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Challenge entries The best entries and overall challenge winner 1 Mugie Santoso Welcome Home Party The idea behind this picture is that a man has been away for a long time, and he is returning to his wife. All four start images were used in the final picture. 2 Marcus Jones Always Thinking of You I wanted to create a dreamy image of someone always thinking of their loved ones. I used three of the images; the sea, frame and girl. All done using Elements 12. 3 John Kelly Colour Me Happy I wanted to document the transition from a dark place to a happier one with this picture. The main images used are the photo frame and the picture of the girl. 4 Mark Gergely Molnar Edit Before/After I…

01 Setting the scene This is the time when we go wild, experimenting with colours and shapes. I loved getting immersed in all those happy colours! After a few rounds of discussions, we nailed down one direction and created a style tile for the UI elements. 02 Sketching with the team We always have a sketching session with the whole team – designers, developers from both ustwo and the client, testers and product owner. This means everyone gets to contribute their expertise as we begin to outline how things will work and set a foundation for the user journey flow. 03 Prototyping and testing From all the initial ideas we produce, designers refine the flow and start to prepare prototypes. As our target audience was children aged three to nine,…

01 Clone Stamp tool Tidy up hair with the Clone Stamp. Create a new layer above. Set Sample to All Layers or Current & Below. Set sampling point (Option/Alt+click) to an area of the background that matches the target area. Paint to clone over unwanted hair. 02 Patch tool 02 Problems in areas such as lips, skin and hair can be patched up by sampling from a cleaner part of the same region. Duplicate the target layer for a backup. 03 Spot Healing Brush Select the tool and create a new layer above the target layer. Tick Sample All Layers. Size your brush a little larger than the problem area, then click to heal. 04 Healing Brush Reduce bags and wrinkles with the Healing Brush. Create a new layer and…

Essentials Works with Elements CS CC What you’ll learn How to make colour adjustments to create a fantastic composition Time taken 4hours Expert Daniel Sinoca “I love working with adjustment layers in Photoshop. It is incredible how powerful they are. I can make colour corrections, apply gradients, create masks and much more in just few clicks. “I started to get involved in the digital world more than 10 years ago and have been working as a freelance artist ever since, creating all kinds of multimedia projects and tutorial guides.” In this tutorial we’ll show you how to create an incredible surreal composition using colour adjustment layers and masks. To begin you’ll create a beautiful underwater scene, using several images and masks to blend everything together. Then you’ll use the adjustment…

Essentials Works with Elements CS CC What you’ll learn How to create exotic letters with clipping masks and more Time taken 10 hours Expert Rodrigo Marinelli “As a Brazilian, there is nothing better than using Photoshop to show the characteristics of my country. “I’m an art director and have more than 11 years of experience in advertising agencies. I learned, and am still learning to use Photoshop through following various tutorials.” One of the ways to make a portfolio that catches the public’s attention is to use Photoshop to create images that no one expects, or create it in a way that no one has ever seen before. In this tutorial, we will write the word ‘Brazil’ in a completely different way and apply all the beauty of the country…

Essentials Works with Elements CS CC What you’ll learn Blend images using blend modes, adjustment layers, brushes and Liquify Time taken 3hours Expert Moe Pike Soe “It can be difficult to blend images with high brightness. However with the help of blend modes and adjustment layers, it can be achieved. “I’m a self-taught freelance digital artist and designer from Myanmar. I started using Photoshop in high school and began my career in 2011. Since then, I’ve worked with clients from around the world, including Nike and Nissan.” In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to create a fantasy-inspired scene of an angel sitting on clouds above a distant city. Over the course of the tutorial, you will discover how various adjustment layers and blend modes can help you achieve…

Price £106 (approx) / $149 US Web www.reallusion.com The specs Company Reallusion Additional specs 8GB of RAM recommended OS X v10.9+ Windows 7+ 64-Bit only Display resolution 1280 x 768 minimum 2GB hard disk space minimum CHOOSE YOUR LOCATION Place your actor into a setting of your choice or use the Background Library templates, then tweak Atmosphere Settings to add physics such as wind effects. TIMELINE The Timeline Editor is where you edit animation layers and clips for an actor. Once done you can export video or stills up to 4K UHD. ACCESSORIZE Adding accessories to customise your actor is part of the fun of using CrazyTalk Pro. The Content Manager contains an assortment of items to choose from. Designing your own video photo albums, animated e-cards, virtual representatives, video…

If you’re an iPhone/iPad user and a fan of mobile gaming, you may very well have heard of Monument Valley (www.monumentvalleygame.com). This award-winning app – in 2014 and 2015 its accolades included BAFTAs, an Apple Design Award, the Apple iPad Game of the Year, as well as notable industry awards – comes from the exceptional minds of the team at ustwo. ustwo is a digital product studio achieving world domination thanks to its four studio locations (London, New York, Malmö and Sydney), as well as a dedicated games studio. It delivers stunning and creative visual solutions for its well-known clients, as well as its own ventures, including the aforementioned Monument Valley. Being a cutting-edge design studio, Adobe’s image-editing app is never far from the heart of the process of bringing…

Is there such a thing as a perfect photo? Maybe so, maybe not. Some deem perfection boring anyway. However, if your images could do with a boost, there are plenty of ways to fix photos and make them more enjoyable and presentable. With so many devices and gadgets capable of taking photos, we find ourselves with troves of pictures that vary in quality. A lot of pictures are taken with phones or point-and-clicks, and these devices can’t match the quality of expensive, high-end cameras. Adjustments can help level the playing field, though. Levels and Curves can help with tone, while commands like Vibrance, Hue/ Saturation, and Color Balance can get colouring just right. Blemishes on skin, vehicle exteriors or landscapes can be lessened or eradicated using Photoshop’s retouching tools such…

Essentials Works with Elements CS CC What you’ll learn Use layers, masking, layer blend modes, Blend If and the Brush tool Time taken 4-6 hours Expert BÜRO UFHO “Our favourite thing about Photoshop is the ability to cut and paste different images to form a new scene. We can have fun and bring out endless possibilities. “We are both artists under the moniker kittozutto, have a graphic design studio, BÜRO UFHO, and have been using Photoshop for more than 10 years.” Inspiring Belgian artist Ben Heine, has popularised a fun style of creative montage with his ‘Pencil Vs Camera’ series. It is amazing how much fun a little creativity can bring to a photo, and also provide some context and story. To exercise our creative storytelling, we are going to…

Essentials Works with Elements CS CC What you’ll learn How to create an action scene with photos, filters and blending Time taken 3hours Expert Mark White “There’s an almost comic book aura about this tutorial, and I really like the way the different elements tie in. From the light trails to the fire, everything feels like it adds something unique, and it’s definitely a tutorial that you can customise. “As senior staff writer on Photoshop Creative, I’ve learned all kinds of quick tips to help with even the most impressive-looking pictures.” Creating motion in Photoshop can be troublesome. In most tutorials, you’re trained to keep everything sharp, but a running subject doesn’t use the same laws of photo editing. Blurs become more than just a basic filter, and background objects…

Photoshop CC is the most popular, trusted and proven platform for web design. Photoshop handles vector tools and graphical elements suited for web design as resolution independent graphics. It provides an easy, realistic and fast representation of actual websites and is therefore an effective way to create mockups. Photoshop also enables the designer to generate and extract web assets due to the Adobe Generator feature introduced in CC. Most designers, front-end developers and back-end developers should all have some experience in Photoshop, making it a universally understood platform. PSD file formats are common in the web design world, thus making it the foremost choice for freelancers. Since web design deals with large amounts of imagery, Photoshop’s raster-based platform is most suitable for websites. By designing in Photoshop, you allow yourself…

ATTENTION TO DETAILS Even removing tiny specks of dust and dirt will help improve the final look of an image. FACES ARE IMPORTANT Focus your cloning efforts on the faces in the image, as these will be the first thing people notice. There’s no denying it: the Clone Stamp tool is the lord of all retouching tools. It’s been part of the Photoshop family since the very beginning, and for good reason. It’s the most versatile retouching tool in Photoshop Elements and works by cloning one area of an image over another. When it comes to retouching an old photo, you can fix everything from small spots and creases to rips and stains by using an undamaged area to cover a damaged part. In this tutorial, we’ll be putting the…

Find images I chose a picture of a mysterious woman, found a gear stock image and found a vintage paper texture, as well as some brushes and grungy textures for me to incorporate into the image. Create the background I chose brushes and textures and started creating the background. I distressed some aspects and masked other places. I experimented with blend modes. Blend the subject I blended the subject into the image with a mask. I used a filter on the gear and changed its colour, mixing all the elements into the one picture. Finishing touches I finished with a grungy texture overlay and light streaks – below her eye and in the gear. Again, I tweaked the blend modes in order to bring out the best in the poster.…

Bruno Gomes www.photoshopcreative. co.uk/user/BrunoArts Image of the issue This image was created with the idea of what it would look like if someone was invoking flames. I wanted it to be dark but with strong colours. I used stock photos and adjustments in order to bring this together. Andrey Matskevich www.photoshopcreative.co.uk/user/killoton This image was created using a stock image of a subject and colour fill layers to create the water. Blend modes were important in creating this image, and so were adjustments to give the sunset feel. Fábio Paiva www.photoshopcreative.co.uk/user/fabiopdesigner For this photomanipulation, I mainly used two simple images. Masks and layers were adjusted with a balance of colours, a Brightness/Contrast adjustment and another layer tweaking the illumination in the picture. Raphael Andrade www.photoshopcreative.co.uk/user/Raphaell Motion blurs were important in this…

Essentials Works with Elements CS CC What you’ll learn Composite elements together, create consistent colorizations & use masks Time taken 3hours Expert Kirk Nelson “One aspect of digital art I’m passionate about is finding ways to mix practical effects with digital magic. I’m thrilled to have the chance to share some of that passion. “I’m a professional graphics artist with nearly 20 years of experience in photomanipulation and digital illustration. At the heart of it, though, I’m just your friendly neighbourhood graphics geek.” The idea of forming familiar images out of abstract shapes is a natural consequence of a healthy imagination. Our minds like to find patterns, or at least recognisable objects. That’s why we so enjoy searching for shapes in the clouds or ‘seeing’ faces in inanimate objects. Finding…

BRUSH In order to manipulate the glitter, use a brush so it doesn’t stick to everything. LIGHT BOX Since glitter is very reflective, you will have to light it evenly. The best way to do this is with a light box. THE SPARKLE You’ll obviously need glitter to make these textures. This is cosmetic glitter, which is very fine. It’s no secret that humans, just like magpies, like shiny things. Since the 14th century humans have been crushing mica and beetles to add sparkle to their artwork. But glitter was not a commonplace element until the Thirties when it was discovered that plastic and other landfill debris could be ground up into a shimmering powder. That’s right, that beautiful staple of craft supplies was once in a landfill. But it’s…

EYEDROPPERS Identify whites, blacks or midpoints in your photo by using the Eyedropper tools to select them. Whether the blacks and whites of your photo could do with a slight tweak, or you want to change the entire contrast in your image, tone is extremely important in photography. Nearly every picture you take will need adjustment of some sort and luckily, the Levels tool is capable of transforming the tone of your photos with a series of simple sliders. Of course, this isn’t the only way that you can change the lighting, contrast and balance of a picture in Elements, but this is one of the easiest methods to edit the whole of your picture in just a few clicks. The histogram in the Levels palette displays where the light…

TRANSFORM AND MASK Use transformations and layer masks to blend a variety of fruit from several source photos. In this tutorial we’ll be creating a surreal piece of artwork by taking something ordinary and giving it a fun but simple twist. The inside of this unusual orange isn’t what you would expect, with layers of strawberry, kiwi and banana! Printed on a canvas, it would be perfect for brightening up a kitchen. By using common everyday items such as fruit to create artwork, you can easily try out different variations by taking your own source photos. How about an apple cut open to reveal an orange inside? Or a pineapple filled with pomegranate seeds? The method we are using in this tutorial could easily be applied to any number of…

Price £149.99 / $199.95 Web www.wacom.com The specs Company Wacom Additional specs 216 x 135 mm (8.5 x 5.3 in) USB Mac/Windows Available in mint blue and black SCREEN The screen of the Medium model is bigger than the Intuos Draw but not so big that it won’t fit in your bag. PEN LOOP When you’re not using it, store the pen in the provided pen loop, located at the top of the tablet. EXPRESSKEYS Save having to reach over to your keyboard to access the Undo shortcut with the incorporated ExpressKeys in the top corners of the tablet. PEN The pen feels like any other pen that you might hold. It’s easy to use and really accurate compared to using a mouse. With so many graphics tablets on the…

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