May 2021

Creating Magical Photo Composites with Bella Kotak – 1 of 2

Transform a basic image by adding a touch of whimsy! Tune in with Fine Art and Fashion Photographer, Bella Kotak as she walks you through her photo compositing process using Photoshop on the iPad and desktop. She’ll start by using the cutout feature on the iPad, and then take her work over to the desktop to transform the image with color and cropping. Join the conversation and help Bella add storytelling elements to her composites to transform an every day image to something magical!

Guest Bella Kotak is a fine art, fashion and portrait photographer living and working in between the US and the UK: https://www.bellakotak.com/

Host Aaron Nace is a photographer, educator and founder of Phlearn.com, an online resource that provides Photoshop tutorials: https://www.behance.net/phlearn
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Photoshop Daily Creative Challenge – Vintage Painting

Challenge: Add a vintage painting effect to any image using custom Photoshop Actions..
Get the starter file here: https://bit.ly/psdcc4-26-7

Join your host each morning at 9:00am PT to learn how to approach each challenge using Photoshop. Complete 9 challenges by Friday, May 7th and you’ll be on your way to sharpening your skills. Get your questions answered, see what the community is creating and get feedback on your work!

To sign up and get started, go to: https://www.behance.net/challenge/photoshop

I Build a Giant Minecraft YouTube Play Button with Custom Paintings inspired by @jacksucksatlife

I’ve been inspired by @jacksucksatlife who has a great series of videos all about YouTube Play Buttons. The one you get when you hit 100,000 subs is the YouTube Silver Play Button. I’ll get that in a year or two. But till then why not put a giant one into Minecraft? That is exactly what I did! @jacksucksatlife may have a whole wall filled with YouTube Play Buttons, but I have a Giant one! I also show you how I build this and the download below includes the Minecraft custom texture pack and the Photoshop files.

Giant YouTube Silver Play Button Downloads: https://www.georgepeirson.com/minecraft-giant-youtube-silver-play-button-jacksucksatlife/

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00:00 Giant Minecraft YouTube Silver Play Button Intro
00:15 Inspired by @jacksucksatlife
00:40 Close up look
00:50 I updated the Iron Block texture for the sides
01:03 The panel is 8×10 blocks
01:12 I deactivate the YouTube Play Button texture pack
01:22 Here are the original paintings on the panel
01:36 What the original paintings are used for
01:59 How to place the paintings
02:49 Keep clicking until you get the right painting
03:21 Before and After the custom texture pack
03:50 I made the paintings in Photoshop Elements
04:16 The file is saved as a Photoshop psd file
04:31 I figured out which paintings to use
04:41 Resolution increased 400%
04:59 Which paintings are used where
05:09 The background tiles smoothly
05:47 I made the button background
05:57 Then I made the button face
06:09 Next I added the logo and text
06:31 Everything merged to new layer
06:42 Then I saved the needed parts as paintings
07:15 You can download the texture pack from my website
07:28 Where to find the downloads
07:42 Thanks again @jacksucksatlife
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This Giant Minecraft YouTube Silver Play Button video is recorded in Minecraft 1.16.5.

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