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Step
1: We want to take Number
85 here and focus attention
on him-- make him come out
off the pack, so to speak.
To start, click on the icon
to add a new layer. |
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Step
2: Now sample some browns
with the eyedropper tool.
Choose a lighter brown and
a darker, almost blackish
brown to get the effect of
a dirty sepia tone. |
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3: Use the Render Clouds filter,
and hold the shift key down
to get more contrast. (We
could have simply filled in
the layer with one color of
brown, but I like the organicness
of the Render Clouds filter
for this type of effect.). |
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4: Set the blend mode of the
cloud layer to "Color." (If
you're a key command junkie,
hit shift-option-c to do this
from the keyboard). Then turn
your Intuos Pen over and start
scrubbing out the sepia with
the pressure-sensitive eraser.
The eraser gives you the control
to erase as much or as little
of the layer as you want,
simply by pressing harder
to erase more, or softer for
a gentle touch. |
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5: Flatten the image, and
then take a snapshot for the
History palette to use. Title
it "Unblurred"--we're going
to use this snapshot to paint
back to in a bit. |
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6: Use a light Gaussian blur
to make the image recede a
bit. (You can also try the
radial blur for another cool
effect.) |
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7: Now use the History brush
to paint back in the unblurred
Number 85. Make sure "Size"
and "Opacity" are turned on
to get the full benefit of
the Intuos Pen's 1,024 levels
of pressure. Press harder
near the right side of the
motorcyclist to get a sharp
clean image; and press lighter
as you go to the left to softly
blend into the blurred image |
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Step
8: All the excitement of the
real thing, with none of the
mess. |
