Create an Animated GIF in Photoshop
In this video I explain how I created this animated GIF; I use several techniques to animate using keyframes, masks and opacity to make a simple animated GIF for Twitter. Don’t forget [More]
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How to create a punching city sunset
In this tutorial I’ll guide you through a technique which allows you to use Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Camera RAW to bring a dull cityscape sunset to vivid life. In this tutorial I’m using [More]
X-Ray Double Exposure in Photoshop
In this tutorial we’ll learn how to us the power of Adobe Photoshop to create a cool X-Ray style double exposure image showing the outline of the outside of a building, but revealing [More]
Retouching Snow in Photoshop
My favourite place on this incredible planet is Iceland, and in my capacity as a travel photographer and big Iceland fan I’ve perfected the way I deal with snow in my photos. In this tutorial [More]
Faking Golden Hour in Adobe Lightroom
We’re told time and time again in landscape photography – there’s only two times each day when you can successfully shoot a landscape! The golden hour in the morning and again in [More]
HDR in Lightroom
I use HDR a fair bit and have noticed that people don’t quite know what it is so here’s my attempt at explaining before I show you how to do it in Adobe Lightroom. Firstly, HDR stands for High [More]
Create a Dancing Shadow in Photoshop
Here’s a nifty little tutorial for you. I’ll show you how to add a little extra to your photos with a quirky shadow that can represent the person photographed. I’ve used this a few [More]
How to Create an Abstract Silhouette Image with Adobe Photoshop MIx
In this month’s tutorial for the Adobe mobile apps, I’m going to show you how to create a Magritte-style surreal abstract image using a silhouette of a businessman with an umbrella. This [More]
How To Create A Rippling Flag Using The Displace Filter In Adobe Photoshop
In this tutorial we'll be creating the effect of a rippling flag using custom artwork and one of Photoshop's oldest distortion filters, Displace. The filter uses a monochrome image map to distort the pixels of the target layer based on the tones of the map. The brighter or darker the tone, the more the pixels of the image are pushed horizontally or vertically. This is great for creating the appearance of an object or text following the contours of a texture. [More]
How to Cut Out an Object From Its Background in Adobe Photoshop Mix
Hi Everyone Last month we demonstrated how to create a simple composite image using pre cut-out elements in Adobe Photoshop Mix. This month we will be looking at how to extract elements from their [More]
Advanced Compositing With The PixelSquid 3D Photoshop Extension
In this tutorial we'll look at the advanced features of the plugin, where we can import a high-resolution layered Photoshop PSD file that replaces the low-resolution preview. As well as being highly detailed, the PSD version gives us the ability to blend the 3D object into the scene using specially created layers that allow us to easily control the colour and tone as well as being able to quickly select and adjust the different components of the object. [More]
How To Create A Surreal Image With Adobe Photoshop Mix
Working with the Adobe mobile apps gives you the freedom to create images wherever you are, either in their entirety or for comping ideas and refining them later. Using Adobe's Creative Sync enables you to transfer your work between your devices, both mobile and desktop, so you can start your project on the phone and add the finishing touches in Photoshop when you get home or to your studio! [More]
How To Create A Composite In Photoshop With The PixelSquid 3D Extension
The main focus of the tutorial is an amazing stock image site named PixelSquid. If you haven’t heard of it before, PixelSquid specialises in pre-rendered 3D stock image objects that can be rotated in real time, enabling you to pick the perfect angle before placing the image into your designs and photo-montages. When the site first launched, it was necessary to download the object at the required angle before adding into your composites, which still left a little guesswork as to whether it was going to fit the scene properly. A recent update has change this. [More]
Photoshop an Ink Drop Video Logo Effect
In this video I make a really effective ink-drop logo effect in less than 10 minutes! It may look complicated but there's nothing here that you probably don't already do with your still images.
As always I'd love to see what you do. [More]
Create a ‘Splinter’ or “Shattered’ Portrait Effect in Photoshop
Using selections and the arrow keys you can create this Splinter or Shattered effect in Photoshop in no time at all... and it's quite good fun too! [More]
