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As discussed in the A First Look at Layers with Photoshop tutorial,
Photoshop is an image manipulation software which uses math to modify an image. As it has matured, the software has gained more and more features.
How the math is applied to change the image is the power of photoshop. In this tutorial, we will begin a series of “looks” and set a standard
(which can change) method of presenting how to achieve certain effects. I will again resort to the recently posted Revit 7.0 images, and use the
massing image below.
(click to enlarge)
As cool as this is, your boss wants a sketchy look- perhaps more pen and ink or pencil. – Just do something. So it’s off to
our trusty Photoshop to knock out a quick image. (Once you learn this, it only takes about five (5) minutes to generate the desired image, so its
worth looking at Photoshop if nothing more than being able to offer options. – Plus I use it all the time for material maps, cutting images, etc…)
In tutorial one, the stacking of layers and the layers with filtering effects applied to them was demonstrated. We will
continue the use of filters on duplicate layers of our original image, and also make use of layer blends. A Blend is how the layer effects the
other layers in the “layer stack”. If you look on your layer window, you’ll see the created layers, and three tabs across the top, Layers, Channels
and Paths. Right below the Layers tab is the Blend indication window. It usually reads “Normal”. We’re going to change that.
To speed things up, I’m going to assume you are catching on to making copies (or duplicates) of the original image, and how
to apply a filter to that copy. Take the following list of filters, create a duplicate layer for each filter, and apply the filter to that layer
with the suggested settings (if any). Remember to rename the layer with any settings that were used to be able to refer back to that layer in the
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