In each new version of Photoshop, Adobe is pushing the limits of photorealism offering new tools to create 3d images or realistic special effects. But those features don’t create anything by themselves. The power is in the ever evolving imagination of Photoshop artists. And this compilation is a demonstration that in most cases, you don’t need any fancy tools other than your creativity and imagination to achieve photorealism with certain ease.
I’ve already created other interesting text effects compilations that you may want to check: The 80 best Photoshop text effects on the web, 30 Awesome Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials, and Complex and Sophisticated Lettering Designs Photoshop Tutorials.
This tutorial will show you how to create a simple additive two color Technicolor filter for Photoshop using Filter Forge plugin. Filter Forge is a fantastic tool to create your own Photoshop filters without writing a single line of code or know how to program in any language.
You don’t need to buy FilterForge plugin to follow this article. You can download a 30 day fully functional demo here with absolutely no restrictions. If you want to know about many other Photoshop plugins that offer fully functional trials, just read my previous article: 22+ Stunning Commercial Photoshop Plugins With Fully Functional Demos.
One of the most fascinating aspects of promoting your twitter account is that you don’t need to stick to a predesigned logo or badge. The Twitter bird is so widely known that you can design whatever you want, as long as you include a happy singing bird in it. Just let your creativity flow and that’s it.
Photoshop artists and masters have been using videos to transmit their expertise to students for a long time. But with all the new video hosting services that have been showing up during the last few years, video has become an extremely popular and effective free training method.
This is a list of 20 high quality Photoshop tutorials videos created by very popular Photoshop masters. These videos have very detailed explanations that are easy to follow.
After you are done with these videos, you can visit the new Photoshop videos section at this site with more than 800 videos available for free.
If you are an average Photoshop user, you may wonder if you could ever create one of those complex scenes you frequently see while browsing the web or reading design books. One of the new trends Photoshop effects is destruction and apocalyptical scenes creation. This selection of tutorials featuring explosions, debris, chaos, infernal creatures and general mayhem, will keep you very busy for a while in you way to become a Photoshop master. If you find some of these tutorials difficult to follow, you may want to check the 64 essential guides, tips and tutorials to definitely master Photoshop like a pro to become more familiar with Photoshop basic, intermediate and advanced tools and commands.
During the last years I’ve been compiling resources for Photoshoppers. Since I’m the Editor of Photoshop Roadmap, I have to check for new tutorials every day and so I have a good knowledge about Photoshop resources being produced continuously.
That’s why I decided to gather all the compilations of Photoshop Resources I created for this blog. The most popular subjects are present in this collection: Photo effects, Photoshop brushes, text effect, lighting and grunge effects, etc. But also you will find other very specific topics covered such as: Videogames related tutorials, superheroes themed tutorials, complex lettering, movie posters and horror photo makeover.
Take a look at these more than 800 Photoshop tutorials, plugins and brushes. I’m sure you will definitely bookmark this page as a future reference.
I’ve been compiling Photoshop resources for about nine years for this site, always focusing on specific subjects. Some of these compilations became very popular, such as The best 80 text effects on the web, 100 wonderful Photoshop photo effects tutorials, or 40 Extravagant Surreal and Fantasy Scenes Photoshop Tutorials, to mention just a few of them. But all of them turned out to be constrained to a single subject, be it a very general one or to something more specific such as 30 Fascinating Video Game Inspired Photoshop Tutorials and Brushes, or Spectacular Superheroes Themed Photoshop Tutorials.
What about learn how to actually use Photoshop? There are hundreds of resources that teach you how to master the different Photoshop tools or commands. You probably never noticed many of those just because they look boring and have no flashy images to capture your attention. But believe me that these tutorials can teach you some unbelievable tricks that will ease your way to become a Photoshop pro.
Some time ago, I wrote a tutorial showing how to create a papercraft text effect based on a design created by Mario Hugo for Wired Magazine.
This time, I created another text effect based on paper craft. A popup paper craft effect such as those found on kids books. The process is fairly simple. A couple of gradient layers and the bending of a shadow is enough to give the basic effect of a paper cut word inserted on a folded paper.
Hope you like this effect and share your results in the comments section of this post. There is a lot of room for enhancement of this effect by playing with paper textures and brushes.
Lettering design is probably the area in which artists have most noticeable pushed Photoshop to the limits. Designers such as Tony Ariawan, Alex Beltechi, or Nik Ainley have been contributing lately to the Photoshop community with tutorials explaining how they create their excellent work of art.
This is a compilation of the best of lettering design tutorials created using Photoshop with the assistance, in some cases, of other illustration and 3d software.
My first video game console was an Atari Super Pong. A brand new one, not a retro gadget purchased on Ebay. It was 1976 and I was a kid. Opening that white box with deep black strong lettering and blue stripes was an unforgettable experience.
A year later, my brother bought a Fairchild Channel F console. Colors! Higher resolution! Controls! Loads of games!
But that was it. The era of the personal computer started at home with an Apple II+ and we never bought another console after that. In fact I only played video games at the arcades when on vacations.
32 years later, I purchased the third console in my life for my kids. A Nintendo Wii with two sets of controls. Although my kids didn’t go nuts, they were incredibly happy.
I’m having so much fun playing Mario Kart and Wii Sports that I decided to compile a list of 30 Video Game Inspired Photoshop Tutorials and Brushes for this new roundup of Photoshop resources.
Yeah, real life situations are my source of inspiration. Have Fun!!
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