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latest news: 30th December 2009
H I A T U S
Vesperarium is currently on hiatus until the Spring. As you all know, the site has been slowing down for the past couple of months, and the Staff has been trying to find ways to spruce up member activity. While some of it has been successful, the Staff has decided to take a little break to regroup and come up with more ideas to make the site more enjoyable for you.
Don't worry though! Vesperarium won't be entirely shut down during the hiatus. We'll be keeping some sections such as the Galleries and Learning forums open for you to use while you wait.
So it's a small good-bye for now, but we hope you'll all join us again in the Spring for our grand re-opening. See you soon!
xoxo Vesperarium Staff
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Header and awards by Enough4. Skin graphics and coding by Saffron Sunset. Sidebar & coding assistance by Dana and Red Carpet & Rebellion.
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 [PS] Darla Baker banner ... "ethereal" colouring?, BEGINNER.
| Saffron Sunset |
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Yo AMP, let's kick it!
Group: Staff
Posts: 2,569
Member No.: 30
Joined: 13-July 07
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ONLY 7 EASY STEPS!
I posted this in the Critique section at RCR and someone suggested that I make a tutorial for the colouring, so here goes! I started with a blended image, and if you want to make a proper banner then you should do the same ... JUST TO CLARIFY – I did blend the image myself! What I meant was that THIS PARTICULAR TUT starts with the image that I have already blended. So I guess what I should have said was ...
HERE'S ONE I MADE EARLIER!
BEFORE:
STEP ONE: FInd your base image. Dark, monochromatic images work well.
STEP TWO: Duplicate base, set to Screen 100%.
STEP THREE: New layer. Fill with dark blue. Set to Exclusion 100%.
STEP FOUR: New layer. Fill with light blue. Set to Colour Burn 100%.
STEP FIVE: Duplicate the base, drag it to the top. Luminosity 50%.
STEP SIX: Duplicate the base, drag it to the top. Soft Light 50%.
STEP SEVEN: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Colour ... are you ready?
REDS
Yellow -100%
YELLOWS
Cyan +100%
Magenta -100%
Yellow -100%
CYANS
Cyan -50%
Magenta -50%
Yellow +50%
BLUES
Cyan +50%
Magenta +25%
Yellow +25%
Black -50%
WHITES
Black -100%
BLACKS
Cyan +100%
Set that Selective Colour layer to 50%.
AFTER:
Ta-dah! All done. I wasn't very explanatory, so feel free to ask me to clarify certain things.
Obviously I added certain other things to my banner along the way, but I didn't want everyone with a cloned version of mine, so I just posted the colouring.  I used the following at various points throughout my banner:
1. Vintage flower texture from Resurgere @ DA, Overlay 50%
2. Dotted light texture from catlover @ RCR, Colour Dodge 100%
3. Flattened image copies (Flatten Image > Select All > Copy > then Undo like hell until you have your layers back) with the middle cut out (Elliptical Marquee, feathered 10px), add a 10px Radial Blur, Normal 70% and again at Soft Light 70%
4. Bluish-grey planet stock image from Resurgere @ DA, Screen 40%; text, Soft Light black > transparent gradient shadows, borders, etc.
If you did the tut, I'd really like you to post so that I can see what you came up with! Thanks. This post has been edited by Saffron Sunset on Sep 1 2008, 08:14 AM
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| Cornie |
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the lame and infirm.
Group: Miss Cornie
Posts: 2,214
Member No.: 1
Joined: 3-July 07
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BEAUTIFUL. I will be trying this sometime in the near future...
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| Maerad |
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Smudging my oil pastels
Group: Members
Posts: 277
Member No.: 78
Joined: 15-July 07
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I love your end result! It is absolutely beautiful!  Here is what I came up with:  I used your coloring and a similar radial blur effect, but added several light textures and star brushes. I also duplicated the base several more times than in the tutorial and set it to different settings to change it up a bit. Great tutorial! |
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| Red_Ink |
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Going broke buying art supplies from the student bookstore
Group: Members
Posts: 578
Member No.: 104
Joined: 19-July 07
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>.< This is a really stupid question but what do you mean by "dragging it to the top"?
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| Enough4 |
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behind you
Group: Staff
Posts: 2,181
Member No.: 171
Joined: 21-August 07
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wow that is super gorgeous!!
will DEFINITLY be trying soon!
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| Saffron Sunset |
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Yo AMP, let's kick it!
Group: Staff
Posts: 2,569
Member No.: 30
Joined: 13-July 07
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Thanks Cornie & Enough4! Maerad – I really like your banner! The pictures and the text are absolutely gorgeous. XD Red – Just click on your layer, and drag it to the top of the Layer Palette e.g. in the screenshot of the Photoshop Layer Palette below, Layer 3 is at the top.  Thanks everyone!  |
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| SideKick |
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Honest is easy. Fiction's where genius lies.
Group: Members
Posts: 478
Member No.: 191
Joined: 31-August 07
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I did have to tweak a little bit. For some reason my lights wouldn't warm as much as yours did...  -edit- Wow. Looking at this one above my sig with John... I believe I am officially in a rut. This post has been edited by SideKick on Dec 15 2007, 01:32 AM |
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| Enough4 |
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behind you
Group: Staff
Posts: 2,181
Member No.: 171
Joined: 21-August 07
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okay so FINALLY got around to doing this, and man, THIS TUTORIAL IS TOTALLY AMAZING. SEX STARE, MWAHAHAHA XD  |
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| Saffron Sunset |
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Yo AMP, let's kick it!
Group: Staff
Posts: 2,569
Member No.: 30
Joined: 13-July 07
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You guys ... they're gorgeous ... *teary-eyed* Mayde, that blend is beautiful. Laura, I HEART THAT SONG! And Shara ... *melt* OH!
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| Twinker |
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your local jonas-addict
Group: Members 500+
Posts: 546
Member No.: 100
Joined: 19-July 07
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this was great!   i copied the color layers and dragged them to the top  just to add a little umph. and i'm quite happy with my result thank you Saffy!!! much love, Sasha This post has been edited by Twinker on Feb 22 2008, 04:25 PM |
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