My Photoshop Tutorial

Vampires and Photoshop

This is my first attempt to create a video tutorial for Adobe Photoshop, so please, be gentle about it. For this tutorial I used mostly the Clone, Dodge and Burn tools to achieve the effect. I'm sure it could get much better, but what matters is the way to do it. You can notice how Burn and Dodge tools help creating a drama effect on any picture, so don't be afraid to use them. A good

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Realistic water reflection with Photoshop

This is not something you can with Adobe Photoshop in one minute, but it's pretty fast and the result is so close to reality that you won't see anything unusual. It's all about combining the right filters in the right order and of course, it's easy to achieve this effect. On larger images looks even better, but for the sake of this tutorial I used a rather small image to fit in the pages of the website. So,

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Picture to drawing with Photoshop in less than a minute

This is the easiest effect to achieve with Adobe Photoshop if you know what to do. You can transform any photo you wish into a drawing in just several seconds. I guarantee it will take more to read this tutorial than to do it. The end result is quite remarcable. Of course you can take the effect a little bit further and turn the image into a painting, but I will stop at the drawing effect. Read the rest of this entry

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Rain with Photoshop in under a minute

Of course there are thousands of tutorials on the net to show you how to create rain, but I didn't find any that fast as my technique and with my twist. The twist is that you can change the feeling of any photo at the same time. Oh... and it's fast... really fast. It's all about applying one brush, one layer style, one effect and one blending mode. As usual, since I am one of the laziest persons

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Cool and simple way to present your photos in Adobe Photoshop

This is simple to do and it shouldn't take you more than few minutes. The end result is neat, but it don't work with just any type of photo. In my opinion it works best with people's photos, so let's see what is all about... (more...)

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Create a space scene with Photoshop in under a minute

We've all seen beautiful space scapes made by pros and probably everyone thought as I did long time ago, "that should be so hard to create". In fact it's not hard, it's even quite easy to create such space scenery using Adobe Photoshop and the beauty of this technique is that no matter what, you will never get the same result twice because it's based on the Render Clouds filter. Of course, you can use our free

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Stone texture with Photoshop in under a minute

This one is even faster than creating a paper background with Adobe Photoshop. It's just about applying 3 filters in the right places and the right order. Simple as that! The beauty is that you can repeat the steps countless times and you will always get a new and different result each time. Let's see what and how we do it... Â Â (more...)

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Free 5 planets brush for Photoshop

Another freebie pack by me, made of 5 planets brushes for Adobe Photoshop to help you in your quest to create outstanding cosmic scapes. Free to download, free to use as you wish. Here is the download link. Load it into your Photoshop brush engine and start creating cosmic scenery. My only requirement is that in case you want to redistribute this pack, mention the source www.myphotoshoptutorial.com. That’s all.

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A free 5 Star brushes for Photoshop

Here's another freebie from me: a pack of 5 brushes for Adobe Photoshop to help you create the best cosmic composition ever. Of course you can download it and use it as you please. I attached here a little preview of them, so you know what you're getting. (more...)

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20 free Photoshop marble patterns

This is my first release of a unique and original pattern set, home made with and for Adobe Photoshop. You can download it and use it as you please. I attached here a preview of several patterns from the set. They are all black and white and huge 400x400 px. It's quite easy to add color to them... just fill the area then add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, click on colorize and play with the sliders till you find a color that suits you. (more...)

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