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Photoshop Video Tutorial: Illustration Techniques

Illustration Topics Covered

Masking & Fill Layers

Combine photos with digital art using masks and fills.

Patterns

Create custom patterns and apply via pattern fill layers.

Blend Modes for Color

Use blend modes to colorize artwork dynamically.

Opacity vs Fill Opacity

Different opacity controls for different visual results — gradients included.

Master Photoshop at Noble Desktop

Noble Desktop's Photoshop Bootcamp covers retouching, compositing, color correction, and pro editing.

Learn about a more illustrative use of Photoshop to design a graphic. Combine photos with digital art and effects created from scratch in Photoshop. In this video you’ll learn about adjustment layers, blending modes, masking, and more.

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In this seminar you’ll learn about a more “illustrative” use of Photoshop to design a graphic. You’ll combine photos with digital art and effects created from scratch in Photoshop. A variety of tools and techniques will be used. Even though you’ll be learning how to create one specific graphic, these techniques are universal and can be used in many situations.

Here are some of the topics we'll be talking while creating the illustration:

  • Masking
  • Fill layers
  • How to make patterns
  • Filling with pattern layers
  • Using Adjustment layers
  • Using Blend Modes to colorize
  • Opacity versus Fill Opacity
  • Gradients

We’ll make step by step instructions for completing the exercise available to everyone who attends.

This seminar is designed for people with some working-knowledge of Photoshop. It is not for total beginners.