Tutorial Numero Uno- Part One!

This is the first part of the first of hopefully many Photoshop Tutorials. Please note that I used Photoshop CS3 to make this tutorial. If you have problems following it, that is probably why! In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to make a fun "sunblast" image. For my tutorial, I will be using the incomparable Family Force 5.
The first part of this tutorial shows you how to take a basic image and convert it to a PSD (an image with no background). If your image is already a PSD, then skip to Part Two!

Here is the before:
And the after:

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Let's get started! I found this picture at Jesus Freak Hideout. If you want to use this picture, head on over there and search for "Family Force 5"

Step One: Open up your picture

Step Two: Select "QuickMask" mode (see screenshot)
Step Three: Select a brush tool. Begin to paint over the areas that you do NOT want selected. This is important! No matter what color you have selected, the brush tool will paint in red. That's what it's supposed to do! It should look something like this:


Step Four: Once you have all of the background painted, click on the Quick Mask tool again. Then do a "ctrl+I" to invert your selection:
Step Five: Click delete. The background will either turn white, or turn into a grey&white checkered color. Then save the file as a PSD, as seen below.

Voila! A PSD image! Now you're ready for Part Two!

Photography

Here is the first installment of my "Photography" blog. I hope you enjoy it!

This first picture is of three of my closest friends and myself. It was taken on my road, just down from my house. The background sketch effect and the pop-out effect were done in Photoshop CS3. You can find the tutorials here: Pop Out Effect Background Sketch
I did not write these tutorials, and I take no credit for them.




This next picture is one of the roses that my mom got for her anniversary. She asked me to take pictures, so I had a little fun with it. This picture was edited in Photofiltre. I don't remember the exact filters and such, though. Sorry!




Photo number three is my lovely collection of smelly spray, in a whole new way! A rhyme and a photo, all in one post! I used the Pop-Out Tutorial from earlier, along with some radial blur effects and such, also in Photoshop CS3.








These last two pictures are from Piatt Lake. It's only the best place on the planet. Piatt Lake also happens to be where the Hiawatha of my blog title is located. These pictures were edited by God. No software was used. These are both in taken in the same night, at different times.












I hope you enjoyed my photography. More will follow after this weekend hopefully. Prepare for debate and WinterJam pictures!