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...

To start, create a new image and fill the background with a pattern. Try using a rusty metal or some such, but make sure it is seamless and saved in the loaded pattern set. If not, define the pattern before you continue. Here's one you can use (I'll be using it through this tutorial): Creat.....

While loops are used to cycle through a series of instructions. It is similar to conditionals except it repeats the script until the while statement becomes untrue.

1. In this example I used a part from DigitalAbuse's header. It works well for this tutorial because of its' many "objects" and contrasts.
2. Now let's streeeetch! <-- yea, funny, eh? You wanna select your single column marquee tool...

First, let's just create a few styles using a single layer and a line of type. When developing styles, I generally begin with the bevel and build from there. The last style element I apply is the drop shadow, primarily so I can get a feel for the color the shadow should be. I usually don't .....

Since digital cameras can only capture a fraction of the brightness range that your eyes can see, Adobe has added a new Merge to HDR function in Photoshop CS2 that lets you merge several exposures into one High Dynamic Range (HDR) image. This new feature allows you to capture the full range of color...

I use these actions on every computer that I run Photoshop. They are time saving, offer a lot of basic controls over your selections, and streamline Gaussian Blurs. First, download my actions, and save them to your Desktop...

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...

Freeze a picture thats going at speed!
1. Open your background, we just used a forest dropout i found on google.
2. Duplicate this layer and click Filter > Blur > Motion blur. you want the angle at 0 and the distance to about 100...

Here's a few simple steps to achieve another method of eliminating the background of an image when exporting the image to a page layout, vector-editing application, or printing purposes. This method is kind of out of the way and is found under the 'Help/Export Transparent Image' menu command...