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More Fun With Brushes
Here we will explore another aspect of custom brushes to create a cool background effect. Continue Reading »
Halftone Smudge Brush
Here is an unusual way of using the Smudge tool to generate interesting halftone streaks. Continue Reading »
Scale Effects
Now this is something that still seems to stump people in Photoshop when it come to Layer Styles. Continue Reading »
Energize That Photo
Learn how to add excitement and energy to your photo in just a few simple steps. Continue Reading »
Design Elements from Photos
Here is a cool way to use parts of you photos as abstract design elements. Continue Reading »
Fire Brushes
After creating a brush pattern from a stock image of a horse, Corey applies a layer style consisting of outer and inner glows Continue Reading »
Lighting Effects
Corey jazzed up this photo by making a custom brush and applying an outer glow layer style to create the repeating patterns Continue Reading »
Pin-up Effect
Using a mixture of filters and blending modes, Corey takes a stock photo and transforms it into an old, classic 1950′s pin-up poster. Continue Reading »
Embossed Glass Logo
Instead of using a displacement map, here’s another method for taking a custom file and distorting it to match a background image. Continue Reading »
Sci-Fi Text Effect
Corey stumbled upon this effect while experimenting with the smudge tool and its finger painting feature. Start off by Continue Reading »
Photoshop Tutorials
Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.
3D Christmas Ornaments
Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.
Styles & Text
This week Corey has a tutorial using layer styles and text shapes to create energetic effects.
3D Light Beams
This effect was discovered by a 'happy accident' and uses the 3D features inside of Photoshop CS4 Extended.
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The Bourne Effect
Corey shows you how to re-create the graphic effect from the new Bourne Legacy movie poster. With an extra twist!
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Flare Effects
Corey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another.
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Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.
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3D Christmas Ornaments
Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.
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Smart Object Masking Trick
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Light Painting
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Create A Composite Layer
If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.
Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith
