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3D Light Beam: A New Approach
Corey reveal another technique for achieving realistic 3D light beams in Photoshop.
Bullet Hole Brushes
Here we will uses a series of custom shapes to create a bullet hole on a brush. Continue Reading »
Displaced Effects
Here is a quick and easy way to use displacement maps to create a cool grunge look. Continue Reading »
More Fun With Brushes
Here we will explore another aspect of custom brushes to create a cool background effect. 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 »
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 »
Crumpled Paper
This crumpled paper effect starts with designing a piece of notebook paper and then applying a displacement map Continue Reading »
Pirate Text
The steps for creating this pirate text effect start with converting a text layer into paths in order to reshape 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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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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3D Distortions
This week Corey has a cool new trick for using 3D reflections in a rather creative way!
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Smart Object Masking Trick
Dave Cross shares a trick he discovered that will help you remove white from around your subject when using smart objects.
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Light Painting
Dave Cross takes a popular trend - light painting - and shows you how you can paint text recreating this cool trend.
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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
