photoshop tutuorial

The Color Replacement Tool In Photoshop

This tool is a very handy tool for replacing color in a photo inside of Photoshop. It is found behind the brush tool and goes as far back as CS3. This sort of works like making a new layer and setting it to color in the layers panel. That is an old trick from before...

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How to Control Your Image Size

Image size really makes a difference in the look of your documents. The size of your document and its resolution are determined by where your image is going to be viewed. Print This includes magazines, flyers, posters, and anything else that is printed. The higher the...

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Create 3D Gothic Text In Photoshop

Create 3D Gothic Text In Photoshop

This tutorial is just in time for Halloween, with an eerie background and 3D text with textures. In Photoshop CS5 the Repousse abilities give you a lot of flexibility, especially with textures, so you can create some really interesting work. This is only available in...

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Multiple Masks on One Layer in Photoshop

This is a great method to get great masks in Photoshop. You can actually have 2 masks on an image at the same time. You can use a vector mask and use a custom shape to mask out an image, creating a clean mask for sharp edges. The pixel mask is great for creating...

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Create a Dark and Gritty Effect in Photoshop

Create a Dark and Gritty Effect in Photoshop

First, take your image and duplicate the background layer, so you can go back to your original if you need to. Hide the background layer and work from your copy. Go into the channels panel and hold down the command key (CTRL on the PC) and click on the RGB channel to...

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Create a Psychedelic image in Photoshop

Create a Psychedelic image in Photoshop

Create a Psychedelic image in Photoshop This is a neat trick that will give you some really interesting and extremely colorful results. To start off, create a new document. It can be any dimension that you want, and click ok. Mine is set at 1024 x 768. Then, create a...

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Quiktip: Key Commands For Type

When creating type in Photoshop, and you are looking for just the right display face, it helps to use the key commands to get things just how you want them. If you double click your text icon next to the layer, it will highlight your text. Then, simply go up to the...

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Quiktip: Have The Masks Panel

The masks panel is a big help, because you can easily edit and refine your masks via a handy panel. From the masks panel, you can define the density of your mask, which is very handy. Instead of having a black and white mask, the density setting lessens the affect, as...

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How to Make a Still Water Reflection Scene in Photoshop

Sometimes it is difficult to find that perfect shot that you need for a project. Sometimes you find the right image, but it has other things going on within it that are undesirable for your purposes. In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to take an image with...

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Create a Painterly Effect Easily In Photoshop

Create a Painterly Effect Easily In Photoshop

This is a neat trick that is easy and creates a subtle painterly effect with just two filters. First, find an image and open it inside of Photoshop. Then, hit Command +J (Ctrl + J on the PC) to duplicate your background layer. Do this twice, because we are going to...

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Sharpening Using the High pass Filter

This is a really quick and easy way to sharpen an image. Take an image and open it in Photoshop. Hit command +J (control+J on PC) to duplicate the layer. Then, change this layer's blend mode to overlay in the layers panel. Then go to Filter>Other>High Pass and a...

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Creative Contrast With a Background Blur

Creative Contrast With a Background Blur

This tutorial is great for adding quick and simple contrast to a photo. When using this in your design, it is a good idea to choose a subject that has to do with target market. To start, find a photograph with a main figure of subject in the middle, with a lot going...

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Quickly Remove Background Imagery in Photoshop

Remove Background I do a lot of image editing, especially since I work on a lot of catalogs. I have companies that send in all sorts of images, including ones that are shot professionally on a white background in a studio, and those that are shot in bad lighting and...

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Using the Screen Blend Mode in Photoshop

Using the Screen Blend Mode in Photoshop

Different Blend modes can help you to blend different objects together for compositing images. Recently, I was playing around with a few space images and came across a comet that I wanted to blend into a space background. This was quick and easy: Since the background...

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Create a cool motion effect from a still shot in Photoshop

This is a great way to take a still photo and create motion around your subject, to give it some extra depth and narrower focus on the subject. First, select a good action shot, such as a sports shot, or a car shot. First, duplicate the background layer, so that we...

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Create an Inlaid Text Effect in Photoshop.

Create an Inlaid Text Effect in Photoshop.

Create a new layer and fill it with a color. I chose a rich orange. Then, find a nice textured photo, and size it to fit your document. Desaturate that layer and set the blend mode to overlay. Then, grab your text too and choose a nice bold typeface. I chose Helvetica...

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Make Hi-res Custom Brushes in Photoshop

Make Hi-res Custom Brushes in Photoshop

Make Hi-res Custom Brushes in Photoshop We are going to use a shape to create a custom brush. You can take a shape you have made in Illustrator, or you can use a custom shape in Photoshop, or you can paint your own with other brushes in Photoshop. First, create a new...

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Wrapping Images to a Texture

Wrapping Images to a Texture

First we are going to open a texture image, such as a rocky background, but you could use anything- a brick wall, a rough surface anything that you'd like. Then, go to Image>Adjustments> Desaturate. Then, do a save as to save the file as a new document and make...

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Photoshop keyboard shortcuts (pt. 2)

⌘+shift + i inverts the current selection ⌘+⌥+Z gives you an undo as man times as your history will allow. ⌘+Shift +E merges all visible layers ⌥ +shift + ⌘ + K brings up a list of all photoshop keyboard shortcuts. ⌘ + K brings up the preferences menu ⌘+ shift +S does...

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