What Technique Was Used?

Hello all

I'm a new member here so hopefully I'm posting in the right section!

Now... I'm not a newbie with PS but I just can't figure out how these lights and shadows were created on the characters. Btw, these photos were taken in a virtual world and then edited in, I assume, PS.
I really like the polished look. These pics look almost like some photos in magazines like Vogue.
I did speak to the guy who edited them and asked what his technique is, but he barely speaks English so he explained just that he uses different blend modes. I did try many times better new achieve anything close to these images.

How could I achieve this effect and what 'tricks' are there to creating such nice lights and shadows?

Thanks!

Hey All,

Thanks in advanced for any help/suggestions. I've been experimenting with different photoshop actions and filters.
While working on a project for a client i came across some photos and I wasn't quite sure how they would done. I was wondering if anyone in the forum knew how to achieve this effect?

Hey guys, how're ya? so I happen to have a photo which is quite far but still somewhat similar to this photo I found on Reddit. I live in a country where the lunar festival this coming Sept 8th is celebrated so I was wondering if it were possible for my photo to be edited to something as awesome as this photo I got from Reddit?

http://imgur.com/TYjMRDO,Pd3a9mT#0

I'm unaware of the technique required for adjusting the lighting of my flash, be it on the camera's flash or in Photoshop, so I was wondering if fellow photoshop gurus could give it a go for me and see how close it turns out? :P

Here's a moon image (hoping it is high res enough, if attachment isn't too high res then here's the link http://imgur.com/lJnQSKb) that I think would be nice to add in. Hoping to get the result in as high res as possible if it is not asking for too much. I thank you guys for reading my post and wish everyone to have a great Friday ahead! Cheers

Hello to PGurus! This my 1st Post & I am thankful for the resource(s) offered here!
My ?: I have MacBook Pro Ver. 10.6.8 w/ 8 gig RAM. The filter " Fractalius " only works on Windows. They will not make a Mac Version. So, can I run Photoshop CS-5 Extended through VirtualBox Ver. 4.16 software with XP on it (which I already have used to run Microsoft "Access" DataBase software), and be able to use this filter for my projects? Or is there any better way to achieve the same result? Thank You for your advice.

Hello everybody

Can anyone tell me how I can create portraits like this? I think the camera settings are very important but this picture has been edited a lot. Anyone know how I can achieve images like that with photoshop?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,
David

Hi, I have seen a series of images by Chakrit Chanpen recently and I have been looking for a tutorials / tips / pointers on how he does it.
I can image it will be a complicated workflow including more than just one technique. I have been "googling" for the past two days and to be honest did not find much :/.
I don't need an inch by inch instructions ( I know what the masks, layers, adjustments, gradients, blending modes... are) but if anyone can help me to explain how to do it or point in the right direction I will be glad.

I can't post links yet so I will paste some samples here or you can just google Chakrit Chanpen and fing him on 500px.













Thanks,


Pavel

OK, now I'm asking for help. What technique have the Gurus here
used to change the backgrounds in their submissions?

While I have CC 2014, I tend to use older methods using Layer
Masks and exposing what is underneath. I've done that for years.

I rarely use the newer Content-Aware Fill in anything larger than,
say, removing a beer can from a landscape shot. The area has
to be far enough removed from unsimilar features to be a clean
replacement. Large areas pick up too much stuff that has to be
taken out. I'm here to learn.

I'm new to this forum, and work strictly on my own photographs
usually, but I'd like to know how others go about these modifications.
Seeing the result doesn't tell me how the Guru got there.

Hello... i am looking for a little help trying to figure out a design element i am trying to achieve... i found these sports posters on the internet and want to recreate one with images of my son playing baseball... I have MOST of the posters done, however i cannot figure out how to do the BLENDED background.. specifically the red, yellow orange faded blend... can anyone help please??? thanks in advance... Dave

heres a screen shot of the poster i am trying to replicate.... I am NOT looking to do this for profit... simply for my own personal use for my son...



the results do not have to be exact... i am looking for the technique used to create the background...

heres the link to the web site that makes and sells the professional poster for more samples...

http://www.photofile.com/SportsProdu...aitPluses.html

I already contacted them to ask how they did it, but obviously they wouldn't tell me... so here i am looking for someone that maybe can help... thanks again...

Very informative video and technique. The idea is from a 17 year old.....WOW this is a great tool...for high ISO images...

http://blog.topazlabs.com/tutorials/...eid=2c4995580e

https://youtu.be/p2aln2dLKdw

Hi I am just wondering how to achieve this effect (as seen in the following attachments).

The buildings have bold colours with barely any detail. Is this something that can be done using photoshop filters or does it need to be done by hand i.e drawing outlines with pen tool then filling with colour?

I've tried the cutout filter but the building appears to be a bit too detailed. I just want the colours to be reduced to 2-4 colour blocks?

Thanks.