4Tp:Glossy SundayStills & MacroMonday Photo

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Hi Friends,

This is my contribution for this weeks Sunday Stills – Horses! and Ofcourse for the MacroMonday as well!  Finally I added a small glossy effect to fit in the 4Tp  category! 😉

Software used: Photoshop CS2 (Features used: Layers, Fill Layer & Elliptical Marque tool )

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Open up an image in photoshop!!! 😀

Set white as the foreground color. You can easily do this by pressing D to reset the foreground and background to the default colors then pressing X to switch the foreground and background color.

2. Goto  Layer > New Fill Layer> Gradient Fill. Click OK.

A Gradient Fill window will appear.

3. In the window, change the Gradient to Foreground to Transparent, style to radial, and scale to 150%.Check the Align with Layer. Change the angle accordingly to make the gradient effect bigger/smaller.

4. Activate the Elliptical Marquee tool and create a selection with a bulge.

You may need to zoom out (Ctrl+-) to get enough room to draw the selection.

5. With the Elliptical Marquee tool still activated, move the selection so that it covers about half of the top image.                  Select the layer mask of the top Gradient Fill layer and press delete.

6. Adjust the Opacity and Fill on your layer pallette to get the desired results.

7. Your Glossy photo is ready! 😀

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13 Comments

  1. Ebie
    Ebie on November 23, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    I like your idea of adding the glossy effect! I don’t know if mine will come out same as yours! Excellent photography!

    Reply
  2. thecrazysheeplady
    thecrazysheeplady on November 24, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Hey – good to see your smiling face :-). I gotta get me some photoshop…

    Reply
  3. chloe
    chloe on November 24, 2009 at 8:55 am

    very nice niv!

    Reply
  4. dibear
    dibear on November 24, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    Hi Guy!! You didn’t post over on Sunday Stills so I didn’t know you were here. Glad to see your post, it’s really cool. We have been concerned about you. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Ed
    Ed on November 26, 2009 at 7:56 am

    Too cool, my favorite horse..:-)

    Reply
  6. shaz
    shaz on November 26, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    wow … the second one is excellent seems to be hd animated photo

    Reply
  7. flowerweaver
    flowerweaver on December 7, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    Miss you! Nice horse capture 😉 How’s work & life?

    Reply
  8. SJ
    SJ on December 10, 2009 at 3:44 am

    love your shots

    A smile from SJ =)

    Reply
  9. Kayadevek
    Kayadevek on December 12, 2009 at 2:25 am

    True words, some authentic words dude. You rocked my day!!

    Reply
  10. casino roleta
    casino roleta on December 16, 2009 at 1:20 am

    Sometimes it’s really that simple, isn’t it? I feel a little stupid for not thinking of this myself/earlier, though.

    Reply
  12. tammy
    tammy on December 21, 2009 at 4:02 am

    Welcome back! And thanks for the horse shot! And the lesson!

    Reply
  13. Spiel Roulette
    Spiel Roulette on December 22, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    Sometimes it’s really that simple, isn’t it? I feel a little stupid for not thinking of this myself/earlier, though.

    Reply

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