When you have made your selection and you have the proper layer selected in the layers palette (here, the layer with the wall if there are other layers)...

Here we will continue covering some basic-intermediate selection techniques. Grab the polygonal lasso tool. Since we already have a selection we're going to get rid of a certain part of the selection and keep the part that we want to keep...

In this tutorial I will show you 3 different ways to make shine. So open up your image.

This could be handy for examples, previews or pop-up images. This technique is simple and nice to use once you get the hang of it...

1. First thing to do is to type in your text and maybe apply some effects to the text layer.
2. So now when you have your text like you want it, it's time to rasterize the text layer, to do that just right click on your text layer in the layers palette and choose Rasterize Layer...

Remember the killing-goddess Mystique from those old comics? Here's your chance to transform a random person into this silent but deadly killer!

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, April 2005
This tutorial will guide you through the routine process of making a vector silhouette, with one exception: your silhouette will not have a featureless interior...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, April 2005
Find the method best suited for making Selections. Some try the Extract Filter or the Magnetic Lasso Tool, while others like our author work with Channels.

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, April 2005
1. you'll probably want to start with a picture, something for the background.
2. Now you need to pick a picture of a girl, and add her in. play with the levels (press ctrl+l) and then use a feathered eraser to take off all .......

Create the popular photo montages you've seen in posters and puzzles. You will only see a bunch of tiling images when you view the images up close, however, if you view the image from a distance, you will see one large image created by all the small thumbnails...