SIMPLE TUTORIAL: The 'Outline' or 'Stroke' effect.
Ok, so, a few people have asked me recently how to do relatively simple things with icons. And being the naturally babbly person that I am, I found it kind of difficult to just say ‘Do this, and do this.’ It was far easier to just write a tutorial. So I present, the first in my series of Back to Basics tutorials!
Tutorial #1: The ‘outline’ effect.
Also known as How To Separate The Main Focus Of An Image From The Background.
Go from this
to this 
.
( Click the incredibly fake cut, and LEARN! )
PLEASE NOTE: This tutorial is intended for people not particularly proficient with Photoshop 7. It is very image heavy, and I have done my best to explain everything very thoroughly.
Tutorial #1: The ‘outline’ effect.
Also known as How To Separate The Main Focus Of An Image From The Background.
Go from this
( Click the incredibly fake cut, and LEARN! )
PLEASE NOTE: This tutorial is intended for people not particularly proficient with Photoshop 7. It is very image heavy, and I have done my best to explain everything very thoroughly.