displace-filter I have been playing a lot with the Displace filter in Photoshop and I still get impressed with how powerful it is. Even though I have written some tutorials using it, I decided to try to recreate a different effect that I saw in one of the images submitted for the Daily Inspiration. It was a brick wall deformed like it was made of cloth. So in this tutorial, or a quick-tips I will show you how to create a curtain made of bricks or how to deform a brick wall as it was a curtain. To do that we wil use a few stock photos, layer adjustments and the Displace filter in Photoshop CS5. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. Step 2 Let's import another image, now of a girl opening the curtains. Step 3 With the Lasso Tool (L) or the Pen Tool (P) select the empty white. Step 5 Now select the hands/arms of the girl and the curtains. Step 6 Move the brick wall layer so it will be in front of the girl layer. Step 7 Go to Layer>Layer Mask>Hide Selection. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13
41 Nicest Photoshop Photo Effects [Photoshop Tutorials] Looking at how powerful Photoshop can be in terms of photo editing, it’s probably not important if you suck at taking photographs or being labeled an amateur photographer. As long as you picked up a couple of Photoshop photo editing skills, it will still impress those who sees it. So the next time you want to publish some photos online, consider editing them so they look more impressive. Here’s a compilation of 41 Nicest Photoshop Photo Effects you can take into reference. Mental Wave Explosion EffectHow to create a crazy explosion, like a mix of Magneto’s ability with Peter Petrelli’s power.
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Create a Crystallized Water Girl Figure with Disintegration Effect in Photoshop Create a Crystallized Water Girl Figure with Disintegration Effect in Photoshop In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create a Crystallized Water Girl Figure with Disintegration Effect in Photoshop. I will introduce a few tricks with quickly combine texture with stock image to create great looking effect, plus a few lighting techniques to give your work a great finishing touch. Have a try! Sponsor: business cards This is an intermediate tutorial so some steps can be tricky – if you’re having difficulty with it, I suggest you go to the basic section of PSD Vault and practice those tutorials first, then come back and do this one. Here is a preview of the final effect I have for this tutorial: (Click to Enlarge) PSD File Download You can download the PSD File for this tutorial via the VIP Members Area for only $6.95/Month (or less)! Ok Let’s get started! To complete this tutorial, you will need the following stock: Model - by =PersephoneStock Water Splash Brush OK let’s get started!
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Water Elemental Tutorial I am going to run you through a tutorial on how to take a regular picture with a person in it and make them look like a water elemental. First download this picture of a woman in a bathing suit. Next download these 2 images of splashing water Now that you have your supplies for the image we will get started. So open up your picture of your woman in a bathing suit, resize it to your liking. I resized mine down just a little from its original size so it would fit in my screen better. First thing you need to do is select the girl in the picture, I am going to use the pen tool for this task, you can use the tool that is best for you. Now with your selection made copy her with ctrl+c and paste her back in the image with ctrl+v. Next I am going to use the plastic wrap filter on her by going to filter>>artistic>> plastic wrap. Use these similar settings: Ok now she should already look a little liquefied Then fill in the selection with any color because we are going to add a gradient overlay to it.
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