Requesting a tutorial that teaches Depth

[Wolf]

I was recently told that l should start learning Depth for my sigs so l was wondering if someone knew of a good tut l could learn from.(If so please pm me link to tut).Also if someonewould take the time to make a pic tut on Depth l would appreciate it heaps!

p.s If this is in the wrong section please move it to the right section.


Thanks guys

[blindman4556]

um i think this is wrong section, but ne way just play with layering it instead of making it look like its on 1 layer make the backround look like its ack further

[Ben]

You can't really teach depths, only things you need to know really are:

• To Understand Depth
• Ways To Add Depth

Im not sure if i am right and i doubt this will be a technical explanation but ill give it my best. Depth is similar to contrast, view an image and turn down the contrast and it will seem boring and bland, turn up the contrast (not to high) and it will jump to life. When it gives you the impression that things are on a different level to each other than can be depth to, not in the 3D sense.

As i dont do graphics anymore im a bit rusty, but the main ways i increased depth was changing colours (only works at times) but the main method i used was a brightness and contrast layer, and sometimes a level setting. These are im sure, the easy way and dont have half as good effects as the 'proper' way to do so but thats my view on it

Hope it helped.

Ben

[MartinBabies]

Also, in photography, for example, depth is acuired by having a blurry background and sharp foreground. Or vice versa. I don't think it's so very often used in signatures, but it's good to know.
And like Ben said, shadows and highlights play a big role. Cold colors vs warm colors can sometimes work great too.