blending of pictures into backgrounds

This tutorial teaches proper blending of pictures into backgrounds. I've noticed that a lot people do not know the best way to do this and in fact there IS no best way, it depends on the picture and the background. Here I will discuss some various ways of picture blending.

Add Reality To Your Objects

I see many times artworks where a placed object just doesn't look real and it's alien to its environment. One trick to make it belong is to add shadows and colored lights taken from the environment to your object. In this example we are going to put a shadow on the grass and add green and blue highlights on the ball to make it look more realistic.

broken edges

i'm not sure exactly what to call this effect, so i just called it what i did.

Sweat & Grease Shine

Lets face it - making people beautiful in Photoshop isn't exactly difficult. A quick dabble with the healing brush and clone stamp can make even your mother in law look like a professional model. But what if you want to achieve the opposite effect in Photoshop? What if you want to turn a portrait of your cosmetically perfect sibling into something that will seriously make them worry about their complexion for years to come? Well then, you are in luck! This tutorial details a remarkably sim

An infra-red

This is a quick and cool effect that in the end, archives an infra-red photo effect.(all images are scaled down to 25%)

Edge FX

This tutorial will show you how to create edge or border effects around your photos to create a nice and professional weathered or aged frame effect. The reason the tutorials have moved (1 click away) stems from a request from Adobe Systems, Inc. to webmasters using the term 'Photoshop' in the domain name not to use that anymore.

Hard-Edged Cel-Shading

Adobe Illustrator and/or Macromedia Flash may be the preferred tools of choice for serious artists wishing to make professional-quality animations, but this does not mean that simple single-frame cel-shading effects are impossible in Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial describes a very simple technique for creating images with cartoon-style effects using nothing more than a photograph and the basic Photoshop tools. The end result is as impressive as it is simple!

Photo-realism from scratch

Create photo-realistic graphics in your design projects. For example, your client, a leading golf ball manufacturer, wants to showcase his product up-close-and-personal in a realistic situation.

Creating Drama with a Soft Spotlight

This is a great technique that lets you focus attention by using dramatic soft lighting.

Smoking with Photoshop

How to create realistic smoke effects.

Blur Frame

Easy way to create a great looking blur frame for your picture.

Artistic Color Isolation

In this world of 16.7 million color displays and high megapixel cameras it may seem like a backward step to convert images into black and white but, as modern motion pictures like Schindler's List (and more recently, Sin City) have shown us, effective use of isolated color in monochrome images can be very eye-catching and portray important information & emotions.

Transforming a Photography in a drawing

One thing that I ever wanted to do is to draw a portrait. But, cause I really haven't that gift, I use the gift that I've simulating that beautiful portraits in a digital way.

Ion Beams

Calling down destruction on your foes has never been simpler with this easy-to-create Ion Beam! If destruction is not your thing, then it also looks rather excellent in abstract artworks. Best of all, its a modular effect, meaning that it can be enhanced even further with light swirls, blast rings, and whatever else takes your fancy.

Rustic Skies

Transform this sky photo into a rustic scenery.

Water Drops

Learn how to make add water drops to an image.

Starry Nights

Transform this seemingly dull photo and recreate your own version of a night sky.

Scotch Tape

Create some scotch tape and stick it on your image.

Animated Shine

Give your signatures a little bling with this highly-detained animated shine. It may look difficult from the outset, but with both Photoshop & Imageready at your disposal, you'll be amazed just how quickly you can create this cool effect!

Flying Car

Make cars and other objects appear as if they are flying or levitated with this tutorial.