Luminance Blending With PhotoShop

Buried deep inside the Layer Style dialog box are two slider bars, This Layer and Underlying Layer, that let you blend pixels according to their brightness. Despite their prosaic names, these sliders rank among the most powerful features in all of Photoshop.

Using the Gradient Tool in Photoshop

Not only can you paint a soft transition from black to white, you can also soften the transition from one image to another. The gradient tool fades, swipes, and more.

Colorful Flames in Photoshop

In this tutorial, Brandon shows you how to create rainbow-colored flames in Photoshop.Create rainbow-colored flames.

Replace the Sky With Photoshop

A step-by-step intermediate tutorial showing you how to replace a sky using Adobe Photoshop CS5 or CS4. In the tutorial I am using CS5, but the steps will be the same for earlier versions of Photoshop.

Gradient Effect on Black & White Photo

Today, I’m gonna share a really short and simple tutorial on how to spice up your black and white image. Taking advantage of gradient layer, and blending modes in Photoshop, we’ll add some colors that’ll sure make your B&W photo a bit more interesting. So, read fast, and you’ll accomplished this effect in less than two minutes…probably less if you read even faster.

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Out of Bounds Surreal Photo Manipulation

Before starting the tutorial. I am presuming that you are quite familiar with basic commands in Photoshop and hence I will clearly explain the relevant and most important elements or adjustments that I make and for all the minor details, I shall explain it in words without screen shots. I have presented them in a down-to-earth language so I’m pretty sure you will cruise through the tutorial.

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Big Head Characters in Photoshop

This tutorial is inspired by the Red Queen character in the new “Alice in the Wonderland” movie, where she has a big head and small body. We will be looking at using Liquify tool to achieve that sort of caricature effect.

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Makeup Artistry in Photoshop

Sometimes you do not have access to a makeup artist, or after the shoot decide you want a splash of color, this tutorial will show you how to handle both situations and more.

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Epic Fantasy Artwork in Photoshop

In this tutorial, i will show you the steps I took to create this epic Fantasy Style artwork “Lost in Memory” in Photoshop. I combined the meteor effect, some matte-painting tricks plus lighting effect in this tutorial. Have a try!

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Break Apart Effect and Smoke Texture in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this Surreal Artwork via Simple Break Apart Effect in Photoshop. I will also introduce the use of dynamic brushsets to generate a “magic dust” effect. Have a try!

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Creating a Flaming Fantasy Scene

Create a new document sized 1000px * 1500px, leave the background layer colour as white. Load the Grass Hilltopinto Photoshop, use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to select a portion of the image
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Cityscape Concept Art

How to easily create a successful piece of cityscape concept art. We’ll be using a very basic 3D scene as a foundation for the piece, then taking it into Photoshop for some creative photo manipulation of reference photos, basic painting and adjustments. Let’s create this urban scene!
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