135+ Awesome Photoshop Effects Tutorials

This is a massive collection of tutorials showing you how to create amazing Photoshop effects. It is amazing what you can do in tools like Photoshop. In most cases, learning new techniques and skills is essential even though it is from a tutorial that is not directly related to the type of designs you typically do. Many Photoshop effects can be used all round and you will simply extend your “personal toolbox” when you investigate how other Photoshop user suggest a specific task to be done. I have created other related posts you should check out also e.g. on Photoshop smoke effects, Photoshop text effects, Photoshop water effects. Advertisement Photoshop Effects Index Light and fire Photoshop Effects Photoshop effects can be used to add awesome light and fire to your creations. Quick Tip: Create Light Leaks and Lomo Effects Using Actions in Photoshop In this quick tip tutorial, you will learn how to create light leaks and lomo effects for you photos using actions in Photoshop. Crack And Peel

Electrifying Energy Beams - Luxa - Photoshop Tutorials, Videos, Brushes, Tips & Tricks Here's a great effect that will bring some energy to your subject. We'll be wrapping this singer's arm with a glowing beam of light, adding sparkles, and adjusting the colors to make it all seem magical. Firstly, create a new layer, then grab your Pen Tool (P) and draw out a spiraling path, as if you have a snake wrapped around the arm. Now you need to delete the parts you want hidden behind the arm. With your stroke layer selected, choose "Add layer mask" at the bottom of the Layers Palette. Right click on your stroke layer and choose Blending Options. Make a copy of your stroke layer and right click on the Layer Effects icon. We're now going to make a secondary stroke to create another level of motion. Our energy beam is nearly there. For the last part of this effect, we'll add one more layer of shimmer. Now select your background photo layer and apply a Plastic Wrap filter, found in your Artistic filters. Back Home

Root - 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. 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. 1. 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. 4. Become the master of light and glow on Photoshop with this brief, easy-to-follow guide. 5. Use masking tools, layers, gradients and lines to turn your favorite piece of 3D text into something more colorful and commercial. 6. Mental waves do not exist, but if they did they’d look rather like this. 7. This tutorial is so versatile. 8. 9. 10. 11. Portraits occupy the more advanced end of the Photoshop learning spectrum.

80+ Photoshop Actions for Giving Your Pictures a Vintage Look Photoshop actions are great. With just a click of a button you can apply a complicated effect to a photo instantly. One of the most popular type of actions is the vintage or retro style. With the popularity of vintage-inspired Instagram filters and film emulation, the older style is desired with many photos. Fortunately, there are plenty of quality Photoshop actions that will help you to get vintage effects quickly and easily. In this article, I’ve rounded up over eighty Photoshop actions that will add very cool vintage or retro effects to your photos. Instagram Filters (13 actions) Lomocam (10 actions) Lomo Action Hard Lomo Action Holgarizer Vintage Light Leak Action Vintage Heaven Action Vintage Dream Action Retro Cross Action Vintage Matte Action Faded Film Action Old Film Action Retro Style Actions (10 actions) Instant Hipster (10 actions) Prestalgia (10 actions) Vintage Gold Action Aged Black & White Action Glory Days Vintage Actions (7 actions) Muted Colors Vintage Action Old Tones (6 actions)

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