Create the Orton Effect in Photoshop
Learn how to create the ethereal Orton Effect in Photoshop. The technique blends blur and sharpness together for a dreamy effect that looks amazing with landscape photography. Blending blur with an [More]
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Wet Plate Collodion Effect in Photoshop
The wet plate collodion process is becoming increasingly popular as photographers search for more unique, and equally eye-catching ways of taking photos. This almost abandoned technique was once the [More]
Transform a Photo into an Illustration with Photoshop
Transform a photo into an illustration / oil painting with this clever Photoshop trick. The technique gives fine details the appearance of brush strokes, and looks fantastic when applied to a wide [More]
How to Reduce Shadows and Highlights in Photoshop
In this video, Retoucher Fran Hughes shows you how you can reduce shadows and highlights in your images in a non-destructive way, using Curves adjustments in Photoshop. [More]
Toggle Views in Photoshop CC
Changes to Photoshop CC mean that some people aren't able to use the F key shortcut for different views, here's how to re enable it. [More]
Photoshop Problem Panoramas
In this video Gavin comes across a a problem when Photoshop puts together his panorama, knowing how the panorama works and where the settings are soon makes light work of putting things right. [More]
Photoshop an Artistic Double Exposure
In this video I take a look at making a double exposure in Photoshop, then go a little further to create something a little more interesting and 'artistic'. [More]
Animated Intro with Photoshop
In this video I take a look at creating a little intro for a video using Photoshop. As I say at the beginning of this, it may not be an effect you want to use but you may be interested in some of the techniques.
You should be warned, for the first time I actually make an apearance! [More]
Punch Through Text Effect in Photoshop
In this video I use text and Shape layers to create a really simple, but effective, text effect inside of Photoshop.
While I'm there I'll also use a few layer effects to make the text a little more interesting including Bevel, Drop Shadow and the sadly underestimated Satin (I like Satin) [More]
Adding Rays of Light in Photoshop
In this video photographer Gavin Hoey uses a couple of Photoshop techniques to add a rays of light effect to a portrait. [More]
Photoshop Fundamentals – Moving Layers Between Images
In this video I take a look at three ways to get one image into another. Each one has its own use and you'll soon be working them into your various workflows. [More]
Timelapse Processing with Photoshop
In this video I take a look at timlapse processing with all the control that you can only get inside of Photoshop. I demonstrate video size, frame rate and the best way to create our timeline. [More]
Adding Adobe Stock Images to Your Libraries
A little while ago Adobe acquired the stock image service Fotolia and integration with the Creative Cloud was inevitable, but just how easy is it to get images from Adobe Stock to Photoshop? [More]
Lightroom Radial Filter Lighting Effects
The Radial Filter in Lightroom has been around for the past few versions, and as a local adjustment, it seems straightforward. Click and drag a circular area, and you can create a vignette – and the vignette doesn’t have to be centered in the image. However, the Radial Filter has a much broader capability as a creative tool. With its soft edges and configurable effects, you can create a variety of lighting effects. In this video, we take day to night and add some dramatic spotlight effects using the Radial Filter in Lightroom. [More]
Get Pouty with Photoshop Fix
Adobe have released a host of apps, one of these is Photoshop Fix. There's some amazing power in this app but one of the tools that has grabbed the attention (good and bad) if the Face tool. Very quickly we can change our portrait to be a little more pouty. [More]
