Using layer blending modes is a quick and easy way to composite images. Copy one image over the other and change the upper layer's blending mode and/or opacity, and you've got a great image! But you can finesse the appearance of the composite by using multiple blending modes...

Here's a technique for producing that absolutely, perfectly, flawlessly smooth skin. It's not appropriate for all images, but when you need perfect skin, give this trick a try...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, June 2005
If you find the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop (known as ACR) a little overwhelming, let Peter Bauer show you how to tame the beast.

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, June 2005
Learn how to blur your background a bit in order to make the subject of your photo stand out in sharp focus. Photoshop author Peter Bauer makes it easy.

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, June 2005
Sometimes you can't make a good shot because of the lack of light or poor quality of your camera. In most such cases you'll get a "noisy" picture. This tutorial will teach you how to remove this noise.

In this tutorial, we'll be turning an ordinary person into The Terminator with scars and injuries too.

This tutorial shows you how to transform someone into a cyborg by adding various styles and shapes to a person's face.

Open a new picture. You can use mine if you want. Select the building in right side.
Grab Magnetic Lasso Tool and select the building.
Go to Select > Inverse (ctrl + shift + i) and then Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set it to 2.0 px...

This is an important tutorial because it is introducing you to the quick mask. The Photoshop quick mask is a powerful way to get great selections accurately and it's very flexible. First start off with the lasso tool and make a very loose selection around an object...