Photoshop Tutorial: Clean Up A Bad Jpeg + Sig Walkthrough

[alis 0]

Alrighty, let's start off with a bad jpeg. We've all seen then. We all hate them. I got mine from here: (link). It's a wonderful site for bad jpegs and gifs. (I hope you don't mind me using Jasmine. I have a thing for Disney. )


*sheilds eyes in horror*

Lets take it to photoshop.


((On a side note, CorelDraw 9 has some really cool functions. The one I use all the time is CorelCapture. You just hit a a button, and you can take selections from you screen. Very similar to the PrintScreen button, except you can pick selections and it always works. My PrintScreen button has a tendency to suddenly... not work on me. XP))





Play around with these settings. I actually didn't choose the best ones b/c I still had a few discolored pixels when I was done. Just mess around.


Voila. Took less than 30 seconds, actually.





I went a little farther with this picture and made a sig for my friend. I'll throw it in too. It's nothing special, really.




Typical. Just used brushes from here. (link)


Make a new layer and pick two nice turquoise-ish colors off Jasmine's outfit and go to filter>render>clouds.

Damn. There seems to be a picture limit. Oh well, I guess you'll just have to click the link. Sorry for the trouble.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/wond-gfx/1-4.jpg
Set blending option to color

(missing a picture)
Put the Jasmine picture on top. (new layer)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/wond-gfx/1-5.jpg
Add a little outer glow

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/wond-gfx/1-6.jpg
this is how it looks with the glow

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/wond-gfx/1-7.jpg
Add text. Font: Scriptina. available on http://www.dafont.com/de/

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/wond-gfx/1-8.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/wond-gfx/1-9.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/wond-gfx/1-10.jpg
Add layer styles to the text. The bevel really isnt' necessary b/c the font is so skinny.

Woohoo~!! You can also see my three pixel border tut to add a finishing touch.

[neokid 0]

But sometimes its electric noise so it dosen't ALWAYS work, BTW Great tutorial!