Ask an Expert: Photoshop Help Thread

TosiLX · 12-11-2005, 10:10 PM

This is where you are to ask your questions reguarding any of the programs in the Adobe Suite set.

drunktiger21 · 12-11-2005, 10:30 PM

Finally!

AntiHero47 · 12-12-2005, 12:17 AM

YAY! We did need this.

Good job. The photoshop forum gets some luvin.

ssgaR · 12-12-2005, 12:26 AM

If Jesus was part of the Adobe Suite, which program would he be?

Investorguy · 12-12-2005, 01:04 AM

Who closed it and why was my thread closed? Did I violate some rule?

my thread: http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=1283443

DDRdEv515 · 12-12-2005, 05:29 AM

It was merged into the designer thread.

And Jesus IS part of the Adobe Suite, he's just hiding.

TosiLX · 12-12-2005, 08:01 AM

Yes, if your thread was closed/deleted its because it fits in one of the new stickies or offical threads, check the "Ultimate Sticky" for useful links. I was recently assigned to the PC forums and I'm working (slowly but surely) to clean them up.

I'm open to suggestions via PM, not this thread because we are way offtopic already.

[HRT]Squirrel Master · 12-13-2005, 06:34 PM

lol Tosil..... should it go here?

my question about Selective Desaturation?

Quote:

Originally Posted by [HRT]Squirrel Master

Hey broskies.... wasnt sure to put this here or in the Photo forum so if its moved... thats life i guess....

I have taken a few pics of my girlfriend's and my sister and me and my family.... ok with that said, I want to take the pics I have taken and highlight just one part of the picture to add extreme attention....

this picture is an example of what I want to do, someone on these forums did it with photoshop i belive.... and I just so happen to have photoshop 6 so yea!

my sister has beautiful blue eyes and i want to be able to do things like make everything else black and white while keeping the eyes blue or something like that... if you guys know what I should do, let me know... thanks.
-Matt

DDRdEv515 · 12-13-2005, 07:29 PM

Yeah, it should.

And you just answered your own question; you just select which parts you want to desat

Slambert (Banned) · 12-13-2005, 10:20 PM

Im making a banner for a forum. What would be a good font close the the aoe logo? The banner is supposed to be chrismasy any suggestions. Thanks

a300600st · 12-13-2005, 11:32 PM

For the desaturization question... the desaturation part is easy if you can separate the part you want colored into another layer. One way to do this is the lasso but it may not work well depending on the picture. You could also use paths to create a selection which is how I would do it... or you could duplicate the layer and make a layer mask on one of them. It really depends on the picture which approach is best so for now that the best help I can give.

Bad Arse Pirate · 12-14-2005, 08:30 PM

I'm having trouble downloading brushes. I download them and extract the ones that are in a zipped folder(some of them are just the file) into the brushes folder but then when I restart photoshop, they aren't there. Can anyone help me out?

Slambert (Banned) · 12-14-2005, 09:52 PM

These are my first banners that i put in a contest for aoe3 heaven. Any suggestions to make them better. thanks

AntiHero47 · 12-14-2005, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bad Arse Pirate

I'm having trouble downloading brushes. I download them and extract the ones that are in a zipped folder(some of them are just the file) into the brushes folder but then when I restart photoshop, they aren't there. Can anyone help me out?

The files that you extract needed to be imported into the program. So, what you do it go to

Edit < preset manager < brushes < load

Click the file you extracted and you should see them in there. Hope that helps.

[HRT]Squirrel Master · 12-15-2005, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a300600st

For the desaturization question... the desaturation part is easy if you can separate the part you want colored into another layer. One way to do this is the lasso but it may not work well depending on the picture. You could also use paths to create a selection which is how I would do it... or you could duplicate the layer and make a layer mask on one of them. It really depends on the picture which approach is best so for now that the best help I can give.

shibby.... I'll try that. thanks.

Bad Arse Pirate · 12-15-2005, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AntiHero47

The files that you extract needed to be imported into the program. So, what you do it go to

Edit < preset manager < brushes < load

Click the file you extracted and you should see them in there. Hope that helps.

Thanks man!!!

<<safety!>> · 12-17-2005, 01:22 PM

Hey there, i'm a noob at photoshop and i was wondering....How can i sample a color and find that colors exact hue and saturation? Thanks.

edit: figured it out, im stupid, thanks.

Tyler valo (Banned) · 12-17-2005, 03:33 PM

I did all this back in h/s...but it's been a year and i forgot a lot...i wanna do stuff like take a photo like this

and insert my own car into it.

vile.mfer · 12-17-2005, 05:15 PM

Select the stuff in front of the car, and copy and paste it into a new layer. Then select your car, with no background, and paste it into a layer under the other layer with the foreground. And then make all the small rotating and sizing adjustments, and maybe some lighting effects.

Tyler valo (Banned) · 12-18-2005, 01:15 PM

I still couldn't figure it out. I wanna try this now...I wanna put this car.

in this picture

Slambert (Banned) · 12-23-2005, 05:23 PM

This is a rusty job but you get to see it. I use paintshop pro 9 so I cant explain it perfectly to you. First you use the magic want tool and make sure that your tolerance (that you can adjust) is at the right one and select the whole car, then you invert that selection and then you use the background eraser(under the normal eraser) and then you make the background transparent. Then you can move the car anywhere you want. The transparent background should look like this.