So the head of marketing was so impressed with your ability to get Dick Trickle to adorn his winning NASCAR with your logo, he became your willing slave. Now that's all fine and good, but everybody knows that the best way to make people drool is with larger-than-life special effects...

It's difficult to think of an electronic gadget that's changed the way I look at the world more than my digital camera. I held off from buying one at first, but after a year of researching and one particularly hefty tax return from Uncle Sam, I made the plunge...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, October 2005
In this tutorial I will show how to modify the original version of Lamborghini Murcielago to make its natural-looking miniature copy.

Step 1:
Open an image of girl with Photoshop. Create a new Layer, with the "Brush Tool" ( ), and choose this color #efe65, this is not important.
With this tool you should make many lines on the hair, look the " Image 1 ". Alternate the brush size from 2 to 4 pixels.

Step 1:
Let's open an any car pic you want, i choose a Porsche Cayenne (which is not so ordinary).
Now apply the following filter to the pic choosen: Filter > Render > Lens Flare
These are settings: Brightness: 86, Lens Type: 105mm.

One thing that I ever wanted to do is to draw a portrait. But, cause I really haven't that gift, I use the gift that I've simulating that beautiful portraits in a digital way... Here is the way I do that, using Photoshop...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, September 2005
Mad for vectors? Let this tutorial for experienced users teach you how to give your photos that popular cell-shade look.

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, September 2005
For beginners, a pencil sketch tutorial that will introduce you to the basics of layers and filters.

What you will need to begin is a high resolution image. (Not supplied - below is just a sample of what I used for this effect.) Note: Image courtesy of AbsolutVision Photo Gallery...

Create a black and white image using only the color information for an effect similiar to a black and white infrared photo.