How to draw a simple picture putting it on a stylish background

This effect has become increasingly popular for use in designing backgrounds. By using the live trace effect, you can take any stock image and transform it into an outline that can be placed behind your main subject. The technique works in Illustrator and can be used in Photoshop as well. Experiment...

You can still create stereogram images if your camera does not have a stereogram feature with this tutorial.

Ok, I'v had a lot of people asking me about backgrounds, so to shut youup heres a tutorial on how to do backgrounds the way I do.

Designing with grids is commonplace in design but the danger is that everything looks a bit ordered. Using grunge effects you can keep your grid and mess up your hair to look a bit cooler.

Create a new document about 500 px by 500 px and fill the background with black. (fill tool, set the foreground colour to black). go filter, render, lens flare and use the 50-300mm zoom flare. use this a few times scattered over the background.
Next is easy. Go filter, sketch, chrome. use the...

1. Create a new file, any size is fine I did 400x400. Fill the background white.
2. Filter -> Render -> Difference Clouds
3. Control+F, repeat this four times.

Create a basic blurred twirl effect using basic tools and filters.

Program: Photoshop 5.0+1. Press D to reset your colors. Create a new 300x300 RBG image.2. Go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds.3. Go to Filter -> Brush Strokes -> Ink Outlines. Settings:Stroke Length: 5Dark Intensity: 20Light Intensity: 104. Go to Filter -> Blur -> M...

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