how to do affect on www.hirequest.com
Can anyone tell me how to do the effect on the header image of this page www.hirequest.com? I am referring to the blocky/digitized fade-away of the image of the man.
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4->(w)ite layer...
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When I double-click on the layer in the layer window, the only 'texture' is see is under 'bevel and emboss'; is this the one you're referring to? Each of the broken up squares on that site seems to have a bit of a gradient fill in them..
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Oh, and it's all done with a single layer. Nothing fancy.
Weed -> Simple...Well, ya... if you want to do it the easy way...
Try this: take a picture and put in a layer in photoshop. copy the layer and then work with the top one. select -> filter...pixelate...mosaic
-> now erase the parts you dont want pixelised.... looks nice and is quite simple.
Try this: take a picture and put in a layer in photoshop. copy the layer and then work with the top one. select -> filter...pixelate...mosaic
-> now erase the parts you dont want pixelised.... looks nice and is quite simple.
Problem with using the eraser tool is that you actually erase the sharp edges of the mosaic instead of having the mosaic color fade into the background. Subtle difference, but the image above wasn't done with an eraser.
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I ended up creating my own checkerboard layer with each square filled with a diagonal gradient.
http://65.160.28.213/checkerboard.jpg
I then put the checkerboard layer on top of the photo I was working with and changed the mode to Overlay, giving me the look I wanted.
http://65.160.28.213/midpoint.jpg
Erasing parts of the photo itself caused the gradual fade away I was looking for without having to touch the checkboard layer.
http://65.160.28.213/done.jpg
There you go, thanks for your help!
http://65.160.28.213/checkerboard.jpg
I then put the checkerboard layer on top of the photo I was working with and changed the mode to Overlay, giving me the look I wanted.
http://65.160.28.213/midpoint.jpg
Erasing parts of the photo itself caused the gradual fade away I was looking for without having to touch the checkboard layer.
http://65.160.28.213/done.jpg
There you go, thanks for your help!
nice work
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Thanks! Its always interesting to find that there are 50 ways to do everything, huh?