This effect has become increasingly popular for use in designing backgrounds. By using the live trace effect, you can take any stock image and transform it into an outline that can be placed behind your main subject. The technique works in Illustrator and can be used in Photoshop as well. Experiment...

Fire and flames can be one of the most eye-catching features used in a composition. In this tutorial, we will be looking at how to create a brilliant flame-engulfed scene.

Learn how to make a dark deviant abstract background.

Create a glass sphere crystal ball using a single photo in Photoshop CS2.

Using the technique described in this tutorial learn how to create an image distortion with a very typical blur.

Learn new features such as automatic layer alignment and blending that enables advanced compositing.

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to make an amazing lights effect using Photoshop.

Using the Patch tool and the Smudge tool for reflections.

Easy reflections for almost anything you like.

With the following tutorial you can learn to put a background to a cut photographic.