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Design a Sci-Fi Style Urban City Scene

Pete — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:23:05 +0000

In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create an Epic, Sci-Fi Style Urban City Scene (Montage), by utilizing a few simple photo manipulation tricks. Have a try!

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How to create Digital Collages without filters

Pete — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:54:29 +0000

Author: Scott Rhodes

“Traditionally trained artist Scott Rhodes reckons that it is layers – not filters – that can create a perfect mix between illustration and digital collage styles.” Scott shows that we can create a digital collage of various sources “into a single illustration, that has more interest than just flat colour, and without each element looking stuck on or out of place.”

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Burnt Wood Text Effect

Pete — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:18:53 +0000

Author: Chris Thurman

In this tutorial we’ll create a grungy, burnt wood text treatment cleared out of a charred and smokey piece of aged wood.. We’ll go over some basic blending modes and use some filters and layer styles to create a look that would be perfect for a Hollywood movie poster.

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Create an Artistic Light Dancer in Photoshop

miche — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:30:25 +0000

Author: PSD Box

Let’s practice making this very vibrant and colorful photo manipulation using only photoshop by learning techniques to colorize brushes and create beautiful light effects. The difficulty of the tutorial is medium.

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Creative “Out of the Box” Images

miche — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:19:10 +0000

Author: Adri at Css Creme

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a picture “jump” out of the frame. It’s a way to make your images more fun and once you’ve learned how to make them you’ll see that this is an easy technique to add to your photoshop arsenal. Let’s get going!

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Have fun making a Cosmic Photo Composition

miche — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:09:59 +0000

Author: Adobe Tutorialz

In this tutorial we’re going to learn how to create a cosmic photo manipulation using different Photoshop techniques, brushes and blending modes. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

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Realistic Torn Photo Effect

Pete — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:47:34 +0000

Author: Paola

In this tutorial you will learn how to take a standard photo and tear it into pieces using some stock images and some nifty Photoshop techniques. OK, lets get started!

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Create a Face of Sweet Pea

Pete — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:05:26 +0000

Author: NxGenDesign

Did you ever go to the supermarket to buy some vegetables and noticed a particular vegetable calling your attention? Well this author did, and decided to do something creative with Peas! A combination of peas, Masking & Gradient Tool, and some new Filters that you will come to learn about in this tutorial, will bring you to express your own imagination, maybe even include some fruit!

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Creative 3D Layout

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:57:57 +0000

Author: Richard Carpenter

Welcome to another tutorial from hv-designs. Today Richard will be showing you how to make a creative 3D layout.
“This layout features a sleek navigation inspired by the Mac and has a nice subtle look with subtle grey colors.”

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Beautifully Frosty Text

Pete — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:57:40 +0000

Author: Lorelei

Today we are going to learn how to create a frosty text effect. While it’s still cold and wintry outside, web designer Lorelei thought it would be high time to supply some more wintry text effects for readers. This one gets an official “Brrrr!” from BPT.

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Create an Ancient Sword

Pete — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:19:42 +0000

Author: PSDVault

In this tutorial, we create a cool-looking, ancient cracked sword. The author emphasizes the use of the cloud filter to add contrast to an object, and the importance of using the correct blending mode for layers to maximize the effect. You will also see by choosing a great quality texture, that you can easily add extra effects to your design with minimum effort.

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Egg Planet

Pete — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:31:32 +0000

Author: Alexandra Fomicheva

You can’t eat it, but it’s cool lookin’! Alexandra makes an inviting Egg Planet in this original tutorial. Fantastic globe photo manipulation and transparent glass effects are featured.

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Cartoon Car

Pete — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:14:28 +0000

Author: Johnson Koh

Here’s a fun one! In this tutorial, Johnson shows us how to create a cartoon character similar to those in the Cars Movie, except you will work with real photographs instead of 3D programs. You can then apply these techniques to create your own cartoon character from any image.

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Retro Poster Art

Pete — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:11:42 +0000

Author: Gordon Reid aka Middle Boop

“It’s not hard to see why retro design is so enduringly popular, with its bold, blocky colors, simple imagery and vivid typography.” In this recent retro art tutorial, Middle Boop uses both Photoshop and Illustrator as he walks you through the process of preparing stock images for compositing, lighting, coloring and texturing the design – as well as providing a few sneaky keyboard shortcuts to speed things up.

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Grunge Snowboard Poster 2010 Winter Olympics

Pete — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:30:05 +0000

Author: Chris Thurman

Here we have an awesome grunge snowboarding poster emphasizing the pressure our Olympic athletes face in these 2010 Winter Olympics! Chris walks us through a simple process with amazing results, as he uses several basic Photoshop techniques and combines image manipulation with some grunge text treatments to create ultra cool effects.

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Outer Space and Scenic Landscape

Pete — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:06:52 +0000

Author: Tyler Denis

In this tutorial, Tyler shows us how to create a unique photo manipulation that blends outer space and a scenic landscape to make an amazing and surreal image. This tutorial makes use of masking techniques as well as having consistent color and lighting throughout the entire image, among other techniques.

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