Fozen Ice Man Tutorial in Photoshop

[green fairy 0]

Here I will show you how to create a simple freeze effect on images. It is much easier than you would think.

 

1) Open the image you want to freeze. I will be using this myself:

 

2) Go to Image -> Rotate Canvas -> 90CCW

 

3) Go Filter -> Stylize -> Wind. Make shore you have these settings:

 

4) Now go to Image -> Rotate Canvas -> 90CW to rotate the image back to normal.

 

5) Press Ctrl + u to make the hue/saturation box appear.

 

6) Use these settings fore hue/saturation:

 

That's all!

 

Here's my result:

 

You can do this with all other sort of images, but I think it looks best when the background is black. Try using different landscapes too. You can even freeza a cat with this method:

[BuffaloHelp 24]

How awesome is this? Now I know how to create my Iceman! I'm assuming this can be done with text as well?

 

I like the first picture but, not sure about the frozen kitty. Poor thing...

 

I believe you should start with a black (or at least a solid) background. Otherwise the background will be affected by this frozen/bleeding effect. You can then, clear the background color (background eraser) and use it to overlay on any background you choose.

 

Here is a sample of what I did with my Photoshop CS.

 

With text, just as I thought, you should flatten the layers otherwise the full bleeding (wind effect) will not continue beyond the text boundary. I started with the ice color for the font instead of Hue saturation. And the effects were slightly different for CS than the previous versions of Photoshop. I managed to "lengthen" the ice effect by adjusting the brightness and contrast levels. It also seems to me that if the picture you are working on is rendered or a 3D image, the affect is greater and more dramatic! I guess that's whey Hue saturation comes in handy.

 

Very nice effect, indeed.

[alperuzi 0]

Dude, normally I don't go around thanking people by posting because some mods pick them up as spam around these parts, but this is really helpful and the effect is really cool. Thanks a lot.

[Phi 0]

hey man thats awesome! i gotta try it im gonna test it on something and post results

[M67 0]

How awesome is this? Now I know how to create my Iceman! I'm assuming this can be done with text as well?

 

I like the first picture but, not sure about the frozen kitty. Poor thing...

 

I believe you should start with a black (or at least a solid) background. Otherwise the background will be affected by this frozen/bleeding effect. You can then, clear the background color (background eraser) and use it to overlay on any background you choose.

 

Here is a sample of what I did with my Photoshop CS.

 

With text, just as I thought, you should flatten the layers otherwise the full bleeding (wind effect) will not continue beyond the text boundary. I started with the ice color for the font instead of Hue saturation. And the effects were slightly different for CS than the previous versions of Photoshop. I managed to "lengthen" the ice effect by adjusting the brightness and contrast levels. It also seems to me that if the picture you are working on is rendered or a 3D image, the affect is greater and more dramatic! I guess that's whey Hue saturation comes in handy.

 

Very nice effect, indeed.

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What you should do is put the text on a transparent backround and post it in your profile it looks cool you should try it if yu didnt yet. Also nice tutorial

[dodgerblue 0]

That is so cool.. I wonder if there's a way to do this with gimp?

[whyme 0]

awsome little tutorial,

[Saint_Michael 3]

hmmm its ok

[orionforum 0]

Het bot thank you very good work...

[Keeper 0]

it's looks realy not bad. I always wonder that peaople can do in PhotoShop Maybe someday i try too Good work dude!

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[Shackman 0]

Wow...this stuff is really cool. I like the effect with the text part. I think it has better potential using it with text than on normal photographs or pictures.Photoshop is sure powerful....Cool tutorial. Way to go man!-Shackman

[Fusion Designz 0]

Nicenness I have been looking for something like that for quite a while for a ice themed signiture. Very nice find and do you have to make the backround a solid? can it be a gradiant and as for it working in Gimp the only thing I would think is getting the Photoshop Version of Gimp

[green fairy 0]

I just came over a tutorial that shows you how to creaty a freezed text effect in a slightly different way. It looks pretty good. Check out this link:

Frozen 3D text

[Cerb 0]

It seems to me that I need to get myself a copy of photoshop. This is a pretty neat tutorial, and I have quite a few things I'd like to freeze >:-|.