Photoshop tutorial: Photoshop's layer effects explained
Creating vibrant, eye-catching images like this one needn’t be a complex or time-consuming affair. In this tutorial, James White shows how to add a vivid retro flair to a striking model shot.
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Illustration tutorial: How to create stunning gallery prints
Learn how illustrator Ciara Phelan creates her incredible collage artworks, and follow her step-by-step as she shows how to print on a Canon PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II 10-ink A3+ pro inkjet printer to get results that you could sell in an art gallery
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After Effects tutorial: Animate 3D camera moves
Sam Hampton-Smith shows you how to give your still images the appearance of motion using After Effects’ lighting tools
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Photoshop tutorial: Speedy shatter effects
Give your photos an edgy, shattered makeover in under an hour, using layer duplication.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Composite photos and vectors for an 80s photo style
Recreating colourful, 1980s-style graphics isn’t hard – the tricky bit is updating them for the 21st century. Here, Karan Singh shows how to add an 80s twist to model shots.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create incredible B-movie poster art
Prepare to shock! Terrify! Amaze! Mark Mayers demonstrates how to recreate the shlock B-movie posters of cinema’s golden age.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create manga art to view with retro 3D specs
In this tutorial, Mark Mayers' will show how to convert an existing image or illustration into a 3D image with help from Photoshop.
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Illustration tutorial: Create amazing T-shirt designs with Hydro74
US designer Joshua Smith -- aka Hydro74 -- shows you how to create a killer T-shirt design using a 3D object as a starting point in Adobe Illustrator.
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Photoshop tutorial: Master advanced warp effects
Kyle DeTella makes heavy use of Photoshop’s Warp and Burn tools to create an abstraction composition based on his current work.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create fashion-inspired photo illustrations
In this tutorial, up-and-coming creative Bram Vanhaeren shows how you can transform fashion photography into edgy, enigmatic illustrations in just a few steps.
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Add vector flair to model shots
Camilo Bejarano shows you how to hand-draw elements before scanning them in and transforming them into dramatic, colourful designs that interact neatly with the photograph.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create hand-rendered art
Neil Duerden takes us back-to-basics with this stunning tutorial on creating personal art in Photoshop.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create gorgeous photomontages
Taking a picture of a pretty girl and giving it the wow factor with some clever details is one of the most popular uses for Photoshop. Rob Shields shows how to execute the style with real flair, applying digital painting techniques, compositing and layer masks to stunning effect.
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Photoshop tutorial: Master texture and light in digital painting
Discover how the artistic handling of light and texture when combined with layers in Photoshop can bring art to life.
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After Effects tutorial: Create a mini-planet using Photoshop and After Effects
Give your footage a fresh perspective with mini-planet techniques
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create lush, glossy vector images
It’s easy to associate vectors with flat shapes – but creating Illustrator images with real depth needn’t be a headache. In this tutorial, Thomas Burden shows how you can create striking, vibrant work in Illustrator using a simple colour palette and basic blur effects – particularly Illustrator’s built-in Gaussian Blur effects.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create a burlesque photo montage using pro-level masking skills
Put your masking and colouring talents to the test creating this sumptuous image with Radim Malinic
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Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop tutorial: Master Photoshop's Liquify filter
Tim Burton’s retelling of Alice in Wonderland is full of dreamlike, grotesquely distorted characters. In this tutorial, Fabio Sasso shows you how to hone your use of the Liquify filter to make an image inspired by the film’s sinister Cheshire Cat.
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Photoshop tutorial: Fantasy digital matte painting
Professional digital matte painter Sarel Theron shows you how to create an epic, Hollywood-style scene.
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Photoshop tutorial: Create fireballs and explosions
Fabio Sasso uses custom brushes and layers to create an explosive scene in Photoshop.