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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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Light Burst Backgrounds

Light Burst Backgrounds

Create dramatic bursts of light with rays emanating from the center without having to draw a single thing

Author: Photoshop Dragon | Visits: 2971

Lighting effects

Lighting effects

Learn how to achieve stunning and beautiful lighting effects in Adobe Photoshop.

Author: Adam Woodhouse | Visits: 2966

Picture Pop Out

Picture Pop Out

3D effect that lets parts of a photo look like they are popping out of the borders of a photograph.

Author: zoddman | Visits: 2964

Tearing A Photo To Reveal Another

Tearing A Photo To Reveal Another

In this tutorial, we're going to look at another movie poster-type of effect, tearing a section out of one photo to reveal another one hiding behind it!

Author: Photoshop Essentials | Visits: 2933

Warps & Vortexes

Warps & Vortexes

In the real world space is, as they say, the final frontier. In the Photoshop realm, however, warp speed is far easier to attain, and uses little more than a basic knowledge of the default tools and a few filters.

Author: Biorust | Visits: 2930

Photo Cutout

Photo Cutout

Create this fun cutout effect that makes the subject look like it's coming in or out of a printed photo.

Author: Photoshop Box | Visits: 2912

Using A Photo As Its Own Background

Using A Photo As Its Own Background

Learn how to take any photo and use it as its own background, an effect that works great with wedding photography but can also be used with any image!

Author: Photoshop Essentials | Visits: 2901

Create Line Art from Photos

Create Line Art from Photos

Take your photos and turn them into line art with just a few short steps.

Author: Melissa Clifton | Visits: 2897

Make photos more suggestive

Make photos more suggestive

Learn how to make the model in this tutorial more suggestive with awesome curves in Adobe Photoshop.

Author: ps-tutorials.us | Visits: 2872

Sludging objects

Sludging objects

In this tutorial you will learn how to cover objects in honey, chocolate, slime, goo or any other sticky, dripping substance in Adobe Photoshop.

Author: photoshoptalent | Visits: 2840

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