Photoshop Tutorial

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Human to Zombies

Here is a very quick and easy way to turn any human into scary deformed zombies..

Open the image you want to modify.

Here is mine. you can download this image HERE.

Now, open the cracked earth image , copy and paste it into the photo you want to modify.

To copy and paste, open the file, and use the move tool.

If the cracked earth image is not big enough or too big, you can resize it so it covers the area you want to apply this effect.

Now just change the Layer Mode of the cracked earth layer to"Linear Light", and change the opacity down to about 60%.

Now simply use the eraser tool and erase out any area you don't want the cracks to cover,

in my case, I want her hands to appear normal,

only her face is cracked. You may need to occasionally change the size of your brush so you can erase smaller or larger areas.

So that's it, you can do a lot more from here, just play around with it and see what else you can come up with.

For example, I also erased out the eyes and lips part of the image and gave the original image a little sharpening "Filter » Sharpen » Sharphen"

Exploding Planet 2

With this tutorial, we will be working photos of dried cracked mud, so go to google images and search for "dried mud".

It works best on pictures with birds eye view (direct view from top) so we can see the cracks.

Alternatively, you can use any of the images below. (Click to get larger size).

Please note that the steps may differ if your image is significantly different to the one I’m using in this tutorial, so experiment :)

I'll be working on the 2nd image. Base on that image, I start a new document 640x480.

Now open the mud image up, on the dirt image, do a CTRL+A to select all, then go to the new document you just created and press CTRL+V to paste the image.

The cracks are dark, so we'll invert the image so it becomes white, this will give it a better explosion effect. so go to Image » Adjustment » Invert (or press CTRL+I).

Now use the eliptical marquee tool and make a large round selection on the image. Hold SHIFT while you create the selection to make a perfect round circle.

Now go to Select » Inverse,

Then hit Delete so you are left with a circle from the mud image. DO NOT DESELECT YET.

Now, while you still got your selection, go to SELECT » INVERSE again to select the shape.

Now go to Filter » Distort » Spherize. Set amount to 100%. Then do it again, this time, 50%. You can now deselect.

Now, lets fill the background layer (the layer underneath the mud layer) with black.

Then go to Layer » Flatten Image

Now go to Filter » Sharpen » unsharp Mask.Amount: 500%. Radius: 1.7px. Threshold: 122 levels

Go to Filter » Distort » Polar Co-ordinates.Options: Polar to Rectangular. VIEW

Go to: Image » Rotate Canvas » 90CW. VIEW

Apply: Filter » Stylize » WindMethod: Wind. Direction: From the right. Hit CTRL+F to reapply. VIEW

Go to: Image » Rotate Canvas » 90CCW. VIEWFinally, apply Filter » Distort » Polar Coordinates.Options: Rectangular to Polar.

There you go, now all you do is just play around with colors, by either using Image » Hue and Saturation, or Image » Color Balance.I use color balance in the image below.

This tutorial will work for basically and image with textures such as cracks. Here are a few variations. Before                   ---- »                         After.