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SandStorm Photoshop Action. Watch the above video for a demonstration of the action and detailed video tutorial Add pro lighting effects to your Sandstorm images with Soft Focus 2. You may also like: Scroll down for the full list of over 50 photo effects. SandStorm Photoshop Action Create this highly detailed effect from your photos with little effort at all. You can choose from 5 different directions: UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT or MIDDLE The action has been tested and working on Photoshop CS3,CS4,CS5,CS6,CC+ The action will ONLY WORK IN THE ENGLISH VERSION OF PHOTOSHOP . Tips & Help. 110 Best Photoshop Photo Manipulation Tutorials. Learn the Basics of Photoshop: The Complete Guide. How To Create Vibrant Lighting Effects From Scratch. Incorporating lighting effects is a great way to bring energy and flow into your designs.

How To Create Vibrant Lighting Effects From Scratch

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create some amazing lighting effects from scratch using a free open source program and then adding final touches to the image inside of Photoshop. Required Resources Download the Resources (Includes the final PSD) Final Image Preview Take a look at the design we’ll be creating. Step 1 To start off this tutorial you will be creating the main glowing object using a program called Apophysis. Note: If you would like to skip the creation process using Apophysis, I have included the rendered output in the resource files.

After you have downloaded and installed Apophysis. Step 2 In the left hand panel of Apophysis, double click on different flame titles until you find one that you like. Step 3. 25 Mind Blowing Text Effects Photoshop Tutorials. Making Unrealistic Things Look Possible in Photoshop CS4 - Layers Magazine. Perhaps one of the most satisfying gratifications of designing with Photoshop is the ability to create the impossible—making unrealistic things look possible.

Making Unrealistic Things Look Possible in Photoshop CS4 - Layers Magazine

Here we’ll combine dancers with splashes to create a unique “splash dance.” 1 [WHITE BACKGROUNDS WORK BEST] Like many techniques in Photoshop, this one will be easier if the photo you choose is on a white background. We’ve chosen this istockphoto.com image of a leaping dancer. (Toward the end of the tutorial we’ll look at what’s involved if the background isn’t white.) 2 [FIND SOME SPLASH PHOTOS] A quick search of “splashes” and “paint splashes” on istockphoto.com provides a bunch of nice splashes. 3 [DRAG-AND-DROP] Drag-and-drop the splash photo onto the photo of the dancer.

Monster Size Selection of Awesome Photoshop Tutorials. During the last years I’ve been compiling resources for Photoshoppers.

Monster Size Selection of Awesome Photoshop Tutorials

Since I’m the Editor of Photoshop Roadmap, I have to check for new tutorials every day and so I have a good knowledge about Photoshop resources being produced continuously. That’s why I decided to gather all the compilations of Photoshop Resources I created for this blog. The most popular subjects are present in this collection: Photo effects, Photoshop brushes, text effect, lighting and grunge effects, etc. 20 PSD Tuts That Will Turn You Into A Photoshop Guru. Many people can use Photoshop, but only a select few can call themselves gurus.

20 PSD Tuts That Will Turn You Into A Photoshop Guru

Learn all the methods in the 20 tutorials below and you’ll be well on your way to joining this elite. Rather than focus on tuts for beginners, intermediates or advanced users, we’ve simply chosen ones which produce jaw-dropping effects. All of them are easy to follow, although most do require at least some prior knowledge and experience. 1. Colorful Plexi Text Effect Follow this tutorial to create dazzling, multi-layered, semi-transparent lettering, with a Perspex-like quality. 2. 3D Pixel Stretch Effect File this tutorial under “simple but effective”. 3. Turn a simple cityscape into a torrentially flooded wasteland. 70 creative Gimp tutorials. Gimp Tutorials in this review include a handpicked selection of creative Gimp tutorials for intermediate and advanced users.

70 creative Gimp tutorials

Gimp is a free multiplatform image editing tool, using Gimp you can achieve pretty much everything what can be done in pricey Photoshop. These Gimp tutorials will help you to learn text, Gimp photo editing, advanced photo manipulations such as changing colors, background, remove objects, proper black and white conversion in Gimp. Adobe Photoshop Tutorials on AdobeTutorialz.com. Reader Tutorial: Easy Digital Painting in Photoshop. This tutorial will walk you through the simple steps used to turn a regular photograph into an interesting digital painting illustration, using Photoshop's Filter Gallery and the Smudge Tool.

Depending on the photograph you choose, it shouldn't take you more than a couple of hours to complete. Before I begin, I must give a huge thanks to @kidhelios / George Auckland (my old boss from the BBC) as the source for this illustration. Preview The first thing to do is to resize the photo to your desired output size. This is important as the Filter Gallery effects are heavily pixel based and if you resize after you've finished your work, it can blend them all back together and lessen the overall effect.

Next we need to drop out the background, fix any problems and prepare the photo for the filters. Now we are finished with our basic image adjustments, it's time to apply the filters. Select the bottom layer of the three and apply the 'Poster Edges' effect from the Filter Gallery. 55 Amazing Adobe After Effects Tutorials For Beginners & Experts. Separating Complex Objects from Background. The BIGGEST ever list of design resources! : : ProofHQ – Product Blog. Following the huge success of last year’s “World’s Biggest Ever List of Graphic Design Blogs”, we’ve decided that we should turn it into an annual event – after all, more people than ever before are blogging and the talent pool continues to grow.

The BIGGEST ever list of design resources! : : ProofHQ – Product Blog

This year, we’ve added in some additional categories including typography and image sourcing sites to help you along your way. The list is at least 40% larger than last year and is the one stop shop for all that you could need in terms of inspiration, reference material or tools for you to use. So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen…. drum-roll please! Graphic Design 1stwebdesigner Blog by Dainis Graveris in Latvia covering all things design and freelance. 2expertsdesign A blog filled with tips – whether it’s graphic design, logo design, web design, advertising, branding or typography. 456 Berea Street Blog from Roger Johansson containing articles and tutorials on web standards, accessibility and usability. 72dpi Graphic design inspiration.

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