There's something wonderfully organic and artistic a brush stroke provides compared to the stark "reality" of a photographic image. David Smith transforms photos into painting using Creative Suite.
Continue this exploration of the best new features in Adobe Photoshop CS6 with Toby Pitman. In this article learn about the new features pitched at designers.
There's so much to explore in the Adjustment Layers of Photoshop CS6 and CS5.5. It's easy to miss the Channel Mixer and also understand how to use it effectively. Iain Anderson demonstrates!
It's usually best to apply color correction manually to your photos But, there are times when applying auto correction can save time & produce interesting results. David Smith shows how in Photoshop.
Modifying a photo from a portrait to landscape while keeping a realistic looking background used to be impossible. Not so with Adobe Photoshop's Content Aware Scale feature. David Smith explores.
Toby Pitman smooths out the ways to help you avoid fuzzy and jagged-looking graphics in Photoshop CS5. Included is a full explanation of anti-aliasing and resolution with practical examples.
In Photoshop it is possible to remove all colors except one using masks. David Smith demonstrates an even simpler technique for applying color pass on photos. No messing with masks required!
Photoshop can handle removing even the trickiest of backgrounds from an image. But when other tools come up short, the Blend If function can come to the rescue. Iain Anderson zaps some pixels!
What do you get when you combine Propellerhead Reason's Rack modules with some Photoshop trickery and skill? Answer: Your own personalized, modded backdrops in Reason. Toby Pitman gets hacking.
Ever wanted to give a car/van/*insert preferred object here* a brand-new paint job, but were unsure exactly which colour to go for? David Smith shows how to pimp a car's paint job in Photoshop.
Did you know you can create 3D environments in Photoshop from 2D images? OK. What about then taking those into After Effects so you can literally move through them? Richard Lainhart shows how.
Photoshop can be used to remove blemishes & retouch portraits, and also completely transform the body parts/features of the subject. Iain Anderson employs the liquify tool in subtle and far out ways!
Giving a sense of movement to a static, still image can be immensely fun and useful in all sorts of ways. David Smith cuts to the chase with this Photoshop CS5 article on creating speed effects.
Starting with just a simple gradient and applying some noise effects, Toby Pitman shows how to create a stellar planet and space scene in Photoshop CS5 Extended.
Photoshop newbies and experts rejoice! Richard Lainhart shares four of his quick and easy workflow tips to help you fly through your image editing and creation projects.
For anyone who has ever attempted to create Graphics in Photoshop intended to be edited into a video sequence and delivered via a TV screen or monitor, the results can be very disappointing.
Halloween is almost here and rather than get all dressed up you can create a scary digital portrait in Photoshop CS5 instead. Follow Richard Lainhart as he gives Jordan Rudess a vampiric makeover.
Working on profile images or portraits pictures? This tutorial by David Smith shows who to use level adjustments on targeted adjustment layers to for eye-grabbing results.