Photoshop Questions

rick1138

I was wondering if anyone knew of any good photoshop tutoials on aqua-like effects, as well a porcelin and other types of shiny and/or reflective surfaces. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

flick justice

I'm not sure if this is the best way to do what you want but if you go to the Photoshop site you can down load actions that might get the effect your looking forward.. and if you reverse engineer them you can find out how they did it.

flick.

ast3r3x

Photoshop 7 Down And Dirty Tricks has the aqua buttons, widgets for open close and min, brushed metal, and tabs...if you dont want to buy the book (although its good and it seems any book by scott kelby is good) i've taken a picture of the pages for you and have them ready if you'd lik eme to send you them just provide an email

pscates

Rick, I found this one that has lots of stuff:



http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshopfx/



Just do a google search (it's what I did) and you'll discover TONS! Some better than others, of course. But they're definitely out there.

ast3r3x

arg...i should really read posts, i could have SWORE he asked for a book but on close inspection he didn't...yeah there are tons of websites out there

curiousuburb

careful use of the "plastic wrap", "lighting effects", and "glow" filters on selected semi-transparent layers can usually produce the surface textures you're describing.



many tutorials for photoshop elements can also be applied in the full program



tutorials on most of the things you've asked for can be found here

rick1138

Thanks for all the links. I think I will get Photoshop 7 down and dirty tricks.

pscates

Yes, that's a great book. I had the one for Photoshop 6, a year or so ago, at a previous job. It was VERY cool. Full, blazing color and step-by-step, plain-English instructions for doing for VERY nice-looking stuff in Photoshop.



Kelby is the man.

ast3r3x

here are some excerpts from the book on the aqua effects...it has many other cool effects that i am not going to show because well...u should really buy the book if it interests you



http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/BrushedMetal1.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/BrushedMetal2.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Button1.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Button2.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Button3.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Button4.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Tab1.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Tab2.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Tab3.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Tab4.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Widget1.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Widget2.jpg

http://home.ptd.net/~quadd/Aqua/Widget3.jpg



hmm...wonder if my ISP cares if i host pics from my server space...their agreement didn't say anything about it

ast3r3x

oh yeah sorry i dont have a flatbed scanner so i had to take a picture of the pages



...oddly enough that is the same way i copy homework...then teachers REALLY dont expect ur copyin when your looking at an LCD screen; I love my camera

rick1138

Thanks a lot for the photos they are very useful.

ast3r3x

i'm glad their useful...so i hope you are still planning on buying the book though? (haha perhaps u should at least lie to me so i dont feel like i ripped kelby off)

rick1138

Actually I am

ast3r3x

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Originally posted by Rick1138

Actually I am

good cuz i just saw that i missed a part about aqua text

jwthomp

You owe it to yourself to buy "Photoshop 7 Down And Dirty Tricks". It transformed me from an artistically deficient programmer to someone who can great some nice widgets and other useful art



Cheers!



Jeff