Can anyone help with this?

[MoSimm]

Can anyone tell me how these designs were created. I would love to make designs like this. So I hope that someone or anyone can help me out.

http://www.penandpixel.com/images/5_...15/k_and_a.gif

http://www.penandpixel.com/images/5_...01/mac_ten.gif

http://www.penandpixel.com/images/5_...15/lilwayn.gif

http://www.nonstopgraphics.net/dalahs_movie_big.jpg

http://www.nonstopgraphics.net/rolo_movie.jpg

[MoSimm]

Can anyone tell me how these designs were created. I would love to make designs like this. So I hope that someone or anyone can help me out.

http://www.penandpixel.com/images/5_...15/k_and_a.gif

http://www.penandpixel.com/images/5_...01/mac_ten.gif

http://www.penandpixel.com/images/5_...15/lilwayn.gif

http://www.nonstopgraphics.net/dalahs_movie_big.jpg

http://www.nonstopgraphics.net/rolo_movie.jpg

[Mark (theKeeper)]

Easier than you might be thinking MrG. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

In Photoshop, art such as that is done through compositing - composing a larger work of art by combining smaller elements into a group.

This is usually done through the use of Layer Masks, Paths (for selections), Alpha Channels (also for selections/masking), using the various Layer Blend Modes, and the Type tool.

Masks allow you to "hide" or "Show" certain areas of an image/photo. So you see now that by stacking 3 photos on top of each other (on their own layers) and Masking out certain areas within them, you can create one new image/photo, that's simply composed of different parts of each separate photo.

Most often it's the case that any type used has been imported from a Vector app such as Illustrator or XaraX, or Corel Draw even. Mainly because those Vector (illustration) programs can allow you to 'effect' the type in ways that a Raster program like Photoshop can not. Although, with the newest additions to PS, i'd venture to say this may change in the future. And as well, vector type is cleaner than Rasterized type is.

There is also the case whereby the images are composed in Photoshop, then exported to a Vector app to add the nice crisp type to it from there. That would most likely prove to be the better choice in workflow here.

So in general, those images you've made referrence to are a combination of more than one photo, and perhaps even some 3D objects too, plus some type. Combine all the separate elements into one image, and you have your composited image.

Hope that helps, and isn't too confusing for you MrG.

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