Category: Photoshop
Tutorial: How to make a custom (memorable) profile icon for Twitter
Recently I’ve been making a bigger effort at being an active member of Twitter. Doing so made me realize that I wanted a cute, memorable icon as my profile picture. I wanted people to see me, as well as get an idea of what my focus is on Twitter (which lately has been photography).
Step One: Create the canvas
You have 73×73 pixels to work with. Using Photoshop (or whatever image editor you use that can save transparent PNGs), create a new document 73×73 at 72DPI.
This is what 73×73 pixels looks like:
Step Two: Choose your elements
Since I wanted to show both my niche (photography) and myself, I decided to look for some icons to work with. I found the icons I wanted in the free “Function Icon Set” package.
These are the items I chose to work with for my picture:
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Photoshop Tutorial: Getting rid of red eye
There are a lot of ways to get rid of red eye from photos, and in Photoshop you can be a little more particular about it to get a natural looking result. Here is a quick tutorial of one way to go about it.
Here is the image we will work with:
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To start, create a new layer. Next, select the red parts of the eyes using the circle marquee tool.
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Using the fill (bucket) tool, fill the new layer with black in this area and switch the layer style to Hue. This will get rid of our red eye but will leave her looking a little freaky.
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To fix this we’re going to add a little bit of color the gray-scale eyes we just created. If there is a good color … Read More »
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