Photoshop Action: Glowing Neon Text Effect

Download the action file for this shining neon text effect. Cool, right?Download -- Photoshop Action: Neon Text EffectRead more for a short tutorial on how to use this action.How to use this Action1. Load the Action file into your Photoshop. If you don't know how to do this, here's an instruction on how to load action file in Photoshop.2. Open a new document. Set the background color to black or

20 Lovely Romantic Fonts

Looking for a cute font to express your love and romantic gesture. Maybe you're browsing the web for a nice script/calligraphy font for your wedding card (or for a friend if you haven't found your soul-mate yet). You could be in a situation where you're designing a valentine day card and just wish you had a selection of several romantic fonts to choose from. Well, today isn't a bad day after all

How to Use the Icon Coloring Actions atn Files

The action files (.atn format) is included in some of my tutorials to simplify your life. You can load this file in your action palette in Photoshop and hit the Play button to achieve the coloring effect with just one click of a button. Further instruction below..Note: This tutorial is written specifically for the action files available with my icon coloring tutorials. If you wanna know more

How to Use Photoshop Actions Tutorial

Looking for some actions in your life? Well, here's one...a Photoshop action. Then you ask, 'what's that?' In plain English, what Photoshop action does is, record the steps you do in Photoshop and then you can replay these steps over and over again with just one click. Essentially, it's like having a robot..first, you show it what to do. Then, whenever you want to do the same thing, you just

Coloring Tutorial - Soft Cyan with Light Yellow Layer

Let's learn another coloring tutorial for your image - soft cyan with a light shade of yellow on the image. Icons below are made in Photoshop CS2. PSD file for this tutorial is included at the bottom of this post. 1. Open your image. Duplicate this layer. Set it to screen.2. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. Apply these settings:Reds: -80, 0, 7, 0Yellows: 7, 0, -20,

25 Inspirational Cat Photos

How about some inspiration from our furry friends. Enjoy a compilation of 25 beautiful cat photos taken by talented photographers all around the world. Today's inspirational photos also includes other powerful big cats such as tiger, lion, leopard and cheetah. All pictures are linked to the photographer’s pages. If they have pretty cats, you may want to explore their other works too. Hope this

adding a texture to a photo

Textures are cool, fun, and can take an otherwise "blah" photo and turn it into a work of art! Beware, they are addicting! ;)















Happy texturizing! :)

Color Tutorial: Soft Orange on the Skin and Lip

Get the soft orange color on the skin and lips with this simple coloring tutorial. PSD file is included with this tutorial to simplify your life even more. Sample icons with this coloring effect are shown below: 1. Open your image. Duplicate your image and set the duplicate layer to screen with 75% opacity. Later, after you're done with all the steps, you can adjust the opacity of this layer or

Shades of Orange and Green Icon Coloring

This coloring tutorial will teach you how to achieve the soft orange color effect on your image while enhancing the appearance of green on the image. PSD file is included at the end of the post. Sample result of this coloring tutorial is shown below: 1. Open your image. Duplicate the image and set the duplicate layer to Soft Light with 50% opacity.2. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer >

Soft Blue and Greenish Icon Coloring in CS2

Learn how to get the coloring effect shown below in Photoshop. Soft coloring with shades of blue and green. Any confusion, you can download the psd file at the bottom of this post. 1. Open your image. Duplicate the image and set the layer to Screen.2. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Choose this color #4681e1 (blue) and set this layer to Soft Light with 84% opacity.3. Go to Layer >

Bright Red Lips Icon Coloring Tutorial

A new image coloring tutorial in Photoshop CS2. Get the bright red lips with the use of Selective Coloring. PSD file included at the bottom of the post. Sample results are shown below: 1. Open your image. Duplicate the image layer and set to soft light.2. Go to layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Pick this color #fffe94 (yellow) and set this layer to Soft Light.3. Next, go to Layer > New

Create a Dreamy Angelic Effect on your Photo

Well, everybody knows you're not an angel..but at least your picture looks like one. Today I'm gonna reveal to you how to create a dreamy glowing angelic effect using Photoshop. Who knows it's so easy to look like you're just came down from heaven. In 4 easy steps you'll be glowing all over like there's no tomorrow. Here's a sample of the effect we're gonna learn from this tutorial:1. Open your

10 Awesomest Wing Brushes for Photoshop

Don't go flying without wings..unless you're Superman or a (hot)vampire. Check out our recommendation of 10 Awesomest Wings Brushes to choose from if you're planning on putting a pair of wings on someone's back anytime soon. Includes a great selection of angel wings, demon wings, butterfly wings, bird wings, faerie wings, bat or dragon wings. Download links will take you to the artist's page.

Turn a Photo into a Water Color Painting

This tutorial will teach you how to turn a photo into a watercolor painting. It might not be as perfect as the real painting done genuinely out of water color, but it's pretty cool (I think). We will try to imitate the smoothness of watercolor painting, eliminate unnecessary textures and get a nice, vibrant coloring for the image. The steps are pretty simple to follow and you're recommended to

Halftone Retro Effect in Photoshop

Let's go retro today! This tutorial will teach you how to get the halftone retro effect, a funky effect with bright coloring image. It's a very simple photoshop effect and we're just taking advantage of the various filters in Photoshop and playing with the blending modes to get the comic book look with that dotted halftone on your image. Let's start working on your not so funky picture hidden

Image Coloring - Enhance the Blue Eyes

Hello again! Another image coloring tutorial for you. This time we're enhancing the effect of red and blue in a picture. This tutorial will also help to enhance the blue color in somebody's eyes... if they have blue eyes of course ;) If you follow the tutorial carefully, here's some example of your final outcome: 1. Open your image. 2. Duplicate image. Set to screen. (Repeat this step depending

Image coloring with Channel Mixer and Selective Color

Get the high contrast brown/red/yellow coloring in Photoshop using the Channel Mixer and Selective Color. Some examples shown below: 1. Open you image. Duplicate the image. Set the duplicate layer to Soft Light. 2. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. Change to this settings for the Reds only:Cyan: -100Magenta: 0Yellow: 100Black: 703. Next, go to Later > New Adjustment Layer >

Get a Scorching Red Coloring on your Image

This coloring actually reminds me of Red Lobster..because of the red of course. Here's the final image for this tutorial. If you love to make icons or avatar, might wanna try this new coloring. 1. Open your image. Next, go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Choose this color #020521 (dark blue). Set this layer to Exclusion.2. Then, create another Fill Layer. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer >

Remove Background Using Extract Filter

Another way to delete background out of an image in Photoshop is by using the Extract Filter. It may not be the most precise tool for background removing but it gives you a pretty decent selection that you can clean up afterward. With some images, the clean up process might not take that long. If you're not really familiar with the Pen Tool, then the extract filter technique is a simple and easy

Download 10 Extraordinary Floral Brushes

Feeling kind of flowery today? Check out our list of 10 extraordinary floral brush set to download for Photoshop. The sets include floral frame for your photo too. They are awesome and they are free. What more could you ask for. The download links will take you to the creators' page. Thanks and credit for their awesome work.Floral Brushes for PhotoshopCreated by hawksmontDownload HereFlower

Black & White Watercolor Painting Effect

Okay, honestly I don't know what to call this photo effect. It kind of looks like a watercolor painting in black and white (coz who does watercolor painting in b&w right)..or maybe I should call this a pencil sketch. In today's photoshop tutorial, we're gonna use the various Filter available in Photoshop CS2 to achieve the two effects shown below. It's a very simple effect to do in Photoshop but

Turn a Photo into a Pen Sketch

You know what would be cool? If you have Photoshop and feel like trying something new today. Let's figure out how to Turn a photo into a pen sketch (without wasting so much ink in the process). And then make it looks like a drawing in samurai comic..well sort of. Anyways, here are the results of the effect we're gonna learn today. Get the sketch effect with only 4 steps then we add another 3

Cutting Image Out of the Background Using Pen Tool

Today I'm gonna teach you a technique to cut an image out of the background in Photoshop. Though there are several ways to get the background out of the way, today's tutorial will involve just the Pen Tool (P). Now, don't run just yet. I know, some people said, the Pen Tool is not for beginners, but I don't agree to that. It's so easy to use once you've tried it. So really, you don't have to be

Simple Image Blending Technique in Photoshop

There are many ways to blend images together in Photoshop. But as a start, let's find out the easiest way to do this for all the beginners out there who just discovered Photoshop. Of course, as you move forward, you'll figure out how to use brushes for extra impact on your blended image or add textures for interesting result. But Layer Mask and Gradient Tool are two basic techniques to get you

Reflection Text Effect in Photoshop

I guess it's time for another text effect. This tutorial is gonna show you a very simple way on how to get a reflective text effect. In other words, there's your text and then on the surface or the floor, there's a reflection of that text tilted to the left or right. The image below would better explain what I'm talking about: 1. Open a new document. Select the Text Tool (T). Select your font,

Glowing Demon Eyes Effect in Photoshop

It's halloween again and you're thinking of the Red-eyed demon effect or maybe the yellow-eyed demon. And what would be cool is to turn a portrait of you or one of your friend into one. Or you just finished an episode of Supernatural and suddenly get this sudden desire to turn everyone into a yellow-eyed demon. Well, in today's tutorial you're gonna learn how to get this glowing demon eyes effect

3D or Out of Bound Photo Effect

Everything's in 3D now. Why not your picture too. If you read this tutorial until the end, you're gonna find out how to change your 2D photo into a 3D photo. Some people may call it Out of Bounds effect. We have a frame and then a focus image which will slightly go outside the frame...hence the out of bound, I guess.You don't have to exactly follow this tutorial to achieve the effect you want.

Create Old Photo Sephia Effect

Feels like reminiscing the past?..err, maybe not now. How about we learn this special photoshop effect on how to turn a new photo into something that was taken years ago with a sephia tone coloring? Somewhere out there, someone may have a patent pending for a time machine. Until it gets approved, I'm afraid we have to rely on Photoshop to get the old photo effect. Sounds good? Let's start then..

Icon and Avatar Cropping Tips

The crop tool allows you to select an area of an image and discard everything else outside this area. When making icon, some people like to crop first then proceed to do the coloring from there. If you ask me, I do cropping in the end. Why? well, because I can do the coloring on one image and just crop them differently to get 4 to 5 icons...maybe more. So now, the question is...what is a good

20 Awesome Grunge Brushes for Photoshop

Because sometimes between life and art, we stumble into one of those angsty state and in need for some good grunge brushes to express our creativity. Hence, we have searched the web and compiled for you 20 Sets of the Most Awesome Grunge Brushes for Photoshop. Thanks and credit to the maker for sharing these brushes for free. And please follow the artists' term of use if there's any. The download

Image Coloring Tutorial in CS2 for Icon Makers

Icons...avatars, whatever you call them..would be prettier if you take some times to adjust their coloring, right?. Here's a tutorial that will teach you how to get the coloring below: 1. Crop and sharpen your image2. Duplicate image. Set to screen 100%. Repeat this step depending on your image.3. Add a new adjustment layer. Layer > New adjustment layer > Hue/saturation.Set master saturation: +

25 Beautiful Handwriting Fonts to Download

Today, I've selected 25 most beautiful handwriting fonts you should have in your computer...of course it's not a rule or anything. But still, it feels good to have them everytime you use Photoshop, if you're a font freak like me. Plus, they're all free fonts. My favorites are Notepad, Pea Alesa, Marka, Desyrel, Bobcat and Trashhand. You can pick yours.1. NotepadDownload Font Here2. King Cool

Butterfly Brushes for Photoshop

Some people have a thing for butterfly. So, here's a selection of butterfly brushes for you. Do you realize that if we flip the b and fl in butterfly, it will become flutterby? I know, that is so yesterday right..of course everybody knows it. But I just have to write something as an intro and it's 2 in the morning, me babbling is unavoidable. Anyway, enjoy the brushes..good night and good

Icon Coloring Tutorial - Enhance the yellow and red in your image

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to achieve the coloring below. Using Selective Color in Photoshop CS2, we're going to increase the intensity of red and yellow in a picture. Note that this tutorial might not work for all image though. Use it as a guide to create your own coloring ;) 1. Duplicate image. Set to screen 100%. Repeat this step if your image is still too dark.2. Add a

Simple Text Glow Effect in Photoshop CS2

Another cool glowing text effect tutorial for you. This text effect will look good on your site header or banner.This is going to be our final result.1. First, open a new document. Go to File > New.2. Next, fill the layer with whatever background color you want. Go to Edit > Fill. Choose your color and click ok. I choose black. Type in the text with the Type Tool.3. Then, duplicate the text layer

10 Cool Vector Brushes for Photoshop

Our choice of 10 beautiful vector brush sets, we think might interest you. Credits and thanks to the talented people who are generous enough to make and share these with us for free. What exactly is a vector brush? You can Google to find out or you can just take a look at the preview below. Is it something you're looking for? We wish you luck in creating colorful vector art.Vector Brush SetCreate

Change Image Color in Photoshop

Today's photoshop tutorial will guide you on how to change the color of a certain part of an image. Let say you have a picture of a black car, but you want it to be a red car instead...this tutorial will help you do just that in several easy steps.These are the before and after images. Using Photoshop, we're gonna change the color of Lois' dress from pink to white. 1. Open your image. Duplicate

Create Borders in Photoshop, Beginner's Guide

It's just a very simple tutorial on how to create a border around your picture in photoshop. It's very easy..you can probably do this in less than 30 seconds.1. Open your image.2. Go to Select > All.3. Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool, or press M on your keyboard.4. Right click on your image and choose Stroke. The stroke window will open. Set the width (how thick you want the border to be)

Create a Glowing Apple Mac Text in Photoshop

This simple photoshop tutorial will teach you how to achieve that glowing and shining text effect you always see on Apple text or logo.Before and After:1. Select the Text Tool. Type something. Set the font size too 100 or larger.2. Now go to the layer palette (usually at the bottom right) put your cursor on the text layer (the one with the big T symbol), hit CTRL+ click on the text layer (again

How to Add Rain Effect to your Picture

It's one of those days, when you have this kind of melancholic feeling and wish that it's raining outside but it's not. So, you pick a picture and decide to do a rain effect on it. Or maybe today your design theme is inspired by that Rihanna's song...'You can stand under my umbrella...ella..ella' and you have your model, an umbrella but sadly no rain. No matter what your situation is, this

Turn Image into Cartoon in Photoshop

So now, we're gonna learn how to turn an image or photo into a cartoon or comic-like style. This effect will make your image appear smoother if it's a little bit grainy in the first place. It's a very easy effect to achieve in Photoshop. I'm working with the CS2 version, but I think any version will do fine for this cartoon style effect.1. Our starting image is the one below. As you can see, it's

Image Colouring in CS2 using Selective Colour

Selective Color is a powerful tool in Photoshop CS2. But if you have no idea how to use it, might be useless for you. This tutorial however, will help you to get the coloring effect like the images below (kind of greenish/reddish)...even if you've never use selective coloring before. 1. Duplicate image and set to screen. Adjust opacity as needed. Repeat this, if image is still dark.2. Add a new