July 2010

Colorization Tutorial by Elysium @worth1000.com

After this tutorial, you will be able to turn this:

Into this:

As Cyn mentioned in her primary colorizing tutorial, the key to a good result is in a good clean source image. The cleaner and better resolution the original source, the easier it will be to work with and the better it will end up. Take particular care to avoid images with large blown out white sections, as these will never look right in the final image. The original I used above was around 2000 x 2000 pixels.

The nice thing about this method is the nature of adjustment layers themselves, you can always go back and change them, messing around with the colors as much as you want until it finally looks right. It also incorporates the layer mask right into the adjustment layer, so you can clean up your selection edges as you go along. It also doesn’t require any pre-selection of colors as in Steveo’s tutorial, or blending of colors into one another as in Cyn’s (though both are excellent methods).

Don’t forget to save early and often. Colorizing is time consuming, so it really hurts when you lose alot of work…

Now let’s get cracking… learn here and thx to tut via worth1000

Give a Photo a Complete Glamour Makeover With Stunning Light and 3D Effects

Have you ever wanted to see what you would look like after a complete makeover? Today, I’m going to show you how to transform a regular, every day photo into a real glamour shot. In this tutorial, you will learn how to retouch a model’s face and subtly manipulate her hair. In addition, we will enhance the canvas by adding attractive lighting and 3D effects. This tutorial requires considerable Pen Tool skills, but with perseverance and a passion for design, you will certainly be able to achieve great results.  Learn Here post via psdtuts