Photoshop TUTfactory » Special Effects

Abstract Gold Girl

Ross — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:55:46 +0000

Sometimes, all it takes to create a stunning piece of art is a stock photo, a bit of creativity, a great idea, and some time. This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a piece of art titled; “Beauty of Gold.” Let’s get started!

Colorful 3D Text

Ross — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:47 +0000

In this tutorial, Joe Moore will teach you step by step how to render beautiful and visually sharp 3d text in 3D Studio Max, render it using Mental Ray, and then combine it with additional visual elements to create an atmospheric, nature inspired 3D text composition using Photoshop. If you don’t have 3D Studio Max, fear not, for a beautiful PNG render is included so you can still follow the Photoshop section. This tutorial is definitely worth reading!

Magical Stardust Composition

Ross — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:51:18 +0000

For whatever reason it is always fun to create composite images that use star fields as a backdrop. Star fields have a unique ability to make a composition look mysterious and even magical. In this tutorial it will demonstrate how to create a 4-piece stardust composition using textures and masks. Let us get started!

Paint Dancers

Ross — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:05:08 +0000

This great new Adobe Photoshop tutorial will talk you through the steps of creating a colourful photo-manipulation of paint dancers which looks amazing. You’ll learn lots of great techniques such as using filters creatively and effective colour manipulation. Give it a try…

Magical Flaming Heart

Ross — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:50:16 +0000

The Warp feature in Photoshop can be a powerful tool if you know how to use it correctly. In this tutorial the author will demonstrate how to combine a few stock images to create a magical flaming heart illustration that looks so impressive. Let’s get started!

Adding Cool Light Effects

robbie — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:33:53 +0000

This tutorial will take you through the creative process of making intriguing light effects and applying them in your work. This is more a process description of making this illustration, than a detailed step by step how to. I’ll give you some good guidance on how to deal with an illustration like this and cover the overall workflow. Let’s get started!

Shiny 3D Earth

Ross — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:07:14 +0000

In this tutorial It’ll show you how to create a shiny planet icon using the 3D features of Photoshop CS3 Extended or CS4 Extended. This will cover basic information about 3D layers and texture maps. So let’s get started!

Space Lighting Effect

Ross — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:14:22 +0000

In this great Photoshop tutorial we will learn how to make a cool colorful space scene in ten simple steps. You’ll get taught techniques such as using built in filters, color manipulation and blend modes. Let’s get going!

Expressive Lighting Effects

Ross — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:17:07 +0000

Lighting effects are an effective way to add a detailed illustrative touch to a photo. In this tutorial, it’s going to look at (among other things) ways of bringing originality to digital lighting by introducing and vectoring traditional sketches, as well as examining some nifty Illustrator-based stroking techniques that achieve results with the greatest of ease.

Glowing Light Painting

Ross — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:03:26 +0000

It always looks really cool when people take photos with long exposures and moving lights. In this tutorial it will show you an easy, and very fast way, to create a light painting in Photoshop. Let’s give it a go!