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40 Impressive Selective Color Photography Examples

aextmag — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:35:20 +0000

Selective color helps photographers to produce beautiful and interesting images. Using photo editing software we can change some of the areas to black and white, while other areas remain colorful making photos more vibrant. Using selective color, we can make ordinary quality images to extraordinary high-quality images. Desaturating and masking color photos is mainly used in this process.

In this post we present you with 25 superb examples using this technique of color selection.

1. Down to the sea

Three boys are diving into the sea from rocks at a height of about 35 to 40 feet. Shot looking down from the promenade above, Nice, France, 2002. Scanned from color slide and manipulated in Photoshop.

2. Lunch Time

This photo was taken on September 1, 2011 using a Canon EOS REBEL T2i.

3. Just take my soul

4. Pencil Rainbow

5. Hand of God

This photo was taken on August 21, 2011 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IN, using a Nikon D3000.

6. Monday Morning Coffee…

Photo is actually Saturday Coffee from Raven’s Horn Vista on the Golden Eagle Trail.

7. Prrrr… look me in the eye

Shot with Canon EOS 60D with Focal Length 135mm and Shutter Speed 1/40 sec.

8. A Stroll Through China Town

This photo was taken on February 27, 2010 in Old Town, Portland, OR, US, using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

9. Fragile

10. Red

This photo was taken on November 25, 2010 using a Canon EOS 7D.

11. A+M

This photo was taken on May 1, 2010 in Alberta, Alberta, CA, using an Olympus E-30.

12. The Boat and the Castle

Shot taken at Holy Island,Northumberland, with a Panasonic Lumix G1, 14-45mm lens. Three separate exposures merged into HDR via Light room, Photomatix and CS3. Selective coloring then carried out in CS3.

13. A Mother’s Faith

This photo was taken on February 13, 2011 in Shellharbour, Wollongong, NSW, AU.

14. Eagle Owl

Close up of a Spotted Eagle Owl.

15. National business

16. The Garden

17. Let there be Peace please…

This photo was taken on July 27, 2008 in Krishna giri, Tamil Nadu, IN, using a Nikon D40.

18. Tora selective coloring

This photo was taken on May 3, 2008 using a Nikon D80.

19. Snake Tie

20. Winter Lanterns

Snow covered trees and yellow lanterns.

21. November Leaf

Autumnal close-up of fallen leaf. Selectively colored b&w photograph.

22. Contrast in Orange

This photo was taken on July 29, 2005 in Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, KH, using a Sony DSC-P8.

23. Kaida

Messing around with my new SB-700 last night. I kept bugging my roommate’s dog, Kaida. I rarely care for selective color but had to give it a try on those eyes!

24. Tom

This photo was taken on November 29, 2008.

25. Al sicuro

This photo was taken on November 12, 2009 using a Nikon D80.

26. Bonsai

Construction equipment in central Boston

27. Fleur de ma ville

This photo was taken on April 22, 2006.

28. Volvo

The vintage Volvo bus at Tampere Central Square. Selective colored b&w photo.

29. Santa Barbara

Shot with Canon EOS 5D with Focal Length 300mm and Shutter Speed 1/200 sec.

30. Retired Bobcat

This photo was taken on February 14, 2010.

31. Blue High Key

32. Sausalito Fog

Finally caught the Golden Gate in the light I’ve been hoping for. Yeah, yeah, another selective color shot..

33. Metamorphosis

This photo was taken on June 7, 2010 using a Panasonic DMC-LX3.

34. Pondering the depth of god

This photo was taken on October 10, 2010 in California, US, using a Nikon D5000.

35. Drop of colour on a desolate beach

Taken just after sunrise, the Buddhist monk was the only colour around.

36. To End in Smoke

This photo was taken on January 21, 2010 using a Canon EOS 1000D.

37. Burn Pit

In Iraq.

38. lace

Shot with Nikon D7000 with Lens Nikon 50mm f1.4 with Focal Length 50mm.

39. Boo!

Shot with Canon EOS 60D with Focal Length 135mm and Shutter Speed 1/160 sec.

40. Thank You

Shot with NIKON D90 with Focal Length 50mm and Shutter Speed 1/200 sec.

I hope you enjoyed a lot and gained some knowledge. Post your valuable comments. Thank you.

30 Dark Web Sites For Inspiration

aextmag — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:26:46 +0000

Only some people dare to use complete dark backgrounds against to regular cool and official colors. This decision makes their sites look unique and special, Today we have collected such sites which use dark backgrounds for their sites, so take a look and you will find some inspiration for sure, Enjoy….

1. Blue Collar Agency

2. Switch

3. Mutant Labs

4. Danog born

5. Bat man 3D

6. Boot B

7. Change Given

8. Kenda Perez

9. Kris jay Designs

10. Kid Koala

11. Two 24 Studios

12. Smokey Bones

13. Nue Media

14. The I heart Film

15. Leah Hagger

16. Marcin kaniewsk

17. Jemiina

18. James Garner

19. Adapted

20. The Kennedys

21. KC Creep Fest

22. Play Dulla

23. Champion Boxing Fighters

24. 3 Akis

25. Kavoon

26. Spalding

27. The Thousand Things

28. Daniel Diggle

29. Play 4 Play

30. Jaspera Arts

Hope You all like my above collection, Please post your valuable comments and Encourage.

20 Helpful Photoshop Tutorials in Making Buttons and Badges

aextmag — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:24:53 +0000

In this article we are going to showcase some tutorials to create buttons and badges in Photoshop, which really help you to improve your website designing skills. This post will teach you to create your own buttons and badges for your website. We list 20 Helpful Photoshop Tutorials that teach you making Buttons and Badges with ease.

1. Design a Delicious, Shining Circle Play (Web) Button in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we will show you the steps we took to create this interesting Shining Orb Circle Play (Web) Button in Photoshop .

2. Create Chunky Buttons

3. Design A Big Good-Looking Button in Photoshop

Design a big good-looking button in Photoshop ready to link to the PSD file of this tutorial. Along the way, we`ll be using different Photoshop tools to create shapes and text and will beautify them by applying some blending options carefully chosen.

4. Create a Facebook, Twitter & RSS Button in Photoshop

Create sleek & professional Facebook, Twitter & RSS Buttons/ Icons using Adobe Photoshop. We’ll be using basic methods to create these buttons including shapes, blending options and various useful techniques.

5. Create a Glassy Button or Enamel Badge Effect in Photoshop

The graphic shown below contains just two flat shape layers – all the effects (including the text on the badge) have been applied using Layer Styles.

6. Creating buttons in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we will create a basic button using different layers and some different effects.

7. Make a Glossy Buttons in Photoshop

Throughout this tutorial, you will be using more on Marquee Tool, Gradient Tool, Ellipse Tool and more standard tools. Here is a step by step procedure on how to make one.

8. Photoshop Button Maker

In this simple tutorial, we’re going to create a clever little way of making little buttons using a couple of layers and one interchangeable image layer. As always you can download the sample PSD at the bottom of the tutorial to follow along and copy layer styles out of.

9. Nice ‘n’ Simple Subscribe Badges

In this Photoshop tutorial we’ll be making those cool supermarket-style badges, then we’ll be turning them into subscribe buttons for your website, a must-have for any blog!

10. Perfect Shine Button or Icon

In this tutorial will be teaching you on how to create a cool looking button or an icon to suit your need.

11. Design a Delicious “Contact Me” Button in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this (delicious?!) “Contact Me” button in Photoshop.

12. Sale Button

Create sale button in Photoshop CS3.

13. Sleek Look Upload Button in Photoshop

Learn How To Make Sleek Look Upload Button in Photoshop! Today we will learn how to Make Sleek Look Upload Button in Photoshop.

14. How to Create Try Now Button in Photoshop

Learn How To Create Try Now Button In Photoshop! Today we will learn how to Create Try Now Button in Photoshop.

15. How to Create Media Player Button in Photoshop

Learn How To Create Media Player Button In Photoshop! Today we will learn how to Create Media Player Button in Photoshop.

16. Photoshop turn off button logo stock photo in Photoshop

17. Make a Sleek Web 2.0 Style Menu for Your Site

This tutorial is very straight forward and achieves some cool results in my opinion. Check out the tutorial and let me know what you think.

18. Making A Modern Looking Navigation Button

This tutorial will teach you some fundamental techniques when it comes to making cool looking buttons for a navigation bar easy to understand with plenty of detail and a nice looking outcome that can be used on any modern looking website.

19. How To Design A Badge In Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial, we’ll discover how to make a beautiful badge with ribbons including a stitch effect in Photoshop.

20. Create a download button Tutorial

In this tutorial I’ll teach you how to create a download button.

Hope all above collected tutorials will help to improve your creativity, please post your comments. Thank You…

35 Creative and Hilarious Examples Of Well Known Caricatures which will make you Laugh Definitely

aextmag — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:34:44 +0000

When I asked a friend of mine, who is a model and has a perfect shaped body, about how to stay fit she said that I must exercise a lot and eat less and also try to remain happy all the time. This view is shared by many other nutritionists and gym coaches too. Humor can play an integral role in keeping us fit and healthy. Humor’s role is not merely entertainment. It is also a medicine for keeping us fit.

Wikipedia defines a caricature to be a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person, animal or object to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. Almost all newspapers and magazines have professional cartoonists to design quality cartoons and/or caricatures for their publication. Cartoons/caricatures are a powerful and sarcastic tool to comment upon any social or political situation. The controversy that arises every now and then over cartoons is proof of the fact that cartoons command an equal impact as, say, news articles.

Below I present you with 35 hilarious caricatures of well known public figures. All the images have been twisted intentionally to make them more interesting and hilarious. So scroll down and enjoy.

1. Harry Potter

Harry Potter Digital paint in PS CS2 + Tablet.

2. Obama

3. Kanye West

4. Albert Einstein

5. David Bowie

Digital painting of David Bowie. Two hours in Photoshop.

6. Daniel Craig

7. Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey caricature, Done In Photoshop.

8. Bruce Willies

9. Tiago Hoisel

Tiago Hoisel is a mad scientist reanimating cartoon characters into living beings, or perhaps he is capturing the souls of living beings and injecting them into cartoon molds? Either way he is certainly mad!

10. Shakira

11. Snoop Dog

12. Indiana Jones

13. Brad Pit

14. Tiger Woods

15. Will Smith

Will smith caricature Done with cs4d zbrush and Photoshop.

16. Cristiano Ronaldo

17. Hulk Hogan

18. Steve Jobs

19. Marilyn Monroe

20. Bruce Lee

21. Stewart

22. Aishwarya

23. Mother Teresa

24. Arnold Schwarzenegger

25. Osama

26. WILLEM D AFOE

27. Angelina

28. Ronaldinho

29. Adam Sandler

30. Britney Spears

31. Scarlett

32. Bushie-The Kid

33. Caroline Wozniacki

34. Steven Seagal

35. Natalie Portman

I hope you liked the above collection. Let me know what do you think about these caricatures in the comments below.

45 Realistic Colored and Black and White Pencil Portrait

aextmag — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:07:04 +0000

When there was no camera in past days drawings and paintings are the only source, as days pass on camera have been invented. But still Pencil drawings did not loose any demand or craze.
Do you love pencil drawings, Then this post is for you. There are some artists who really create miraculous with their pencil, You cant even recognize which is real and which is painting or drawing.

Experience this presentation of 45 Realistic Colored and Black and White pencil Portrait drawings for Inspiration are displayed and get started with your creativity. Explore the minute details of each pencil drawing and get inspired to create your own.