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Final image after stretching 1 pixel
Open a document 400x400.
The gradient which i have used for this tutorial is available here.
Place the image on the canvas.
Stretch it vertically using transform tool right click or crtl+T.
On the menu now use warp. Duplicate this in 4 layers.
Now its time to shape it up. Use the grid (ctrl+') for better shaping.
Follow the steps for the bottom part as you did for the top part.
From the lower part select one pixel or use the duplicate of the first 1 pixel image.
Repeat the same for shaping as you did for the top part of the glass.
For the bottom part use transform > perspective, to give a slope.
The lowest part use some curve as shown below.
Now you have got the wine glass ready.
To give some life to it, lets pour some wine to it.
Cut lower part of the glass using rectangular marquee as shown below. Make a new layer and paste it. Align it to the bottom of the top part.
Change the hue to the following. Dont forget to check the colorize box (adjust till it becomes the wine color)
Take the darkest color from the glass corner, and apply to background color.
Go to filters > glass. Make the settings to
Frost / distortion 1 and smoothness to 1.
The final results will be like this. I have applied some drop shadow and a table cloth and a reflection.
Now you can do some trial.
Make a wine bottle ?
Yes You Can.
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Create a new file (File>New) of 1680x1050px and 300dpi. Using the Paint Bucket Tool (G)
Paint Bucket Tool (G). 
The Paint Bucket tool fills adjacent pixels that are similar in color value to the pixels you click.'); return false">Paint Bucket Tool (G), give the new file black color.
Download a set of ready to use brushes for Adobe Photoshop: D_Grungeset1. We shall apply all the brushes, except the one marked with red cross for representing the background of the picture we want to have in the end. The brush’s color is #532100. Opacity 20%
Use now the brush indicated below to represent the background’s nuance on the bottom part of the picture. This brush we’ll apply for other elements too. Its color is #04020F. Opacity: 20%.
Create a new layer where we shall apply the earlier mentioned brush but with a larger diameter.
On the next layer (Create new layer) we’ll use the same brush, but of white color to represent the effect of the smoke on the bottom part of the picture. The Opacity is of 10%
Set the next shown parameters for the layer by making a mouse click on the layer on the layers’ panel.
Fill 36%
Blending mode-Pin Light
Use the above mentioned brush (Opacity 10%) to draw the black clouds on the top part of the picture:
Find a picture containing Sci-Fi soldier (I use this picture).
Cut them out and insert the characters on our basic picture:
Select the next demonstrated parameters for the layer containing the characters: Blending Options>Drop Shadow
Make a mouse click on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on Create new fill or adjustment layer>Hue/Saturation
Press Alt button to make a mouse click between the layers of the characters’ photo and the layer with the effect Hue/Saturation (on the layers’ panel).
Represent a kind of darkening, applying in this case the Rectangle Tool (U).
The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters:
Keep pressed Alt button while making a mouse click between the layer with the darkening and the previous layer (on the layers’ panel).
Find in Internet the “STALKER” logo, cut it out and insert it on the left top corner of our picture.
Set the next demonstrated parameters for the layer containing the logotype. Blending Options>Drop Shadow
On the last stage we’ll change the general color’s nuance of the picture. In this case we have to make a mouse click on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on Create new fill or adjustment layer>Photo Filter
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Final image
Step 1
Tipe new text layer.
Step 2
Rasterize layer and with selected parts of text and free transform tool conect leters.
Step 3
Duplicate layer.
Step 4
To duplicated layer give stroke.
Step 5
First layer who's now inside of second layer, select and trim second layer.
Step 6
Delete first layer. now we use only duplicated (second) layer.
To second layer give Gradient Overlay like in picture.
Step 7
Duplicate layer and give him vertical transformation.
Step 8
Then select both layers and tranform them with Perspective Transformation.
Step 9
Duplicate them and merge them togheter. then color them and move just a little in front off.
Step 10
Open new layer and start to drawing lighting effects.. Use Pen Tool.
Step 11
Color layer.
Step 12
With Eraser Tool erase some part of light.
Step 13
Then give Lighten effect.
Step 14
Open new layer as background, color him, put him behind and give Gradient Overlay like in picture.
Step 15
Final
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Tutorial goal:
I am going to show you an easy way to transform photos into fully shaded pencil sketches. We will be using very basic photoshop skills and two filters. I did this image in CS4, but since it is very basic I would imagine it could be done with any version. So let us begin.
step 1
The Goal
We want to take a photo like the one pictured here and turn it into a fully shaded pencil sketch like the image below.
step 2
Step One:
Select your image and load it into Photoshop of course.
Then click on the "New layer" icon in the Layers pallet to create two empty layers above our original background layer.
Your layer pallet should look like this.
step 3
Step Two:
Select the Paint Bucket Tool.
Make sure you are using the default colors by hitting the d key.
Make sure your foreground color is white.
Select Layer 1 and fill it with white.
Tap the X key to switch the fore & background colors and then select Layer 2, and fill it with black.
step 4
Step Three:
Now while you still have Layer Two (the top layer) selected, go ahead and flip the fore & background colors by taping the X key again.
Ok, Go to Filters / Sketch / Note Paper, and apply the default settings of:
Balance 25
Graininess 10
Relief 11
and select OK
step 5
Step Four:
Still working on our Black Layer, we are going to adjust the levels.
Hit Ctrl / L and pull the sliders in to the edges of the bell curve like so.
step 6
Step Five:
Next thing we will do to the Black Layer is apply a little motion blur. That is under Filters / Blur / Motion Blur.
Use the setting:
Angle -40
Distance 13
This will be the simulation of the pencil marks in the shaded areas of our final image.
step 7
Step Six:
We are done with the Black Layer for now.
Make the Black and the White Layers invisible by clicking on the little Eye icons.
Now, make the original background layer visible, if it is not visible already, by clicking on the small empty box at the left edge of the layer.
Select the original background layer and drag it down to the New Layer icon to duplicate it.
Select the newly created "Background Copy" to make it the active Layer.
Hit Ctrl / Shift / U to desaturate it.
Hit Ctrl / L to bring up the Levels and pull the sliders way in like in this image, to give us a high contrast image. However don't over do it, we don't want it to be stark black and white, we want to keep just a little bit of those mid tones.
step 8
Step Seven:
With our high contrast desaturated image still active, tap Ctrl / I to invert the image.
On the Menu chose, Selections / All.
Then Edit / Copy
Click the Eye icon on the Desaturated image to turn it off.
Make our Black Layer visible again by clicking on the small empty box at the left edge of the layer.
Select the Black Layer to make it the active layer,
Click the Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the layer pallet to add a mask to the Black Layer.
Alt / click on the Mask thumbnail. The image will turn all white.
Chose Edit / Paste to paste the inverted high contrast image into the mask.
Re-click on the eye to turn the black layer back on.
Set the blending mode to Hard Light.
Click on the eye icon on the white layer to make it visible as well.
your image should look like this.
step 9
Step Eight:
Click on the Mask Thumbnail of the Black Layer so that it has the little white box around it.
Hit Ctrl / L to bring up the Levels adjustment again and fine tune the balance of the light and dark to your liking.
step 10
Step Nine:
And finally, we want to lose a little of the regularity in the simulated pencil strokes.
So Select the blur tool and set the strength to about 50.
Select the Black Layer's image thumbnail (the one on the left, not the mask) so that it has the white frame around it.
Brush the blur tool around on the black portions in random circles to soften the little white lines up a bit.
And there you have it.
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Most people out there heard about 3GP files but the truth is that few really know how to play this format and when faced with the need to watch 3GP they do not know what to do. That is when tutorials are researched and we try to learn how to do it. Let us see what we are dealing with and this will be the only tutorial you will ever need on playing 3GP files.
3GP is a file format that is a container for video and audio streams. It basically stores streams of video and audio in one file with the extension: .3GP. The video inside the container is usually MPEG-4 Part 2 at H.264 or H.263. The audio stream is usually AAC or AMR. In most situations 3GP files will be found on mobile phones as it is a popular file format to record video.
How to Play 3GP Files on your Personal Computer
Generally speaking, if you want to play video files you will have to use software that is capable of splitting the file and decode it. We are talking about the audio and video streams. You should know that 3GP files can even be played in Windows Media Player but you will have to hold the right software to read and decode the format. The good news is that there is software capable of playing 3GP files and we will now look at options that you have.
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player is one software that is constantly gaining popularity. We can say that it is actually the easiest way to handle your file playback needs. You need to know that this software does offer support for 3GP. The problem is that it does not feature the needed software that will decode audio AMR. If the 3GP file comes with an audio stream in AAC it will play it. Download VLC Media Player HERE - FREE!
All you will need to do next is go to File and then Open File. Browse to th location where your 3GP file is stored and just click on OK. VLC Media Player will then start to play the file you want.
Haali Media Splitter
Few people have actually heard of this freeware software. You can use it in a connection with DirectShow Players and 3GP video. This software is basically used in order to split AVI, MP4 and MKV. You need to know that this program also goes under the name of Haali Matroska Splitter due to the focus on MKV files. Remember that we are basically talking about a decoder and not an actual player. Download Haali Media Splitter HERE - FREE!
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is basically a DirectShow player. It is capable to play most 3GP files but will need extra software in order to achieve this. You can use FDDShow and Haali Media Splitter for this.
3GP Files Playback in DirectShow
Once you are capable of splitting 3GP files you should be able to play them as well by using a DirectShow player. The most common example stands in Windows Media Player or Media Player Classic. There is a big chance you have at least one of them installed on your personal computer.How To Play 3GP Files
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Step 1 Select Source DVD
Insert the DVD disk into your DVD-ROM, and choose "Select Source DVD drive".
If you have more than one DVD drive, make sure which one has got the DVD disk and you have selected the right one.
If the DVD movie is stored in the hard drive, choose "Select DVD folder from hard disk drive".
You should manually specify the DVD folder in the window beneath which show the file system of your computer.
Click "Next" to load the DVD movie.
Step 2 Select Movies to Convert
In the dialog of this step you can see a list of all the movies included in the DVD disk.
- Choose movies
Normally, a DVD contains a main movie and several extra movies. And a movie consists of one video, several audios and the relating subtitles. You can see the detailed information of a movie in the list, including the movie's duration, the audio and subtitle's language, the format and number of channels of the audio. When you select one movie, the software will select the video track, one audio and the corresponding subtitle for you by default.
Select "None" for "Audio Track" or "Subtitle" to remove the audio or the subtitle of a movie.
Uncheck the "Video Track" and check one "Audio Track", you can get an AVI formatted audio with no picture. - Create movies separately
Check this selection: "Convert the movies and save the created files repectively", then the movies will be processed separately. If the box is unchecked, then all the selected movies will be converted and saved as one file.
Step 3 Specify the Settings
Output Directory
Select a path that you want to save the created 3GPP/3GPP2 files. Each output file will be automatically named by the program.
File format
3GPP/3GPP2
There are two formats of 3G video file: 3GPP and 3GPP2. 3GPP uses ".3gp" as file extension, and 3GPP2 uses ".3g2". Generally, you can select 3GPP as the output format to avoid compatibility problems.
Audio Settings
Specify the audio and video settings for the conversion.
- Audio format
AMR-NB - This is the most compatible audio encoding format, and it can be supported by all mobile phones. AMR-NB formatted audio has lower requirements for mobile hardware. But its quality is not satisfying. The sample rate is fixed to 8K Hz, the audio bit rate can not be higher than 12.2K bps, and and stereo (2 channels) is not supported.
AAC-LC - AAC-LC formatted audio has better quality, as you can choose higher sample rate, bit rate, and stereo channel. But some mobiles of former types might not support this format. You can check the manual of your mobile to see if it supports AAC-LC encoded audio.Please set the Audio format, and the relating sample rate, bit rate, channel according to your mobile's capability.
- Gain
Gain: You can adjust the audio volume by dragging the gain slider. The range is from -5.0 to 30.0db. Please note that if the gain is too high, the audio may get distortion.
Video Settings
- [Dimension]:
There are 3 different dimensions available - 128 x 96, 176 x 144 and 352 x 288. Please make sure the dimension does not exceed the resolution limit of your mobile when setting it. For example, the resolution of Nokia 2855 is 160 x 128, so you can only select 128 x 96. The resolution of Sony Ericsson W810C is 176 x 220, thus you can choose 128 x 96 or 176 x 144. Certainly, you'd better choose 176 x 144 for better quality.
- [Bit rate]:
Choose higher bit rate to get better video quality. Some mobiles may not support high bit rate videos or would have unsynchronization problem during playback, so please set the bit rate carefully.
- [Frame rate]:
Most of the mobiles support 15fps video playback. Some high-end mobile phones even support 30fps video playback. However, You can select "Do not change" to let Sothink 3GP Video Converter keep the frame rate of the original video to get the best video quality.
Conversion Process
- Status
During the conversion process, the program will show the detailed conversion status, including:
- File - file path and name.
- Estimated time - the overall estimated time that the conversion would take.
- Elapsed time
- Time Left
- Progress - the finished percentage of the conversion.
- Post-processing Options
The program will show the detailed conversion information to you, including the Estimated Overall Time, Time Left, etc.
And there are two operations you can choose to let the program do after the conversion:
"Play a sound when conversion is finished" - Let the program tell you that the conversion is done by playing a sound.
"Shut down the computer after all tasks are finished" - Let the program automatically shut down your computer after all tasks are done.
Conversion Result
When the conversion is finished, the program would give a result summary, which shows the number of total source files, successfully converted files, and failed files. Click "Open Folder" to open the folder where the created video files are saved.
Click "Finish" to back to beginning panel, you can continue to convert other DVD.
Click "Exit" to quit the program.
