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Sep 08, 2008 in Photoshop Basics

Paving Your Way in Photoshop

The first thing we are going to do is select the custom shape tool, make the settings like you see here. Choose the fill mode, polygon and set the sides to 6.

Nov 16, 2007 in Color Management

Advanced Color Correction with Levels

This technique is a contrast/tone and color correction technique all in one. Once you run through this, you will see how just about any image can be improved and you will use this technique many times over. For a number of years, this was just about the only correction technique that I used.

Nov 16, 2007 in Special Effects

Starburst glints of light

Here is a nice effect that looks like the sun glinting off a metallic or shiny surface. This starburst effect even includes a little lens flare. A tasteful replacement for the sometimes over used lens flare filter.

Jul 27, 2006 in Drawing Techniques

Kiosk Orbs in Photoshop

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, July 2006
Making little Christmas style ornaments in Photoshop can really be a lot of fun. Check out this great tutorial to find out more.

Jul 25, 2006 in Web Layout

Creating a Knockout Online Portfolio with Photoshop

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, July 2006
Creating a really nice online portfolio of your word might just be the thing you need to boost your business and income. Click here to find out more.

Jul 21, 2006 in Text Effects

Anime Beads

I received a request from the forum for this effect from one of our Members living in Japan. This is a technique that is all the rage over there. Not knowing what is effect is called, I decided to dub it the "Anime Bead" effect. Enjoy!

Jul 21, 2006 in Photo Editing

Create a Sunset in Less Than a Minute

Here we have an image of some people playing on the beach in the afternoon. We can easily change this image to look like it is late in the day and the sun is setting. The beach will be bathed in golden light.

Jul 21, 2006 in Photo Editing

English Tea can Painting

This tutorial will show you how to turn a Photo into a painting that resembles something you would see on on of those old English Tea cans or on china Dinner sets.

Jul 21, 2006 in Web Layout

Create Rollovers in ImageReady

Now to create javascript rollovers in ImageReady. These are the trendy effects that are all over the web, that make the image change when the mouse moves over it. Try it here, move your mouse over the image at the bottom of the page

Jul 20, 2006 in Drawing Techniques

Screw Heads in Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to hold your images together with realistic looking screws.