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This tutorial is to help you learn how to add contrast without over-exposing the photo. I usually use this technique instead of just adding contrast when I edit my pictures. Once you have your photo open in photoshop: 1. With the background layer selected make a Duplicate Layer (Layer>Duplicate Layer). 2. With the New Layer […]
This section is to help you learn how to restore old photos that have chips, scratches, ink spills, or just things that you don’t want in the picture. This picture got chipped somehow and part of the subject’s face was scratched off. We will use the clone stamp tool to recreate what the lower part of her face should look like.
This section is to help you learn how to turn regular color photos into professional black and white photos. There are many other techniques of doing this but this one is surprisingly simple and is very effective.
This tutorial is to help you learn how to combine text with a photo so you can actually put any image inside a word of text. There are many techniques to accomplishing this same effect but this one seems to be the easiest and most effective.
This tutorial is to help you learn how to create a realistic painting effect. The filters in photoshop do a pretty good job, but this technique just adds a little to it.
This tutorial is to help you learn how to change the emotion of a night photo by simply applying a photo filter that changes the general color of the lights. This is a pretty simple technique that many professional photographers use, and nobody guesses that the original photograph looked different.
This tutorial is to help you learn how to create the illusion of motion blur as easily as possible using masks and filters. This technique works great with pretty much any kind of sports photo.
This tutorial is to help you learn how to adjust the depth of field for any photo. To do this normally you would have to know what aperture to use on a camera. But with this tutorial you can just artificially lower the depth of field in photoshop.
This tutorial will show you how to create a magic effect or glowing flame effect that can be added to virtually any digital photo.
This tutorial is to help you learn how to add a sparkle to someone’s jewelry in any photo. This technique can add a little something extra if you are making any sort of special effects picture.
