Tutorials

that i just found out today becuase i was mad no one helped me and decided to do it all by myself
i just need to know what's radial blur is thou,
i can only add another base image (copied it) then blur it, then make it lighter.. TADA !

khoakhung: Radial Blur isn't used that often, actually. XD People prefer Gaussian Blur and Motion Blur. Radial blur can make a 'spin' blurred effect or a 'zoomed in' blur effect. It's better to use Radial Blur for other things (like making textures or brushes). :3 I stick to Gaussian Blur to brighten an image, Motion Blur to add a neat effect, and Surface Blur to make over-sharpened LQ images better.

how to do these blurs ?
lol i need to know where to click too..
i'm so dumb..

khoakhung: Just go to Filter > Blur. You'll see the list of different blurs there. It's also where Radial Blur is located. =D

Gaussian Blur - Usually people duplicate their original image, use Gaussian Blur (in the box, I put 4.0), and then set the blurred layer to Soft Light/Overlay. Ta-dah! <3 Shiny and pretty now~

Motion Blur - Same thing. Duplicate, put a number in the box, and set it to Soft Light/Overlay. It has a nice effect. :3

Surface Blur - Very useful for crappy images! <3 I set the Radius (first box) to 11 and the Threshold (second box) to 14 and turned this LQ pic into this, which I can use to make graphics out of. =D

Ooo, surface blur. I've never tried that. *takes notes*

crisislover: omg CAN I STEAL THAT BANNER FROM YOU?? <333 good work, so pretty. Even though it didn't really follow it that much... xD

Flei: aafgahjkdfshdkjfjsjdkf YOU MADE IT EVEN MORE PRETTIER!! <3333 I'm probably going to look off of that for reference. xD; Good too! And yeah amazing how you can do that with adjustment layers. : D

I might make another tutorial or if anyone else wants to...? -glares at Flei- xDD

oooh..how interesting *take notes*

Halite75: Surface Blur has saved my butt loads of times when I wanted to make something out of a crappy image. ;P May it help you as it has helped me~ XD


Melissa: Y-YAY, COMPLIMENTS! |D Hahahah, it isn't as bright and shiny as yours, but i think it turned out nicely.

aksjhgd;alskj;lkdj I-I'll try to make a tutorial, too! *glares back at Melissa* >.>;;; It'll probably be kinda all over the place/hard to follow, but I think it'll be comprehensible (hopefully).

XD

Ah well, what is it that you guys want to know more? Like another tutorial about Adjustment layers? Text Placement? Ect? oO;;;;

Oooh, you know, a guide on text would be great! Not on just placement, but also on fonts & techniques! A lot of the times the text either makes or breaks a sig, so it's really important. =P

Gods knows how many decent sigs I ruined with crappy text placement/fonts/technique. OTL