Affinity Photo for Beginners

Learn how to get started with Affinity Photo in this beginner-friendly course! We’ll cover all the essential tools you need to know to create different photo and text effects.  Jump straight to the Affinity Photo skill you want to learn: What You’ll Learn What are Personas in Affinity Photo? What are adjustment and live… Continue reading Affinity Photo for Beginners

10 Essential Design Tips for Photoshop

Photoshop’s been the industry standard for artists and designers for decades, adding new and improved features every year. This is great for those of us who’ve been using it for years, but it can be a lot to take in for someone just getting into the digital art world! So I’ve made a list of… Continue reading 10 Essential Design Tips for Photoshop

How to Create a Mental Health Themed Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating Although mental health is just as important as physical health, it’s often misunderstood and treated too lightly. After all, a person suffering from depression or anxiety looks completely fine on the outside, and nobody can tell what they’re really feeling. That’s where art can help—it allows the artist to show their… Continue reading How to Create a Mental Health Themed Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop

Create an Illustrated Watercolor and Ink Photo Effect in Photoshop

Artists often ask how to apply watercolor and splattered ink effects to their images. While there may be some filters and effects out there that can automate this task, illustrating this by hand will give you the highest quality final result, as well as the most flexibility. In this tutorial, we will show you how… Continue reading Create an Illustrated Watercolor and Ink Photo Effect in Photoshop

How to Make Basic Tonal Adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw

Adobe Camera Raw’s Tonal Adjustments are are probably the most important and most widely-used features in ACR. These basic tonal adjustment include Exposure, Shadows, Highlights, Blacks, and Whites. In this tutorial, we will take a close look at the Histogram and all the things you need to know about the tonal values in Camera Raw.… Continue reading How to Make Basic Tonal Adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw