Fubar's Rendering Tutorial

I made this for the guys on my forum because they didn't know how to render.
I know there is already a lot of rendering tutorials here on GR but I was curious what you guys thought.

This tutorial is not going to be pro by any means but I hope it helps.

First you need an image to render, here's an easy one for you to follow along with.



- First you want to open the image in photoshop.
- Then duplicate the image (press ctrl + J) and delete the background image.



- Then you want to double the size of the image.
- Go to Image>Image Size and just double the settings.


- Now you want to select the pen tool with paths selected.



- Now you should have the pen tool selected and set to paths.
- Zoom in on the image until you see a good outline, this could change depending on the picture.
- Now pick somewhere on the image where you want to start.
- Remember you are going to be going around the image so pick a good spot.

- Now you are going to click with very small spaces (depending on how smooth you want the render) making a path around the image.



- You can make the spaces between the paths smaller if you want for more detail. I am just doing this as an example.

- Keep going until you have created a path around the entire image and end up where you started.



- Click on the starting point where you started with the pen tool and it will close the path and it make a solid line around your image.

- Then right click on the image and select Make Selection...



- Another screen will pop up and it will ask for a feather radius.
- Try and keep the feather below 1px (I have set mine on 0.5)



- Now go to the toolbar at the top Select>Inverse
- Then hit delete a few times, this will delete your background.



- Now all you have to do is resize the image back to normal.
- Go to Image>Image Size and put the original settings back.
- You are now done, you can add your logo or text.

- Remember to save the render as a .png so it keeps it's transparent background or this was all pointless.

Finished Product:


I hope you guys learned something from this and comments are appreciated.

Good luck.

 

Thanks, your tutorial has helped me a lot!

 

thanks i found it to be very usefull

 

Thanks a lot for the positive comments guys, I'm glad it helped you out.

Also, thanks for the credits SirusX!

 

I'm going to create my first render with this thanks a lot!

 

not that hard to know. pen tool isnt that complicated. so pretty useless if u ask me sorry

 

Anytime! I'm glad it helped you.. and good luck.