The Creation of “Mechanical Man” Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this “Mechanical Man” digital art in Photoshop. We will use a number of photo manipulation techniques to merge several objects into one piece, and apply image adjustments to fine-tune each of the objects to achieve the desired effect. This is an immediate level tutorial… Continue reading The Creation of “Mechanical Man” Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Create a Halloween Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Preview of Final Results Tutorial Resources Pumpkin – by TheKaykat-Stock Tombstones – by wolverine041269 Dead Trees – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne Grave House – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne Dig Sites – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne Ravens & Crows – by FairieGoodMother Hayswagon – by CHEYENNE75 Bat Brush – by radroachmeat Fog – by Moonglowlilly HOUSE 07-03 – by CHEYENNE75 Pumpkin On… Continue reading Create a Halloween Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

New to Photoshop? Get Started Here!

So you’ve decided to teach yourself Photoshop? That is so exciting! Thank you for choosing Tuts+ as your place to learn. Photoshop is a fantastically powerful application that will allow you to manipulate images in just about any way you can think of. You can remove unwanted people or distractions from a photo, make color… Continue reading New to Photoshop? Get Started Here!

Artistic Photo Manipulation with Cracked Face Effect in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this Artistic Photo Manipulation with Cracked Face Effect in Photoshop. We will practice a number of layer masking techniques and image adjustment tricks along the way, as well as applying some interesting filter effect to our image. This is an intermediate level tutorial so… Continue reading Artistic Photo Manipulation with Cracked Face Effect in Photoshop

20 Photoshop Poster Tutorials

These 20 inspiring Photoshop poster tutorials in this post will teach you the basics of Photoshop, and also some advanced manipulations techniques for creating amazing designs. These tutorial are ideal for print designers or any other designers who want to improve their Photoshop skills. Which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments… Continue reading 20 Photoshop Poster Tutorials

Create a “Lomographic” Photography Effect in Photoshop

The “Lomography” photo effect is a popular contrarian photographic style characterized by oversaturated colors, distortions, unexpected prismatic effects, and several other qualities that are usually avoided or corrected by traditional photographers. Those who enjoy and seek these unusual effects appreciate lomography’s stylized surrealism. The effect is inspired by photographs taken from an inexpensive Russian camera… Continue reading Create a “Lomographic” Photography Effect in Photoshop

44 Useful Free Photoshop Files For Designers

Here we have put together a beautiful and useful collection of some extremely helpful free PSD files that we have seen in 2013. PSD files are great resource for every designer. This is the reason why designer community constantly releases new and useful PSD files so that new designers as well as professionals can take… Continue reading 44 Useful Free Photoshop Files For Designers

How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Onto White Backgrounds Using Lightroom and Photoshop

Over the years, I have spent quite a bit of time experimenting with product photography; sometimes more successfully than others. While I spend my days working as the editor of Psdtuts+, I often spend time in the evenings helping my wife by shooting photos of her jewelry. In this tutorial, I wanted to share the… Continue reading How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Onto White Backgrounds Using Lightroom and Photoshop

Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you the process of creating fresh fruit 3D text effect in Photoshop. You will learn a few trick to render a nice and unique 3D text effect and apply various fruits around it. We will use a number filter to add some extra effect for our text. This… Continue reading Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

A Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Tools

Web designers use the most powerful photo editor, Photoshop, as a web design app. It comes with a vast array of tools. Today, Adobe Photoshop has become so powerful that you actually start using it as a verb. It’s no exaggeration to say that it is the most amazing software application on the earth. It’s… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Tools

Create a Clueless Racecar Driver Illustration in Photoshop

Creating a high-impact and realistic caricature illustration can be a fun but extremely challenging task. In this tutorial, we will explain how to properly control all the elements of a composition including color balance, contrast, textures, and more, as well as all of the tools and techniques that you will need to know in Photoshop… Continue reading Create a Clueless Racecar Driver Illustration in Photoshop

Create a Delicious Print Ad Using Photo Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop

Print designers often work with digital illustrators and CG artists to help produce their work. In this tutorial, we will continue to develop a character concept from a Cgtuts+ tutorial by Nacho Riesco and show you how to create a print ad by combining photo manipulation techniques with some renders from another tutorial. Let’s get… Continue reading Create a Delicious Print Ad Using Photo Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop

Create a Shaded, Stylized Text Effect in Photoshop

Typography and text effects are critical in today’s graphic and commercial design. Viewers are becoming more and more overwhelmed with daily information, and as a result they can inadvertently be conditioned to “filter out” messaging that isn’t truly distinctive. Stylized typography is an effective way to regain the attention and appeal that can otherwise be… Continue reading Create a Shaded, Stylized Text Effect in Photoshop

25+ must-have Photoshop actions for your toolkit

No matter your area of expertise, chances are you’ve worked with photographs. Web and print designers alike are no strangers to the magnificence that can be captured in photos. It’s what we build our designs on top of and with, whether they’re the focus or just a background piece. And as the time passes and… Continue reading 25+ must-have Photoshop actions for your toolkit

30 Creative Photoshop Brushes for Designers

Photoshop is a one of the best graphic editing software for designer. Always providing various tools sometime it can get quite frustrating when you can’t find the tools you need to satisfy your specific design needs but brushes are fantastic time saver and quickly create without having to draw any design elements. Today we bring… Continue reading 30 Creative Photoshop Brushes for Designers

Freebie: 7 Abstract Photoshop Actions

Plexiglass Photoshop Actions Preview Plexiglass is a set of Photoshop actions that adds abstract overlays to your photos. They’re great for posters, covers, or even as backgrounds for images. What’s cool about these actions is that you can resize or crop your image and the effects will update itself to fit your new image dimension.… Continue reading Freebie: 7 Abstract Photoshop Actions

Design a Roll-up Banner Stand in Photoshop

For many web and digital designs, the designer’s intent is to make the viewer feel like they’re visiting in person. Not every interested customer can physically visit your storefront, conference, event, or sale, so it’s important to invite them and accommodate them online. One way to achieve this is to allude to items they might… Continue reading Design a Roll-up Banner Stand in Photoshop

Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop. I will show some interesting methods to rendering the electrified orbs by utilizing lightning textures and various Photoshop tools. We will go through manipulation techniques such as clipping mask, layer mask, layer blending… Continue reading Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop

Top 20 Photoshop Alternatives for Creating Multimedia Content

Adobe Photoshop has been one of the most widely used tools for creating banners, logos, website templates and other forms of graphics. However, anyone who has used Photoshop knows that it’s an advanced software that a normal user cannot use very easily.   This is why we have created this list of 20 extremely user… Continue reading Top 20 Photoshop Alternatives for Creating Multimedia Content

Excellent Collection Of Free And Useful Photoshop CS6 Tutorials

Here, we have gathered some excellent tutorials on how to excel the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS6. Since the release of Photoshop CS6, it has been a hot topic of debate among designers as it boasts loads of interactive and appealing features that empower Photoshop to a great extent.Photoshop CS6 comes with impressive features… Continue reading Excellent Collection Of Free And Useful Photoshop CS6 Tutorials

Retinize It: Free Photoshop Action For Slicing Graphics For HD Screens

High-definition (or “Retina”) displays have spread wider and wider, and evidently their numbers will keep growing. So, as creators of products that will be consumed on Retina devices, we have to optimize our design and development workflow accordingly. Slicing graphics from finished designs to use for development is one of the less enjoyable parts of… Continue reading Retinize It: Free Photoshop Action For Slicing Graphics For HD Screens