Picture 4-1 |
Lets
get on with it. You will need to scan a two
page section out of a magazine or book of your choice.
I chose the Wizard KISS Special. The size
really doesn't matter, just use something easy to
work with that will look good when completed.
I used the size 8 inches by 5 inches. Just
my preference. :)
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Picture 4-2
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Now
we need to make the two page spread its own layer.
To do this click Select All then Layer> New>
Layer Via Cut. Change the Layer name by double
clicking and type Two Page Spread.
We
need to give ourselves a little room to operate
now. So lets expand the canvas by clicking
Image> Canvas Size. Change the dropdowns
to percent and use the settings of 125 for each.
See Picture 4-2.
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Picture 4-3 |
Lets
get this to look as if its laying on a table.
Click Edit> Transform> Distort. To change
the perspective grab the small squares until you
get a look similar to Picture 4-3. Once you
have it where you want it, double click on the layer
to apply the changes.
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Picture 4-4 |
Ok,
now time to separate the right page. Click
the Polygonal Lasso Tool. We are going to
select just the right page portion so that the active
selection looks like Picture 4-4.
It
now has to become its own layer. Click Layer>
New> Layer Via Copy. This will place
a copy layer of the right page. Change the
name of this new layer to Right Page.
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Picture 4-5 |
To
begin the bend portion of the tutorial, we need
to create a displacement map. Create a new
alpha channel by clicking Make New Channel on the
Channels tab. See Picture 4-5. Turn
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Picture 4-6 |
Using
the Airbrush Tool with similar settings as Picture
4-6 create a line.
We
need to blur it up a little now. So click
Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur. Use a
radius of 9.
The
line blur will need to be created and saved as
its own document so we can use it as the displacement
image. To do this we copy the channel to
the clipboard by pressing Alt and clicking the
channel which contains the line blur. To
save it we click Select> Save Selection and
select New from the document pull down menu.
Save this untitled image as lineblurdisplacement.psd.
Remember where you put it, you will need it.
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Picture 4-7 |
Here
is the cool part. Make sure you have the Right
Page layer as the working layer by clicking it.
We are ready to use the displacement map.
Click Filter> Distort> Displace with the settings
Horizontal Scale 5, Vertical Scale 5, with Stretch
to Fit and Repeat Edge Pixels selected. You
will then be asked for the location of the lineblurdisplacement.psd
file. Find it, click it and open it.
The alignment will probably be a little off, use
your arrow keys to fix the alignment. Your
image should look similar to Picture 4-7 when you
have finished moving it into place.
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Picture 4-8 |
The
curled page now needs a little depth. So we
are gonna give it a small shadow. Create a
new layer on the Layers Palette and change the name
to Page Shadow. Using the Airbrush tool and
a smaller soft brush, spray a shadow below the curl
in the page.
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Picture 4-9 |
To
really give it the full effect we need to give it
some highlights and shadows. Create a new
layer above the Right Page layer change its name
to Highlights and Shadows. Using the Airbrush
tool, create several spray tone lines to represent
highlights and shadows. I used a lot of gray
tones to do mine. Picture 4-9. |
