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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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Digital Drawing and Painting of Captain Jack Sparrow

Digital Drawing and Painting of Captain Jack Sparrow

A video demonstration of how to create a digital drawing and painting of Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean.

Author: VisualProgression.com | Visits: 1374

Blend a human and an animal

Blend a human and an animal

This photoshop tutorial attempts to show how to blend a human face together with an animals face.

Author: photochopz | Visits: 1369

Creating Realistic Lightning

Creating Realistic Lightning

This photoshop tutorial is very easy and simple which I will show you how to create a realistic light effect.

Author: newone | Visits: 1362

Funny Face Caricatures

Funny Face Caricatures

Make a caricature out of your favourite photo. Enlarge some features, warp or distort them till you have a funny picture but can still recognize the person. Made with CS2. Many steps to help out beginners.

Author: photoshoptalent | Visits: 1359

Intersecting Rings

Intersecting Rings

A detailed tutorial that shows how to use paths, how to combine them and what kind of problems you can expect when you're trying to design intersecting rings that pass under and over each other.

Author: Lunacore | Visits: 1356

Easy Orb Button Effect

Easy Orb Button Effect

This easy orb button takes 2 minutes to make and is easy to customize. comes with full psd source file for Adobe Photoshop.

Author: isaluteyou | Visits: 1346

Red Planet

Red Planet

In this tutorial, i'll show you how to make a red planet that look like its covered in red hot lava.

Author: TutorialWiz | Visits: 1343

Ice Mask

Ice Mask

Ultra stylie image manipulation shown step by step. Worth doing for the star brush alone.

Author: Melissa Clifton | Visits: 1341

Metallic special effect

Metallic special effect

Learn how to create a metallic object in Adobe Photoshop. This special effect would be very useful to apply to metallic layout, or you could try it to create a ruby stone.

Author: 9tutorials.com | Visits: 1341

Texturing special effects

Texturing special effects

In this tutorial I explain the techniques towards making your terragen renders look more realistic and detailed in Adobe Photoshop.

Author: mAsDesigns | Visits: 1341

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