27 Super Creative Photo Effects Tutorials for Photoshop

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This article is a showcase of 27 beautiful photo effects covering subjects such as technicolor processing, frozen liquid effects, artistic and digital painting, lighting effects and many other photo manipulation examples that can be applied to your photos or designs. Although most of these tutorials require an intermediate knowledge of Photoshop, beginners will find the step by step instructions useful in their learning experience.

Super Creative Photo Effects Tutorials

Create an elegant two color technicolor effect

Add digital lighting effects to a photo

Creating a dramatic polar panorama effect

Creating funny big head characters in Photoshop

Creating a futuristic workspace in Photoshop

Virtual tuning with Photoshop

Underwater room effect

3d retro movie effect in Photoshop

Screen jump effect

Create a speed lighting effect in Photoshop

Foggy window effect in Photoshop

Easy digital painting in Photoshop

Create a drawing effect

Create a transparent effect on clothes

Create an Angelic Sculpture Made of Ice in Photoshop

Give a Photo a Complete Glamour Makeover With Stunning Light and 3D Effects

Create a diorama photo effect

Create a weaved effect from a photo

Create an Abstract Light Streaks poster in Photoshop CS5

Create a pink lady photo manipulation

Urban ink photo effect

Floating clothes effect

Creation of "Get Digitized"

Create frozen liquid effects

Create a realistic torn photo effect

Create a retro photo effect

Super easy typographic portrait effect

Photoshop Effects Books

Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: a professional image editor’s guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

With the new edition of this proven bestseller, Photoshop users can master the power of Photoshop CS5 with internationally renowned photographer and Photoshop hall-of-famer Martin Evening by their side. In this acclaimed reference work, Martin covers everything from the core aspects of working in Photoshop to advanced techniques for professional results. Read More…

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Bible

Photoshop is the gold standard for image-editing programs and is used by professional photographers, graphic designers, and Web designers as well as hobbyists. More than 300,000 copies of this comprehensive reference have been sold in previous editions; this edition is fully updated to cover Photoshop CS5’s newest features and includes a 16-page full-color insert. Read More…

Adobe Photoshop CS5: Professional Portrait Retouching

For the first time, Scott Kelby has assembled all of his best Photoshop techniques for professionally retouching portraits and collected them here in this groundbreaking new volume. Beginning with the essentials, Scott starts with the eyes–in many portraits, the most important part of the picture. Scott shows how to brighten the eyes, create and enhance catchlights, and remove dark circles from under the eyes. He then moves on to such techniques as softening and smoothing skin, removing blemishes, touching up clothing and backgrounds, retouching the nose, removing wrinkles, removing stray hairs, and retouching and whitening teeth. All of these are truly professional techniques that Scott has simplified into an exact, step-by-step process in Photoshop CS5 that yields great results fast. Toward the end of the book, Scott takes the reader through his entire portrait retouching workflow from beginning to end. Read More…