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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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How to Create an Aqua Sphere in Photoshop

How to Create an Aqua Sphere in Photoshop

This is a simple tutorial designed to show users all the necessary to steps to creating an Aqua sphere.

Author: VisualProgression.com | Visits: 490

How to Create an Exploding Planet Effect

How to Create an Exploding Planet Effect

This is a video tutorial on how to create an exploding planet effect using various tools Adobe Photoshop.

Author: VisualProgression.com | Visits: 1027

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: 952

How to Create a Shiny Green Gel Website Button

How to Create a Shiny Green Gel Website Button

A video tutorial on how to make a glass or gel button in Photoshop. This can be done in a couple ways, but this technique is the easiest.

Author: VisualProgression.com | Visits: 721

How to Wrap a Label Around a Bottle

How to Wrap a Label Around a Bottle

Are you working on a product packaging job? Here's a way to combine digital product photography and Adobe Photoshop CS2 to create quick virtual prototypes. The process is fairly easy once you understand the technique, and can be used for some pretty remarkable results.

Author: VisualProgression.com | Visits: 1117

Create Liquid Metal Drops in Photoshop

Create Liquid Metal Drops in Photoshop

This video tutorial will show you how to create liquid metal chrome blobs like in the Terminator movie using Adobe Photoshop.

Author: VisualProgression.com | Visits: 1177

Rounded Corners for beginners

Rounded Corners for beginners

In this tutorial i will teach you how to make rounded corners around any image. This tutorial was written for absolute beginners, so lots of detailed steps.

Author: photoshoptalent | Visits: 650

How to Create a Glass Sphere or Gel Button

How to Create a Glass Sphere or Gel Button

This is a tutorial showing how to create a glass Photoshop button set into a metallic base. The Photoshop file uses three flat shape layers with layer styles applied.

Author: VisualProgression.com | Visits: 737

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: 1114

Lighting effects

Lighting effects

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

Author: Adam Woodhouse | Visits: 2065

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