Updated for Photoshop Elements 2023 Melissa On the Digi Show Episode 111: It's Fabulous, there was some discussion over dragging and dropping files as smart objects in Photoshop. In the comments, Jennifer Kellogg asks I’m a new digi scrapper. I like to kit scrap. I’ve got PSE12. What is the best way to use a… [Continue reading]
What perspective distortion is, how to correct it in camera, and how to correct it using the perspective tools in Photoshop elements, or Adobe Camera RAW.
No matter what you’re working on, you can be sure that almost every project will require an image to be removed from its background! Sometimes it’s a breeze when professionally lit studio shots are provided, but it can get a little tricky when detailed backgrounds come into play. In today’s post I give an overview […]
Did you know 2016 marks 26 years since the miracle of Photoshop came into our lives. Even if you’ve never used the program, you can’t deny the impact that this photo-editing software has made on our lives. Afterall, the term Photoshop has become so integrated into our digital lives that we’ve even turned it into a verb to describe all altered photos.Once regarded as a complicated secret weapon for graphic designers only, now nearly anyone with computer access can master this tool with nearly th
In these Photoshop tutorials, you will learn the most exciting photo effect in Photoshop. These photo effect Photoshop tutorials are for those who would like
Learn how to do a head swap in Photoshop and merge two photos together to get the best expressions from all of your subjects in one frame!
Remember how scary it was when you were a little kid and you had to start reading books in school that didn't have any pictures in them? Truth be told, that little kid still exists inside all of us; it's one of the reasons why print media designs often rely on photos and illustrations rather than walls of bland text. But text doesn't have to be boring-after all, text is just another form of visual imagery, one that can become a beautiful work of art with the use of unique fonts or interesting Photoshop effects. To help print designers in
Photoshop tutorials are really useful to making of digital art, logo design, text effects and Photoshop photo editing techniques. By using these tutorials you
Detailed tutorial on how to whiten teeth in photographs in Adobe Photoshop.
Blogger and food photographer, Ali Ebright, shares about the 3 edits she makes to every image in Photoshop.
Add realistic text to anything in Photoshop, matching textures, perspective, and lighting. Make your text blend onto any object.
Use the Magic Eraser to remove simple backgrounds like solid colors, or the Background Eraser for more complex backgrounds. Try the Polygonal Lasso tool to cut a subject from the background and paste it into another project.
My most popular tutorial of 2014 was my guide to creating a realistic money effect in Photoshop, which explained the steps to achieve an authentic engraved illustration style. The process is quite time consuming, so I figured it would be useful to follow it up with a ready made Photoshop Action that produces the effect […]
I love photos with beautiful sun rays/lens flare and get excited when I can capture them in-camera (above). However, sometimes you want to have the artistic license to add them to your photo later in the editing process. I wrote my Sun Kissed action using the lens flare option in Photoshop, but I really also wanted the option to manually add my own sunburst with a Photoshop brush. Like usual, I prefer to create my own brush and then share it to you so you can use it in your own editing. So I googled and found this little video that I followed to create two Photoshop brushes. Download the zipped file to your desktop and then unzip it. Right click on the brush file (abr) and then click on "Open with" and open it in Photoshop or PSE. If you want to install it permanently in PSE then go to Edit, Preset Manager. Then Load the actions and click on Done (see screenshot below). To use the brush (I will have screenshots on my next post), add a new layer over your image. Select your brush color and brush the sunburst brush on your image. Free Transform it to fit your image and then slightly gaussian blur to make it more realistic. You can use a white brush and put it in screen mode and adjust opacity or use a color. I used the first brush to create the edit below (mouse over to see the before image). Today I am posting the download for the free brushes and next post will be a step-by-step tutorial how I edited this image. Please stop by tomorrow! Download the free CoffeeShop Sunburst Brushes! You can also download them here. Do you want to download my favorite CoffeeShop PSE/Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets or Design Elements in one convenient zipped file AND help support this blog? Just click here for my action pack or here for a download of some of my most popular design elements, storyboards, and textures. For complete info on installing all of my actions, click here.
In this tutorial, learn how to turn any portrait image into either a black and white or color pencil sketch using Photoshop CS6.
How to hand color a black and white photo, giving it a vintage look, using image editing software such as Photoshop Elements.
Brand new to Photoshop Actions? Start here! This post will explain what they are, how to use them, and even has some Free Actions you can download!
Many people use complicated methods to erase backgrounds when they can do it much easier with the Background Eraser tool. It creates great results with its automatic edge detection and selection feathering. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the background eraser tool to erase the sky and…
Generally speaking, I prefer clean simple edits. But sometimes images need a little extra editing to fully realize the vision I had while taking them. This image is one where I knew what I wanted, but my almost three year old wasn't really in the mood where I could
Retouch skin like a pro with these Photoshop actions that will let you heal, mattify, and airbrush skin with one click. It also includes actions for brightening eyes and increasing contrast; the former reduces redness and increases brightness in the eyes while the latter increases contrast without clipping highlights/shadows. These…
A master manipulator in the dark room, Misha Gordin has been creating surreal photographs with PhotoShop-like effects since the 1980s. Gordin's work looks at the universal elements of life: conflict, birth, death, loneliness and the quest for companionship. His bald, naked subjects represent the archetypical everyman. Often featured alone or with their doubles, these characters are not tied to any particular time or culture. Gordin's most recent work takes place on the beach, where his unadorned subjects engage in fraught and seemingly aimless activities that suggest a battle within themselves more so than a struggle against an external force.
In this video tutorial, I'll show you how to use the Liquify Tool in Photoshop! It's one Photoshop Filter I've used in a huge variety of ways.
If you found a way to cut your design time in half, wouldn't you use it? Photoshop actions allow designers to save time and stay efficient by 'recording' common tasks so that they can be automatically performed on different projects. But that's not the best feature of actions for Photoshop; they're also easy to share and download. This community aspect has turned Photoshop actions into the ultimate designer 'cheat code.' Downloading another designer's actions lets you quickly apply new effects and techniques to your designs while also learning how those results were achieved. We've searched high and low for the
This fun video tutorial will explain how to create a circular background blur effect in Photoshop - Free Editing Tutorials for Photographers by Morgan Burks
Discover Lightroom's hidden gems! Unveil 5 little-known tools that can transform your photos. Click to refine your edits and elevate your imagery.
Fun with Photoshop… It hasn’t rained here all summer in Houston Texas, so we made a photo to show our faith that it is going to RAIN soon!! Step one…take photo painting sky Step two- convert to black and white, and adjust contrast, light levels, and sharpen Step three- Paint sky and photograph 4. Now go back to your black and white image, click layer/duplicate layer/okay 5. go to the sky painting image and click select/all ……. then click edit/copy 6. now return to the blk and wht photo of your artist and click edit paste….this will paste the painted sky onto your black and white photo. 7.Use the move tool to stretch it and move it to where you want it. 8. Adjust the opacity to taste, to make it see through enough to know where you want to erase 9. then just use the eraser tool to erase around your artist and any other part you don’t want the painting to show, flatten image, and VOILA!! Email me your creative results or questions and I will post everyone’s photos on my next blog!! [email protected]
