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3D Compositing

Corey Barker — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:47:29 +0000

Corey shows you how to add 3D elements to photos complete with lights and shadows.

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.

3D Light Beam: A New Approach

Corey Barker — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:31:09 +0000

Corey reveal another technique for achieving realistic 3D light beams in Photoshop.

Modern Warfare

Corey Barker — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:11:44 +0000

This tutorial was inspired by the blockbuster video game.

Bullet Hole Brushes

Corey Barker — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:31:35 +0000

Here we will uses a series of custom shapes to create a bullet hole on a brush.

Displaced Effects

Corey Barker — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:00:10 +0000

Here is a quick and easy way to use displacement maps to create a cool grunge look.

More Fun With Brushes

Corey Barker — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:30:38 +0000

Here we will explore another aspect of custom brushes to create a cool background effect.

Sci-Fi Text Effect

Corey Barker — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:12:02 +0000

Corey stumbled upon this effect while experimenting with the smudge tool and its finger painting feature. Start off by going back to his starry background tutorial and follow along from there.

Blending and Type Tips

Corey Barker — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:18:29 +0000

In this design, Corey had set out to blend a large body of text with a silhouetted shape. After some experimenting, he discovered the perfect blending mode to do this job quickly and easily.

Crumpled Paper

Corey Barker — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:41:44 +0000

This crumpled paper effect starts with designing a piece of notebook paper and then applying a displacement map to create the texture. Finish the effect off with some layer styles to give it depth.

Pirate Text

Corey Barker — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:32:38 +0000

The steps for creating this pirate text effect start with converting a text layer into paths in order to reshape the lettering and then finishing it off using layer styles.