Manal Raafat channel on you tube for learning Photoshop and illustrator

That is my channel on youtube for learning Photoshop and illustrator in both Arabic and English  HERE

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MR 
Manal Raafat

How to make Silhouette for your picture with Photoshop?

 During my visit to Paris and while touring with my husband and friends next to the house of Dalida and behind the famous Church of the Sacred Heart(Eglise du Sacré-Coeur), I saw the area where artists of Silhouette are congregate,They were calling us "come, only two minutes" I really like them and how fast they are doing their job.

About silhouette :
A silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is basically featureless, and the whole is typically presented on a light background, usually white, or none at all. The silhouette differs from an outline which depicts the edge of an object in a linear form, while a silhouette appears as a solid shape. Silhouette images may be created in any visual artistic media.

How to convert your photo to silhouette by Photoshop?

my photo ( Silhouette )

• Open the picture in Photoshop.
• Select the object with the pen tool, then right click and select selection.
• Edit menu > Copy to copy the selection. 
• Start new project and name it, then chose the color you like for the background (I prefer white).
• Edit menu > Paste to paste the selection.
• Image menu > Adjustments > Hue / Saturation. Put the Lightness to - 100, and click OK.
• The image in now ready for use .
• Save your work.

You can use it with any background to give your photos different look and effects.

Sample of Silhouette pictures 

   

Thanks 

 MR

Give Your Photo a Pencil Sketch Effect Now, with video

A new Photoshop simple lesson ,very fast to do, with video. 
If you like to give different look to your photos. If you like your photo to look like a Pencil Sketch .   
Please continue reading ,and watch the video.

Convert Your Photos From 2D to 3D By Photoshop With Video .

If you want to add depth to your photos and make it 3D,it's easy .

 2D photo

That is the 2D photo 

 3D photo

That is the 3D photo 













HOW TO CONVERT THE 2D TO 3D PHOTO WITH STEP BY STEP VIDEO.

Filters In Photoshop, and How To Change The Look of Your Photos with Video.

You can use filters to clean up or retouch your photos, apply special art effects that give your image the appearance of a sketch or impressionistic painting, or create unique transformations using distortions and lighting effects.

How to use a filter?

How to add realistic shadow to your pictures with Photoshop ?

It is so easy to add realistic shadow to your pictures with Photoshop . I had used a picture designed by Illustrator to be clear and easy .

How to do it .

1. Select the shape with the Quick Selection Tool ,or with the color range .
2. Cut the shape and paste it to new layer,and name it picture . 
3. With the Paint Bucket Tool, fill the space of cut picture with black . Select the black shape and cut it also.
4. Add new layer above the background layer and paste the black shape to it.Name the layer with shadow.  
5. Select the  background layer in the layer panel, then clean the picture and fill the space of cut with the same color .[ in the background layer]
6. Select the  shadow layer and apply Transform - Distort .[ Edit - Transform - Distort ].
7. From the layer panel, add layer mask to the shadow layer .Then add gradient overlay.
8. Blur the shadow [Filter -Blur -Gaussian Bur].
9. Reduce the layer opacity and fill  in the layer panel 
10. Save your work.

Painting Tools Gallery In Photoshop

Painting tools are tools for painting and editing image color.

A-The Tools that is working like traditional drawing tools by applying color with brush strokes are: 

• The Brush tool paints brush strokes. 
• The Pencil tool paints hard-edged strokes. 
• The Color Replacement tool replaces a selected color with a new color.

Basic Selection tools In Photoshop CS4 with video (Lesson 11)

Photoshop CS4

Let’s take a look at the various tools in the toolbar available for making selections.

Please read more here and watch the video .

Making Text Photo With Photoshop With video

How  to choose a photo and design a text photo ?
Please read more here and watch the video 

Hussien Fahmi 

Hussien Fahmi

4 Methods For Creating Your Own Icon With Photoshop with video

Arts Of Photos

It is so easy to create your own icon to use in many places like facebook and any other place there are two ways to do that .
You can read more down.

Ramadan The Auspicious Month And How To Design Card With Video

After almost 10 days Ramadan will start so I found it is good to write in that topic to fulfill the occasion . All the people are living together in the same world so we should know everything about each other ,so we can communicate and understand each other  .

Ramadan Kareem Card

 Ramadan has different names Ramadhan, Ramadaan, Ramazan.
Please read more about Ramadan, and the Islamic Calender down.

Rainbow , And How To Create A Realistic Rainbow Effect With Photoshop(with video)

THE ORIGINAL PICTURE 

THE PHOTOSHOP MANIPULATED PICTURE 

Photoshop Rainbow

What is a rainbow ?
A rainbow is an optical ( Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behavior and properties of light,) and meteorological ( Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere) phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines on to droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.


Please read about rainbow and how to design it with Photoshop down.

Obesity And Weight loss with Photoshop

BEFORE look for the face and cheeks also .

AFTER

 Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.


Body mass index  BMI :

Artificial Flowers And How To Design It With Photoshop

Artificial flowers and imitations of natural flowers are sometimes made for scientific purposes (the collection of glass flowers at Harvard University, for example, which illustrates the flora of the United States), but more often as articles for commercial or residential decoration.

Materials used in their manufacture have included painted linen and shavings of stained horn in Egypt, gold and silver in ancient Rome, rice-paper in China, silkworm cocoons in Italy, colored feathers in South America, and also wax and tinted shells.


Modern techniques involve carved or formed soap, nylon netting stretched over wire frames, ground clay, and mass-produced injection plastic mouldings. Polyester is the major material for manufacturing of artificial flowers since 1970s. Most artificial flowers in the market nowadays are made of polyester fabrics.


Types of flowers according to its material 

Presentation Of Our Blog New Video

Welcome To Our Photo Album .


It explains the idea of my blog ,and shows some designs related to me ,and shows my designing . 


I hope you will like it .
Thanks
MR

Change The Look Of your Photos With Video Tutorial

That is the original picture of the famous Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmi and his wife .

 Two colors of the Photoshop manipulated picture as if it was drawn by hand  

 HOW TO CHANGE THE LOOK OF YOUR PHOTO ?

1)    Open the picture in Photoshop

Fire, and How To Design Fire Animation with Photoshop?

Have you ever seen fire, I hope no. That is a very bad view, it will result in a very bad feeling for you.

Here I wanted to explain the animation of photoshop on a clear photo .

What is fire ?
  Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products like carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide [which is toxic]gases.

The flame is the visible portion of the fire and consists of glowing hot gases.Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire's intensity might vary.

Fire in its most common form can result in conflagration, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning.

Fire is an important process that affects ecological systems across the globe. The positive effects of fire include stimulating growth and maintaining various ecological systems. 

Fire has been used by humans for cooking, generating heat, signaling, and propulsion purposes. 

The negative effects of fire include decreased water purity, increased soil erosion, an increase in atmospheric pollutants and an increased hazard to human life.


Fire Triangle
 A fire requires three elements: heat, fuel, and an oxidizing agent (usually oxygen). 

The fire is prevented or extinguished by removing any one of them. A fire naturally occurs when the elements are combined in the right mixture. 


 Fire Extinguishing
 Fire can be extinguished by removing any one of the elements of the fire Triangle.

• Turning off the gas supply.
• covering the flame completely.
• Application of water, which removes heat from the fire faster than the fire can produce it .
•  Application of a retardant chemical such as Halon to the flame, which retards the chemical reaction itself until the rate of combustion is too slow to maintain the chain reaction.

 HOW TO MAKE THE FIRE ANIMATION IN PHOTOSHOP ?