Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Halftone ''Pop Dots'' Tutorial

Step 1: Open your image. Put a selection around the image. that you would like the pop dots effect behind. (Inverse if you need to).

Step 2: Press Apple+J twice. Put a selection Layer 2.

Step 3: Go under the Select menu, under modify, and choose Expand. Enter 10 pixels and Click Ok.

Step 4: Press "D" to switch your swatches to the default color. Option+Delete.

Step 5: Press he letter "Q" to enter Quick Mask mode. Go under yhe filter menu, under Pixelate and choose Halftone. Click Ok.

Step 6: Keep running your filter until you are satisfied with results. Tap the letter "Q" to leave quick mask mode.

Step 7: Option+Delete Deselect your image.