User:AmazingTLM/Tutorials

4:3 SDTV/VHS/Betamax screenshots
It is used for 1950s to 2010s idents, trailers, promos, on-screen logos, screenshots, etc. in old-fashioned TV/VHS style.

NTSC

 * 1) Choose the blank NTSC DV document preset (transparent, black, white or background color).
 * 2) Use Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to add colors or gradients for background layer.
 * 3) Optional: Add background images (Place Embedded) from screencaps from TV and posters, resize to fit, and flatten image.
 * 4) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 4:3 square image. Use Ctrl+T (Windows) or Cmd+T (Mac) to use Free Transform to resize or rotate.
 * 5) Click File, then click Place Embedded, then insert VHS template (from Blue91233) into 4:3 square image and resize to fit.
 * 6) Save the original document as PSD file, select all the layers, then merge layers or flatten image.
 * 7) Add Noise (12 to 70), adjust color saturation, Add Motion Blur (3 to 30), and other blurs such as Blur More and Gaussian Blur (1 to 5).
 * 8) Save the picture as PNG file, save another document as PSD file, then reopen the picture as PNG file.
 * 9) Click Image, then click Image Size, resize the picture to 640x480.
 * 10) Save the picture, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

PAL

 * 1) Choose the blank PAL DV document preset (transparent, black, white or background color).
 * 2) Use Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to add colors or gradients for background layer.
 * 3) Optional: Add background images (Place Embedded) from screencaps from TV and posters, resize to fit, and flatten image.
 * 4) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 4:3 square image. Use Ctrl+T (Windows) or Cmd+T (Mac) to use Free Transform to resize or rotate.
 * 5) Click File, then click Place Embedded, then insert VHS template (from Blue91233) into 4:3 square image and resize to fit.
 * 6) Save the original document as PSD file, select all the layers, then merge layers or flatten image.
 * 7) Add Noise (12 to 70), adjust color saturation, Add Motion Blur (3 to 30), and other blurs such as Blur More and Gaussian Blur (1 to 5).
 * 8) Save the picture as PNG file, save another original document as PSD file, then reopen the picture as PNG file.
 * 9) Click Image, then click Image Size, resize the picture to 640x480.
 * 10) Save the picture, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

480p (alternative)

 * 1) Create the full 4:3 square (640x480) document preset with Square Pixels (transparent, black, white or background color).
 * 2) Use Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to add colors or gradients for background layer.
 * 3) Optional: Add background images (Place Embedded) from screencaps from TV and posters, resize to fit, and flatten image.
 * 4) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 4:3 square image. Use Ctrl+T (Windows) or Cmd+T (Mac) to use Free Transform to resize or rotate.
 * 5) Click File, then click Place Embedded, then insert VHS template (from Blue91233) into 4:3 square image and resize to fit.
 * 6) Save the original document as PSD file, select all the layers, then merge layers or flatten image.
 * 7) Add Noise (12 to 70), adjust color saturation, Add Motion Blur (3 to 30), and other blurs such as Blur More and Gaussian Blur (1 to 5).
 * 8) Save another original document as PSD file.
 * 9) Save the picture as PNG file, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

Microsoft PowerPoint

 * 1) Create the full 4:3 square image.
 * 2) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 4:3 square image.
 * 3) Insert VHS template (from Blue91233) into 4:3 square image, select all inside, and then save the picture as PNG file.
 * 4) Open Paint.NET and open the picture as PNG file on first layer, then resize the picture to 640x480.
 * 5) Add Noise (12 to 70), adjust color saturation, Add Motion Blur (3 to 30), and other blurs such as Gaussian Blur (1 to 5).
 * 6) Save the picture, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

4:3 SDTV/VCD/DVD/PC screenshots
It is used for 1990s to 2010s idents, trailers, promos, on-screen logos, screenshots, etc.

NTSC

 * 1) Choose the blank NTSC DV document preset (transparent, black, white or background color).
 * 2) Use Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to add colors or gradients for background layer.
 * 3) Optional: Add background images (Place Embedded) from screencaps from TV and posters, resize to fit, and flatten image.
 * 4) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 4:3 square image. Use Ctrl+T (Windows) or Cmd+T (Mac) to use Free Transform to resize or rotate.
 * 5) Save the original document as PSD file, select all the layers, then merge layers or flatten image.
 * 6) Save the picture as PNG file, save another document as PSD file, then reopen the picture as PNG file.
 * 7) Click Image, then click Image Size, resize the picture to 640x480.
 * 8) Save the picture, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

PAL

 * 1) Choose the blank PAL DV document preset (transparent, black, white or background color).
 * 2) Use Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to add colors or gradients for background layer.
 * 3) Optional: Add background images (Place Embedded) from screencaps from TV and posters, resize to fit, and flatten image.
 * 4) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 4:3 square image. Use Ctrl+T (Windows) or Cmd+T (Mac) to use Free Transform to resize or rotate.
 * 5) Save the original document as PSD file, select all the layers, then merge layers or flatten image.
 * 6) Save the picture as PNG file, save another original document as PSD file, then reopen the picture as PNG file.
 * 7) Click Image, then click Image Size, resize the picture to 640x480.
 * 8) Save the picture, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

480p (alternative)

 * 1) Create the full 4:3 square (640x480) document preset with Square Pixels (transparent, black, white or background color).
 * 2) Use Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to add colors or gradients for background layer.
 * 3) Optional: Add background images (Place Embedded) from screencaps from TV and posters, resize to fit, and flatten image.
 * 4) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 4:3 square image. Use Ctrl+T (Windows) or Cmd+T (Mac) to use Free Transform to resize or rotate.
 * 5) Save the original document as PSD file, select all the layers, then merge layers or flatten image.
 * 6) Save another original document as PSD file.
 * 7) Save the picture as PNG file, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

Microsoft PowerPoint
It is used for 1990s to 2010s idents, trailers, promos, on-screen logos, screenshots, etc.
 * 1) Create the full 4:3 square image.
 * 2) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 4:3 square image, select all inside, and then save the picture as PNG file.
 * 3) Open Paint.NET and open the picture as PNG file, then resize the picture to 640x480.
 * 4) Save the picture, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

16:9 HDTV/DVD/Blu-ray/PC screenshots
It is used for 1990s to present idents, trailers, promos, on-screen logos, screenshots, etc.

Adobe Photoshop

 * 1) Choose the blank HDV/HDTV 720p or HDTV 1080p document presets (transparent, black, white or background color).
 * 2) Use Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to add colors or gradients for background layer.
 * 3) Optional: Add background images (Place Embedded) from screencaps from TV and posters, resize to fit, and flatten image.
 * 4) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 16:9 square image. Use Ctrl+T (Windows) or Cmd+T (Mac) to use Free Transform to resize or rotate.
 * 5) Save the original document as PSD file, select all the layers, then merge layers or flatten image.
 * 6) Save another original document as PSD file.
 * 7) Save the picture as PNG file, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

Microsoft PowerPoint

 * 1) Create the full 16:9 square image.
 * 2) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 16:9 square image, select all inside, and then save the picture as PNG file.
 * 3) Open Paint.NET and open the picture as PNG file, then resize the picture to 854x480 (SD/DVD), 1280x720 (HD), or 1920x1080 (Full HD).
 * 4) Save the picture, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

16:9 Ultra HDTV/Blu-ray 4K/PC screenshots
It is used for 2010s to present idents, trailers, promos, on-screen logos, screenshots, etc.

Adobe Photoshop

 * 1) Choose the blank Ultra HDTV 2160p/4K document presets (transparent, black, white or background color).
 * 2) Use Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to add colors or gradients for background layer.
 * 3) Optional: Add background images (Place Embedded) from screencaps from TV and posters, resize to fit, and flatten image.
 * 4) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 16:9 4K square image. Use Ctrl+T (Windows) or Cmd+T (Mac) to use Free Transform to resize or rotate.
 * 5) Save the original document as PSD file, select all the layers, then merge layers or flatten image.
 * 6) Save another original document as PSD file.
 * 7) Save the picture as PNG file, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!

Microsoft PowerPoint

 * 1) Download this template:
 * 2) Open Microsoft PowerPoint (2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 is recommended to run), open the template, and then zoom out.
 * 3) Make an ident, trailer, on-screen, screenshot, or promo with logos, special effects, gradients, text, pictures, shapes or everything inside the 16:9 4K square image, remove black outlines, select all inside, and then save the picture as PNG file.
 * 4) Additional: Open Paint.NET and open the picture as PNG file, then resize the picture to 1280x720 (HD) or 1920x1080 (Full HD).
 * 5) Save the picture, upload them to this wiki, and here's how it looks like!