Realistic Microphone in Photoshop
Create a new Document 600 x600 -rgb, transparent bg Make a circle with the marquee tool Fill with a grid pattern. How to make Grids We want to make our grid nice and spher...
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Moving through time
In this tutorial we are going to play with time to get movement. I will show you how to get a really quick motion effect by using the history brush. Lets start with a photo. I used one of an eagle here, but this will work with any picture. Filter>Blur>motion blur to apply a blur to the e...
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Aligning Layers
A lot of designers I know hate math, they are right brained and cannot stand those pesky little numbers cramping their creative style. Something you may not be aware of is the fact that Photoshop is a pretty good...
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Photoshop at Warp Speed
I am going to help you explore the universe called Photoshop and I can't help but have a little fun along the journey. So to kick off our time together we are going to create a lightspeed starfield in 3 steps. In the famous words of the captain Engage! Press the "D" key to reset the foregroun...
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Double Bevelled Outlines
Step 1. Start with your shape on a new layer. Try experimenting with a shape of your own. I drew this with the polygon lasso tool an filled it with green. Step 2. Make a selection around your object. Ctrl/Cmd+Click o the layer Thu...
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How to get realistic water reflections
Here we will learn how to get realistic water reflections. This will work for any object, not just for text. Here is another example. There are many variations of this effect, for the sake of illustration ...
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Color Tinting
That trendy color tinted effect explained here. In 3 easy steps! Step 1. Start with your image in RGB mode Step 2. 1. Open the Hue/Saturation box Ctrl/Cmd+U 2. Click the colorize box. 3.
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Realistic rope in photoshop
This tutorial came out of a request from the forum. I was asked if I could make a realistic rope. But it needed to be "coiled up like a cobra" with an end sticking up. I just cannot resist a challenge and thi...
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Unlocking the Hidden Power of the Crop Tool in Photoshop 7
I was working on a magazine this weekend and after scanning and cropping about 50 pictures I stumbled across something I never noticed before, if I doubled click...
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