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Adobe Photoshop includes a wonderful set of tools and commands to create the most stunning special effects on an image. The possibility of creating special effects is perhaps one of the most appealing features of Adobe Photoshop. Some of these effects are: 3d simulation, scanlines, lightning and lighting effects, explosions, fire, complex signatures, terrains, clouds, glass, and many others.
Photoshop has also support for pressure sensitive graphics tablets The use of these tablets can improve the effects of the paint brush, eraser, or other tools. Tablets are used worldwide by professional comic book illustrators, architects, studio artists, etc.

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Whooshing Sky Effect

Whooshing Sky Effect

How to create a whooshing sky effect. This can also be used to create a motion blur effect, to show speed down a long straight road or path in Adobe Photoshop.

Author: designertuts | Visits: 1936

Light Study in Photoshop

Light Study in Photoshop

One of the most essential factors contributing to realism is light. By studying how light behaves in the real world, we can simulate it in Photoshop to achieve more believable images.

Author: PsInDepth | Visits: 1888

Exploding Ball with light burst

Exploding Ball with light burst

In this tutorial, i'll show you how to create an effect that look like a ball is exploding with light bursts gushing through the cracks..

Author: TutorialWiz | Visits: 1885

Old and burnt paper

Old and burnt paper

This is my version of the old and burnt paper. Any version of Adobe Photoshop with basic tools can do this. Used this technique for the champagne pamphlet you can see in my album.

Author: photoshoptalent | Visits: 1884

Create an abstract signature

Create an abstract signature

Learn to make a complete abstract signature with this tutorial in Adobe Photoshop.

Author: mAsDesigns | Visits: 1878

Andy Warhol Posterized Technique

Andy Warhol Posterized Technique

This 9-page, 50-image seminar tutorial, doesn't just show you the POP ART technique but investigates the style of Andy Warhol. This is not just another online tutorial with four or five steps. Here, we'll inspire you to discover Warhol's art methodology and then use Adobe Photoshop (any version) to simulate this famous portrait style for your own Photoshop projects in the Andy Warhol style

Author: photoshop911 | Visits: 1874

3D Ice Cube Design from Photoshop

3D Ice Cube Design from Photoshop

http://www.3datadesign.com/gallery/eng/tutorial_3dcube.php

Author: 3DataDesign | Visits: 1851

Create a futuristic city out of barcodes

Create a futuristic city out of barcodes

In this detailed tutorial we will create a city from a barcodes in Adobe Photoshop.

Author: photoshoptalent | Visits: 1845

3d Extrude Ball

3d Extrude Ball

Learn how to use the extrude Filter!

Author: Web Design Studien | Visits: 1827

Energy Nova

Energy Nova

The aim of this tutorial is to show you a remarkably simple way of creating energy swirls using a single technique, and then extrapolate the method to create a visually stunning masterpiece in Adobe Photoshop.

Author: Biorust | Visits: 1820

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