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Special effects Photoshop Tutorials from A to Z

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The Gel Effect

Jello may taste bland by itself, but add some flavourings, pour over a little cream, and you are in dessert heaven! The same applies to Photoshop - just take a mellow colour, add a few layer effects, and enjoy the yummyness of your work.

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The making of a Phoenix bird

This tutorial uses the warp tool and layer blending modes to create a Phoenix Bird out of a flower in Adobe Photoshop.

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The making of Flying Man

In this tutorial we are using many basic photoshop tools and actions: scale, rotate, flip, move, warp, the use of adjustment layers, etc. Explained in great detail.

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The Metal Effect

Artificial metal effects are, without a doubt, extremely popular amongst all Photoshop users. Its not hard to work out why, of course, because the spectacular results often speak for themselves!

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The Night Shooting

The night shooting usually takes place on a long exposure that is why all the moving luminous objects leave very evident lines and flames. Let's try making some experiments with a luminous Ferris wheel.

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The Night Vision Thing — A Photoshop Recipe

Learn to create the greenish glow associated with photos from night vision devices.

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The northern lights

This tutorial will cover how to make the Northern lights or some other light thing in Photoshop CS2.

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The Orton photo effect

Interactive video - Learn how to do the Orton Effect.

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The Plastic Effect

The infamous plastic effect with a twist. Learn how to recreate it using only layer effects, and understand the theory behind the effect. Very handy for interfaces & text!

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The Power of Blending Options

Now, Blending Options are one of the first things Photoshop Novices stumble upon. The infancy of adding layer styles often leads to a short period of horrible drop shadows and cringeworthy bevels. Ironicly, this easily available styling is one of the harder things to master. Blending options is all about manipulating individual layers to obtain a certain effect. It's a key aspect of creating icons, and will help you create textures, shading and highlighting.

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