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How To Create a Virtual Pool Table Using Photoshop.

Monday, April 28th, 2008 – running time 15:04
Bert creates an 8-ball on a pool table from scratch with Adobe Photoshop. The pool table is made using the noise filter, pixelate>facet feature and the gradient tool.

This week, Bert creates an 8-ball and pool table out of thin air. The pool table is made using the noise filter, facet pixilate filter and the gradient tool (including radio gradient and linear gradient). Bert also uses the gradient tool (radio and linear) transforms a plain circle into a three dimensional 8-ball. Shadows on the pool table and 8-ball are simply made with a mix of the warp tool, gaussian blur filter and a mask. Finally, Bert puts the table in perspective by creating his own gradient using the alpha channel and lens blur filter

Highlights
Blu-ray ( 6:29, 6:29 ) pool table ( 1:47, 2:21, 2:52, 1:47, 2:21, 2:52 ) rectangle ( 5:09, 10:43, 10:46, 5:09, 10:43, 10:46 ) green turf ( 4:17, 4:17 ) Blu-ray ( 6:29, 6:29 ) pool table ( 1:47, 2:21, 2:52, 1:47, 2:21, 2:52 ) rectangle ( 5:09, 10:43, 10:46, 5:09, 10:43, 10:46 ) green turf ( 4:17, 4:17 )

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" Hi and welcome to another episode of pixel perfect would be -- wanted to show where all kinds of things do happen before it gets started you know we're gonna do got to pay some bills. And thank our sponsor godaddy.com. We can do that Kodak dot com you can get 96 dollars and three extras -- your domain name. Each domain includes free hosting with a web site builder a free block complete email and much much more. Plus and to coach pixels six couldn't check up to see it right -- to screen you'll save an additional 20% on any twelve or 24 month posting plan. Some restrictions apply. You -- you know see the site for details get your piece that the Internet -- godaddy.com. And you want to check out other Photoshop tips and tutorials. Go to our website revision3.com. Slash pixel perfect and they can watch all the past episodes as many times you want. Now let's get started. I'm gonna do today is -- some -- from scratch just a scene now I've said this many times is not the end result it's important as how I got there is sometimes. Some of those techniques can use some morals. Changing the color change some little parameter we'll give you a different -- and created that and people. Great then senator pool table. Wait to be shot out. So out. And a great new trial here and I'm gonna go in here will make this 900 by 900. What size you make your files it's totally with you. Click okay there are a 100% here and I'm gonna open this scene here now I'm creating a new layer right off the bat and as you where I'm gonna create the table. And create this is shaped like this. And I'm gonna go ahead and fill that with the green that you would find on a pool table suddenly got a nice. Deep green like like that click okay and dot. Got -- right now I think this annoys -- give it a little add noise. And nor is just a little bit that's good and then going to facet. And -- and -- give it facet another one on the noise or rather under pixel they could call backs it. That's is gonna break that entities. Putting those shapes or does come makes little chunks out of it right that's gonna be your bases of my. Pool table now going back and perspective going to deal with that. So now back here. In the background it's going to be the pool room. Now it's not gonna be anything fancy just gonna make out the front here and really deep gray. Because going to draw attention suitable that's what we need to see and the table and then background. Obligate black. That's who had the slight variation but it's not that great it's a little bit lighter there and I think migrating into it because do you select. And with a radial gradient. -- is gonna throw this -- I guess these instances Lil hint."

" The -- halo back there. Okay and now. A draw another line right across here. Right through here. It in there like that and duck. -- My background I'm gonna throw in. The edge of the table that's what that is its -- edge of the table. So right there I'm gonna go in and it's got. Another color that's pick kind of a light beige color. Say something like that. And for the background Carlo pick like a deeper brown bread and bread and then -- the stymied Linear gradient. From the like going down to the dark going to just a little. Quick little -- just like that -- so now. In my green turf here okay on the green shape there are gonna throw in let -- make this election right -- on the top. Those sorts of -- on the top there make you thinner. Then about it that merit I'm gonna go in here and out. I'm gonna go and add a little gradient that. Very excited I create a new layer on top of that don't create little gradient right there and I'm gonna make it. Like the black and blue gradient right up there Mexico. -- I'm gonna put that gradient is eighty screen though this is gonna lighten up the front part and a banana capacities it's just a little bit. A little hint there. Now. Little below it right down here. And create another. Largest slightly larger great rectangle right there and I'm gonna throw gradient and that one. That. And another layer. And I'm gonna go in the opposite effect this time I'm gonna go to white I'm gonna go with a great black to -- in the start with the black to the bottom -- great. But I guess this I'm gonna put -- multiply -- Multiply this is gonna darkest of going to bring them capacity so -- the -- the bumper of my cable back there. Now they're all fairly -- we'll deal with this in a little while. Now on top of the whole thing I'm going to take and out. Predictable. We go in the end Obama."

" Option keys on drug percent to out of my shift keys and drive a perfect circle and drove his date. Circle like that. Which another go ahead and I got back from my foreground I'm gonna invent lair though that with black. That is the basic shape for the -- right that I want to keep that shaped the music for a few different things. I don't hear it and in another layer and return born to selection recommend clicking on it down -- throw gradient now I'm gonna get done. The black here and I'd take a look -- that really makes kind of grayish color but I like that. And I am going to. Get my gradient tool and Blu-ray you gradient and I'm gonna have to go from. Back to write rather from the grave to black. And has served right about there and pull out. I get that nice little spot right -- it may want to make little bigger. And bigger so we got. There go nice bigger kind of hidden mode and these select that did this and how we have this shape happening here. You're -- And over on top of that. And global not a perfect circle is looking at our. All of slightly from the site and not just bring it down about there then layer on top of that this -- goes again. How to kind of make he had creamy white. Just a little off -- there going down to a similar shade but that's a little darker. This say about like that. Analytical or Linear gradient this time into that area right there. You select that and we'll get it with black got text tool and -- didn't. The memory. Now that front. I don't like that front it's going to hear it finds something that's a little more straight on. Language -- use a it's that time period pro. -- probe nice and simple make it bold and woman decides it's they would go with a seven to. All right let's make -- a 120. There and that's even better click OK now right now so it's great."

" Pick up there analysts say -- black going to be selected first double clicking on it into power it will select that I'd go it is safe naked black. Okay so now I'm gonna go there and rest -- Breasts -- to -- so it's no longer tied directly going to -- to a slight little -- We go to little slight distortion to a little here. I like that social supposedly did that angle again these -- we have all of this going on. -- go here and let's turn off. The background. That's true of all the resident of the world now we have -- it just makes up the cable itself. Okay and create a layer here. On top of royalties and hold down my option key alt on the PC and say merge visible. That's gonna merge all those layers into a single layer. Which they can then. And still have all my original layers intact behind. All right and I would turn everything back on again going to take that can take all these layers that make up the wall right now. And I'm gonna merge goes -- these off. And that off and on emerged those as time has merged visible. And images them into one single layer right. Until dad -- duplicate native table and put it above the bull. Above the bull straight and clip did with the ball option click between most of now doesn't normally happen because the fact there -- perfectly in line. Red dot. What's gonna happen now -- going to bring down the capacity. For that. One writing -- see it it's right is that the -- okay and I'm going to select a portion of it looks like this portion right here. That portion right there and I'm gonna go in here and work it. I get a nice -- and is welcome to really exaggerate. How does tables going to look in there. No there really pull these guys down that's who it was who created down here resolutions going to really start to exaggerate. That to. That curvature and side. There's like that okay will make that -- is even higher and like that and heard disease more. And this higher end and her dad even more so during this kind of push it inside there click okay make it happen. And I can move that. Over a little bit if I want. I think that there it is right inside the ball and button and it hasn't been adding more distant past he weighed down. There's just this inflection. Inside the bull. Right on top of this on top of this I'm going to create a little shape the blue rectangle just like this. As rectangle -- go ahead and fill with -- right. And I'm gonna give that -- as well. It's going to say worked for -- only use a pre defined which is the safe use the -- which isn't that nice effect there to make it happen. Bring that down right over the ball like that. But that is remote sudden like -- the show to bring down your past you -- that. It way down. Okay am I won't even heard a little bit -- going to say who doesn't -- to a little tiny gauzy -- about code that's good enough. And I give it a mask. -- and the mask and going to and paint with black than it is big soft brush. -- I'm just gonna go here and start paint Redman mask and make even bigger. This software system on this is I think that's we have is clear now. The final touches that we need we need to shadow underneath the -- so be kind of all right here concrete along. Circular lips. From the center outside without my option button and -- this big looks like that was similar go ahead and fill with black. I think I'm ready to -- that he could go to gauzy blur. To soften them up."

" Out that looks good like that and now the final touch the final touch -- right to do here is put the table into perspective. So militants. Turn off everybody here -- that's on here and I'm gonna take my table and say. That's gonna select the table there all right and they merged visible. Horizon now. I'm gonna go in there and the -- that table. -- two -- a blur it isn't going to use. In weird filter going to create an alpha channel off the background of back and I'm gonna say that I want my affects mostly towards the back. Some are going here and create this up. Gradient in my alpha channel. I want defects in the backs those would be right towards the back there right -- to studio and deeper area go back over here. And then. Michelle met the table there is a table and then my filters on go to blur on one little lens blur. Lansbury is going to emulate the effects of desertions and those did you get any camera that you noticed that -- covering everything I can go in here and say. I want to use a particular. Mac and -- and used the alpha channel that I created that's gonna create this segment you notice that it's very back here and down here it's not so blurred. Down here I felt stayed nice and sharp and starts to give death sentence that it's going. That I can now move my focal distance a little bit segment brought clarity. I'm gonna keep it down so that. Back here it's going to be out of focus. Towards the ball great little bull he's gonna be in focus -- gonna click okay there we see that we have this scene where the brawl is sitting on the table it's reflecting the cable around it and we're ready to take a -- shot. -- hope you learned something from that remembered it plays the best way to learn this stuff this is there and play. You have an economist you want to learn more Photoshop tips and tricks send me an email something you -- struggling with you can't figure out. Send it to me at Bert and revision3.com. Or you composed of feedback components off forums. Go to revision3.com. Slash form. Next week going to show you how to make paper cutouts not your -- little kid stuff but basically your little itself because look that way. Thanks for watching pixel perfect -- Monroe and I see you next week for another Photoshop tutorial."

" Hi and welcome to another episode of pixel perfect would be -- wanted to show where all kinds of things do happen before it gets started you know we're gonna do got to pay some bills. And thank our sponsor godaddy.com. We can do that Kodak dot com you can get 96 dollars and three extras -- your domain name. Each domain includes free hosting with a web site builder a free block complete email and much much more. Plus and to coach pixels six couldn't check up to see it right -- to screen you'll save an additional 20% on any twelve or 24 month posting plan. Some restrictions apply. You -- you know see the site for details get your piece that the Internet -- godaddy.com. And you want to check out other Photoshop tips and tutorials. Go to our website revision3.com. Slash pixel perfect and they can watch all the past episodes as many times you want. Now let's get started. I'm gonna do today is -- some -- from scratch just a scene now I've said this many times is not the end result it's important as how I got there is sometimes. Some of those techniques can use some morals. Changing the color change some little parameter we'll give you a different -- and created that and people. Great then senator pool table. Wait to be shot out. So out. And a great new trial here and I'm gonna go in here will make this 900 by 900. What size you make your files it's totally with you. Click okay there are a 100% here and I'm gonna open this scene here now I'm creating a new layer right off the bat and as you where I'm gonna create the table. And create this is shaped like this. And I'm gonna go ahead and fill that with the green that you would find on a pool table suddenly got a nice. Deep green like like that click okay and dot. Got -- right now I think this annoys -- give it a little add noise. And nor is just a little bit that's good and then going to facet. And -- and -- give it facet another one on the noise or rather under pixel they could call backs it. That's is gonna break that entities. Putting those shapes or does come makes little chunks out of it right that's gonna be your bases of my. Pool table now going back and perspective going to deal with that. So now back here. In the background it's going to be the pool room. Now it's not gonna be anything fancy just gonna make out the front here and really deep gray. Because going to draw attention suitable that's what we need to see and the table and then background. Obligate black. That's who had the slight variation but it's not that great it's a little bit lighter there and I think migrating into it because do you select. And with a radial gradient. -- is gonna throw this -- I guess these instances Lil hint."

" The -- halo back there. Okay and now. A draw another line right across here. Right through here. It in there like that and duck. -- My background I'm gonna throw in. The edge of the table that's what that is its -- edge of the table. So right there I'm gonna go in and it's got. Another color that's pick kind of a light beige color. Say something like that. And for the background Carlo pick like a deeper brown bread and bread and then -- the stymied Linear gradient. From the like going down to the dark going to just a little. Quick little -- just like that -- so now. In my green turf here okay on the green shape there are gonna throw in let -- make this election right -- on the top. Those sorts of -- on the top there make you thinner. Then about it that merit I'm gonna go in here and out. I'm gonna go and add a little gradient that. Very excited I create a new layer on top of that don't create little gradient right there and I'm gonna make it. Like the black and blue gradient right up there Mexico. -- I'm gonna put that gradient is eighty screen though this is gonna lighten up the front part and a banana capacities it's just a little bit. A little hint there. Now. Little below it right down here. And create another. Largest slightly larger great rectangle right there and I'm gonna throw gradient and that one. That. And another layer. And I'm gonna go in the opposite effect this time I'm gonna go to white I'm gonna go with a great black to -- in the start with the black to the bottom -- great. But I guess this I'm gonna put -- multiply -- Multiply this is gonna darkest of going to bring them capacity so -- the -- the bumper of my cable back there. Now they're all fairly -- we'll deal with this in a little while. Now on top of the whole thing I'm going to take and out. Predictable. We go in the end Obama."

" Option keys on drug percent to out of my shift keys and drive a perfect circle and drove his date. Circle like that. Which another go ahead and I got back from my foreground I'm gonna invent lair though that with black. That is the basic shape for the -- right that I want to keep that shaped the music for a few different things. I don't hear it and in another layer and return born to selection recommend clicking on it down -- throw gradient now I'm gonna get done. The black here and I'd take a look -- that really makes kind of grayish color but I like that. And I am going to. Get my gradient tool and Blu-ray you gradient and I'm gonna have to go from. Back to write rather from the grave to black. And has served right about there and pull out. I get that nice little spot right -- it may want to make little bigger. And bigger so we got. There go nice bigger kind of hidden mode and these select that did this and how we have this shape happening here. You're -- And over on top of that. And global not a perfect circle is looking at our. All of slightly from the site and not just bring it down about there then layer on top of that this -- goes again. How to kind of make he had creamy white. Just a little off -- there going down to a similar shade but that's a little darker. This say about like that. Analytical or Linear gradient this time into that area right there. You select that and we'll get it with black got text tool and -- didn't. The memory. Now that front. I don't like that front it's going to hear it finds something that's a little more straight on. Language -- use a it's that time period pro. -- probe nice and simple make it bold and woman decides it's they would go with a seven to. All right let's make -- a 120. There and that's even better click OK now right now so it's great."

" Pick up there analysts say -- black going to be selected first double clicking on it into power it will select that I'd go it is safe naked black. Okay so now I'm gonna go there and rest -- Breasts -- to -- so it's no longer tied directly going to -- to a slight little -- We go to little slight distortion to a little here. I like that social supposedly did that angle again these -- we have all of this going on. -- go here and let's turn off. The background. That's true of all the resident of the world now we have -- it just makes up the cable itself. Okay and create a layer here. On top of royalties and hold down my option key alt on the PC and say merge visible. That's gonna merge all those layers into a single layer. Which they can then. And still have all my original layers intact behind. All right and I would turn everything back on again going to take that can take all these layers that make up the wall right now. And I'm gonna merge goes -- these off. And that off and on emerged those as time has merged visible. And images them into one single layer right. Until dad -- duplicate native table and put it above the bull. Above the bull straight and clip did with the ball option click between most of now doesn't normally happen because the fact there -- perfectly in line. Red dot. What's gonna happen now -- going to bring down the capacity. For that. One writing -- see it it's right is that the -- okay and I'm going to select a portion of it looks like this portion right here. That portion right there and I'm gonna go in here and work it. I get a nice -- and is welcome to really exaggerate. How does tables going to look in there. No there really pull these guys down that's who it was who created down here resolutions going to really start to exaggerate. That to. That curvature and side. There's like that okay will make that -- is even higher and like that and heard disease more. And this higher end and her dad even more so during this kind of push it inside there click okay make it happen. And I can move that. Over a little bit if I want. I think that there it is right inside the ball and button and it hasn't been adding more distant past he weighed down. There's just this inflection. Inside the bull. Right on top of this on top of this I'm going to create a little shape the blue rectangle just like this. As rectangle -- go ahead and fill with -- right. And I'm gonna give that -- as well. It's going to say worked for -- only use a pre defined which is the safe use the -- which isn't that nice effect there to make it happen. Bring that down right over the ball like that. But that is remote sudden like -- the show to bring down your past you -- that. It way down. Okay am I won't even heard a little bit -- going to say who doesn't -- to a little tiny gauzy -- about code that's good enough. And I give it a mask. -- and the mask and going to and paint with black than it is big soft brush. -- I'm just gonna go here and start paint Redman mask and make even bigger. This software system on this is I think that's we have is clear now. The final touches that we need we need to shadow underneath the -- so be kind of all right here concrete along. Circular lips. From the center outside without my option button and -- this big looks like that was similar go ahead and fill with black. I think I'm ready to -- that he could go to gauzy blur. To soften them up."

" Out that looks good like that and now the final touch the final touch -- right to do here is put the table into perspective. So militants. Turn off everybody here -- that's on here and I'm gonna take my table and say. That's gonna select the table there all right and they merged visible. Horizon now. I'm gonna go in there and the -- that table. -- two -- a blur it isn't going to use. In weird filter going to create an alpha channel off the background of back and I'm gonna say that I want my affects mostly towards the back. Some are going here and create this up. Gradient in my alpha channel. I want defects in the backs those would be right towards the back there right -- to studio and deeper area go back over here. And then. Michelle met the table there is a table and then my filters on go to blur on one little lens blur. Lansbury is going to emulate the effects of desertions and those did you get any camera that you noticed that -- covering everything I can go in here and say. I want to use a particular. Mac and -- and used the alpha channel that I created that's gonna create this segment you notice that it's very back here and down here it's not so blurred. Down here I felt stayed nice and sharp and starts to give death sentence that it's going. That I can now move my focal distance a little bit segment brought clarity. I'm gonna keep it down so that. Back here it's going to be out of focus. Towards the ball great little bull he's gonna be in focus -- gonna click okay there we see that we have this scene where the brawl is sitting on the table it's reflecting the cable around it and we're ready to take a -- shot. -- hope you learned something from that remembered it plays the best way to learn this stuff this is there and play. You have an economist you want to learn more Photoshop tips and tricks send me an email something you -- struggling with you can't figure out. Send it to me at Bert and revision3.com. Or you composed of feedback components off forums. Go to revision3.com. Slash form. Next week going to show you how to make paper cutouts not your -- little kid stuff but basically your little itself because look that way. Thanks for watching pixel perfect -- Monroe and I see you next week for another Photoshop tutorial."