This tutorial will show you how to turn objects into gold.

The object here is to learn to start to create your own textures. Using some traditional methods you can create a great texture with simple watercolor wash and scan in to use and manipulate in Photoshop 5.0.

Lets learn how to draw flowing lava or you may also call it melted chocolate if you change the color to brown.

1. In this tutorial I'll explain how you can create an image zoom effect using the magnifying glass. First of all you'll need a screenshot of something you want to magnify, in my case I searched for the word magnify on wikipedia and took a screenshot of it. Then I openened photoshop (edit - paste).....

An article that shows even a novice the powerful techniques...

You will understand here how create this plastic effect.

Create a spooky twirl with filters just in time for Halloween!

Create abstract by using a few simple filter effects!

Create a magical cartoon style sparkling effect on your favorite picture!

1. Document Creation Get started by finding a nice, suitable stock photo to work with. For this you'll want to use one of the following websites: