Hot Photoshop How-Tos
How To: Use custom patterns with layer styles in Photoshop
This is a two-part video where Al Ward teaches you to use custom patterns with layer styles. Learn to turn off Gradient Overlay, and apply Pattern Overlay. Then use custom patterns with layer styles and turn them into textures and play with Stroke setting in the layer style. Use custom patterns with layer styles in Photoshop - Part 1 of 2.
How To: Design a logo in Photoshop
In this video series, watch as graphic design expert John Moore teaches how to design a logo. Learn what software you need for logo design, how to prepare for logo design, the importance of text, the importance of color, the use of different fonts, how to manipulate graphics, how to use filters to enhance text, and how to use wingdings to design a logo. Coming up with a recognizable brand and logo is essential to the success of any company or small business, so let the experts at Expert Villa...
How To: Merge Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt with Photoshop
Scott, from www.tutorialstop.com, demonstrates how to superimpose the features of two people: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. This effect was made popular by the Late Night Show with Conan O'Brien.
How To: Create lightsabers in Photoshop
Are you a Star War fan? This is a a tutorial on making light sabers in Photoshop. Learn to use Gaussian blur and Color Balance to create the glowing effect of the sabers.
How To: Work with a Wacom tablet in Photoshop CS3
In this video, Justin Seeley shows how to use a Wacom tablet to create photo collages in Photoshop CS3 Extended. He shows how to blend photographs together using the Wacom pen to create a print ad type image. He shows how to increase the size of the brush, change the opacity, blend the image, and lightly paint into the image to control the amount of the fade.
How To: Find and use Adobe Gamma in Photoshop on Vista
Adobe Gamma is a screen calibration utility that used to install with Photoshop. Many say that it no longer comes with CS3, and that it is not compatible with Windows Vista. LIES!! Chad will show you the hidden truth in this movie.
How To: Create scanlines in Photoshop
This tutorial shows how to create simple scanlines in Photoshop that can be used in numerous ways. Create scanlines in Photoshop.
How To: Turn a photo into a sketch in Photoshop
There is no sound, but this tutorial shows you very clearly how easy it is to turn a photo into a sketch using Photoshop. Turn a photo into a sketch in Photoshop.
How To: Create a tentacle effect in Photoshop
This tutorial shows you how to create a simple tentacle effect in Photoshop. If you're good, you'll try animating it next! Create a tentacle effect in Photoshop.
How To: Create a retro effect in Photoshop
This tutorial shows a very common method used by many graphic designers in order to create a retro effect from an image using Photoshop. Create a retro effect in Photoshop.
How To: Increase color intensity of an image in Photoshop CS2
In this tutorial you will learn how to take a high resolution background image and increase the color intensity and give it a surreal effect using Photoshop CS2.
How To: Prepare seemless bitmap textures in Photoshop
For all kinds of 3D material channels, it sometimes benefits the project to have a small, tileable image that will fill the surface of the object without an obvious seam. Of course, a tileable image will show the duplication if the instance shows up enough times. The trick is to avoid any hard lines where the image might change dramatically as it tiles across the face of the 3D object. Here's one method to avoid those nasty straight seams. (In two parts).
How To: Make an animated GIF with Photoshop
This short beginner's video series shows you how to make a GIF animation in Photoshop. Learn about setting up your work space, doing simple transformations and doing effects animations.
How To: Create a shooting ray gun in Photoshop
In this tutorial, Bert will show you quickly how to use a bunch of different layers to create a ray gun shooting and exploding it's target. It will help if you already have some Photoshop knowledge for this one.
How To: Use light, reflection & shadow in Photoshop
In this episode, Bert shows us how to use light, shadows and reflections in Photoshop to change the way an object looks in any given environment. Specifically, he works with the bevel and emboss effects.
How To: Create neon tubes in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to make realistic looking neon tubes. The most popular use is of course, for neon signs, but feel free to branch out and get creative. It will be helpful if you have some previous Photoshop experience to follow this video.
How To: Create diamonds in Photoshop
In this tutorial, Bert will create diamonds using the filters in Photoshop. The key to this project, is learning how small changes in positioning and filter values, will create completely different looks.
How To: Create lightning effects in Photoshop
This tutorial shows you how to artistically create lightning effects, sparkles, and a mystical vortex using Photoshop. It will help if you know a little bit about Photoshop before trying this one.
How To: Colorize black and white images in Photoshop
It's been called the "Sin City" effect, and a myriad of other names, but really all you're doing is adding selected color to black and white photos or comic-type images. See how Bert suggests achieving this effect in his tutorial.
How To: Use Photoshop's extract tool
Bert demonstrates how to pull things and objects out of an image using Photoshop's Extract Tool.
How To: Create rusty, corroded type in Photoshop
Making text look old and weathered, or rusty and corroded is a long standing effect but it's a good one to know. In this episode, Bert will show you how to do a nice, detailed weathered type from scratch. You may want to download his example files or full rez version to see a detailed view.
How To: Create water droplets in Photoshop
The universal solvent takes center stage as Bert demonstrates how to create realistic looking water droplets and explains how in imaging it is important to study reality in order to re-create it.
How To: Use layer masks and alpha channels in Photoshop
Bert uses examples to explain the difference between layer masks and alpha channels. Both work the same way, but for a totally different purpose.
How To: Use the auto blend layer tool in Photoshop CS3
In this video, Dr. Brown, a senior art director at Adobe, shows you how to use the auto blend tool in Photoshop CS3. It's amazingly simple and yields great results.
How To: Use the warp command in Photoshop
Photoshop's Warp command transforms layers into a predefined shape. Bert Monroy used it on the glasses in Lunch in Tiberon, here he types the word "Digg" and demonstrates many of the effects you can create with it.
How To: Make an "outer glow" in Photoshop
Outer glow? It's all about manipulating Photoshop layers independently from the layer they are attached to. Bert revisits the creation of "Lunch in Tiburon" and shows you how to use an often ignored feature in layer styles.
How To: Make melting ice letters in Photoshop
Everybody at some point in time wants to or has to make text that looks like ice. So, if you're doing it for fun or for a project, here's a tutorial to show you how to make ice text that is melting.
How To: Create two point perspective in Photoshop
One of the great things about Photoshop is the ability to fake perspective and make things look 3-dimensional. In this tutorial Bert goes over using perspective and vanishing points.
How To: Composite using Photoshop
You don't always need a fancy program like Shake or After Effects to do basic compositing. In this tutorial Bert shows you how to composite using Photoshop.
How To: Create realistic rain in Photoshop
Bert is here to show us how to create realistic rain in Photoshop, specifically the ripples and splashes you get on a lake or pool when it's raining out, and then a general rainy window.
How To: Utilize vanishing points in Photoshop
This tutorial shows you how to use the vanishing point filter to easily move images around and automatically have them adjust to the proper size and angle.
How To: Create interlocking patterns in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial you'll learn how to make interlocking patterns with perfect symmetry, for example holes cut into metal or reptile skin. Of course, the key to this is the interaction with light.
How To: Create advanced shadows in Photoshop
What lurks in the shadows? Is it something scary and frightening? Nothing so nefarious in this insightful episode of PixelPerfect in which Bert casts light upon the mysteries behind creating advanced shadow effects within Photoshop.
How To: Create the illusion of depth for 3D text in Photoshop
In this tutorial you are going to learn how to create the illusion of depth that is necessary for 3D text. This would be useful for creating a 3D sign like something you'd see above a building.
How To: Create glow swirls using Illustrator & Photoshop
This "glow swirl" effect is doable via drawing a flashlight really fast at night and then taking snapshots of its path (we used to draw fun doodles and write our names in "glow" lighting with our roommates in college). However, since such night snapshots are hard to capture on camera, Photoshop can do you for you instead in far less time.
How To: Make photo-realistic water reflections in Photoshop
Mimicking reality in Photoshop is a pain, but it's certainly achievable and quite laudable if you do a fine job. If you would like to create lifelike water reflections using Photoshop, this tutorial is the place to go. Check out the video to learn how to create photo-realistic light reflections in water.
How To: Create chrome text in Photoshop CS2
Pimp my text!! We've all seen those car and videogame ads with the pimped out chromed text effect. Guess what? You don't need to go out and pay professional designers thousands of dollars for it. All you need to invest is about 10 minutes and watch this episode of Pixel Perfect and see how easy it is to get that nice shiney sparkly chrome effect.
How To: Use the brush engine in Photoshop
The brush engine was developed back in Photoshop 7 (before CS) and is what makes Photoshop a true painting program and revolutionized the way Photoshop works. In the longest episode of PixelPerfect yet, Bert explains and demonstrates the inner workings of the brush engine. This is a great tutorial for those that are new to Photoshop. Use the brush engine in Photoshop.
How To: Create a stormy rain scene in Photoshop
The universal solvent is back. It looms, floating in a condensed visible mass, then bursts from its vaporous state, streaking to the earth at teminal velocity. Those blurred droplets called rain are a pretty simple thing to create, it's just a couple of filters and you've got it. Bert takes it a few of steps further to create a whole stormy scene with rain, lightning and an ominous sky. Oh, and there's a pirate ship in there too.
How To: Create fire in Photoshop
HOT!! HOT!! HOT!! This episode is smoking hot. By popular demand, Bert works his magic and shows us how to create fire. It is not quite as simple as lighting a match, but as Bert demonstrates, it is not too much more complicated than that.