Photoshop Tutorial

Making Composites with Octoberfest Glassware
... or it lacks highlights, or shadows. The techniques covered in this tutorial are not limited to Octoberfest beer mugs. You can use these practical techniques for any type of glassware in composite Photoshop images. ...

Quickly Build an Abstract Background of Colored Bars
In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you a short but attractive way to create a graphic for backgrounds, wallpapers, greeting cards, designs, and all that other good stuff. You will learn a simple photoshop trick that you can easily ...

How to Create a Simple & Sleek Web 2.0 Site Footer
Since Web 2.0 hit the internet, footers have become more important than ever, and there has been some great looking work done downstairs. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to produce a sleek looking site footer in Photoshop.

Creating a Life Like Glass Orb
This time out you will learn how to create a glass orb in photoshop using some simple techniques. Any version of photoshop can be used. You need a source image (For the best look grab an image of an open book).

Painting Grass by John Shannon
This small Tutorial will show the methods I use to create grass, everything was created using Adobe® Photoshop and a mouse. Below are some step by step images showing the various stages and a brief description outlining the easy methods ...

Fiery Photoshop Space Explosion Tutorial
Illustrating scenes from the final frontier can make for some beautiful work. In this tutorial - the longest we’ve ever published - I’ll walk you through creating a spectacular space scene featuring two planets colliding. ...

Creating a Cool Brushed Metal Surface in Photoshop
Today’s tutorial comes in response to a reader request, it comes from Tom and it won’t be about lighting effects, glows, and sparks. Instead, I will show you how to create the brushed aluminum texture similar to the Apple products!

Deep and Moody | Photoshop Tutorial
Right time to go into Photoshop and create a “simple” moody image using loads of simple effects to create an image with depth and composition. This is simpler than you think but can demand a lot from your system. ...

Design a Shiny Photorealistic Apple Remote
Apple has so many beautiful products. Their product designs consistently attain a sought-after status; This distinguishes them as an innovative company. In this tutorial I'll teach you how to make a shiny new apple remote.

Creating a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo
This tutorial will demonstrate how to take an image, in this case a woman's face, and give the appearance that it is entirely composed of vector shapes. Along the way, we'll use some fairly basic techniques, including clipping masks and ...