Today we learnt to combine vector and raster. We used 2 applications, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. The exercise is to make a desktop background.
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| Make the characters on Adobe Illustrator |
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| To make it more decorative, you can fill it with the available patterns |
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| Change the Canvas Size into desktop size |
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| Don't forget to convert to smart object |
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| Copy the characters from Adobe Illustrator and Paste it on Adobe Photoshop. Then it will appear this options. Choose Paste as Smart Object |
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| Place the characters |
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| To delete the leg, click add vector mask |
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| It looks more natural if the leg is gone because it's like walking through the grass |
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| Give a depth to make it more realistic by adjusting the brightness and contrast |
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| Create a layer and Paste in Place |
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| The picture will become one unity (one layer) |
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| Make it as a smart object |
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| Give some Blur filter |
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| Field Blur |
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| Iris Blur |
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| Tilt-Shift |
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| You can add an extra. For example a Lens Flare to make it more dramatic |
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| Or maybe a vignetting effect by adding Gradient Fill |
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| After that, select the entire canvas and do a copy merge! |
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| Create a new file |
After done with this exercise, we moved to another thing which is preparing the next assignment. So, we will make a character design that represent ourself. To have another point of view, I made something like survey about what others think about me. And here's the analogy.
Start with this sentence "If I were a _____ I am a _____"
