Reggie Bush

Painting Away Color QZ

Painting Away Color Tutorial

Step 1: Open the image you would like to work on.

Step 2: Click on the brush tool. In the options bar, switch the blend mode to color. Change your foreground color to black.

Step 3 : From the brushes palette, choose a medium sized, soft-edged (0% hardness) brush.

Step 4: Start painting. As you paint, the color will disappear saving your image in the grayscale.

Shadow In Motion Tutorial

Step 1: Tap the letter ''D'' to change your foreground color to Black. Hold down the options key and tap delete key. Type your text using a medium grey color. (#666666).

Step 2: Duplicate your type layer by using the Apple+J shortcut. Rasterize your layer.

Step 3: Go under the filter menu, under Pixelate, choose fragment. Run this Filter two more times by using the Apple + F shortcut.

Step 4: Press Apple + T. In the options bar change the width + height to 130%.

Step 5: Click on your original type layer and rasterize it. Click on the top layer and press Apple+ E to merge the 2 layers.

Step 6: To colorize your type, press Apple + U to bring up Hue/ Saturation. Click the colorize checkbox and move the hue slider to the color you'd like.

Photoshop Shortcuts

. Apple+ U- Hue and Saturation.
. Apple+ T- Free Transform.
. Option+ Delete - Changes color of image to your foreground color.
. Apple + J- Duplicate layer.
. Apple+ E- Merge.
. Apple + F- Run the last filter.
. Apple + Z - Undo
. Apple + X- Cut
. Apple + C- Copy
. Apple + V- Paste
. Apple + N- New Document
. Apple + A- Select all

Gold Chome Tutorial

Step 1: Type your text. Put a selection around your text.

Step 2: Go under the select menu, and choose Save Selection. Click OK. Deselect your text. Delete your type layer.

Step 3: Go to the channels palette click on Alpha 1. Go under the filter menu, under Blur, choose gaussian blur. Enter 1 pixel.

Step 4: Return to the layers palette and click once on the background layer. Go under the filter menu, under Render and choose lightning Effects. Under the texture channel option choose Alpha 1. Click OK.

Step 5: Go under the image , under Adjustments Curves. Create a curve.
( Input 186. Output 64) Click OK.

Step 6: Go under the select menu and choose load selection. Choose Alpha 1 from the channel menu. Click OK. Go under the select menu under modify and choose expand. Enter 3 pixles. Click Ok.

Step 7: Press Shift + Apple+ J. Click on the background layer. Press Apple+A then press delete. Deselect. Click on your text layer. Choose drop shadow from the layers styles. Click OK.

Step 8: Choose Color Overlay from the layer styles. Change the blend mode to overlay then click the color swatch and use the following.
R=208, G=165, B= 16
Click OK.