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. 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) Vintage-Inspired Actions (4 actions) Minty Tint Vintage Action
50 The Most Spectacular Photoshop Tutorials of 2009 In our previous posts we showed you the most interesting tutorials by a particular topic. For example 10 Best Typography Tutorials or 15 Best Smoke Tutorials. In connection with the end of the year we decided to remember the most spectacular and the most interesting Photoshop tutorials of 2009, regardless of its topic. In this collection you’ll see 50 various tutorials that will inspire you for creating your own artworks. Enjoy! How to Create a Realistic IES Lighting Effect in Photoshop by Psdtuts+ Making of a Scary Mental Hospital Scene by 10Steps How to Create an Ice Text Effect with Photoshop by Psdtuts+ Create a Shiny Earth with Photoshop 3D Layers by Psdtuts+ Creating ‘Broken Link’ by PSDFAN Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-Real Images by Psdtuts+ Design a Grunge-Style Abstract Typography with Rusted Metal Texture in Photoshop by Psdvault How to Create a Photo Manipulation of a Flooded City Scene by Psdtuts+ Design a Surreal Floating Eiffel Tower Scene In Photoshop by Psdvault
Photoshop CS4: A Picture Worth a Thousand Words I love Photoshop techniques that offer all kinds of possibilities for experimentation—and the following tutorial is a perfect example of one of those techniques. In this issue, we’re going to take a portrait and replace the person’s image with text (think 2009 Grammy posters). Pick a portrait that offers good contrast—a photo that’s very dramatic and dark probably won’t work as well. I’ve had the best success with straight-on head and shoulder shots, but again, feel free to experiment with all types of photos. For the best results, choose a photo that has a light background (or select the background around the person and make it lighter). Create a new document (File>New) in a size that’s smaller than your photo: the specifics don’t really matter. Switch back to the photograph. Then, press Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J) to copy the selected pixels onto a new layer. Go back to the Select menu and choose Color Range again. Click the Create a New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.
Useful Adobe Photoshop Techniques, Tutorials and Tools Create realistic type on wood In this tutorial we are going to take some regular text and add some effects to make it look like it has been painted or printed on wood. This is a great way to give your text that natural look. This can be applied to any solid shape, text, images, logos, etc. What we are going to need Adobe Photoshop Wood Texture Step 1 Open up the wood texture from Zen Textures in Photoshop. Go to Image>Image Size and change the width to 1200px and make sure the resolution is at 72 pixels/inch. Step 2 Using the Type Tool (T), create some white text that will roughly fit the width of the document (leaving some space on the edges). Using the Crop Tool (C) crop the top and bottom edges so they have a small margin around the text, about the same amount as the sides or a little more. Step 3 Click on the eye icon to the left of the text layer to make the text disappear. Go to File>Save, and save it as a Photoshop file. Step 4 Make sure you have the background layer selected. Now go to Image>Adjustments>Threshold.
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. All of them are easy to follow, although most do require at least some prior knowledge and experience. 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. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
25 Excellent Photoshop Texture Tutorials Adding texture to a design can create drastic changes and powerful results. Photoshop provides a number of different possibilities for working with textures, which allows designers to use their creativity. In this post we’ll features 25 tutorials that will help you to learn more about working with textures in Photoshop and how to create impressive results. Looking for hosting?
35 Amazing Photo Effect Photoshop Tutorials Get the FlatPix UI Kit for only $7 - Learn More or Buy Now Photography manipulation is always a favorite of the DesignM.ag community. Enjoy this list of cool photo manipulations! Create a Nature Inspired Photo Manipulation in Photoshop Create a Vampire Portrait in Photoshop Design an Indie Rock cd cover in Photoshop Create a Greek Sculpture Using Stock Photography and Photoshop How to Simulate X-Ray Photography in Photoshop Combine Stock Photography to Create a Sleepy Japanese Village in Photoshop Give a Yellow Lamborghini a Paint Job in Photoshop Create an Eerie Underwater Composition in Photoshop Design a spectral photo-manipulation The creation of “A Life Of Aquatic Sounds” Playing with custom brushes to create magical scenes Create a Moonlit Night Scene in Photoshop Create a Dark and Rainy Crime Scene in Photoshop Playing with Displace Filter in Photoshop Create a Magical Flaming Heart Illustration in Photoshop Remove a Person From a Photo With Photoshop CS5’s Content Aware Feature
Ten The Best Creative Photoshop Tutorials The best of Photoshop Tutorials, mostly about photo manipulations and retro poster style. Check out new tricks that you can learn and apply it to your own designs. These tutorials are the best from great sites such us Abduzeedo, 10Steps.SG, Webdesigner Depot, PSDFan and Psdeluxe. We Hope you like this article…!!! Rapid Vector Portrait Process This Quick Tip tutorial will guide you through the process of making a vector portrait rapidly. A picture will be used as a guide for black and gray paths. We'll review some shortcuts that will allow you to achieve good quality results with few steps and minimum fuss. Final Image Preview Below is the final image we will be working towards. Want access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Tutorial Details Program: Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator CS4Difficulty: BeginnerEstimated Completion Time: 1-2 hours Step 1 Take a picture of yourself or of an other person. Step 2 Open the photo in Photoshop, unlock the layer. Step 3 Press the button Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer under the layers panel and then select Threshold. Step 4 Open up both of the images in Illustrator. Now select one of these images again, and in the top menu press the triangle located to the right of the Live Trace button (shown below). Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Conclusion
Cool Photoshop Abstract Effect Tutorials « PixelDetail Photoshop is a powerful tool that belongs in any designers toolbox. Abstract works is a mysterious of web design header, beautiful photo effects, vibrant desktop backgrounds or it can be beautiful art. One of the most unique and creative things you can accomplish with Photoshop are abstract effects. In order to save your time, I have collected some of the best Photoshop abstract effect tutorials of all time. 1. In this tutorial, you will learn a simple technique for creating brilliant light streaks. Create Brilliant Light Streaks in Photoshop 2. In the tutorial, writer will show you the steps I took to create this glowing Floral Pattern in Photoshop. Simple Glowing Floral Pattern in Photoshop 3. In this tutorial you will learn that how to create a beautiful and extraordinary effect with some simple steps. Special Purple Lighting 4. This Vista Lighting Effect, sometimes referred to as the Aurora Effect, can really transform an ordinary wallpaper to something extraordinary. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
35 Beautiful Vintage and Retro Photoshop Tutorials Top Home » Digital Artworks • Gallery • Illustration • Inspiration • Photoshop • Tutorials » 35 Beautiful Vintage and Retro Photoshop Tutorials If you are a lover of 1980’s style or like much vintage years styles then you are at exact point. Nostalgic and old-fashioned designs look and feel very much attractive and many times they have a lot inspiration in them. These vintage and retro styles are full of mixture of rich colors, grunge elements and various textures. Creating a Stunning Old-World Look in Photoshop Design a Stylish Retro Game Boy Poster in Photoshop DIY vintage T-shirts How to create retro sunflower poster in Photoshop How to Design a Rockin’ 80′s Party Poster Creating a Space-Helmeted Future Retro Illustration Design a Retro Futurism Space Scene Make a Retro-Space Typography Poster with Colorful Lights Gigposter Design: The New Sex Create a Vintage Looking Image with Photoshop Design a Colorful Retro Futuristic Poster in Photoshop Design a Retro Summer Poster Illustration Retro Stars