Photo Effects Tutorials
Create Cinematic Panoramas With Photomerge In Photoshop CS4
Photoshop has been somewhat capable of creating panoramas for quite a while now, but it wasn’t until Photoshop CS3 came along with its dramatically improved Photomerge command that its ability to stitch photos together really began to shine. Now Photoshop CS4 makes it easier than ever to create seamless cinematic panoramas!
Mirror Image Effect With Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial, learn how to easily create a mirror image effect with a photo, turning the right half of the image into a mirror reflection of the left half!
Outlining The Action With Photoshop
Bring the action in your images to the forefront by highlighting the main subject of your photo with an easy to create outline effect in Photoshop!
Photoshop Snow Effect – Add Falling Snow To A Winter Photo
We may not be able to control the weather outdoors, but thanks to Photoshop, we do have some control over it in our photos! In this tutorial, learn how to add falling snow to a winter scene, and see how the same basic technique can be used to create entirely different effects!
Gritty, Overprocessed Photo Effect With Photoshop
Learn how to give a photo a gritty, overprocessed look to it with extreme levels of contrast and sharpening, noise and washed out colors. The final effect looks rather harsh, but Photoshop makes creating it quick and painless.
Darkening Photo Edges In Photoshop
Learn how to easily darken or burn the edges of a photo in Photoshop, creating a vignette effect, using a filter that was actually designed to remove unwanted vignette effects!
Colorizing A Photo With Multiple Colors In Photoshop
Create an interesting color effect in Photoshop by dividing a single photo into multiple sections and colorizing each section with a different color, then learn how to easily change all the colors at once!
Split Toning Black and White Photos With Photoshop
Looking for a way in Photoshop to spice up a black and white photo? Try a classic split toning effect! Learn how to quickly create your own custom black and white version, then add more visual interest by tinting the highlights and shadows with different colors, all without harming a single pixel in the image!
Photoshop Puzzle Effect
Photoshop can certainly seem puzzling at times, but using it to turn any photo into a puzzle is easy! In fact, Photoshop even comes with a free puzzle texture to get us started, but in this tutorial, we’re going to take things a bit further and give our puzzle effect a “work in progress” look to it!
Soft Focus Lens Effect With Photoshop
In this tutorial, we look at how to easily create the look of a photo taken with a soft focus lens or diffusion filter, and since we’re doing it all in Photoshop, we have complete control over the final result!
Fun With Silhouettes In Photoshop
Learn how to create a basic silhouette from a photo in Photoshop, then learn how to fill the silhouette with an image to create interesting designs!
Classic Starburst Background Effect In Photoshop
Learn how to recreate the classic starburst-style background you’ve seen hundreds of times in grocery stores, department stores and weekly flyers, using a little-known but very powerful feature in Photoshop – Transform Again.
Simple Focused Lighting Effect In Photoshop
Learn how to bring focus and attention to a specific part of an image using a simple and easy to create lighting effect!