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25 Really Useful Photoshop Drawing Tutorials. Advertisement You may find yourself sick of using other people’s photos as a starting point, or maybe you would like to push your artistic boundaries – But everyone seems to appreciate a good drawing effect tutorials with Photoshop! With that in mind I’ve compiled 25 of my all time favorite drawing tutorials for you to check out. Some tutorials are fairly difficult whilst some are expected for beginners. However, all of them are awesome and well worth a read. I hope that you enjoy this list and as always appreciate any comments or social bookmarking efforts on your part. Recommended Post : Here are 25 Really Useful Photoshop Drawing Tutorials How to Paint an Impressive Artwork Using Photoshop How to Create a Proper Portrait in Photoshop Extreme Digital Painting for a Japanese Lady Making of Fire Dragon Drawing Creation – Funny Bird Pecking at a Tree Create a Multicolored Effect for Hexagon Shapes Create an Awesome Design Effect for Numbers How to create a burning flower in Photoshop.

Photo Enhancement Photoshop Tutorial. Stunning photo-enhancements can often be a daunting task for early Photoshop users. What many people don’t realize is that you doesn’t need incredibly brushing skills or excessive use of filters and expensive plug-ins to make a plain image look amazing. Professional results are possible with some simple, easy to follow steps and make for a good first step in more complicated techniques later on. If you are seeing Photoshop Tutorials for the first time here on our website please dont be surprised. There are many more quality tutorials coming soon.

We are currently looking for more authors. Lets Get on with the Tutorial.Photoshop PSD Source Files for this tutorial for learning purpose.Exclusive Download! Final Preview of The Image What we’re seeking here is to bring out the natural details in the image by enhancing the colors, light, and shadows. Step 1 – Detail Enhancement First of all, label the image layer “Original” and duplicate it. . And circle the iris as shown. 10 Must-know Introductory Photoshop Skills For Beginner Photographer. For many beginning photographers, any version of the image editor, Photoshop, can look quite daunting to use.

With all the menu options, palettes, tools, filters, layer styles and various changes you can make to an image, it’s difficult to know where to start. This article provides some ways to get started with the most popular image editor in the world. If you don’t have a copy of Photoshop, you can download a trial version here. I’m using version CS3 of Photoshop for this article. The skills described in this article should work with the latest, CS4, and previous versions of Photoshop. Here’s a copy of the original image used in this introductory photoshop tutorial. To get started, simply open a portrait or facial shot similar to the one I’m using here. 1. The first thing you want to get used to doing is making a copy of the background layer of your image.

Select the Background Layer and click on the little triangle at the top right of the palette. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 35 Breathtaking Text Effects using Adobe Photoshop. 40+ Beautifully Fresh 3D Text Effect Photoshop Tutorials. Typography is defined as the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyph. In order for you to master this art, you should learn more techniques and methods to manipulate text to create stunning typography art. Using 3D effects makes text & typography more realistic and brings it to life.

In this article I compiled a list of 40+ 3D Text Effect Photoshop Tutorials for you to learn new 3D text effects. 1. 3D Textured Text Effect 2. Floral 3D Text Effect 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 3D Layered Text Effect 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 3D Text on Fire 35. 36. 37. 3D Type with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Extended 38. 39. 40. 41.

Let us know if we have missed some thing awesome and we will be happy to update the article. If you enjoyed this article, get email updates (it's free). Lifehacker. 10 Must-know Introductory Photoshop Skills For Beginner Photographer. 35 Breathtaking Text Effects using Adobe Photoshop. 25 Most Colorful Lakes on Earth [pics] 1. The blue hues captured in this stunning photograph of Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, show just how awesome the natural world can be. Color is how the human eye perceives the reflection of different spectrums of light. We perceive color just as we perceive taste: sublime, exquisite, horrible and delicious.

It provokes us, it enchants us and our whole world revolves around it. Everything from the clothes we wear, to the foods we eat are determined by color. It’s only fitting then, that we explore some of Mother Nature’s most colorful works. 35 Breathtaking Text Effects using Adobe Photoshop. Photo Enhancement Photoshop Tutorial. Four Simple Ways to Improve Your Landscape Photos in Photoshop | Tutorials. All true landscape photographers take pride in their work, and that pride usually comes from hours of Photoshop editing.

While there are numerous guides, tricks, and hints you can follow to edit your landscape photos beautifully, most take some time and dedication to perfect. Before you delve into the unforeseen, and sometimes complicated, world of Photoshop editing, consider the following simple techniques that are the foundation of impressive landscape photographs. 1. Straighten Your Horizon Presenting the most stunning photo of a sunset on the Venice canal won’t mean much if your horizon is crooked; it’s quite off-putting. 2. To be ascetically pleasing, a horizon that is not centered is much more intriguing to the eye and should be utilized whenever possible. 3.

When looking at a photo, there are certain guidelines to follow composition-wise. 4. 5. When compared to our original image, the improvement is quite apparent. Website: christopherodonnellphotography.com. 10 Must-know Introductory Photoshop Skills For Beginner Photographer. 35 Breathtaking Text Effects using Adobe Photoshop. 40+ Beautifully Fresh 3D Text Effect Photoshop Tutorials. How to Create Easy Reflections in Photoshop (or Any Image Editor)

300+ Resources to Help You Become a Photoshop Expert. Adobe Photoshop is arguably the most powerful graphics and photo manipulation software on the market. You can do virtually anything with Photoshop, from fantasy image collages to complete website designs, and everything in between. Although while Photoshop is incredibly powerful, it can also be incredibly complicated, especially when trying to perform advanced functions. Below are over 300 resources to get you on your way to Photoshop mastery. There’s everything from cheat sheets to brushes to tutorials to action scripts, as well as collections of even more resources and tools. pCheat Sheets and Reference Guides Keeping cheat sheets and reference guides at hand can speed up your design process and make you a more efficient designer. Black & White Cheatsheet for Photoshop – This is a great reference guide that shows the results for different methods of converting images to black and white in Photoshop.

Adobe Photoshop Cheat Sheet – This is a six-page reference guide. Individual Tutorials. 40+ Beautifully Fresh 3D Text Effect Photoshop Tutorials. How to Create Easy Reflections in Photoshop (or Any Image Editor) How to have a happier day! Inspiration, Photography For a happier day, I usually start my mornings with a meditative nature walk. I almost always take my iPhone along to snap photos of interesting plants and animals along the way. On a recent walk, I had the good fortune to capture photos of some gorgeous butterflies featuring vibrant bursts of color. I’d like to share these beautiful, ornamental images with you. Flowers, rainbows, and graceful butterflies represent some of the things that always make me smile. We all have pet peeves – little things or big things that bother us.

People frequently ask me how I capture the butterflies in many of my photos. I hope you enjoy viewing the colors of the flowers in this post. I appreciate these photos a little more since it’s more of a challenge to photograph the subject at such a close range. I have a happier day when I get to photograph things that bring me joy. 10 Must-know Introductory Photoshop Skills For Beginner Photographer. 300+ Resources to Help You Become a Photoshop Expert. 25 Really Useful Photoshop Drawing Tutorials. 35 Breathtaking Text Effects using Adobe Photoshop. Photo Enhancement Photoshop Tutorial. 40+ Beautifully Fresh 3D Text Effect Photoshop Tutorials. How to Create Easy Reflections in Photoshop (or Any Image Editor) 300+ Resources to Help You Become a Photoshop Expert. 25 Most Colorful Lakes on Earth [pics]

300+ Resources to Help You Become a Photoshop Expert. How to have a happier day! 10 Must-know Introductory Photoshop Skills For Beginner Photographer. 25 Really Useful Photoshop Drawing Tutorials. How to have a happier day! Spectacular New York City Photography [10 Pics] I love living in a big city. I grew up in a small town, and I always knew from the time I was a little girl that I was destined for a big city. The moment I was old enough to relocate, I did. To me, one of the most beautiful aspects of living in a large metropolitan area is standing right in the middle of all the crowds and craziness at night on the street and looking straight up. The lights, the skyscrapers, the stars and moon all mixed up together look like heaven to me. Recently I wrote an article called Nighttime In The City which featured some breath-taking aerial photographs by legendary photographer Cameron Davidson. Today I’d like to feature some more city photography .

In case you are unfamiliar with that city, it is broken up into 5 boroughs, which are each about the size of an ordinary city. Via: [ Who Designed It ] Time Travel Across The Real Cyprus Through Its Buildings. Profitis Ilias Church – Ayia Napa As well as walking throughout Cyprus this last week it was wonderful to get a taste of the local life, history and buildings in and between. Away from the resorts and beaches, up in the mountains or out in the countryside you can get a real sense of the real Cyprus. Throughout the days we had wandered from the far West of the island to the East. Traditional mountainside villages, whole villages dating back centuries kept as they were and ancient churches/monasteries line the route.

Before I show you some more fantastic hiking trails and nature in the next posts I just want to show you some of these insights. Paphos was the starting point in the West. Staying near Paphos at Pegaias you can find perfect sea views, buildings along the coast stand alone with super views for example at the church of Agios Georgios overlooking the rocky harbour.

Religious buildings play a large part in the islands culture, history and architectural decoration. Sapphire Seas of Cyprus – Strolling The Coast of Ayia Napa. Over to the East of Cyprus sits the resort of Ayia Napa. To many known as a place of party but as soon as you get out of the centre a whole new paradise opens up. Sandy beaches, rocky outcrops with blue water and sky as far as the eye can see. For gentle calming walks there are few better places. Or for the avid hiker this gorgeous stretch of coast keeps on going with its beauty. The views are endless and I can assure you that you won’t be rushed as much is too good to ignore. At the cliff bottoms you can find hidden sandy beaches or caves you can sit in and watch the clear waters lap up on the rocks. In upcoming posts I will be showing some of the wonderful hiking trails of the Cyprus mountains but I am so glad I wandered the treasures of this coast.

Tags: ayia napa, coast, Cyprus, hike, sea, sea views, walk. The Aphrodite Nature Trail – A Sublime Corner Of Cyprus. What a wonderful start to a trip to Cyprus, Day one it was boots on and off over to the far West of the island, the Akamas Peninsula, for the Aphrodite (the Greek goddess of love) Nature Trail. This whole area of Cyprus has a very strong connection with the legend of Aphrodite, the daughter of Zeus, and her lover Adonis.

Today a circular trail takes you round the North coast of the penninsular, up over the sea facing hills and down through the trees and tracks. All the while you are surrounded by sun, sea, flowers of such variety plus trees in rich green. Rich smells of shrubs and thyme for example line the path and the will to stop and take in the hit on the senses cannot be ignored I can tell you. Lizards scurrying around, poppies sat in groups, oaks over 600 years old, there was no denying this really was a nature trail. In fact I now need to go brush upon my flowers it seems. Even as we drove to the next destination we stopped for a view looking down over Paphos. Swans - Tony Britton's Photos.

Orchids at Kew Gardens. Kew Gardens is a magnificent place to visit at any time of year as the outdoor gardens transform magically throughout the seasons. But plants from other climatic zones are also on year-round display in the temperature-controlled glasshouses; and Kew is home to the oldest known collection of living orchids. There are two specialised orchid zones in the Princess of Wales Conservatory. Orchids are entrancingly beautiful flowers – vibrant and sensuous. Some are tiny with intricate petals; others are large, pitcher-shaped and flamboyant. There are 25,000 named species of orchids; and whilst they may conjure up images of an exotic paradise, orchids actually live in a wide range of climates, from the sub-Arctic to the Tropics.

With their intoxicatingly colourful designs, insects are drawn towards them and many orchids have complex relationships with their pollinators. I hope you enjoy my photos of these strange and enchanting flowers. Wonderful Weeds! Wonderful Weeds! Weeds are a common enemy to many gardeners – and despite brutal attempts to eradicate them, somehow they manage to survive…. They positively flourish in dry corners, brickwork and crevices.

They regularly invade beds designated for pretty flowers; and they even seem perfectly adapted for any climate or weather fluctuation. Their ingenious seed dispersal techniques ensure their survival – no matter what our objections may be. But whilst weeds may seem like a horticultural enemy; they are in fact the opposite for wildlife. Weeds provide shelter and nourishment, especially for the mini-beasts, which in turn benefit the birds and small mammals who feed on them. Different types of weed come into flower at different times of year, and due to their fast growing nature, they are often the first to provide food for insects after the winter thaw. Butterflies and bees enjoy visiting the golden dandelions…. Seal of Approval: Visit Britain Like A Local.

There’s nothing like local knowledge when it comes to sniffing out the highlights of a new destination. For those unfamiliar with Britain and its neighbouring regions, the huge array of guidebooks and websites can seem a little daunting. What’s needed is some friendly local advice on the very best holiday spots around Britain. Thanks to some trusted advisors and good friends on Twitter, here we reveal a few of the country’s hidden gems and proven family favourites. From wild seal colonies and surfing beaches to quaint harbour towns and stunning coastal treks, these local insights should get the creative juices flowing when planning your next trip to the British Isles… Donna Nook – Lincolnshire Recommended by Hannah Coleman (@dreamwalls): “I love visiting Donna Nook in North East Lincolnshire, for its wild remote coast and most of all its colony of Seals when in season.”

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