Daily Archives: April 14, 2010

Simple & Cloudy Portfolio Layout in Photoshop

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 19 views

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simplistic portfolio page design with a cloudy header. If you have any questions about this tutorial be sure to ask in the comments. Also, remember with all the tutorials, the psd is available for download.

How to create amazing glowing neon lines

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 14 views

In this short tutorial I will show you how to create amazing glowing neon lines, in a few quick steps. Can be used for wallpapers.

Easy Burn Technique with Photoshop

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 10 views

People have been using the burning technique to darken a particular area in a photograph since ages ago. I still remember my photography teacher taught me how to do this in our school’s darkroom when I took photography class in high school.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Techniques for Turning Color Photos into B&W

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 8 views

These are some techniques that can be used to convert your color photographs into B&W in Photoshop.
>> Grayscale mode
Pros: reducing the file size.
Cons: you have no control over the tonality
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Charcoal Drawing with Photoshop

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 24 views

Here’s a tutorial on how you can apply charcoal drawing effect to your photos using photoshop;
Step 1. Open your image in photoshop (ctrl-o). I’ll be using this beautiful bride photo by papaleguas.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Creating Custom Copyright Brush

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 18 views

This tutorial will show you a quick way to apply your copyright watermark to an image using photoshop brush.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Bling Bling Simple Gold Text Effect

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 54 views

Ok, ok, I know I’ve already written a tutorial or two on how to make a nice, golden text effect. But again, I’m going to write for you a tutorial on how to make a simple gold text effect by using some layer styles, namely the Gradient Overlay layer style!
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Experienced

Psychedelic Backgrounds

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 11 views

Create a new image, 300x300px, then create a new layer (‘Layer > New > Layer’). Fill the new layer with any color using the paint bucket.
Double click the new layer in the Layers window and add a Gradient Overlay. Click the gradient to modify it (circled in red below):
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Glamouring the Skin on the Photo

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 17 views

Sometimes the skin on the photo could look better. This tutorial explains how to do that.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Experienced

Make a wallpaper

Posted by Graffi on April 14, 2010 No comments | 5 views

Hallo and welcome to the tutorial where we will make a wallpaper using produced custom brushes, color – gradients and non standard fonts. I’m using Photoshop as my main application, so let’s get started.