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How To: Create lightening in Photoshop

This video by photoshopuniverse shows you how to simulate lightning in a night time scenic photo. For this a night time scene is required. Open the image in Photoshop and create a new layer and with the gradient tool create a gradient as shown from the top left to the bottom right. Apply the filter, difference clouds on the layer and inverse the layer as shown. Exaggerate the lightening by using the adjust levels command. Change the layer mode to stream and tweak the hue and saturation so tha...

How To: Fix extreme red eye in Photoshop using replace color

If you have a photograph with an extreme red eye problem, then you will have to take steps above and beyond using the built-in red eye reduction tool in Adobe Photoshop. In extreme cases, red eye will actually contain colors outside of the red spectrum of light. Since the red eye tool only works on this spectrum of light, you will have to manually fix extreme red eye by working on tools that are effective across all different wavelengths of light. The most effective tool at your disposal in t...

How To: Change color of specific objects in Photoshop

Adjusting the color of specific objects within your images in Photoshop is crucial. Sometimes fine tuning the color of just one component in an image is required. While an image may be adjusted globally at once, this approach lacks flexibility. This tutorial will show you the proper steps from the creation of an adjustment layer to the appropriate and functional calibration of the hue and saturation options. Get the most out of these tools and maximize your productivity in Photoshop.

How To: Apply eyeshadow and blush using Adobe Photoshop

Did you forget to apply makeup before you had your photo taken? No worries, this tutorial will teach you how to add eyeshadow and blush to a photograph using computer software rather than a makeup brush. This tutorial will teach you how to create layers, change brushes and choose colors in Adobe Photoshop. It will also walk you through step by step how to apply and use layer modes to blend the color into the photography. After you learn the skills taught in this Photoshop CS 4 tutorial you wo...

How To: Replace a sky in Photoshop

Photoshop is the perfect program to use when you want to make adjustments to photos you have taken. You can really make a sky pop in any of your pictures by using Photoshop to manipulate the color by following this tutorial.

How To: Remove a mole in Photoshop

Does your model have an unsightly blemish that you'd rather not have in your final photos? Is this blemish dark and hard to ignore, like a mole? No problem! Check out this tutorial and learn how to use Photoshop's healing brush to remove any skin imperfections including moles. This video will show you step by step how to accomplish this and produce cleaner photos. Learn secrets of the pros in this video and be on your way to more professional looking images.

How To: Match the color of objects in Photoshop

Match the color of objects on Photoshop. Take a picture of your self of one shirt that the shirt is on different color mean while choose the black tea shirt because it the traditionally one of the harder colors, change the image mode to the lab color for both images then use eyedropper tool and expose the info pallet select the neutral part of the image i.e. red. Hold down shift then we can see the icon changes then add contrast to it by hue saturation present in the layer pallet.

How To: Emboss text on a glass surface in Photoshop

In this Photoshop video tutorial, hosted by photoshopuniverse, from Free Photoshop Video Tutorials, you will learn how to create an effect that makes it appear as though text you input into your image has been embossed on a glass surface. As you follow along with the host in this video, you will learn how to insert text, and align it to a plane, so that it will appear to be aligned to the surface you want to place the text on, as well as how to achieve the embossed look when you're finished.

How To: Create a quake live button in Photoshop

In this video one learns to make a quake live button in Photoshop which is useful for anyone who owns Photoshop and creates websites. The video is easy to follow and show a step by step method for creating a quake live button by creating multiple layers, using the free sizing tool, switching the through layers, increasing stroke size and using the creation tools. Interestingly enough the video shows how to alter colors and blend layers to give a clear and crisp presentation. Overall this vide...

How To: Use the quick selection tool in Photoshop

Photo editing expert Chad Troftgruben teaches the viewer how to effectively use the quick selection tool in Adobe Photoshop. In Chad's opinion, the quick selection tool is quite similar to the magic wand tool in the same software, except for one major difference: one can select a particular object, even in a complex picture, simply by holding down the left key of the mouse and moving the pointer over the object. Chad also points out that the quick selection tool saves a lot of time and is ver...

How To: Simulate water reflection in Photoshop

This Photoshop describes how to simulate the water reflection on scenery. First, create an image and add it to any photo. The added image should not contain water in them. The video shows displacement map to create the ripple effect. It is highly saturated and pure.

How To: Create image reflection in Photoshop

This is a quick and easy tutorial for Photoshop on how to create a simple but effective reflection of an object. This tutorial uses vector masking, scaling, hot keys, vertical flip, gradient tool, and opacity adjustment. After watching this video you will be able to make a reflection of any object you would like. The product of the tutorial will be a half faded reflection that actually seems as though the image is sitting on a reflective surface such as metal, glossy tile, or a wet surface. A...

How To: Add a watermark to photos in Photoshop

The PhotoshopUniverse team effectively teaches a method of adding a watermark to an image, as a security feature to make it harder to copy or steal. Instructions are simple and easy to follow, using as an example a photo of two girls that one might have in his or her family album. Using Photoshop, the text that will become the watermark is added, rotated and patterned across the entire image. To finalize the watermark, the opacity is edited to a desired value so that it does not interfere wit...

How To: Create a web photo gallery with Photoshop

To create a web photo gallery on Photoshop, first go to file show all menu items if you have then automate go to Web photo gallery then to changes the styles click on the style to see them the description on thee right then set up email address after Source images on (use) choose a folder, click all sub folders if you do not have any sub folders in Your folder. Go to options select one that you choose then click OK then in Photoshop it resizes all photos quickly after open up a web browser an...

How To: Create glowing text in Photoshop

Learn how to create glowing text in Photoshop with this awesome video! 1. Write any text using text button T on the selected image as a background. Write a suitable text and place it somewhere. 2.Select the text and make it Bold. 3. right click and set Opacity and Fill options. Opacity changes the color of the text as well as its effect. Whereas Fill changes the color only . If you have set it to 0% then you can't see the text if its exist also. Set Opacity to 100%. 4. For glowing text select...

How To: Make a grunge background in Photoshop

Have you ever wanted to create a grunge background? This video tutorial shows you how to make a grunge background for your graphics projects in Adobe Photoshop. This video provides you with an easy, step-by-step tutorial for giving your projects the grungy look that you desire. Grunge backgrounds are great for logos, flyers, advertisements, and other forms of marketing or visual media.

How To: Simulate a hand drawn picture in Photoshop

This Photoshop tutorial video teaches you how to make any photo look like it was hand drawn. The image selected should have a relatively simple background, because a too detailed image will not turn out properly. Use the high pass tool and the sketch paper tool and you pretty much have your hand drawn image. Follow this video for extra tips on how to get your image to look like hand drawn perfection.

How To: Isolate colors in Photoshop

The step by step methods to isolate colors in Photoshop have been shown in the video. In a layer we have to place an image and first select the particular part to be isolated with the pen tool which has free form pen tool, add subtract, intersect and exclude overlapping path options. After that make a right click and select make selection option. Keep the feather be in 3 and click ok. Paste this in a new layer by pressing control+d keys. Create a copy layer of 2 and open Hue and saturation pa...

How To: Create an ice text effect in Photoshop

It is a tutorial that how to make an ice text effect on Photoshop. First create a new layer select paint bucket tool switch black color and paint the layer now create an other layer, choose type tool then switch the white color and create a text "ice text" after go to layer pallet merge the layers after that again create another layer select paint bucket tool and select black color now select ice text layer then go to image menu rotate canvas click clock wise then go to filter choose crystall...

How To: Add an infrared effect to photos in Photoshop

This video tutorial is about adding an infrared effect to an image using Photoshop. First of all, open the image to which you wish to add the effect. After that, create a duplicate layer. Then go to the image option and click on it. A drop down menu appears. From that menu, click on adjustments and from that, select the option channel mixer. In the small window that appears, first tick the monochrome option. The idea of the channel mixer is that the total percentage of the colors must add up ...

How To: Create vintage photos in Photoshop

Make some nice vintage photos in Photoshop with this tutorial! You'll need some basic Photoshop skills, but you don't need to be an expert by any stretch of the imagination. (If you were an expert, you probably wouldn't need help anyway) The easy to follow instructions in this video tutorial make sure you aren't left in dark and can make all the edits you need to create vintage photos.

How To: Edit image color in Photoshop

This video will discuss how to implement color changes in Photoshop editing. This step by step approach will tutor the novice Photoshop user how to utilize the various tools and applications to achieve, colorization in photos, swap select and hue, colors and backgrounds of photos, describes layering using saturation and blend techniques. This video tutorial will describe and demonstrate the correct settings and tool usage for easy application of each editing and color manipulation.

How To: Remove braces with Photoshop

Learn how to remove braces with Photoshop. First find a photo with some visible teeth; you don’t want a picture with no visible teeth because you would need to redraw an entire set of teeth. Now select the first layer and duplicate it (command control J). Grab the patch tool from the toolbar and set it to "source". Zoom in on the teeth and make sure you are working on the new layer. Select around one part of the braces and drag it to a skin area. Now grab the clone tool and begin cloning the ...

How To: Remove yellow teeth stains in Photoshop

Learn how to whiten your teeth using Photoshop with this video tutorial. 1. First thing you will want to do is remove the padlock if your image has one. You should be able to find this in the top right hand corner of your screen or in the background layers option.

How To: Make a collage in Adobe Photoshop

This video shows you exactly how to great a collage using Photoshop. Step by step, from duplicating the layer, dragging, and every tool you'll need to learn to achieve the best collage possible. You can use this to make a cool, unique, and interesting collage, to share with your friends and family. This tutorial is easy to follow, so if your looking to master your Photoshop skills or are just learning how to use the program. This video shows you an alternative to the typical photo albums, and...

How To: Crop an image with Photoshop CS3

There are many instances when you may need to crop an image. Whether you need an avatar for a social networking site, or a specifically-sized image to insert into your website, Adobe Photoshop is an excellent tool to use. Learn how to bring an image into Photoshop and all the various tools one can use to crop the image in this video tutorial.

How To: Download and load a font into Photoshop

There are a lot of fonts you can use in Photoshop, but there are a lot more fonts you can download off the Internet and install for any CS4 use. You can get all the Photoshop fonts you want at dafont.com. Download them and then install them directly on your computer to show up in Photoshop. Check out the video to get the full steps.

How To: Make your own x-ray in Photoshop

Ever wanted to create your own X-ray without a doctor's visit? Learn how to create your own X-ray in Photoshop by compositing two separate images to make it appear as if you are holding your own X-ray. You will use different layers, layer masks, and levels to make a believable self X-ray image - and you don't even have to get it approved through your insurance!

How To: Create a neon light text effect Photoshop CS3 or CS4

In this video tutorial, learn how to create a really beautiful, eye popping, neon light "magic effect". Brighten up your asthetic presentation with this cool Photoshop trick, originally found on this blog. This tutorial is constructed using Adobe Photoshop CS3, but please note: This trick does work with CS4, but yields sightly different results. One can download the font used in this tutorial, here.

How To: Create a simple text reflection effect in Photoshop

Does anything other than normal text seem like a daunting task in Photoshop? It's really quite simple, once you get the hang of it! In this video tutorial, learn how to create a text reflection effect in Adobe Photoshop to give your text a mirrored twin. In a few simple steps, you can create this look for your graphic design project. Whether it be a brochure, school project or business card, it's always nice to give your asthetic layout a little boost with creative text.