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13 Tempat Edit Foto Online

05 Nov 2008 -

Mengedit foto mungkin sudah menjadi bagian dari keperluan kita yang cukup penting. Dengan adanya berbagai platform Jaringan sosial seperti friendster, myspace, facebook dan lain sebagainya yang merupakan tempat ekspresi diri dalam berkomunitas, foto ini berfungsi sebagai media yang paling dominan. Selain itu, foto menjadi bagian yang tak terpisahkan dengan adanya teknologi selular dimana hampir kebanyakan pengguna handphone memiliki fitur kamera digital terintegrasi pada ponsel mereka. Dengan semua hal tersebut, edit foto menjadi hal yang sangat diperlukan.
Banyaknya software editor foto merepotkan, tidak mudah digunakan dan kadang tidak praktis juga harus di-install terlebih dahulu, membuat aplikasi online lebih memiliki banyak kelebihan untuk urusan edit foto ini, karena memiliki banyak keefisienan dan kemudahan. Hal ini juga didukung oleh banyaknya tempat penyimpanan foto online yang membuat orang lebih suka menyimpan foto secara online dibandingkan mengumpulkannya pada hard disk yang sangat beresiko hilang. Berikut review singkat tentang 10+ website penyedia layanan editor foto secara online.

1. XMG IMage
http://xmgimage.com
Editor gambar ini tidak hanya mentediakan editor foto online tetapi juga image hosting(tempat penyimpanan gambar online) yang mencakup crop, rotasi dan semua dasar-dasar lainnya, dan juga fitur-fitur bagus seperti image enhancement.

2.Phixr
http://www.phixr.com
Aplikasi ini merupakan editor foto yang cukup bagus dengan kemiripan banyak fitur seperti photoshop bahkan lebih, seperti photoshop elements. Aplikasi ini memiliki beberapa filter bagus yang keren dan juga efek (efek pop art dapat melakukan beberapa hal menarik) dan mudah digunakan tentunya, selain itu anda bisa mengimpor gambar dari flickr, fotopic, photobucket, picasa, smugmug dan webshots dan juga dari berbagai url dan hard drive lokal. Jika anda telah selesai mengeditnya, anda bisa menyimpannya pada format, JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF atau OCR (text recognition). Kemudian anda bisa meng-emailnya atau menguploadnya pada berbagai image hosting di atas dan juga buzznet, costco, dropshots, fotolog, imageshack atau live journal.

3. Pixenate
http://pixenate.com
Aplikasi ini merupakan editor gambar untuk berbagai tujuan dan bisa anda gunakan untuk mengedit foto pada hard drive atau gambar yang telah ada. Pixenate ini memiliki fitur zooming, enhancing dan cropping, resizing, whitening, red eye, sepia dan banyak lagi. Anda bisa menguploadnya pada flickr atau menyimpannya pada local computer. Aplikasi ini sangat mudah digunakan dan praktis.

4. Pixer.us
http://www.pixer.us
Pixer ini memiliki berbagai fitur dasar yang anda harapkan dari editor foto online termasuk pengubah ukuran, rotasi gambar, cropping, pencahayaan dan ketajaman warna, saturasi warna dan lain sebagainya. Selain itu anda bisa menemukan efek warna seperti sepia, greyscale, invert dan lain sebagainya, juga special effect seperti “jitter”, “wood” dan “oil painting”.

5. Cellsea
http://www.cellsea.com/java-cellsea/media/index.htm
Editor foto online ini memiliki hampir semua dasar seperti rotasi, resize, crop dan lain sebagainya dan juga mengkoreksi defisiensi pada foto, mengubah foto menjadi lukisan cat, distort foto, dan efek blur professional. Anda bisa mengupload gambar dari PC, url gambar, halaman web atau dari google search, atau menggunakan sampel gambar yang telah disediakan. UI ini sangat user-friendly dan memiliki antarmuka yang sangat intuitif. Perlengkapan spesial efeknya bekerja sangat baik.

6. Graphita
http://www.graphita.com
Graphita ini lebih dari hanya sekedar editor foto menarik, tetapi juga memiliki banyak kelebihan dibandingkan editor foto professional atau semi-professional, dengan banyak pilihan yang mudah dipahami dan digunakan.

7. Fauxto
http://www.fauxto.com
Editor foto online ini memilik antarmuka yang sangat mirip dengan photoshop.

8. Online Photo Tool
http://www.onlinephototool.com
Disini anda bisa mengedit gambar yang diambil dari hard drive anda dan juga gambar-gambar lain yang ada di internet.

9. MyImager
http://www.myimager.com
Anda bisa mengupload gambar dari komputer anda atau dari manapun di web dan mengeditnya gratis dengan ratusan fitur dan filter yang tersedia.

10. SnipShot
http://www.snipshot.com
Disini anda bisa mengedit foto dari hard drive, akun webshots atau flickr dalam satu tempat dan menyimpannya kembali pada tempat-tempat tersebut.

11. Picture2Life
http://www.picture2life.com
Disini anda bisa mengedit gambar yang tersedia di internet atau hard disk anda, selain itu anda juga bisa mengimpor gambar dari situs sharing photo populer.

12. Preloadr
http://www.preloadr.com/
Editor foto dengan fungsi manipulasi gambar yang sangat bagus ini terhubung dengan akun flickr.

13. Picnik
http://www.picnik.com
Editor foto ini memiliki berbagai fitur menarik yang terhubung pada banyak situs penyimpanan foto.

"Old photo, vintage effect"

05 Nov 2008 -

This is step by step Photoshop tutorial that teaches you how to create vintage effect for your photo using simple tools, filters, levels and layer style effects.
Picture before changes:
After:
- Open original image in Photoshop.
- Go to Filter > Blur > Surface Blur.
- Choose Image > Adjustments > Gradient Map
- Image > Adjustments > Levels.
- Image > Adjustments > Curves.
- Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter.
- Find the center of composition and create round selection using Elliptical Marquee Tool.
- Go to Select > Modify Feature Selection (80-100)
- Select > Inverse.
- Choose Filter > Blur > Lens Blur.
Filter > Noise > Add Noise

Duplicate background layer.
Apply Grain Filter to it.

Apply Overlay Blending Mode and Opacity 50% to it.

Find any scratches texture, I used texture from here

Choose Image > Adjustments > Levels.
Move central marker to right a little bit.

Apply Soft Light Blending Mode and Opacity 80% to this layer.

Merge both layers.
Add Inner Glow effect to created layer.

Place in the bottom layers two old paper texture layers.
- Dark paper should be in the lowermost layer

Add Layer masks to the picture layer and light paper texture layer.
Create ragged edges using round brush in the Layer Mask.
Apply shadow layer style effect to the light paper texture layer.

And here is result! Click to larger view.

Photoshop vintage effect

05 Nov 2008 -

Back in October I took this photo, in front of our house. A cool scene, bright colors and a double rainbow. After seeing this picture on my Flickr page, I received an e-mail from Marco who asked me about the post process of this image. Now here is my answer…

Choose your image carefully

First of all I need to mention that some pictures are better suitable than others. It's a good thing to experiment a lot and find out if the result is to your liking. Btw, not all settings I suggest are written in stone. Sometimes you discover the best effect by accident. How it looks good for you also boils down to personal preference. Let's take this picture as an example and create this same effect.

Add contrast and saturation

Place the image in a separate layer. In the Layers palette click the adjustment layers menu icon and select "Brightness/Contrast". Check the preview option so you see the direct result. Set the Contrast to +20. Hit OK. Click the adjustment layers menu icon again and select "Hue/Saturation". Set the Saturation to +20. Hit OK.

Adjust curves

Add another adjustement layer. This time choose "Curves...". Select the Red channel and make sure the edit points icon is selected. Change the curve line a bit as show in the image above.

Photoshop vintage effect: Adjust curves - Green Channel

Select Green from the Channel dropdown menu and adjust the curve as shown in the image above.

Photoshop vintage effect: Adjust curves - Blue Channel

Now select Blue from the Channel dropdown menu and adjust the curve as shown in the image above.

Add Vignette effect

Photoshop vintage effect: Convert for Smart Filters

Select the layer with your photo and go to the Filter menu and select "Convert for Smart Filters". Doing this means you can apply filters to the photo while leaving your original in tact. First you'll get a message that says the layer will be converted into a smart object. Click OK. With this approach you'll be able to adjust the filters you've applied at any time. These Smart Filters work a bit like Adjustments layers but then with filter effects.

Photoshop vintage effect: applying Lens Correction as a Smart
Filter

Now go to the Filter menu and select Distort > Lens Correction. In the Vignette option set the amount to -100 and the midpoint to +50. Hit the OK button. You'll see the Smart Filter appear below the layer. Double clicking this will open the Lens Correction filter options again where you can adjust anything you want. Double clicking the slider icon on the right will give you the option to adjust the layer mode and the transparency of the effect on the layer. Set the value to 70%. Now that's pretty neat stuff if you ask me :)

Add some Colorisation

Your photo should look pretty dramatic right now with a lot of contrast. Now we'll tone it all down again, but of course with a special effect to make it look like an old photo. In the Layers palette click the adjustment layers menu icon again and select "Hue/Saturation". Check the Colorize option in the bottom right corner as well as Preview. Drag the sliders until you get a bit of a sepia duo tone effect on your photo just as shown in the picture above. Change the opacity of this adjustement layer to 50%.

The final touch

You could say OK we're done, but there is one little accent that our photo needs to give that real vintage touch. These photos always have some pinkish glow as if colors are faded from the sun. Therefor click the adjustment layers menu icon in the Layers palette again and select "Solid Color". Select a very bright hot pink magenta color and click OK. Change the opacity of the layer to 5%. That's it. Now you should have a vintage photo.

Before and after

Here is another example:

Make sure you experiment with the settings of these adjustement layers and filters. Like I said before the outcome differs a lot on the chosen image and also on the settings. My apologies to Marco that it took some time to bring this online. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and learned a few things again :)

05 Nov 2008 -

Dance Photo Manipulation Part 1

I wanted to write a tutorial showing how to reproduce some of the really common elements, regularly found in graphic design these days, almost cliche elements. In doing so you’ll produce a stunning piece of art. This will be a two part tutorial and part two will be up within the next few weeks. This is a useful tutorial for users of all levels.

Introduction

This two part tutorial will be showing how to create some really cool elements for a photo-manipulation. We’ll start with an image of a person and use lots of useful techniques to transform it into a really interesting image that will stand out. Below is a preview of what we’ll create over these two parts. When you’re fineshed check out part 2 here.

Step 1

Start by finding an image you want to edit, the one I used can be found here. Open this image in Photoshop and we’ll get to work on it.

Step 2

Create a new layer then select the brush tool and grab a large soft round brush and with the foreground color set to black add some vignetting to the image. This is where you darken the corners and edges of the image to enhance the focal point of the image. Lower the opacity of this layer to about 70%. You should now have an image that resembles the one below.

Step 3

Create a new layer then fill the layer black then go Filter>Render>Lens Flare and place it somewhere in the center of the image. Change the blend mode of this layer to screen then lower the opacity until it looks right, maybe around 70% again. YOu may want to move the lens flare, do this by selecting the move tool and dragging the layer.

Step 4

The first common element that I’m quickly going to show is the ‘diamond wireframes’, these have been popping up everywhere. First create a new layer then select the line shape tool. Choose a suitable weight, around 2px for this image then on the left side of the main toolbar there is three buttons so push the one on the right, hovering over it should read ‘Fill Pixels’. Now set the foreground color to white, this can be done quickly by hitting ‘D’ then ‘X’. Now just draw lines similar to the ones here, as if your drawing a diamond.

Step 5

Now to have these go behind the subject we are going to mask them. Add a layer mask to this layer by pressing the layer mask button in the layers panel. Now select the layer mask then the brush tool and choose a hard round brush at a medium size, change the foreground color to black then brush over the parts of the diamonds that you dont want seen so here I brushed over his legs.

Step 6

Create a new layer then select the pen tool and those three buttons again, make sure the middle one is pressed this time, this will create paths with the pen tool. Now zoom in on the shoe and using the pen tool draw a path around the shoe and the sock. After you’ve closed the path right click and select ‘Fill Path’ then choose white as the fill color. Lower the opacity of this layer to about 50% just so you can still see the details on the shoe because we need to trace them.

Step 7

Create a new layer, with all these layers make sure you name them and even arrange them into groups or things are going to get complicated. Select the brush tool and choose a 1px hard round brush and set the foreground color to black. Now choose the pen tool and and trace over one of the lines on the shoe then swap to the brush tool and hit Return and this will stroke the path. Change back to the pen tool then hit esc. a couple of times to get rid of the path. Now just repeat this for all the lines and details on the shoe.

Step 8

In a new layer repeat this process for the sock and the laces and you should be left with something like in the image below.

Step 9

Remember the layer we made in step 6 where we filled the shoe white, change the opacity of this layer to 100%. Create a new layer directly above this one and with a hard white brush draw some drips from the shoe, there isn’t really a technique to this, just zoom in loads and try and make it look smooth, I usually just use the brush tool only but if you feel confident you could try using the pen tool.

Step 10

I felt the shoe looked to clean and flat so I downloaded a light brown paper texture, these can be found everywhere so just give it a google. Paste it into your document, the positioning doesn’t matter as long as it covers the shoe. Now Ctrl+click on the shoe layer (the one that we set to 100% in the last step) then select the paper layer and press the layer mask button then hit Ctrl+D get rid of the selection. In the layers panel place the paper layer between the shoe and the lines so above the shoe and the drip but below the lines. Now lower the opacity of this layer to around 30%.

Step 11

We’re going to now try and replace this guys arm with a tripod because I thought it would look cool. Select the clone stamp tool and in the main toolbar set the sample to all layers. Change the brush to a medium soft brush then create a new layer.

Step 12

Now you have to remove the arm by sampling the background the cloning it on top of the arm. Do this by holding Alt and clicking where you want to sample then brushing over that area. Keep doing this until the arm is removed like in the image below.

Step 13

We now need a reference image of a tripod so search the internet until you find a good one tha would fit the arm then past it into the document, I lowered the opacity of this layer so I could position it accurately.

Step 14

Now you have to use exactly the same process as we did for the shoe so first trace round the object and fill it white, you’ll notice that at the top I haven’t followed the reference image, this is because I wanted it to connect to the arm,

Step 15

Again use the same technique to add the lines, I added some extra line and made some bits up to make it look better.

Step 16

Raise the opacity of the filled layer then copy the paper texture and place it over the tripod in the same way as we did with the shoe

Step 17

I added a few drips on the arm, these should be easy for you to work out how to do. Thats us done for part 1 but check out part 2 here. I hope you found this part useful.

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13 Tempat Edit Foto Online

"Old photo, vintage effect"

Photoshop vintage effect

Choose your image carefully

Add contrast and saturation

Adjust curves

Add Vignette effect

Add some Colorisation

The final touch

Before and after

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