Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to create you
owncup of Café mocha topped with your own custom image made from chocolate
syrup. You can applythese techniques to
any high contrast image including text and clip art. I included this image for you to download, so
you can follow along. Its link is
located in the video description of project files. If you're using a photo of
someone, we need to convert it into pureblack on white, with no continuous
tones. The techniques we're going to use
after convertingit will be the same whether you're using photos, clip art or
text. Your original photo canbe color or
black and white. If it's in color,
desaturate it by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Uon Windows or Cmd + Shift + U on a
Mac. We need to create a selection
around the headto cut it out from its background. There are many ways to do this and I covered
them inmy tutorials. For this example,
I'll use the Quick Selection Tool with a size of 20 pixels. If you're using
this tool as well, you may want to use a different number depending onits
resolution. Drag your tool over your
subject making sure your background isn't included. Make sure your foreground
and background colors are black and white, respectively. If theyaren't press "D" on your
keyboard. Press "Q" to convert
the selection into a quick mask. Open your Pencil Tool, choose a medium point
size and make the Hardness: 100%. Draw a
line following the contours under the chin.
Open your Paint Bucket Tool and click under thechin to fill it in. I generally like to click again to ensure
that its completely filled in. Press "Q" again to revert it back into
a selection. Press Ctrl or Cmd + J to
cut the face out from its background and copy it to its own layer. Go to Image, Adjustments and Posterize. Make the Levels: 2 and click OK. To smooth and simplify it, go to Filter,
Noise and Median. I'll make the Radius:
7 pixels, however, depending on the resolutionof your photo, you may want to
change this number. Click OK or press
Enter or Return. To enhance this effect, press Ctrl or Cmd + F to repeat the
filter. Double-click on the thumbnail of
the face to open its Layer Style window.
Click Stroke. For the resolution
of this image,I'll make the Size: 12 pixels. Make the stroke's Position:
Inside. Then, click OK. We want to make a new layer below the active
layer. To do this, Ctrl-click
orCmd-click on the New Layer icon. We'll
fill the empty layer with white and since white is the background color, press
Ctrl or Cmd + Delete. At this point, you
should see a stark, black shape on a white background. This is the same as
black and white clip art. To separate the black areas from the white
background, make the face layer active andgo to Select and Color Range. Select Highlights and click OK or press Enter
or Return. We now have a selection that
surrounds everything that's white. Press
the Delete key on yourkeyboard, which deletes the white areas. When I hide the other layers in the Layers
panel,you can see that we now have just a black shape on a transparent
background. To getit into the coffee cup
document, press "v" on your keyboard to open your Move Tool anddrag
your image onto the tab of the coffee cup document. Without releasing your mouseor pen, drag it
down onto the image and release. Press
Ctrl or Cmd + T to open your TransformTool.
To see the Transform's entire bounding box, press Ctrl or Cmd + 0. To resize the black shape, go to a cornerand
when you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold Altor Option + Shift as
you drag it in. Then, position it over
the coffee cup. To see yourdocument at
100%, press Ctrl or Cmd + 1. If you're
using text, use the same steps that we'll be using from this point
forward. Continue to resize it until it
fits comfortably insidethe coffee cup.
To angle it, go to a corner and when you see a curved, double-arrow,
rotateit to an angle you like. Then,
press Enter or Return. Go to Filter,
Blur and Gaussian Blur. Blur it 1 pixel
and click OK or press Enter or Return.
Go to Layer, Rasterize and Layer Style.
This fuses the Stroke with the face.
Now, any new Layer Styles we'll be addingto it, will be applied to the
stroke, as well. Double-click on the
thumbnail to open theLayer Style window.
Click Color Overlay and the color box.
Type in a rich, chocolate color: 3C2310.
Then, click OK or press Enter or Return on both windows. Next, we'll
convert the face into a Smart Object.
This will allow us modify it nondestructively, as well as, ultimately
replace it with another image without having to redo all the effects. To do this, clickthe icon at the upper, right
of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object". Change its
Blend Mode to Linear Burn and go to back to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
This time, blur it 4 pixels. We want to
change the Blur's blend mode. To do
this, double-clickthe icon, to the right of Gaussian Blur. This opens the Blur's blending options. Changethe blend mode to Screen. Then, click OK. Open your Transform
Tool. You may see this messagethat tells
us that the Smart Filters will be temporarily turned off while the Transformis
being previewed. This is fine, so click
OK. We're going to angle it in order to
correctly apply thenext filter. You'll
see why we're doing this in a minute. Go
to a corner and press andhold Shift as you rotate it clockwise until it snaps
90 degrees. It'll snap to the
angle,because we're pressing Shift.
Then, press Enter or Return. Go
to Filter and Filter Gallery. Open the Artistic folder and click "Plastic
Wrap". The Highlight Strength is 7,
the Detailis 15 and the Smoothness is 4.
Notice the angle of the highlight is pointing toward the top of his
head,which is what we want it to do and why we angled the head in
thisdirection. Click OK to accept
it. To retain the highlight's angle,
convert the layer into another Smart Object.
Zoom out of your document by pressing Ctrl or Cmd plus the minus keyon
your keyboard. Open your Transform Tool,
go to a corner, and rotate it counterclockwise90 degrees. Fit it back on your canvasand position your
image over the coffee. Notice the
highlight has retained its angle of pointing down towards the top of the head,
which matches the light source of the background. Double-click on the empty space inside Layer
1 to openits Layer Style window. Click
Bevel & Emboss. Change the Style to Emboss.
The Technique is Smooth, the Depth is 50% and the Direction is Up. The Size is 6 pixels and Soften it6
pixels. Uncheck Global Light. Make the Angle: minus 90 degrees and the
Altitude: 42 degrees. Make the Highlight Mode: Linear Dodge. Then, click OK. Next, we'll add an organic ripple to the
shape. Go to Filter, Distort and ZigZag.
Feel free to experiment with the Styles and settings, however, for this
example, I'll use "Out From Center", minus 10 for the Amountand 20
for the Ridges. Lastly, I'd like to reduce its saturation and increase the
lightness. Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click Hue/Saturation. Click the Clipping Mask icon. This restricts
the adjustment layer to effect just the one layer beneath it in the Layers
panel. Slide the Saturation all the way to the left and make the Lightness:
20. This is Marty from Blue Lightning
TV. Thanks for watching!
Sourch:http://iam4you-kh.blogspot.com/search/label/CAFEES
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