Photoshop Trick: Human to Zombie
Here is a very quick and easy way to turn any human into scary deformed zombies..
Open the image you want to modify. | |
Now, open the cracked earth image , copy and paste it into the photo you want to modify. To copy and paste, open the file, go to EDIT » SELECT ALL. then go back to your project image and go to EDIT » PASTE. If the cracked earth image is not big enough or too big, you can resize it so it covers the area you want to apply this effect. | |
Now just change the Layer Mode of the cracked earth layer to"Linear Light", and change the opacity down to about 60%. | |
Now simply use the eraser tool and erase out any area you don't want the cracks to cover. You may need to occasionally change the size of your brush so you can erase smaller or larger areas. | |
So that's it, you can do alot more from here, just play around with it and see what else you can come up with. Gave the original image a little sharpening "Filter » Sharpen » Sharphen" | |
With this tutorial, we will be working photos of dried cracked mud, so go to google images and search for "dried mud". It works best on pictures with birds eye view (direct view from top) so we can see the cracks. Alternatively, you can use any of the images below. (Click to get larger size). Please note that the steps may differ if your image is significantly different to the one im using in this tutorial, so experiment :) |
I'll be working on the 2nd image. Base on that image, I start a new document 640x480. Now open the mud image up, on the dirt image, do a CTRL+A to select all, then go to the new document you just created and press CTRL+V to paste the image. |
The cracks are dark, so we'll invert the image so it becomes white, this will give it a better explosion effect. so go to Image » Adjustment » Invert (or press CTRL+I). Now use the eliptical marquee tool and make a large round selection on the image. Hold SHIFT while you create the selection to make a perfect round circle. Now go to Select » Inverse, Then hit Delete so you are left with a circle from the mud image. DO NOT DESELECT YET. |
Now, while you still got your selection, go to SELECT » INVERSE again to select the shape. Now go to Filter » Distort » Spherize. Set amount to 100%. Then do it again, this time, 50%. You can now deselect. Now, lets fill the background layer (the layer underneath the mud layer) with black. Then go to Layer » Flatten Image Now go to Filter » Sharpen » unsharp Mask. |
- Go to Filter » Distort » Polar Co-ordinates. Options: Polar to Rectangular. Go to: Image » Rotate Canvas » 90CW. Apply: Filter » Stylize » Wind Method: Wind. Direction: From the right. Hit CTRL+F to reapply. Go to: Image » Rotate Canvas » 90CCW. Finally, apply Filter » Distort » Polar Coordinates.Options: Rectangular to Polar. |
There you go, now all you do is just play around with colors, by either using Image » Hue and Saturation, or Image » Color Balance. I use color balance in the image below. This tutorial will work for basically and image with textures such as cracks. |
Photoshop Trick: Magic Effect
File > New 500 px x 500 px
Edit > Fill > Black
Create New Layer (Layer 1)
Brush Tool > Select Soft Round Brush > Set the Master Diameter into 500 px
Set foreground color (any color except black, brown, or gray)
Click the center of the background using the brush.
Layer 1 - right-click >blending options > gradient overlay > set gradient
Create New Layer (Layer 2)
Set Foreground Color into gray
Filter > Render > Clouds
In the Layers Tab, set the blending mode for the layer into Overlay
Brush > Set Master Diameter into 4 px
Set Foreground Color into white
Pen Tool > Freeform Pen Tool > Paths >Exclude Overlapping Path Areas
Create random lines
Direct Selection Tool
Select all lines > righ-click > Stroke Path > Path > Check the box of Simulate
Pressure
Click Delete Key
Create New Layer (Layer 4)
Click Brush
Window > Brushes > Scattering > Set the scatter as more than 300% > Set
the count into 1 > Set the Count Jitter
Brush > Soft Round Brush > set the master diameter into 5 px
Set the foreground color as white
Click the lines so that it can have a dust effect.
Layer 3 >right-click > blending options> outer glow > set blend mode into color dodge
Layer 3 > right-click > copy layer style
Layer 4 > right click > paste layer style
Create new layer (layer 5)
Insert Text > Set the text color into white
Layer 5 > right-click > paste layer style
File > Save
