Because both Photoshop and Illustrator have layers, it only makes sense to want to use layers from one product in the other one. Itâ??s nice to be able to manipulate individual layers from a Photoshop image in Illustrator, so you can make adjustments on a portion of an image. Before you embark on this...

Learn how to create a good looking folder icon for a website or your desktop

Fast technique to a simple letterlock using two or more letters.

Create new 500x500 transparent document. <br/> Filter->Render->Clouds Filter->Stylize->Find edges Image->Adjustements->Invert <br/> Image->Adjutement->Hue/Saturation use these settings: Colorize-checked Hue: 190 Saturation: 100 Lightness: +15 Now zoom out image (ctrl-)

Make a lens flare on a transparent background. This allows you to play with blending modes, positioning, colorizing and more to come up with a very nice (and unique) effect.

This is just a simple tutorial on how to save your images with transparency

<span>Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, October 2005</span><br/>Here you'll find some extremely useful (and not very well-known) selection techniques: once you learn them, you will wonder how you ever got by without them!

Add a holographic effect to your photos.

This tutorial explains how to create a spaceship hull using some simple techniques, basically selections and the dodge and burn tool, after the base is layed in you can spend as long as you like adding details and defining things...

<span>Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, June 2005</span><br/>Learn how to make self-writing text with the help of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe ImageReady.