Photoshop - Using Quick Mask

Image Editing - Photoshop - Using Quick Mask mode to create selected areas.

204 100 QuickMask part 1 -

This video shows how use the Quick Mask mode in Photoshop to create selections. You can use this method to separate your subject from the background, or to a color effect to just certain areas of your images.

204 100 QuickMask part 2 -

This video goes over working with the Liquify tool in Photoshop. This tool allows you to warp and distort images (facial features).

How to Create a Parallax Pan Walk Cycle using After Effects

These 5 videos will show you how to create a parallax pan walk cycle in After Effects. A parallax pan shows depth to your scene by using the 3D features in After Effects. You will animate a character in a walk cycle. You will then create a multi-layered background in Photoshop. You will import these elements into After Effects and use the 3D layer, and camera, features to create the parallax pan effect.

Part 1 - How to create a parallax pan walk cycle - Pencil Test -in After Effects.
This video explains how to set up your Walk cycle line art drawing to be exported from Photoshop as individual .psd files. It explains how to keep the character 'opaque' and make the 'background' transparent. It then shows you how to run the Script 'Export Layers to Files"


Part 2 - How to create a parallax pan walk cycle in After Effects.
this video explains how to set up your back layers in Photoshop. You need to make your background at least 4x the width of your final composition width. You also need to create background using multiple layers to achieve the 3D parallax pan effect.


Part 3 - How to create a Parallax Pan Walk cycle in After Effects. This video explains how to import the walk cycle .psd files as an image sequence. It shows how to use the "Interpret Footage - Main" dialog box to set the walk cycle frames per second - fps and how to Loop the cycle so walks for the duration of your composition.


Part 4 - Setting up the Walk in After Effects for creating a Parallax Pan walk cycle. Set the walk across your over sized background so your character walks across the screen with their feet placed properly. You want to avoid the the feet from 'skating' or sliding forward, and from slipping backwards.


Part 5 - How to set up a Parallax Pan for a Walk Cycle in After Effects.

Photoshop CC - Working with Vector art and the Pen Tool

Beginning Photoshop CC - Working with Vector art and the Pen Tool

This tutorial will give you tips on working with the pen tool and working with vector art in Photoshop CC. You will see how you can use the Bezier handles help shape your images. This follows the steps in Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book Lesson 8.  Take the time, and the effort, to follow the steps in the book. Use this tutorial as a guide to help you complete the lesson. - Dec. 2015

Here is link to a complimentary video on how to use the vector "Path Operations" to create a shape with a hole in it (like our coffee cup):
Photoshop Basics | Subtract Front Shape with a Path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N7FNfRKnPQ

PS CS6 Clipping Masks - Type Along a Path

Beginning Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book lesson 7  Clipping Masks and Typing Along a Path
Below are 2 videos that review the steps in Lesson 7, where we use the image created in Lesson 6, and create a finished 'magazine cover':

Part 1 - How to create a Clipping Mask Aprox 10 min



Part 2 - How to Type Along a Path Aprox 18 min

Photoshop CS6 - Masking and Channels

Beginning Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom In A Book - Lesson 6 - Masks and Channels. The video quality is not the best, but the steps of what to do should be clear.
This video goes over the steps of creating Layer Masks and Quick Mask selection to effect certain areas of your image. It also touches on the creating selections from the Channels tab.

Clownfish.ai

Digital Illustration and Design LP3 Activities - Creating with the pen tool and Pathfinder tools

This is a video tutorial that highlights using the pen tool, gradients, and the pathfinder tools in Adobe Illustrator CS6. The video follows the step by step tutorial on how to create a Clownfish by Ilie Ciorba - http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/illustrator-tutorials/design-an-underwater-clown-fish-tutorial-in-illustrator/

Adobe Illustrator Shapes and Gradients

Digital Illustration and Design - LP2 Basic Shapes and Gradients

Adobe Illustrator 

A video tutorial of how to create a simple Bunny character using basic shapes in Adobe Illustrator. This is based off the tutorial by Ryan Putnam @ http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-cute-bunny-vector-character--vector-608 - Thank you Tutsplus and Ryan.

Published on Apr 5, 2014