminescence layers and the previous layer on the layers’ panel:
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Next we’ll choose the Ellipse Tool (U) to represent a circle which must be placed under the hands’ layer:
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the next shown parameters by making a mouse click on the layer we work with, on the layers’ panel: Fill 0%, Blending Options>Outer Glow

Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blending Options>Inner Glow
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Gradient’s parameters:
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blending Options>Pattern Overlay (select the pattern out of the set, entitled Texture Fill 2)
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands in Adobe Photoshop CS4

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