Round Glassy Buttons in Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial
1. As always, start with a transparent layer. Draw a circle using the circular marquee tool. Tip: Hold the alt/option key to draw from the center and hold the shift key to draw a perfect circle. 2 Now...
View ArticleCollaging in Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial
Step 1 You know the drill by now, make a new document and drag and drop both images into the document. Create a new layer for the back ground and fill with white. (I know its black on the pix, but I...
View ArticleWater splashes and drops in Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial
Step 1 Open background image. Here we used 400 X 250 pixels at 72dpi. Copy this image to your computer or use your own. Step 2 Create a new layer. Press “D” to set default foreground and background...
View ArticlePartial color in a black and white photograph in photoshop
In this photoshop tutorial by Colin Smith, you will learn how to paint color into a photograph exactly where you want it, while nmaking the rest of it Black and White. You will also learn some tips...
View ArticleHow to make re-usable graffiti in Photoshop tutorial
I originally wrote this graffiti tutorial a decade ago. While the style still looks good, the usability sucks. Total update time, let’s make the graffiti on the text layer using all layer styles. The...
View ArticlePhotoshop Tutorial: Blend If for cutouts in Photoshop
Dave Cross shows how to use the Blend if sliders in Photoshop. This enables you to cut out objects and do non destructive compositing without making selections. From the video Non Destructive Workflow...
View ArticleBlack and white noir photograph effect in Photoshop
Film Noir (literally ‘black film or cinema’) was coined by French film critics (first by Nino Frank in 1946) who noticed the trend of how ‘dark’, downbeat and black the looks and themes were of many...
View ArticleHow to retouch eyes in photoshop. Ultimate eye retouching tutorial
This 2 part tutorial shows you how to retouch eyes in Photoshop. The goal when retouching is clean things up and make them look good, but you don’t want them to look retouched. This tutorial shows you...
View ArticleHow to change the color of eyes in Photoshop
© Photography and tutorial by Colin Smith © Create Don’t Steal – Do not reproduce or rip this tutorial. If you like it, link to it I’m very excited to bring you my latest Photoshop tutorial. In this...
View ArticleBlending photos together Photoshop Layer Masks Tutorial
A really powerful tool for collaging and compositing in Photoshop is layer masks. When we want to combine photos, we combine layer masks and gradients, it’s laughably easy to create stunning looking...
View ArticleCast Shadow in Photoshop Tutorial
When you combine photos together, realistic cast shadows are the trick to making it look real. In this Photoshop tutorial, Colin Smith shows you different ways to make shadows to blend people with the...
View ArticleRealistic Spotlight Effect in Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a realistic spotlight in Photoshop. I have included two version of it for you. Watch the video and then scroll down and read the step by step...
View ArticlePhotoshop Dispersion splatter effect
The photoshop dispersion effect, splatter effect, shatter effect, whatever you want to call it is a very popular technique to use on photographs, particularly those with movement. Since this is such a...
View ArticleDouble Exposure Effect in Photoshop. True Detective look
I’ve recently noticed that the double exposure effect is blowing up on the internet. This isn’t something new, in fact the effect has been around since the days of film. If you exposed a frame and then...
View Articlehow to make a photo look like it’s made of text in Photoshop
Making a Text Portrait in Photoshop Tutorial This is a super fun effect. This will make your photo look like it’s entirely made out of text. You will be using luminosity masks as well as layer masks...
View ArticleHow to make water reflections with realistic ripples in Photoshop
How to create realistic looking water reflections in Photoshop. This free Photoshop tutorial shows a quick way to add a water reflection to a photo. There are a couple of little tricks that Colin...
View ArticleHow to use Layer Masks in Photoshop
Understanding Layer Masks in Photoshop, Tutorial Once you start using Photoshop, you will quickly learn that one of the most important things to understand is the use of Layer Masks. All the cool layer...
View ArticleHow to Swap a person to a different photograph
How to make the Drake Views album Cover in Photoshop Right now, there is a lot of controversy around the artist Drake and his album cover for “Views from the 6”. People were wondering if the image of...
View ArticleHow to make any photo look better in seconds in Photoshop
Enjoy this Photoshop tutorial, which will make your photograph instantly look better. It’s super easy and quick. and take advantage of layer blending modes in photoshop. This works the same in any...
View ArticleHow to create Bokeh background blur to a photo in photoshop
When you are shooting with a good camera and lens and the aperture is wide open, you can create a nice depth of field effect. This is used in portraiture photography. You know the look, it’s that...
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