Vignettes are a very popular way to highlight the subject of a photograph. A vignette typically produces an image that contains the subject of the photo in sharp focus and then softens the photo as it blends into a background color so that the photo seems to fade away at the edges...

In Part 1 of this tutorial, we created a very simple non-destructive vignette. Now, it's time to have some fun with it and see the real advantages of working "non-destructively"...

I always suggest using pictures of people on every brochure, flier and web site my clients have, regardless of their products. It makes any marketing material more personal. On the other hand, plugging in a headshot can look forced, so we're often looking for a way to put a twist on posed shots...

Step 1: Control+Click on the layer with your pen tool shape to select it. Go to the channels window and press the save selection as channel button. This will create a new channel (called Alpha 1) with the selection of your shape...

1. Vignette is a picture that smoothly fades into the background. 2. Open Photoshop. Press D to select white as a background color. 3. Open an image to apply simple Vignette effect. 4. Select Elliptical Marquee tool. Place the cursor in the center of an image and draw the circle press...

The real trick to making making your grass look real is to understand how the brushes work. You're gonna kick yourself when you see how easy it really is! (Part 2)

The real trick to making making your grass look real is to understand how the brushes work. You're gonna kick yourself when you see how easy it really is!

Once you see how easy this is, you'll kick your self. Just kidding. This is a fast easy way to give your images a site watermark, without covering the image much.
1. Open any image you want to watermark. I took a picture of some dude's ride here...

This is a nice effect to have in your arsenal. Your going to need an image of something that has a hard selection edge. Use the pen tool to outline a person or object you would like to apply this effect to. Step 1. Make a new document and make sure you make it much larger that the object your ...

Learn how to create some semi-transparent bubbles.
1. Note: that the background in the example image isn't part of this tutorial. You may use a solid color background, our any texture you'd like...