aquilinas+tutorial

Rockstar Silhouette Before and After

Steps ( has 11 layers) 1- open up the picture you want for the silhouette. 2- cut out the silhouette by using quick mask (Q) and use the paintbrush to paint the silhouette and when youve got it press q and press control c to copy 3- paste (ctrl v) the silhouette on a new document 4- left click the silhouette layer in the layer options and click blending options> double click color overlay>set the color to black (it should give you a black silhouette). 5- add a background by going to (layer>new fill layer>gradient) in the gradient options change the style to radial and choose dark colors on the outside and light colors on the inside 6- get some light shining by (Layer > Add Layer Mask > Reveal All) do while having the silhouette layer selected 7- while layer mask is selected with a soft black brush, brush at the sides of the silhouette so it becomes transparent. 8-cut a little piece of the original guitar and put it over the silhouette to give some depth, for a smooth transition, use a the eraser or a mask to soften the edges 9-copy the silhouette, (right click the silhouette and clicking duplicate layer), in a different layer then go to blending options - color overlay and change the color to white...then go to filter-blur-gaussian blur put the white silhouette so it shows somewhat of a white shadow and erase any too bright spots that shine through the black silhouette 10- add some dark lines along the edges with a 2 pixel brush with a dark color and go to filter blur gaussian blur. use a big soft eraser to soften it 11- use a 3 pixel white brush to make lines to make it look like they're moving and go to filter>blur>motion blur 12- add 2 black rectangles by clicking "m" and lower down the opacity 13- go ahead and add some text whatever you like and play with the fonts and sizes and colors.