In today's tutorial we will
combine surrealism and fashion effortlessly to create a state of art
portrait. I'll show you how to achieve this essentially through a
combination of photos, filters and brushes. You can then translate these
techniques into your designs to add an artistic edge to them!
Friday, July 9, 2010
Stylish Surreal Portrait
In today's tutorial we will
combine surrealism and fashion effortlessly to create a state of art
portrait. I'll show you how to achieve this essentially through a
combination of photos, filters and brushes. You can then translate these
techniques into your designs to add an artistic edge to them!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Draw a T-Shirt in Photoshop
Learn how to draw a realistic t-shirt 100% in Photoshop! This detailed step by step tutorial will show you techniques on creating shapes, shading, embossing, and more.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
How to Animate a GIF Inside of Photoshop CS4
In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at the Photoshop animation feature to create a nice animated GIF. I’m sure all of you already noticed the ads at the right side of this page. For some of you, they are annoying, others even click on them, which is why they are there. I personally think there’s nothing to be said against them, so I thought why not creating a nice 125 pixel by 125 pixel ad to demonstrate how easy it is to create nice animations inside of Photoshop.
All we need to do is open up Photoshop, create our final image and animate it the way we want it to move the single elements to achieve the final effect. Additionally, we’ll stop by at the beautiful GraphicRiver website, where we’ll download their logo, which we’ll use to create our GIF.
Create a Realistic Soda Bottle in Photoshop
For many, the complexity of Photoshop’s tools can be a bit intimidating.
If used properly however, almost anyone can create realistic and
impressive-looking graphics. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how
to create a stylish soda bottle using some easy-to-learn techniques.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
cool effect
A simple tutorial to show you how to make your image looked warped. A nice effect used in alot of professional advertising .
How to Create a Stunning Fire Effect In Photoshop
Showing a realistic, fire effect in photoshop is a bit tough, but in this tutorial we will learn how to use photoshop to render realistic flames and create a dramatic artwork in few simple and easy steps..
Realistic water running on tap
Through this tutorial, we will learn how to use a combination of
photoshop filters to create a realistic effect of water running from a
tap..
Monday, June 7, 2010
3D Polaroid effect
We are going to create a 3D polaroid styled photo effect. Find a suitable photograph from which to create this effect. Some tips when picking a photograph include a distinguishable background and an area within the photograph that extrudes beyond the normal outline of the photo. In my example, the dog's leg makes this photograph a perfect candidate for this technique. Note, that this photograph is image #0520011 from Photospin.com. You can download a low resolution comp to follow along with this tutorial from their website.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Create A Wooden House Icon in Photoshop
You might be surprised what you can do with Photoshop’s drawing tools, a few textures, and a basic understanding of light and shadow. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a wooden house icon in Photoshop by applying textures to basic shapes.Saturday, May 22, 2010
Ice Effect
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an ice effect completely from scratch using special Photoshop Brushes. Some time ago playing with Photoshop and trying to make an ice effect I discovered that “dead trees” can simulate very well the ice’s “veins” giving a cool feeling to an image. I’m not going for realism here, but I do like the final effect for this tutorial. I used some text as reference, but this effect can be applied to any shape you want and can add some great style. Let’s get started!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Create a Barcode Sticker in Photoshop
In today’s quick tip tutorial you will learn how to create a barcode
sticker and a paperboard background texture. Let’s get started!Thursday, May 13, 2010
Create an abstract Valentine background with hearts
In this tutorial, you’ll see how to create an abstract Valentine background, using a simple shape from Custom Shapes Tool and crosshatch brush from Brush Tool. So let’s start!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
How to Create a Cosmic Photo Composition in Photoshop
In this tutorial we’re going to learn how to create a cosmic photo manipulation using different Photoshop techniques, brushes and blending modes. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Create a Devastating Twister With Photo Manipulation Techniques
If you’re looking to create a really nice photo manipulation, often you will have to combine several photos and apply a few effects to get your desired look. In today’s tutorial I decided to combine a few photos that I took while I was traveling to create a devastating tornado consuming everything in its path. Okay, let’s get started!
Create a Realistic Panoramic Matte Painting in Photoshop
Matte paintings are images commonly used in the film industry to create the illusion of an environment that would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build. In this tutorial I will show you how to turn a single stock photo into a realistic panoramic scene.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
How to Design a Print-Ready Flier with Photoshop and Illustrator
In this tutorial we are going to create 3D text and integrate it in a natural environment. We will not use any 3D programs, so all you need is Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create this effect.
How to Draw a Watch in Photoshop
Final Product What You'll Be Creating
You might be surprised how many people use Photoshop to mockup their industrial designs. In fact, Photoshop is a very popular tool among fashion and jewelry designers. In today’s tutorial we will use layer styles and shading to produce a really nice rendering of an analog watch in Photoshop.
Create a Knife in Photoshop
Photoshop is a fantastic app to use to manipulate photos but it is also a great app to use to illustrate still life objects. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a semi-photo-realistic knife in Photoshop using vector drawing tools, layer styles, textures, and effects.
Use Photo Manipulation and 3D Layers to Design a Surreal Cover Art Illustration
A nice and cool effect
How to create a spattered photomontage in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to make a spattered photomontage in Photoshop using brushes and some filters. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Create a Sleek and Stylish MP3 Player in Photoshop
Create a Realistic Paper Texture in 5 Minutes
In this quick tip tutorial, we will learn how to create a realistic paper texture from scratch in just 5 minutes. To do this we will use some simple filters and effects. Let’s get started!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Create a simple but creative graphic typography wallpaper design
In this tutorial we will be creating a very simple but creative typography wallpaper using photoshop.
There are many creative individuals who are wanting to become graphic designers everyday. Well today is your lucky day! In this tutorial we will be creating a very simple but creative typography wallpaper using photoshop.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Without Face: Photoshop Cheating
Hey, are you interesting on cheating methods in Photoshop? If yes then I’ll show u how to create one interesting effect with human face. I’m going to cover almost all the face with plain skin. This lesson is more suitable for those users who have some experience with Photoshop.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Create a Floating Island Scene
In this photo manipulation tutorial, you will learn how to create a realistic composition of a sunset in a world with floating islands! We will cover professional-level Photoshop tricks such as adding accurate shadows and highlights, various blending techniques such as giving the image a soft focus effect and altering luminosity and shadows of the scene, adding haziness, and much more
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Book and Spiral Binding
Let's create an open book with Spiral Binding. You can create the book with pages and then add a spiral binding as a special effect. This is not suggested for beginners. You will also have to have a great deal of patience. It can be done is Photoshop CS. So let's begin
Diagonal Lines with Photoshop, Pencil Tool
The Pencil Tool is a rarely used tool in Photoshop.
You can create straight lines in Photoshop very easily
You can create straight lines in Photoshop very easily
but what about diagonal lines? Nothing difficult though.
You can make this effect easily with this tutorial on creating diagonal lines with Photoshop.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Eye - Make an Eye in Photoshop
This tutorial will teach you to create a realistic human eye with Photoshop. So let's begin.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Framing Photos 4
You can frame your photos in different ways, here is another one. Most of it can be done in Photoshop 7, for two or three steps CS2 or CS3 is needed.
I have opened this image in Photoshop to 'frame'.
Here is the 'framed' photo.
To warp the frames you will need PS CS2 or CS 3.
Make up with Photoshop
You can apply make up to a photo just as in fashion magazines with Photoshop. It is quite simple to do and uses a lot of layers.
The photo without the makeup and the one with makeup applied with Photoshop.
Note Paper made in Photoshop
You can create a realistic notepaper in Photoshop, just as you would do in real life to send to friends and colleagues.
And the text with a Drop Shadow added as an optional step.
Drop Shadow in Photoshop
You can add a realistic drop shadow to an image with Photoshop. Versions do not matter. You can do it in Photoshop 7 or higher versions.
A drop shadow has been added to the image of the boy.
Movable Border Action with Photoshop CS
Movable border is an action which will put you back by $37. Why spend good money when you can do it Photoshop yourself. First you need an image. Any image will do.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Beard with Photoshop
Monday, March 22, 2010
Bokeh Effect with Photoshop
This is a special effects Photoshop tutorial using a particular Brush - SS - Bokeh. This Brush is not available in Photoshop, but can be downloaded free. The link for free download is given in the tutorial.
I have taken this free stock image.
The same image with the special effect created with the Brush.Shattered Effect with Square Brush in Photoshop
One of the Brushes built into Photoshop, whatever be the version is the Square Brush. You may not have used it. You can use it to make a special effect -- Shattered effect. It is quite simple and can be done in any version of Photoshop.
The 'Shattered Effect'. It is simple and can done in any version of Photoshop.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Change color of dress and also learn to use the Pen Tool
Do you find the Pen Tool to be confusing? Don't be. It is very easy to use once you know how. I will also show you how to change the color of the a dress without affecting the rest of the image and in the proces you will be able to use the Pen Tool too without any confusion.
I have changed the lady's white sari into red without affecting the rest of the image.
The Pen Tool is a powerful Tool. Many avoid it because they find it difficult. It is not difficult to master. I will use the Pen Tool for selecting the dress of a girl and change the color. Just follow it. You will be able to handle the Pen Tool effortlessly by the end of this tutorial.
Channels for cutting out Objects - II
I had a posted a tutorial on cutting out a part of an image such as a figure cleanly with channels. This is a continuation of the tutorial. The object of the tutorial is to make the object to be cut out, either completely black with the help of channels or completely white. In the last tutorial I had shown how to cut out a figure after turning it complely black against a white background. This will be just the opposite -- a white figure on a black background. This is to stress that whatever method you use, you can either make the figure to be cut out either black or white.
Background - Changing Background
I have been asked to demonstrate something basic -- Changing the background of a photo. It is easily done.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Comic Book effect with Photoshop CS
You can give a comic book effect to any image in Photoshop CS with a few layers and a number of built in Filters. 
I have taken this free stock image. And applied the comic book effect.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Day into Night with Photoshop
Day can be changed to night in Photoshop. It is easy and can be done in a number of steps, you just have to have some patience. Get busy in turning day into night with Photoshop.
Waterdrop with Any Version of Photoshop
You can create realistic waterdrops in photoshop (any version) in a few simple steps, which you can add to your compositions or photos as a special effect.
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