Create a Post-Apocalyptic Matte Painting

In the movies, we often see images of ruined landscapes or apocalyptic cities. What many of us don’t know however is that much of this imagery was produced not with complicated CG software but instead, using Photoshop. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a post-apocalyptic matte painting of an old cathedral. Let’s get started!

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The Cosmos: Create a Spiral Galaxy

In today’s tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a spiral galaxy of your own and will depict a fleet of ships making its way through the universe to find a new home.

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Create A Planetary Star Field in Photoshop

In this tutorial we’ll learn how to create a Planetary Star Field using masks and a few star brushes. Photoshop brushes are very powerful, they can simulate real life objects, like trees, birds and in our case, a Planetary Star Field.

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Illustrating An Enchanted & Mystic Waterfall Scene

In this Photo Manipulation tutorial, I'll be illustrating how to design an enchanted waterfall scene. The animals clearly don't grow at a normal rate, most likely due to the lack of human life and vigorous flora. Wildlife includes: 1, an overgown elephant in the reservoir of the magical, dreamlike waterfall. 2, a 6-Spotted Ladybird. 3, a slithering snake wrapped around the stump in the fauna.

Using Multiple Text Outline Techniques In Photoshop

Here is a method to create clean, appealing, multi stroke text in Adobe Photoshop. It can be easy to forget that it is possible to create a text object with more than one stroke in Photoshop, it just takes a few extra steps. While this effect can be quickly created in Illustrator, this method allows you to apply Photoshop’s effects capabilities.
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Lighting effects for vintage photo looks

Fabio Sasso shows you how you can create retro lighting effects in Photoshop without resorting to plug-ins – and with a degree of control that means you get the look you want without the trial-and-error aspect of the iPhone apps.

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Tile Text Effect

In this tutorial you'll learn how to create an awesome tile text effect which I discovered on accident.



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Create Bring Me To Life Photo Manipulation Scene

In this tutorial you will learn different photomanipulation techniques such as how to implement stock photos in your picture, how to combine them together to create a surreal image and how to use the 3D tool of Photoshop to give your piece a better look.

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Beautiful Facial Make Up Photoshop Retouching Tutorial

Transform your friends using fake make up, and simple Potoshop techniques

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Banana style text effect.

In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to see how to create 3D "banana" text with realistic yellow texture. We will use blending technique and layer style effects. Free PSD file is attached.

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Creating a Science Fiction Combat Scene Photoshop Tutorial

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a science fiction photomanipulation in Photoshop. First, we’ll start by creating a futuristic style city, followed by adding in our main character, and then lastly, we’ll add some combat elements to it.

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Creating the Surreal Photo Illustration ‘Checkmate’

Learn how to create the awesome surreal photo illustration ‘Checkmate’. You’ll work with some very complex masking, and learn how to integrate textures, brushes and light effects into your composition.

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Design Awesome Grungy Text Effect with Stone Texture in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Design Awesome Grungy Text Effect with Stone Texture in Photoshop. The main focus of this tutorial is how you quickly apply textures and stock images to create great text effect. Have a try!

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Making a Superhero Movie Teaser Poster

In this tutorial I will give you an example of how to create a movie teaser poster. It will show you how to draw a mask for your character using the pen tool , blend modes and textures.

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How to create Abstract Starfield Background in Photoshop CS5

In the following Quick Tip tutorial you will learn how to mix different shapes, brushes and blending modes in Photoshop CS5 to create awesome space scene. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

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