CurlyPixel » Tutorial http://curlypixel.com Twisting and Turning Pixels Thu, 10 May 2012 00:36:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 How to Make Incredible Cinemagraphs in Photoshop http://curlypixel.com/how-to-make-incredible-cinemagraphs-in-photoshop http://curlypixel.com/how-to-make-incredible-cinemagraphs-in-photoshop#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:22:46 +0000 Chantal http://curlypixel.com/?p=410 ]]> These cool animated GIF’s are all the rage. Anyone can make these cinemagraphs if you have Photoshop extended. It is a trimmed mini movie per say using quick mask to keep only the area you only want to move.

Here are some nice examples:

From Me to You – Erstwhile Vintage Jewelry Giveaway

From Me to You – Here’s to Fridays

From Me to You – GPOYW

Here is a tutorial from Russel Brown on how to make a cinemagraph.

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]]> http://curlypixel.com/how-to-make-incredible-cinemagraphs-in-photoshop/feed 2 Make a Image Transparent For Your Website Tutorial http://curlypixel.com/make-a-image-transparent-for-your-website-tutorial http://curlypixel.com/make-a-image-transparent-for-your-website-tutorial#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 23:14:22 +0000 Chantal http://curlypixel.com/?p=146 ]]> Sometimes you want an image on your website but it does not fit well because It has a white or some other color background that does not match your website.  I will show you how to make this image transparent so It fits everywhere. Its not really hard. There is several ways to do this but this is the way I do it. You can download the original file here.

Open the file you want to fix the blow It up so It’s easier to work on (ctrl-+), then select the magic want tool (W) and click on the white area. You can select more areas by holding shift and adding more to the selection.

Then I used the “Rectangular Marquee Tool” (M) to select the rest of the Buzz it holding “shift” so only the logo was remaining unselected.

After that you can Inverse your selection (ctrl-shift-i) then select the “Add layer mark” button in the layer palette.

Image should look like this below and almost done!

All you need now is to add some text. Use the “type tool” (T) and enter your text.

Now you want to save your finished image as a .PNG , you can do this by saving for “web and devices” (Alt-Shift-Ctrl-S) and select the preset of png 24 for best transparency results.

buzz-it

]]> http://curlypixel.com/make-a-image-transparent-for-your-website-tutorial/feed 2 How to Make These Cool Kodachrome Curtains http://curlypixel.com/how-to-make-these-cool-kodachrome-curtains http://curlypixel.com/how-to-make-these-cool-kodachrome-curtains#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:13:51 +0000 Chantal http://chantal.wayofthegun.net/?p=3 ]]> Found this on the Craftster website and I thought they were pretty neat.

kodachrome

Kodachrome

They used some old slides from the 50s and 60s and a dremel tool.

Check out the full process here:

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=338100.0

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