How to blend pictures in banners - All of you sub-par gfx makers need it

Virtual Fighter · 06-20-2004, 01:47 PM

okay, so ive been saying i would do it, later later later.

well, ive finally dont it. here i go, with the different ways to blend, and ways to master blending.

1) the first way is, set the color quardination EXACTly. for example:

you see here, i got one of my pre made BGs, and put a chunli pic on it. i changed her color, to blend in with the backgroundby first desaturating her, (ctrl + shift + u) then, with the eyedrop tool (it should look like this:

, select that and click on of of the most common colors in the background. i click on the uper top part, since the whole background pretty much looks like that. ehh, its complicated but heres an image that might help you:

the area in red is the part i clicked on with the eyedrop tool.

now, that it has the color selected, i pressed ctrl + u, to colorize my pic of chunli. Once the window pops up, i clicked on colorize, and chunli should look kinda like the same color as the banner. i changed the saturation to make it a bit more saturated, and presto. an easy-peezy-japanesey blending job.

(i know, its not the greatest method, but its better then alot of you can do)

2) okay, this method is another basic blending techinque. it has to do with the opacity.

first, do everything form the last technique. once that is done, do to the layer pallet, and click on the chunli layer, to make sure its selected.

now, go to where it says opacity, and lower it down to 75%. and there you have it, it looks semi blended.

(i know, its not great eigther but ohwell)

3) okay, this is the most popular methos, and one of the easiest. koay, do the steps from the first technique. once that is done, select the chunli layer. on the top of the layer pallet, there should a thing that says "Normal" click on it, and it should bring down a whole mess of things. expirement with them, click on lighten, or darken, or hard light, pinlight, try them all out. the chun li should be getting blended almost.

My favorite is lighten, it should look something like this:

4) okay, this method is hard. its probably the hardest, because it requires some thought.

first, make a ####G, and make it grey. then, past a charector image on it. DONT CHANGE THE CHARECTOR COLOR. instead, change the greay background color, so it is the same color as the charector. such as, if you are doing chunli, the most obviouse is blue. if you are doing ryu, a tan color. if you are doing wolverien, a sort of yellow will do, or possibly blue (but i dont recommend blue) if the charector has two colors, like hulk (green and purple) then dont mix both purple and blue in the BG.

now, once the background is the color of the charector, we will blend him in by setting the blending mode to lighten. set the charector in, and there you have it. here are some examples:

okay, now that you are a super pimp at basic blending, lets get on to the harder stuff, shall we?

BLENDINNG TEXT, AND CHRACTOR SELECTION

okay, first we'll work on blendind text. we'll use the sp

Leha · 06-20-2004, 01:55 PM

nice man..it really helped me out..but im usin Photoshop 6 is there any differences between PS 7 and PS 6

Ken_Dragon_Power · 06-20-2004, 01:55 PM

I guess you didn't have the time to make other backgrounds....still they are all cool and rocking!!!!!
I will use tip to blend man...i think this can be another step for me to become a great tag maker!
Thank's alot VirtualFighter...this will really help me out. Your a great dude.
Can this also work on PhotoShop elements?

Edited By Ken_Dragon_Power on June 20 2004 at 16:57

Virtual Fighter · 06-20-2004, 02:11 PM

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I guess you didn't have the time to make other backgrounds....still they are all cool and rocking!!!!!

...

Quote:

I will use tip to blend man...i think this can be another step for me to become a great tag maker!

hold your horses, partner. i still have some other tips that'll help you, just gimmie some time to finish.

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Can this also work on PhotoShop elements?

dubya tee eff?!?!!! you use photoshop elements?!?! omg, scrap that program, d00d. you HAVE to get PS7 or higher, PSE just sucks alot. im not sure it'll even work with PSE O O

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nice man..it really helped me out..but im usin Photoshop 6 is there any differences between PS 7 and PS 6

PS7 has more filters, (but not many) and also is more reliable, i think. PS6 is a bit slower and crashes a bit mroe, i think.

Ken_Dragon_Power · 06-20-2004, 04:23 PM

VirtualFighter...can you give me the photoshop you use?
it would be very greatful...if you say kazza then forget it.
I had enough virus last time in my computer. If you have MSN then please add me in: dragondragon4455@msn.com
Send me the file on photoshop...thank's

Shin_ryu · 06-20-2004, 04:30 PM

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ost_uid0="Leha"]nice man..it really helped me out..but im usin Photoshop 6 is there any differences between PS 7 and PS 6[/quote]
how u get ps6?

Saijin_Ryu · 06-20-2004, 05:12 PM

You are Hawt.

Wave Master · 06-20-2004, 06:12 PM

whoa this is how you blend pics wow totally different from mine :shocked:

ledmonkey · 06-20-2004, 06:27 PM

Virtual Fighter · 06-20-2004, 08:06 PM

[quote

ost_uid0="Wave Master"]whoa this is how you blend pics wow totally different from mine :shocked:[/quote]
actually, no. i use a different method thats hard to explain. so, i scrapped it.

and also, remember that i dont use pictures in my work.

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06-20-2004, 01:47 PM	#1
Virtual Fighter Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: --> East Los Angeles, California c-- Posts: 3,047 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): 0 Thanks (Received): 0 Likes (Given): 0 Likes (Received): 0 Dislikes (Given): 0 Dislikes (Received): 0 Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	okay, so ive been saying i would do it, later later later. well, ive finally dont it. here i go, with the different ways to blend, and ways to master blending. 1) the first way is, set the color quardination EXACTly. for example: you see here, i got one of my pre made BGs, and put a chunli pic on it. i changed her color, to blend in with the backgroundby first desaturating her, (ctrl + shift + u) then, with the eyedrop tool (it should look like this: , select that and click on of of the most common colors in the background. i click on the uper top part, since the whole background pretty much looks like that. ehh, its complicated but heres an image that might help you: the area in red is the part i clicked on with the eyedrop tool. now, that it has the color selected, i pressed ctrl + u, to colorize my pic of chunli. Once the window pops up, i clicked on colorize, and chunli should look kinda like the same color as the banner. i changed the saturation to make it a bit more saturated, and presto. an easy-peezy-japanesey blending job. (i know, its not the greatest method, but its better then alot of you can do) 2) okay, this method is another basic blending techinque. it has to do with the opacity. first, do everything form the last technique. once that is done, do to the layer pallet, and click on the chunli layer, to make sure its selected. now, go to where it says opacity, and lower it down to 75%. and there you have it, it looks semi blended. (i know, its not great eigther but ohwell) 3) okay, this is the most popular methos, and one of the easiest. koay, do the steps from the first technique. once that is done, select the chunli layer. on the top of the layer pallet, there should a thing that says "Normal" click on it, and it should bring down a whole mess of things. expirement with them, click on lighten, or darken, or hard light, pinlight, try them all out. the chun li should be getting blended almost. My favorite is lighten, it should look something like this: 4) okay, this method is hard. its probably the hardest, because it requires some thought. first, make a ####G, and make it grey. then, past a charector image on it. DONT CHANGE THE CHARECTOR COLOR. instead, change the greay background color, so it is the same color as the charector. such as, if you are doing chunli, the most obviouse is blue. if you are doing ryu, a tan color. if you are doing wolverien, a sort of yellow will do, or possibly blue (but i dont recommend blue) if the charector has two colors, like hulk (green and purple) then dont mix both purple and blue in the BG. now, once the background is the color of the charector, we will blend him in by setting the blending mode to lighten. set the charector in, and there you have it. here are some examples: okay, now that you are a super pimp at basic blending, lets get on to the harder stuff, shall we? BLENDINNG TEXT, AND CHRACTOR SELECTION okay, first we'll work on blendind text. we'll use the sp __________________ [img:sig_uid]http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload5/uyuyuyu.jpg[/img:sig_uid] [b:sig_uid]Nothing Nice to Say - The World's FIRST Online Punk Comic[/b:sig_uid]

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Ken_Dragon_Power Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 353 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): 0 Thanks (Received): 0 Likes (Given): 0 Likes (Received): 0 Dislikes (Given): 0 Dislikes (Received): 0 Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	I guess you didn't have the time to make other backgrounds....still they are all cool and rocking!!!!! I will use tip to blend man...i think this can be another step for me to become a great tag maker! Thank's alot VirtualFighter...this will really help me out. Your a great dude. Can this also work on PhotoShop elements? Edited By Ken_Dragon_Power on June 20 2004 at 16:57 __________________ http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfold...aster-Tag2.gif ^This is tag made by me! Now i'm getting better at this. Thanks for the help virtualfighter!

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