Avatar & Signature Shop Tutorials

• Animated&Merged GIF Tutorial
  
• Animation GIF in PS cs5
• Selective Coloring in GIFs
• animated Text : "Color Sync"
• Polka Dot Animated Text

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• Rain Effect Animation
• Animated Texts with the Option Gradient Overlay
• make simple avis
• Selective colouring(by 2 members)
• Making shaped GIF
• Sparkling glitter text animation
• merging pictures in cs5
• Motion Blur in GIF

Originally posted by: -Naz.Karam-

*TUTORIAL#2*

~How to do an Animation GIF in PS cs5~

Step1: Cut your video in Windows Movie Maker. Then convert your video to MP4. Open your Photoshop and click to File>>Import>>Video Frames to Layers.

Step2: A page opens. You can not see the file! Jusz write the file's name and open it.

Step3: A new page opens. Click on *Limit to every 2 Frames* to make your avi faster. You can do it.

Step4: Then click on the first Frame and Last Layer. I havee 64 Frames and Layers.

Step5: Click on the Rectanular Marquee Tool and crop it how you want.

Step6: Then tick a nice Frame and save it as JPEG.

Step7: Open the Picture and add coloouring on it.

Step8: When you have done the colourings then add the colourings in a group.

Step9: Then do add the group to the Animation. But don't forget to tick the first frame and second layer.!

Step10: If you want to add a Texture on it then again tick first frame and second layer. And then add the texture. I have made it Lighter Colour.

Step11: If you want to add a text on it then click on the text button and write your text. Click on the button which I have marked with red!

Step12: Save it!

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Hope you understood it!

If you have any questions

then feel free to ask me.

This is my avi:

Hope you liked the tutorial.

Please do give me your feedback! on my shop:

NazCreations#3

Please do visit my gallery. You can suggest & request me.

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Originally posted by: SanaJasmine

TUTORIAL : Selective Coloring in GIFs

eg:how to highlight only yellow color in a gif like this...

Step 1: open ur gif in photoshop

Step2: select the last layer in ur layers pallette and then go to adjustments-->hue/saturation..make sure that the hue/saturation layer is above all the other layers..

Step 3:Set the saturation of reds,greens,blues,cyans and magentas to -100...don't do anything with master and yellows...

if u want to highlight red color set saturation -100 to all the other colors except red ...same steps goes with all the other colors too...but plz make sure that u haven't changed ur master's settings...

here u got the selective coloring done on ur gif..:)

hope u can understand the steps...i'm very bad at explaining things...😊

Originally posted by: 18shabbo

Tutorial for animated Text : "Color Sync"

Ex:http://i.minus.com/i6HXyP3JQc6Zk.gif
(credit:18shabbo) thats me!)

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Requirements: Any version of PS , as I use PS v.8.0(the oldest).
I'll be working in IR(image ready) as I find it easier.😛
Fonts: Metro Retro(caps) : Windsong( lower)
We'll be making it exactly the same.
Note: Follow all the screenshots(SSs). I have made it a big tut with almost all essential and non essential but important SSs.


Step1: Open a new transparent document , size your choice(as I work on big space).




Use 'Type Tool' to type 'TellyBuzz' with a Grey shade(#999999).
Then by Selecting 1st 'T' and then 'B' change their font type to Retro Metro.
And following that , select ,1st 'elly' and then 'uzz' and change font to Windsong , respectively:


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Step2: Now keep the Text layer selected in the Layer panel and by either going to Layers<Layer Style<Outer glow
or by simply right clicking on the Text Layer , apply Outer glow
to the settings as shown in the screenshot:



(^the details in the Red rectangles are the magic workers!!!)

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Step3: Duplicate this Text Layer and by keeping it selected in the Layer panel , go to the Outer glow option again and change it to the following settings:

(^duplicated layer in Grey)

(^Outer Glow settings for Duplicated Text Layer.)

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Step4:Now make a New Layer ,below the Original Text Layer.


And keeping the Original Text Layer(Layer just above Layer 2) , go to Layers<Merge Down , or simply do Ctrl+E:





You'll see that the Text layer will be changed to a rasterized layer(mine is Layer 2 in red):

(^So now you have a duplicated text layer and a rasterized layer)


Now go to the animation tab and duplicate the frame1 twice , so that you have 3 frames in total:



And keeping frame 1 selected in animation tab and Layer 2 selected in the Layer panel , either right click it or go to Layers<Layer Style<Drop Shadow , and apply the following settings:





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Step5:Now we make the Sync.
Set your foreground color to Orange(#FFA929) and background to White(#FFF) and by keeping frame 1 selected in the animation tab and layer 2 selected in the Layer panel , either right click on layer 2 or by going to
Layers<Layer Style <Gradient Overlay , apply these settings:


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Step6:Gradient Settings:
For Frame 1

I have edited the Gradient manually so that very little orange comes at the top and the rest is white , follow the next screenshot to see how to do it:



Frame 2



Frame 3



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Step7: Now we will time the animation.
Left click the small triangle(in red) on the animation tab and select "All Frames."



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Step8: Now as you can see theres an inverted triangle just next to "0 sec" , left click it :

Choose "Others..."

and put in your desired time:


See that your timeline is set to "Forever."
Run your animation and see if everything is to your liking and save it.
You are done with it!

The tut ends for those who work on small documents and did not open a 550*500 one.
(Refer to add.Step10 for the results)
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These additional steps are for those who may do exact to
what I do and have mentioned the same in this tut.

add.Step9:As you can see I have been working on a very big workspace(550*500) ,
so the non-required area needs to be trimmed off.
Note: I work on big work space , because it gives me place to rough work too , its not necessary to work on big documents when you know that your animation needs to be small , but its my personal preference.

So to trim , Go to the Menu bar and find Image<Trim:



These are my trim settings:



It reduces the document to a perfect size:


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add.Step10: Now if you feel that your animation is very close to the document edges
and may get cut off from sides when you save it ,
and feel to give it some "breathing space" then do this:
Keep Layer 2(the animated layer) selected in the Layer panel and go to
Image<Canvas Size...":




You will have the original size there ,
from which you can increase it to some extent( your desired) and click OK:


Run your animation once and if all is good save it.!

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A Trick of sorts: Someone asked me as to why some of my animated stuff have a Grey Background when its viewed in a web browser.

The answer to this is that , we save animated stuff in GIF format , which is a very low quality filing option , so sometimes without a BG the animation
looks very jaded or untidy around the edges.

So I use color #F5F5F5 , which is the BG color of India Forums and apply it on an empty layer which is at the very bottom , with the help of a bucket tool:


(^bottommost layer in purple)

Now when this animation is posted anywhere in IF the BG mixes with IF's BG , thus you don't see it.


Here are the end results of the tut:

Without a Grey BG:


With a Grey BG:



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Hope this tut helps you work on animation texts in unconventional styles.😃

PS_ I never use stroke , ever , so if you want to know how to work this with strokes , I'm sorry but wont be of any help.😳

Originally posted by: AfflicteD

Polka Dot Animated Text

Final Result:

I'm using Photoshop CS3 but this can be made in the other versions too. This tutorial includes many pictures and I've written even the basic steps for beginners.

1. 1 Open a new file. I'm taking 500x200 px.

2. 2 Click on the channels path in the layer panel.

3. 3 Create a new channel. The new channel would be called Alpha 1 (by default). Your window would now appear black as shown.

4. 4 Type any text you want in the black window. I'm typing sample' using font Ravie, size 80 pt. While you type the window would become red but that's not a problem so don't worry about that.

5. 5 Now right click on Alpha 1 and duplicate it 2 times making 2 copies of it called Alpha copy 1 and Alpha copy 2. Now when you right click on the channel or for that matter click anywhere else your text automatically gets selected.

6. 6 Then go to Filter > Pixelate > Color halftone... (Note that currently Alpha 1 is selected.)

7. 7 My settings are as shown. Yours might differ.

8. 8 After clicking ok, this is how it should look.

9. 9 Now click Ctrl+D to deselect, and then click on Layers.

10. 10 Make a new layer called Layer 2. The window should become blank as shown.

11 11 Click Select > Load Selection

12. 12 On the load selection dialog box, in the channel' drop down menu click on alpha 1.

13. 13 This is how it would look like after clicking ok.

14. 14 Select the paint bucket tool. Select any color. The color I have taken is #c04a4a.

15. 15 Fill in the selection you have on your window and then select Ctrl+D to deselect it. This is how it will look like.

16. 16 Now click on Channels (Step 2) Then click on Alpha copy 1.

17. 17 Now using the magic wand tool select all the letters.

18. 18 Then go to Filter > Pixelate > Color halftone... (Note that currently Alpha copy 1 is selected.) (As in step 6) My settings are as shown. Yours might differ.

19. 19 After clicking ok, this is how it should look.

20. 20 Now click Ctrl+D to deselect, and then click on Layers. (As in Step 9)

21. 21 Make a new layer called Alpha 3. Click on the eye beside Alpha 2 so that is disappears. The window should now .become blank (As in step 10) Click Select > Load Selection (As in step 11). On the load selection dialog box, in the channel' drop down menu click on alpha copy 1. (As in step 12). You will get a selection which will be somewhat similar to the selection you got in step 13. Select the paint bucket tool. Select any color. The color I have taken is #489442.

22. 22 Fill in the selection you have on your window and then select Ctrl+D to deselect it. This is how it will look like.

23. 23 Now again go to channels and click on Alpha copy 2 and follow the steps again from step 16 to step 22. This time the settings I have for color halftone are as shown and the color I'm using is # 504acc. This is how it would look like.

24. 24 Now click on Window (Which is just where the Filter option was). Then click on the 2nd option from the menu which is Animation. An animation window will open. 1 frame is already there. Duplicate that frame 2 more times.

25. 25 Then click on the 1st frame and make layer 2 and 3 invisible by clicking the eye beside them.

26. 26 Then click on the second frame and click the eye beside layer 4 to make it invisible and click the faded eye beside layer 3 to make it visible.

27. 27 Then click on the third frame and click the eye beside layer 3 to make it invisible and click the faded eye beside layer 2 to make it visible.

28. 28 Now in the lower part of the frame there is a small arrow. Click on it and change the time lag to 0.1 seconds because I don't want my animation to be super fast. Do that for the other 2 frames too.

29. 29 Okay now this is something I had forgotten to do earlier. Click Ctrl and click on all the frames to select them all. Then right click on layer 4 and click blending options. Apply drop shadow, inner shadow, outer glow, and stroke. I have default settings for drop shadow. For inner shadow I have changed the distance to 2. In outer glow, spread=12. In stroke, color is black and size is 1 px. Do the same for the other layers as well. This is how layer 4 now looks like.

30. 30 Now you can click on the play button to see your animation.

31. 31 Go to File > Save for web & devices. Click save' on the big dialog box thingy that appears and save it where ever u want.

And done! Your animated text is ready! :D

If you don't want animation you can alter this tutorial a little bit by making only one new channel, only one new layer and skipping all the animation steps.

Any queries you can ask me.. :)

Originally posted by: Preet.Kc

Tutorial for Animated Texts with the Option Gradient Overlay

1) Open a new transparent document of any size

2) With the Text tool type any text you want "I'm writing Arnav and Khushi"

3) Give to your text the color that you like the most? I'll keep it black

^^I had named the Layer T1 so it will be simple for me to explain what I'm doing with each Layer.

4) Now with the Layer "T1", which is the only one Layer that you have, selected open the blending options (to open blending options you can click with the right side of the mouse or click on the butter (fx) which is on the bar under the layer box)

5) I have given a drop shadow to the text, I prefer the settings that you see in the picture but you can change them accordingly to your taste

6) I have put a little outer glow to the text, here for the outer glow it's better to keep the opacity on 100% it looks more visible and clear if you use the white color (fff)

7) In Gradient Overlay select the color combination that you like the most, or just make a new one, I'll go for the blue, yellow, blue one. To select the color combination that you already have in your PS just click on the arrow and you will see the basic options that you have.

8) Do the following settings:

Adjust the Opacity the way you like it the most, mine it's 47%

change the Style from angle to linear

Set the Angle to 0

The Scale should be in a way that only the word "and" it's in golden, I'll put a 78%

Click okay and you will see something like in the picture.

9) Duplicate the text layer (T1) for just once, I had named the new layer as T2

10) Hide the first layer and with the second layer visible go to the blending options, and in the gradient overlay do the following changes.

^^ you need to adjust the colors in a way that only the word Arnav is in Golden while the rest is in Blue.

11) Adjust the Scale in a way that the entire Arnav word is in golden, it's better if you put the Sclae to maximum before changing the colors setting, so you will see the changes fully while adjusting the colors, but since i forgot i'll do it leter 😆

12) Now your work it's almost done, select the layer T2 and duplicate it, after you have done it, select the new Layer that you have just created, the copy one, mine it's the T3 and in Gradient Overlay just uptick Reverse and voila your work is done, now even the word "Khushi" is in golden.

Now you just need to animate your text in the way that you like the most.

To animate the text, go in the timeline box, Duplicate the frame for 2 times and in each fame make just one layer visible and hide the other two.

You can get two types of animated text

This one

If you animated them in the following order :

Frame One - Layer T1

Fame Two - Layer T2

Frame Three - Layer T3

But since I love a more a linear affect I have done this

Frame One - Layer T1

Fame Two - Layer T3

Frame Three - Layer T2

the difference it's really little but is you have a good eye you'll be able to capture it.

Once you are satisfied with the animation crop the unnecessary space and save the text with the option "Save for Web and Devices"

Hope it helps 😊

I'm really the worse person in the world when it comes to explain, i got things but i don't have the capacity to explain them

Originally posted by: -Alina.

How to make simple avis?

Few people asked me how do I make avis so here is a short tutorial for those who don't know how to make avis!

Warning: I'm not a good avi-maker.. 😛😆 In learning process. 😳

What do I use?

Photoshop cs5 Extended portable version:

PhotoshopCS5.rar

aTube Catcher (for downloading videos - not required if you use other software):

https://atube-catcher.dsnetwb.com/video/

Video to gif Converter

https://free_video_to_gif_converter.en.softonic.com/

NOTE: You can convert the videos from Photoshop too.. that's your choice. 😊

1. Download a video.

2. After downloading the video, open the GIF Converter and select the video you've downloaded by clicking "Browse Video.." and the best thing about this software is that it doesn't leave their copyright/logo on the gif. 😆

3. As you can't convert the entire video to frames, select: FROM (the exact minute from where you want your avi to start) TO (the exact minute you want your avi to end).

4. Select any size you want. Mine is 375x200. It's better if you unclick the aspect radio tab so you can chose any size you want to. 😊

5. Something like this will appear. You can delete the frames you don't need.

Don't forget to select Excellent Quality.

6. Select "Make Gif" and save your gif.

This is my result:

7. Go to Photoshop and open your gif.

8. Add your desired effects.

- If you want to change the colouring, add a PSD (How to put a psd on a gif). It have to be on top of ALL layers!

- If you want to add a texture, add following this tut by Saraa Aapi: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/avatar-and-signatures-shop/3513303/post-all-tutorials-here-4?pn=7 .

- Not to forget, add text if you want to. Don't forget to add it by staying on the first frame or the text doesn't appear on others.

- Crop the gif if you want to.

- Do other changes you want.

9. Save the gif: File > Save for Web & Devices.

Be sure to have this kind of setting specially the "forever" or your avi will move only once.

10. It's done. 😃

Do you want to stack your avis?

Follow this tutorial by Sri: How to stack Avis in PS

Do you have some doubts? I'm just a pm/scrap away! 😃

Originally posted by: .enigma

How to create selective coloring

Hey People (: This is my second tut. I was just playing with Photoshop and came to know how to create selective colouring,this is the how I learn things 😆 just keep on photoshoping and you'll be perfect ;)

The tut is very much easy!

Step 1: Make you sig and merge it fully.

step 2: Duplicate the LAYER and using the animation duplicate the frame as well.

Step 3: Add a black gradient to the SECOND LAYER and make sure that in the first layer doesn't have the gradient on it.

CONFUSED? Let me teach with a screen shot:

*JUST IGNORE THE ANIMATION BAR AT THE MOMENT* Have a look at my layer box,the first layer DOESN'T HAS THE GRADIENT ON IT.

CLEAR ENOUGH? (:

Step 4: Now take the ERASER,choose a small size,starting erasing the part which has the colour which you want to be visible,example in my sig I want jennifer's blouse colour and the lips,I mean the red colour.

*ZOOMED PICTURE*

Step 4: Take the eraser and erase that part,I would adivce you to zoom the siggy because many times the part are too small,it will help you.Erase all the parts with that particular color and you are done :D

This is how my sig came out to be:

^I have made it in an animated way,you can make it non animated as well by merging both the layer once you are done with the erasing!

P.S: This is how I have learned myself,there might be anyother way to do it (:

P.S: It is not important to have the animation bar,I used it because I wanted an animated sig.

ANY HELP NEEDED?DO ASK ME (:

Love,

Somi