Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

How to paint a photorealistic Image from Scratch

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

We have an amazing Photoshop tutorial for you today. Take a look at this picture: You think it's a photograph, right? Well, it's not! The above artwork has been created from scratch, using Adobe Photoshop only. The designer and author of this great tutorial, Daniel "Wade" Hammonds, started with a ...

How to make the Flare Effect in Photoshop

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Take a look at this quick Photoshop tutorial on creating a flare effect using Adobe Photoshop. The tutorial includes a free download of the WordPress logo (Hi-res). This effect comes in handy, not only for the example with the WordPress logo - more after the jump.Share This

How to Create Smoke from scratch

Monday, March 24th, 2008

In this fantastic Photoshop tutorial, you learn how to create smoke from scratch. In 7 easy steps, you go from creating custom shapes, over blurring them, to making this great effect you can see above. Share This

Light Effects and Plastic Styles in Photoshop

Monday, February 25th, 2008

These are two separate Photoshop tutorials. In the first tutorial, you learn how to create amazing light effects using the Photoshop Lighting Effects Filter. For this, you don't have to manually brush the effect onto the shape, just use the built-in rendering filter. The second Photoshop tutorial shows you how to create ...

How to turn a charming Landscape Image into a charming Horror Site

Monday, February 18th, 2008

This is a fun tutorial for Photoshop geeks! You take a beautiful - ok, ok, dull - picture of a landscape and by playing around with it a bit, you turn it into a terrifying alien invasion site. Very good Photoshop tutorial over at iMarc! The tutorial is well written and, ...

How to Destroy an Image like a Professional

Monday, February 11th, 2008

This great tutorial by the photographer Steve Paxton shows you how to destroy, scratch, and distress a photograph in Adobe Photoshop. If you want to create a worn and 'old' look to your images, this is a very good way to do it, and you should read on. Steve Paxton is ...

Advanced Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Friday, February 1st, 2008

This is a good tutorial for Photoshop users who know their way around a bit already. You don't have to be an expert in Photoshop, but you should know some of the basics before you try this tutorial out.Share This

How to Create Photoshop Patterns #2

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

This is another tutorial about creating patterns in Photoshop. It includes a download of the pattern kit. It is the last part of this series, the other parts are: The differences between brushes and patterns in Photoshop, Photoshop Brushes: install and create, Photoshop Patterns: install, create #1 and #2. How to create Photoshop Patterns ...