Special Photoshop Tutorials
Create a Colorful Aged Poster With Special Lighting Effects
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use texture and adjustment layers to create an aging effect on a colorful abstract poster design. ... Read More
Luminescent Lines
Here we will create some thin flowing lines that look as if they emit light. This technique is fairly simple and is a great way to create an abstract wallpaper or looks good integrated into another image. This tutorial will mainly explore the brush engine and you will also learn how to create custom brushes and use them effectively, combined with some intere ... Read More
Manipulate a Man Portrait into Dark Wizard in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to manipulate a man portrait into dark wizard in Photoshop. We will use some bare metal texture and fire stock images, plus a number of image adjustment techniques to form this effect. Have a try! This is an intermediate level tutorial so some steps can be challenging.
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3D Pixel Stretch Effects
Stretching a single line of pixels is an easy way to create special digital effects in graphic design. By taking this technique a step further, we can create wonderful, vibrant 3D effects right in Photoshop! ... Read More
Orange Porsche: Fruit Skin
In this tutorial, it will show you how to re-decorate the Posche with fruit skin. This time, orange skin is used for making the skin. Then use the color adjustment plus other special effect to complete this tutorial. ... Read More
How to Create a Grunge Web Design in Photoshop
Photoshop is often the right tool for web design, especially if you're creating a design using numerous images and brush effects. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a complete grunge home page design. We'll design the header, sidebar, body, footer, and style everything to work together in a heavily textured and worn design. ... Read More
Cool photoshop hair
One thing that bugs me when viewing images either on or off the web, especially in magazines, is the shoddy cutouts around a person. Due to tight time restraints it is much quicker to add a rough trim to a photo with the hopes that people wont be bothered. Well there is a way in Photoshop to quite easily re-create a hair effect after a rough trim, and it ... Read More
Design an Elegant Abstract Site Header Image in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the processes I used to design this really cool, abstract style site header image in Photoshop, similar to the one I currently have on psdvault.com. Personally I can see an increasing trend of having a big and eye-catching header image for website/blogs, especially since broadband has become a commodity amongst the majori ... Read More
Fantastic Disintegration Effect inspired by Watchmen in Photoshop
Last week I went to the movies to see Watchmen, an amazing movie with beautiful special effects. However, one in special caught my attention. It was the Dr. Manhattan transformation, so I decided to create something inspired by that scene using Photoshop. In this tutorial I will show you how to create the disintegration effect using brushes and the blur f ... Read More
How to Create an Ice Text Effect with Photoshop
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, ... Read More
Design a premium wordpress blog with Photoshop
In this tutorial I will show you how to create another premium wordpress layout with a special area where you can feature your e-book or your digital downloads. If you have something to sell and if you want to make the most of your wordpress blog then a good looking layout with a web 2.0 look it is the right choice to make some good money. ... Read More
Super Retro Style for an Old School Cover
I love having a digital camera, but it is definitely lacking in the vibe department. Old school film camera’s like the Holga and the Diana have a great feel to them, especially when they are cross processed. So I’m going to show you some ways to fake the funk and give your digital images a healthy dose of awesome sauce. (I’ve been listening to Fundamental El ... Read More
How To Create a Retro Apple Wallpaper in Photoshop
Follow these simple steps in Photoshop to create a homage to Apple, combining the retro striped Apple logo with a range of soft grungy textures to produce a detailed design with subtle touches of colour and tone. Everyone loves the Apple logo, especially the retro striped version from 1977. What better way to tart up your screen than with a cool grungy wa ... Read More
How To Create the Photo Manipulation “Brightness Tomorrows”
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a futuristic looking photo manipulation using some special tools, such as the Background Eraser Tool and how to blend pictures properly using Match Color Adjustments and Lighting Effects. So let's start! ... Read More
Dazzling Dance Photo Manipulation Photoshop Tutorial
In this detailed and lengthy Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to combine photos and add special effects to turn a normal photograph into a stunning artwork. You will also learn several tricks to reduce your Photoshop document file size and number of layers and layer styles. ... Read More
Painting Perfect Skin
Painting skin is one of the hardest tasks faced by every photorealistic painter, due to the number of factors that make up a final effect – colour choices, blending techniques, special brush usage and custom texturing are all equally important to achieve a truly realistic effect. It’s also crucial to remember that different types of skin require a ... Read More
Design a Mystical Golden Sphere in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this really cool, Mystical Golden Sphere in Photoshop. The steps are in fact pretty simple and the outcome looks great in my opinion, have a try :) We will be using some drawing techniques, plus customer brushsets and filter effects along the way, plus I will show you a clever use of Photoshop b ... Read More
Flashing Design in Photoshop
The tutorial of this week is very special, it's from Mike Speero, a graphic designer from Gothenburg, Sweden. Mike has been featured in several books, magazines, done interviews, had a poster up on a fancy Italian galleria and soon he will be selling skateboards as well. ... Read More
New Techniques for Cutting Out Hair in Photoshop CS5
Photoshop CS5 comes with some exciting tools for designers, one of them that stand out is the new Refine Edge tool. It really helps when cutting out an object from a background especially when it involves human hair ... Read More
Make a Soft Grunge Product Ad Design in Photoshop
In this graphic design tutorial, we’ll create a poster with light grunge features centered around a Nike shoe. Graphics designers are often asked to work on advertisement campaigns. Great projects are realized in collaboration with several creative minds specialized in different matters, all under the direction of an art director. Small firms, on the other h ... Read More