This tutorial will teach you how to add flames to your images. I’ll be discussing a number of techniques that will help you to keep your fiery images looking realistic, not just intense.

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“Turning a run-of-the-mill photo into a dazzling one is simple – when you know the right tricks. In this tutorial, Photoshop maestro Aeiko shows how to create a variety of light effects that can be applied to photography or illustration with equal impact.”

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“In the spirit of Halloween we’re going to turn a normal person into one of the nightmarish vampires in the graphic novel-turned-movie 30 Days of Night.”

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This video tutorial shows how to fade two images together. It is a farely simple technique that can be convenient in many circumstances.

This is a semi-automatic masking technique that enables users to mask or knock-out complex and unwanted areas of a picture with ease and accuracy.

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Now I’m sure by now that more than a few of you have stumbled across what is referred to as an HDR photo on the internet at some point - you’ll know when you see one. The striking, saturated and dreamlike colors make the entire photo pop from the screen - and often times it looks as if the photo was taken in a dream. Normally you’d need a somewhat advanced camera with the ability to take photos in RAW format to cause this effect…

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Type is an essential part of Illustrator; whether you’re desktop publishing, designing logos, or using type for image building, you’ll be reaching for the Type Tool. This guide comprehensively covers the essentials of what is a huge amount of Illustrator functionality, which is type.

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