Beads of Sweat Effect

Creating a beaded sweat effect.

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

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Celeste said on — May 6, 2008 @ 12:05 pm

Awesome! creative use of filters..thanks!
moof4u said on — June 7, 2008 @ 11:31 pm

heh… who’da thunk it
Micki said on — August 5, 2008 @ 2:08 pm

Very Cool tutorial. Glad to see it can be done so simply!
Artillusion Menelaos said on — September 18, 2008 @ 8:37 am

Thx this wa very usefull and easygoing
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snicers said on — October 1, 2008 @ 7:16 am

great stuff! man, that was exactly what I was looking for!!
Tressa said on — October 3, 2008 @ 2:06 pm

you’re awesome!
alejandro reyes said on — October 21, 2008 @ 12:28 pm

Wonderful! you are a great teacher!
J.T. Shaver said on — October 25, 2008 @ 3:04 pm

Awesome tutorial! Definitely very nice looking and very easy.

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Cohen said on — November 21, 2008 @ 7:49 pm

Nice work dude – found this very handy. Kudos comin atcha!
Ronnie said on — February 11, 2009 @ 12:54 pm

Great tut,Hey corey I added a bevel and emboss at the end and added a great look.Thanks for all the help.
Juliana said on — April 28, 2009 @ 10:20 pm

Hmm…I’m just wondering, could I do this same effect on PEOPLE? To make it look like they’re sweating and stuff…hmmm…
Steve said on — May 23, 2009 @ 4:44 pm

Awesome effect bro!
dee said on — June 3, 2009 @ 3:05 pm

wow so very clever!
ron deviney said on — August 1, 2009 @ 10:16 am

you make learning fun!
Junkah said on — August 6, 2009 @ 5:48 am

Thank you so much, you’re super clever!
Azstrel Cates said on — August 16, 2009 @ 6:12 pm

That was so Freakin Cool! i love it…I am going to go try it now!

thanks,

Corey

-Azstrel
Haiz said on — August 25, 2009 @ 5:22 pm

You Rock Man. Great tutorials.
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doug said on — December 20, 2009 @ 2:18 am

you have so many cool tutorials, but I think this is one of my favorites, ingenious. Truly genius.

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