Creating the Grunge Effect
Posted on 09 February, 2009 at 13:33 PM
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In this screencast tutorial, David shows you how to create a cool grunge effect using masks and some iStockPhoto's.
Enjoy!
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User Comments
David Perel 09 Feb, 2009 19:01:58 PM
@Roy - Dude, I am a fireworks man through and through... the list of reasons I don't use Photoshop is too long to mention!
Josh 10 Feb, 2009 07:03:10 AM
ive got to agree with ol' roy. I would be more interested in the content if you were giving photoshop tutorials. maybe fireworks is cool, but i don;t have it and i think that is true for many who are interested in this sort of video. with that said it isn't all that hard to convert the concepts into photoshop.
David Perel 11 Feb, 2009 11:56:01 AM
@KJ - Here we go:
- You can't just select an element straight of the canvas. This means naming every layer so you can keep track of each item. This turns into a nightmare when you have to work off someone else's PSD file and their layer are not named correctly.
- Because the toolbars are not locked in, zooming in and out is painful because half your document can disappear behind those windows.
- In PS everything involves 1000 clicks. EG: You can't just create an object and play with it's colour scheme on the front-end. You have to click on effects, then you have to go to 'colour scheme' then-then-then. In Fireworks, you click on your square, click on the colour and there you have it.
- Have you ever tried splicing a document in PS compared to Fireworks? Fireworks is a much quicker process.
The list goes on but those are the main issues I have which really bug me like crazy. Especially the non-active canvas.
But don't get me wrong, I am fully aware of Photoshops many benefits. I just prefer the workflow of Fireworks, it is much quicker.
With those 'special effects' in mind I know that Fireworks CS4 is much more jacked compared to its older versions, so maybe they have taken a step closer to PS in that department.
Luckily my sister is well versed in Photoshop, so if we need any cool backgrounds or colour overlays I just brief her.
@Josh - I am trying to make the tut's as simple as possible so that it is easy to carry over the technique into other programs.
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Roy Vergara 09 Feb, 2009 18:56:48 PM
Hey great idea for a tutorial, but why use Fireworks when you can easily use grunge brushes & textures in Photoshop? With brushes you you have more control and don't have to use stock images.