The Photoshop Topic

[MÆLXTRØM]

I like that swirl, BioK.  How did you make it, if you don't mind my asking?

[Obi]

That's awesome BioK! And, how did you make it? I'm very curious.

[BioK]

The swirlie thingie?

1. Create a new document. I made a 8 inches x 8 inches with white background. Then, fill the background layer with black color. Create a new layer, then also fill it with the black. I used inches for no reason.
2. Go to the menu Filter -> Render -> Lens Fare. You drag the cross icon to the exact middle. (Close is still enough)
3. In this step, still on the top layer, you use Free Transform (press Ctrl + T), to reduce the height to 28.3%.
4. Next, you duplicate the current layer, then rotate it for 90 degrees, so it is like a plus sign.
5. Then, you choose the blending mode for this layer is Lighten.
6. The purpose of these steps is to create a lighting-flower. So, I continue to duplicate the "Free Transformed" layer, drag it to the top, rotate it about 45 degree, and applied the Lighten mode for Blending Options also.
7. Then, you duplicate the layer 1 again, drag it to the top, rotate it about -45 degree, then applied the Lighten for Blending Option. You will have a freakish cross between an 8-petaled flower and a black hole.
8. Double click on the background layer (the bottom layer), then press Ok to unlock it.
Then, go to the menu Layer -> Merge Visible.
And then, press Ctrl + T to go in Free Transform mode, and increase both height and width to 225%
9. Go to the menu Filter -> Distort -> Wave, and applied the settings below:

Sine
155 Generators
Wavelenghth: 752 - 794
Ampitude: 6 - 34
Scale: 100%, 100%
Wrap Around

10. Duplicate the layer and then go to the menu Filter -> Distort -> Twirl, and applied the settings below.
346 for the angle then press ok. You also applied Screen mode for Blending Options on this new layer.
11. Now, you continue to duplicate the layer and rotate it again, and again to create some abstract graphics In my works, I duplicated it about 4 times, and rotate it in each different ways to have this result.
12. Then press the round button (half black, half white) at the bottom of the Layer panel and select Levels to open the Levels dialogue, then you could use my numbers below. or you could play around with others.

36, 0.94, 255
0 - 255

12. In this step, you try with Hue/Saturation.

218
41
Colorize


Then you are done. You can also do random stuff like me.

[Jade]

Ok, I'm thinking about getting photoshop now, seeing as how you guys have made really cool stuff with it, but what version should I get?

[BioK]

I recommend Photoshop Elements 7
My friend at work has it and I tried it. It is rather self-explanitory. Plus, it is pretty cheap. (Buy it at Amazon)
Until you are good at graphic stuff, you can get the CS versions

[Obi]

CS4 is the only one you can get from Adobe. Otherwise, you can get elements for $100 at Best Buy or on Amazon.

[MÆLXTRØM]

I'll sell you CS3E for $50. =P

[Matoro119]

My newest project is my signature, and I made it in Flash.

Also, I can give anyone Flash for free.

[BioK]

I'll sell you CS3E for $50. =P

GIMME!! Are you srs?

[MÆLXTRØM]

Yeah I'm serious, if you're willing to trust me with your address I'll sell it to you.  If you/your parents have a P.O. box that'd be even better.

[BioK]

I am too lazy to type your name, so I shall call you Pig.

Pig, $50? How do you expect to get a profit. And how can I trust you? Do you have a paypal account? Unless you give it to me 4 free...thanks pig.

[Kritzelei]

I recommend Photoshop Elements 7
My friend at work has it and I tried it. It is rather self-explanitory. Plus, it is pretty cheap. (Buy it at Amazon)
Until you are good at graphic stuff, you can get the CS versions

I want to get Photoshop too, and this is quite cheap (Elements 7), but why is the student version of CS4 much cheaper? Would you have to be a certain age to classify as a 'student'?
TBD

[MÆLXTRØM]

I am too lazy to type your name, so I shall call you Pig.

Pig, $50? How do you expect to get a profit. And how can I trust you? Do you have a paypal account? Unless you give it to me 4 free...thanks pig.

Yeah I have paypal.  And that version was given to me, so 50 bucks is a profit.  And you're not getting it if you call me pig.  If you are interested, continue this in PM.

[Kritzelei]

Hey, CRX, is it worth downloading a trial version of Photoshop?

[MÆLXTRØM]

Yeah it's the full version, which kills itself after 30 days.  So if you want to know what it's like, do that.  But get as much in as you can before time runs out.

[Kritzelei]

I'll download it now! I only have Paint Shop Pro XI, it was free, but it's not that good.

[Obi]

My newest project is my signature, and I made it in Flash.

Also, I can give anyone Flash for free.

How?

[Jade]

I can get the full student version for CS4 for $250, thats why I'm asking.

CRX, can photoshop be installed on more than one computer?

[MÆLXTRØM]

I believe the copyright law says it can, as long as both are not used at the same time.  If you're talking about my copy of PS CS3E, I recently bought the Design Premium CS4 suite so I'm not using CS3E.

[Jade]

What I meant to say is, is it like other student version of products, like Microsoft Office, where you can install it on up to 3 computers?