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Susie
Advanced Member Ohio, USA Joined: May 30, 2004 Post Count: 2677 Status: Offline |
I found this tutorial and I want to try my hand at the Photoshop portion. I'm stuck on Step 1.  This is a really dumb question, but how do I actually measure out these sections according to the divine proportion? I mean, I've got the 1024 x 768 document and I've got the rulers. But the rulers start at 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on... I do not see how to mark such high numbers. Am I making sense? |
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newseed
Advanced Member Joined: Apr 2, 2005 Post Count: 2141 Status: Offline |
I found this tutorial and I want to try my hand at the Photoshop portion. I'm stuck on Step 1. This is a really dumb question, but how do I actually measure out these sections according to the divine proportion? I mean, I've got the 1024 x 768 document and I've got the rulers. But the rulers start at 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on... I do not see how to mark such high numbers. Am I making sense? Assigning guide bars can be difficult especially for sizes like 1024. Tip: Zoom in. At times I would have to zoom in to the max (1600%) to set a line to the very pixel. ---------------------------------------- Success is based on how much you spend. If it's not money, then the alternative is your time. The Kasper Group |
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falkencreative
Advanced Member USA Joined: Aug 14, 2007 Post Count: 1129 Status: Offline |
Two other suggestions, other than zooming in (which usually works for me)... -- Make sure your rulers are measuring in pixels. You can right click on the ruler and select the right unit of measurement. -- If zooming in doesn't work, you could create a new document (600px wide, for example), give that document a colored background color, and then drag it in to your original photoshop document. Use that layer as a guide to set your guides, and then delete the layer when you are done with it. ---------------------------------------- Benjamin Falk | student : designer : developer Twitter: falkencreative |
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falkencreative
Advanced Member USA Joined: Aug 14, 2007 Post Count: 1129 Status: Offline |
Grab the rectangle tool and draw a header for it. The height, you have to estimate how much you want. Balance is the main thing you need to concern. Then, apply the blending option as shown below. A black to white gradient with soft light blend mode. Create another rectangle, apply gradient overlay with setting as shown below. Put it 1px below the green bar. It will make it more details. Then, draw a 1 pixel line and put it right above the gap between the two bars you created before. Give it a darker color. I should also mention, in case you don't know where the Gradient Overlay is, since the tutorial doesn't specify... you can find that under Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay, or by clicking on the "fx" button in the lower left corner of the Layers Palette, and selecting Gradient Overlay. ---------------------------------------- Benjamin Falk | student : designer : developer Twitter: falkencreative |
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Susie
Advanced Member Ohio, USA Joined: May 30, 2004 Post Count: 2677 Status: Offline |
Thanks, guys! Zooming works great. And I didn't know about right clicking on the ruler to get pixels. That was my biggest problem right there.  |
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