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Tag: Special Effects

New way to Light photos in Photoshop with Texture boost

Colin Smith’s Lighting Photos 2.0 in Photoshop Tutorial. Previously I made a very popular tutorial on how to use Lighting effects to relight photos in Photoshop. I had many people tell me they weren’t aware…

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How to create a realistic rainbow in Photoshop

Easily make a rainbow in Photoshop with new Gradient tool The new gradient tool makes it really easy to do things that were difficult before. I figured a rainbow is a good way to explore…

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How to Seamlessly Blend faces into background in Photoshop using new radial gradients

How to easily create the floating heads effect used on movie posters We have all seen the floating heads effect on posters, magazine and album covers, you name it. We combine different pictures and seamlessly…

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Adobe made an ai art Generator, Adobe Firefly ai

Adobe releases Firefly ai into public beta.   Hey, everyone. I’m excited to show you Adobe’s new AI application, Firefly. Let’s explore what it can do, discuss it, and see where Adobe is headed with…

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How to make 3D pop out effect in Photoshop in 4 simple steps

How to make the eye grabbing “out of bounds” or 3D pop-out effect effect is an easy way to add a ton of impact to an image, as the subject jumps out of the screen…

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How to blend Layers in Photoshop and select faces with masks

Blending layers with faces in Photoshop This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to combine images together to make a composite. I will show you a tip that helps automatically isolate faces to make posters…

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Sky Replacement in Photoshop- fixing edges with Sky Brush

Sky replacement, better edges I have created a few tutorials on Sky replacement in Photoshop already. I’ll add a list at the bottom of this tutorial. One thing you may have noticed, the edges sometimes…

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How to use Blend if in Photoshop – Remove backgrounds without selections

Cut out objects in Photoshop easily without selections with blend if Blend if, or Advanced blending is somewhat of a secret weapon in Photoshop. It’s really easy to use and it’s been in Photoshop forever.…

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