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How to “erase” unwanted subjects in your photos

In this tutorial I will show you how to "erase" or clone out the people from this Japanese Garden photo. [caption id="attachment_144" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="japanese garden"][/caption] The first part ...

Photoshop special effects through Curve adjustment Layers

A Video tutorial on how to add special effects with lightning and adjustment layers. This is a 2 part video tutorial that teach you how to add special effects and lightning through adjustment curve. Here is the original photo and ...

speed Sketching a portrait in photoshop

This is a video of me sketching a random portrait in photoshop using a wacom tablet, I've included the video and also some screen shoots. Here is the video of the sketching process, you can read below for details. [ad#adhorrizontaltext] I ...

Iron Man speed painting

Here is a video of me painting Iron Man in Photoshop. Again its probably pretty fast but you get the idea, comments and critiques are welcome!! I sketched it out with plain black line than shade it in to get a feel of the ...

Speed painting for Storm from X-men the movie (photoshop tutorial)

Here is a time lapsed painting of Storm, the costume in this painting is from X-men the movie, I know its a little bit fast, I was trying to stay within the limitation of the video sites, but you get the idea. Please feel free to make ...

5 Fire effects in Photoshop

I have create a series of fire effect tutorials for Photoshop, you should be able to use them for most fire types. The first of the series is simple flame, these are calm controlled fire that are often seen in man made fire sources ...

Artistic Water, Fluid, Liquid effects in photoshop

Here is one way you can create an artistic water/fluid/liquid effects in any form. I will create a liquid flower to show you how you can apply this method to virtually any shape and size. The main point is to create 2 main layers, ...

Creating a special effect scene in photoshop

This video tutorial will teach you how to turn a ordinary photo to something more interesting. More...SET UP - I use a photo that was shot using a consumer camera with flash, no professional lightning was used. The first ...

Color Correcting Scene With Both Extreme Light And Dark

Certain location can be difficult to capture such as the beach where the sun is bright and the shades are even darker. Here is a photo I took at the beach, when I try to use just a basic Level correction, if I try to make the light ...

How to remove people or object from a photo.

The clone tool is useful for cloning one part of a photo to another to create the illusion of continuity. With some patient and creativity you can remove anything from your photo. Here is a image of a beach scene where the people are ...
Photoshop Tools
Cropping and fixing a Photo of a Photo

Cropping and fixing a Photo of a Photo

If you were to photo an image from a magazine, books, photograph etc, you might not always get it at ...
Layer Blending Modes Part two

Layer Blending Modes Part two

continue from Layer Blending Modes Part one The following sets are combination of the last two set, ...
Using clone stamp on Photoshop (with Video)

Using clone stamp on Photoshop (with Video)

Clone stamp is not just for cloning objects in photos, you can also “erase” them. Blemishes and ...
Basic Brush function in Photoshop

Basic Brush function in Photoshop

Brush property can be use for any other tool that requires painting on the effects or selection such ...
Choosing colors with Eyedropper in Photoshop

Choosing colors with Eyedropper in Photoshop

If you need to get the exact color from a specific location on your photo you can extract that information ...
Photo Manipulation
Quick and easy way to correct color in LAB

Quick and easy way to correct color in LAB

This tutorial will show you how to adjust your photo color to give it a nice saturation quick and effective. [caption ...
Use Selective Colors to change the color of a photo

Use Selective Colors to change the color of a photo

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Glamor photo transformation

Glamor photo transformation

Here is a photo that my friends at www.jasmedia.net took and I tranformed it into a glamor shot. ...
Photoshop special effects through Curve adjustment Layers

Photoshop special effects through Curve adjustment Layers

A Video tutorial on how to add special effects with lightning and adjustment layers. This is a 2 ...
Creating a special effect scene in photoshop

Creating a special effect scene in photoshop

This video tutorial will teach you how to turn a ordinary photo to something more interesting. More...SET ...
Text Effects
Ice & Icicle text effect in Photoshop

Ice & Icicle text effect in Photoshop

(updated, with Video) In this tutorial, I will show you how to create ice texture and icicles hanging ...
Photoshop text effect tutorial - Metallic letters.

Photoshop text effect tutorial - Metallic letters.

Here is a video tutorial on how to create a dramatic Metallic letter effects in Photoshop, ...
Photoshop Video Tutorial - Electricity Text Effects

Photoshop Video Tutorial - Electricity Text Effects

This is a video tutorial on how to create a electrifying text effect in Photoshop. [caption ...
Video Tutorial, Photoshop Text Effects - Grass Letters

Video Tutorial, Photoshop Text Effects - Grass Letters

Here is a Video on how to create Grass on text in Photoshop. You can apply the principle to ...
5 Fire effects in Photoshop

5 Fire effects in Photoshop

I have create a series of fire effect tutorials for Photoshop, you should be able to use them for most ...
Painting
Draw a steaming ceramic tea cup in Photoshop

Draw a steaming ceramic tea cup in Photoshop

Everyone is just dying to learn how to draw a ceramic tea cup complete with semi reflective surface, ...
Speed sketching - Venom from Spiderman comic/movie

Speed sketching - Venom from Spiderman comic/movie

Here is a speed sketching I did, hope you enjoy and don't forget to rate and leave comments. Thanks! [caption ...
speed Sketching a portrait in photoshop

speed Sketching a portrait in photoshop

This is a video of me sketching a random portrait in photoshop using a wacom tablet, I've included the ...
Iron Man speed painting

Iron Man speed painting

Here is a video of me painting Iron Man in Photoshop. Again its probably pretty fast but you get ...
Special Effects
Ice & Icicle text effect in Photoshop

Ice & Icicle text effect in Photoshop

(updated, with Video) In this tutorial, I will show you how to create ice texture and icicles hanging ...
Quick and easy way to correct color in LAB

Quick and easy way to correct color in LAB

This tutorial will show you how to adjust your photo color to give it a nice saturation quick and effective. [caption ...
Use Selective Colors to change the color of a photo

Use Selective Colors to change the color of a photo

[ad#adhorrizontaltext] [caption id="attachment_209" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Original ...
Photoshop special effects through Curve adjustment Layers

Photoshop special effects through Curve adjustment Layers

A Video tutorial on how to add special effects with lightning and adjustment layers. This is a 2 ...
Iron Man speed painting

Iron Man speed painting

Here is a video of me painting Iron Man in Photoshop. Again its probably pretty fast but you get ...
Tutorials
Ice & Icicle text effect in Photoshop

Ice & Icicle text effect in Photoshop

(updated, with Video) In this tutorial, I will show you how to create ice texture and icicles hanging ...
Cropping and fixing a Photo of a Photo

Cropping and fixing a Photo of a Photo

If you were to photo an image from a magazine, books, photograph etc, you might not always get it at ...
Draw a steaming ceramic tea cup in Photoshop

Draw a steaming ceramic tea cup in Photoshop

Everyone is just dying to learn how to draw a ceramic tea cup complete with semi reflective surface, ...
Layer Blending Modes Part one

Layer Blending Modes Part one

Think of Photoshop layers as stacking pieces of transparent papers one on top of another to create ...
Add Me on Twitter!

Add Me on Twitter!

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Photoshop special effects through Curve adjustment Layers

A Video tutorial on how to add special effects with lightning and adjustment layers. This is a 2 part video tutorial that teach you how to add special effects and lightning ...

5 Fire effects in Photoshop

I have create a series of fire effect tutorials for Photoshop, you should be able to use them for most fire types. The first of the series is simple flame, these are calm ...

speed Sketching a portrait in photoshop

This is a video of me sketching a random portrait in photoshop using a wacom tablet, I've included the video and also some screen shoots. Here is the video of ...

Photoshop text effect tutorial - Metallic letters.

Here is a video tutorial on how to create a dramatic Metallic letter effects in Photoshop, please leave comment and questions if there is any part that is not ...

Canon s90 goes to New York (update)

I just got back from my New York trip, I brought my new Canon S90 to see how well it performs. You might have already read my previous post/review about buying Olympus ...
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Really neat what you did with curves! more please
... To start, activate the crop tool with short cut C or select crop on the tool bar, draw a crop mark around the photo, don't w
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