photoshop advice
Discussion
Hello all, I got into photoshop 3 days ago since I'm ill and bored at home.
However it turns out I have an addictive personality and I can't get off it
So far I've used youtube to answer a few questions on how to do stuff.
So, firstly, can you recommend a website that can teach you photoshop for different topics? I.e cars and people or would I be better paying for a course or something similar?
Secondly what would help make these images look more realistic? (The bike being my most recent one)
I've had to upload screenshots as they were too large to put on which will affect the quality I imagine, also won't help I'm posting this from phone
However it turns out I have an addictive personality and I can't get off it
So far I've used youtube to answer a few questions on how to do stuff.
So, firstly, can you recommend a website that can teach you photoshop for different topics? I.e cars and people or would I be better paying for a course or something similar?
Secondly what would help make these images look more realistic? (The bike being my most recent one)
I've had to upload screenshots as they were too large to put on which will affect the quality I imagine, also won't help I'm posting this from phone
They all look to have been tonemapped, or HDR'd, try a lighter touch with the strength slider when you do the conversion, less is more, ideally with HDR IMO you shouldn't know it's been done, it should just be a solution to a scene which contains too much dynamic range for the camera you're using to capture in one.
The better option, again in my opinion, would be to get them as close as poss in camera, the bike for example I'd have lit with flash so I could have the background darker and fill the bike in, that would avoid the artificial HDR look. It's also got some distortion, check out the lampposts, I'd correct that.
The better option, again in my opinion, would be to get them as close as poss in camera, the bike for example I'd have lit with flash so I could have the background darker and fill the bike in, that would avoid the artificial HDR look. It's also got some distortion, check out the lampposts, I'd correct that.
smiffy180 said:
Cheers, are there any places online that can teach this or should I keep searching through youtube?
The scenes are HDR when typed into google, should I just use a normal scene then?
Plenty sits out there for Photoshop hints and tips, I believe Karl Taylor sells a training DVD too but I don't know what level it is. If his isn't suitable, I've even seen Photoshop training on Groupon for not a lot of money. The scenes are HDR when typed into google, should I just use a normal scene then?
I'm no expert but looking at your pics I thought at first they were cartoons, too heavy handed with the tone mapping ?
Best of luck with it, great hobby!
steveatesh said:
Plenty sits out there for Photoshop hints and tips, I believe Karl Taylor sells a training DVD too but I don't know what level it is. If his isn't suitable, I've even seen Photoshop training on Groupon for not a lot of money.
I'm no expert but looking at your pics I thought at first they were cartoons, too heavy handed with the tone mapping ?
Best of luck with it, great hobby!
Yes I tried following someones vid and over did it I'm no expert but looking at your pics I thought at first they were cartoons, too heavy handed with the tone mapping ?
Best of luck with it, great hobby!
I'll have a look around thanks.
Lots of high quality and free photoshop training videos on Adobe's site. You don't even have to register to watch
http://tv.adobe.com/product/photoshop/
http://tv.adobe.com/product/photoshop/
The thing that I've found with PS is, it's very absorbing. As in, you do something, you do some more, you're in at 150%, it looks ace, you're really proud...then you forget what it actually was that you wanted to do.
The best thing I was ever told about Photoshop work was to try and make it look the least obvious as possible what you've done. Try not to leave traces, and just like it was always meant to be like that.
The bike as an example, cool - but it's blacked out and very HDR'ey. It needs it's own light source. The cutouts, go in further, use blending, try different things but have a purpose to it. Like, I want to put this Lambo onto that sketchboard like someone drew it. They'd probably have put shading in here, so I'll just rub this bit out a bit more and add something to it.
Graphic designers are usually dead good at putting something in where you thought 'yeah, that just fits'
The good ones are anyway!
The best thing I was ever told about Photoshop work was to try and make it look the least obvious as possible what you've done. Try not to leave traces, and just like it was always meant to be like that.
The bike as an example, cool - but it's blacked out and very HDR'ey. It needs it's own light source. The cutouts, go in further, use blending, try different things but have a purpose to it. Like, I want to put this Lambo onto that sketchboard like someone drew it. They'd probably have put shading in here, so I'll just rub this bit out a bit more and add something to it.
Graphic designers are usually dead good at putting something in where you thought 'yeah, that just fits'
The good ones are anyway!
andy-xr said:
The thing that I've found with PS is, it's very absorbing. As in, you do something, you do some more, you're in at 150%, it looks ace, you're really proud...then you forget what it actually was that you wanted to do.
The best thing I was ever told about Photoshop work was to try and make it look the least obvious as possible what you've done. Try not to leave traces, and just like it was always meant to be like that.
The bike as an example, cool - but it's blacked out and very HDR'ey. It needs it's own light source. The cutouts, go in further, use blending, try different things but have a purpose to it. Like, I want to put this Lambo onto that sketchboard like someone drew it. They'd probably have put shading in here, so I'll just rub this bit out a bit more and add something to it.
Graphic designers are usually dead good at putting something in where you thought 'yeah, that just fits'
The good ones are anyway!
I think that was my problem, I was enjoying playing about with everything that I over did it instead The best thing I was ever told about Photoshop work was to try and make it look the least obvious as possible what you've done. Try not to leave traces, and just like it was always meant to be like that.
The bike as an example, cool - but it's blacked out and very HDR'ey. It needs it's own light source. The cutouts, go in further, use blending, try different things but have a purpose to it. Like, I want to put this Lambo onto that sketchboard like someone drew it. They'd probably have put shading in here, so I'll just rub this bit out a bit more and add something to it.
Graphic designers are usually dead good at putting something in where you thought 'yeah, that just fits'
The good ones are anyway!
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