Effects | Page 5

Scale Effects

Now this is something that still seems to stump people in Photoshop when it come to Layer Styles. Continue Reading »

October 10th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tools, Tutorials | Comments (13)

Energize That Photo

Learn how to add excitement and energy to your photo in just a few simple steps. Continue Reading »

October 5th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tutorials | Comments (32)

Design Elements from Photos

Here is a cool way to use parts of you photos as abstract design elements. Continue Reading »

September 28th, 2008 | Web Editor | Effects, Tutorials | Comments (21)

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 »

September 12th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tools, Tutorials | Comments (82)

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 »

August 25th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tutorials | Comments (43)

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 »

August 15th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Photography, Tutorials | Comments (81)

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 »

August 8th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Text, Tutorials | Comments (25)

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 »

August 1st, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Text, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (66)

Blending and Type Tips

In this design, Corey had set out to blend a large body of text with a silhouetted shape. After some experimenting Continue Reading »

July 29th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Text, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (20)

Crumpled Paper

This crumpled paper effect starts with designing a piece of notebook paper and then applying a displacement map Continue Reading »

July 16th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (29)

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Photoshop Tutorials

2012 Text Effect

Recreate the text effect from the title to the new blockbuster movie.
More Fun with 3D

Continue exploring the possibilities with Photoshop’s new 3D tools.
Reverse Restoration

Corey shows you how to make a new photo look damaged by blending in some unusual textures.
3D Background Effects

Use Photoshop’s new 3D tools to create some dazzling background effects.

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Viewing and Basking in your Image

When I’m done working with an image, I like to sit and admire it (hey, I spent six hours working on it, I should). To do that, I hit the Tab key, then hit the F key three times. This hides all of the panels and toolbars and lets you see the image by itself surrounded by black. To get back to regular mode, press the F key and the Tab key one more time.