More text style tips! Text styles are a great way to get away from the same solid color on a background and add some subtle 'pizazz' to the type. For this tutorial we will need a photograph or an illustration to go behind the text that we will be applying the style to. Step 1. Place your photo… [read more]
Text styles are always a great way to get away from the same solid color on a background and add some flair to the type. Text style is used to further express the mode of a piece. Chrome could be considered mechanical or cool. This technique can be applied to text, an object or shape to add a cool… [read more]
Nondestructively adjusting the exposure in certain areas of your image can be a very beneficial technique to use. You create a 50% gray layer with a blending mode like Soft Light. Then with the Brush tool on a lower Opacity, paint in the Burns and Dodge with Grays and Blacks. Step 1. Create a new… [read more]
Looking for that 15 minutes of fame? Well this tutorial won't show you that, but it will give you a quick way to style your photos into a piece of Pop art. 1. Convert your photo to black and white or monochrome if it is not already. An easy way to do this is by opening the Hue and Saturation palette… [read more]
A great way to convert photographs into colorful variations is to use the color balance adjustment to tone the shadows and highlights of your image into two different colors. The Tone Effect technique can give your images a Pop art look or an aged mono/duo toned looked. Great way to further stylize… [read more]
Do you want to sharpen your creative picture taking instincts? Do you want to combine new ideas with your current projects and techniques? These techniques will be better executed with digital cameras and meant as some direction or guidelines to taking 'better' pictures. You are your cameras best viewfinder! Why… [read more]
Photoshop has some great filters in its arsenal, but the trick is usually tweaking or working with them in such a way as to make it seem less like a canned filter that was just applied with the default settings. Graphic interpretations of photographs can be a cool solution to a plain photograph that… [read more]
Often with digital photographs taken without the use of additional light sources we get a flat light. This works fine most of the time, but sometimes we would like to dramatically change the focus or impact of an element in the image. This technique can be useful for product photography, portraits,… [read more]
Does the Maximize Compatibility option pop-up when you go to save your PSD? All you need to do is go into your preferences and make a few adjustments so Photoshop knows what you want to do without asking. Step 1. Go to Photoshop/Preferences/General or Edit/Preferences/General. Step 2. Select the… [read more]
A Drop Shadow is a visual effect that gives an object an illusion of depth by placing a shadow beneath an object. It is often used functionally to draw attention to an object, say a button or a text box. Text is also sometimes rendered with a subtle drop shadow that further emphasizes it and pops it… [read more]
