Color Splash in Photoshop

The Color Splash effect in Photoshop is to keep some portions of an image in color while desaturating the rest. There are many ways of doing...

#photoshop tutorial Cutting out images the old fashioned way

Cutting out images are a necessity but some find it difficult to use the Pen Tool, while not every one has the Photoshop CS5 or 6 to use the...

#photoshop tutorial Altering facial features with selections

Altering facial features may seem to be a difficult proposition. How do you make lips fuller, eyes larger and nose a bit longer without the ...

#photoshop tutorial Colorcast correction in Photoshop CS6

Color casts can be a headache. But it sometimes happens. This can be corrected with Photoshop. That too in a few basic steps.  This is an im...

Change Color with Hue/Saturation in PS CS6

Changing Color has just got easier in Photoshop CS6. You can simply target a color and change it. This is a stock image. The  red in  the ca...

Curves and Cross Processing

Cross processing is something that quite a few like. This is a quick way to achieve a cross processed effect with a Curves and a couple of S...

Lighting Effects in Photoshop CS6 Working With it

The Lighting Effects filter has been completely reworked in Photoshop CS6. It allows more flexibility of use. In case you do not have the Li...

Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop CS6

The Oil Paint filter in Photoshop CS6 does just what its name sounds -- it gives the effect of an oil painting to images. Earlier this requi...

Levels and Curves in correcting light in an image

The light in an image determines whether it is correctly or under or overexposed. Sometimes it happens that an image is too dark or too brig...

Field Blur in Photoshop CS6

The Field Blur is the first of the three new blurs in Photoshop CS6. The other two are Iris Blur and Tilt Shift Blur The Field Blur is the s...

Tilt Shift Blur in Photoshop CS6

The Tilt Shift Blur is one of the new blurs in photoshop. You can leave an area sharp very precisely and then fade the blur automatically. T...

Iris Blur in Photoshop CS6

The Iris Blur is a new blur in photoshop and a very useful one. You can selectively leave a portion in sharp focus and gradually blur the re...

Adaptive Wide Angle Filter in Photoshop CS6

Some images taken with a fish eye lens can be great. But what if you want to want to straighten the curved lines in  a photo taken with a fi...

Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS 6

Content Aware is not new to Photoshop CS, but its has been taken places in Photoshop CS 6. Earlier a selection had to be made (it still has ...

Radial Blur Special Effect

You can use the Radial Blur filter in Photoshop for a great effect without much effort. It can be done in any version even Photoshop7 and wo...

Brightening and Sharpening in Lab Mode

Some images may not turn out crisp and sharp and may look washed out. There is a very easy method to brighten and sharpen image in Photoshop...

Border with Layer Mask

A texture and an image together with a Black Layer Mask and a selection can create a simple special effect in Photoshop. You can create a se...

Layer Mask How to Use It

Layer Masks are of two kinds -- White and Black. The White Reveals and the Black hides in Photoshop. You can also fill with gray to reveal p...

Layer Mask refining

When a portion of an image is masked out jagged edges can be left behind which will be apparent when zooming in. There is a way to refine th...

Paste into Layer Mask

The Paste into Layer Mask is a tweak that can increase highlights naturally in images with a couple of Blend Modes thrown in in Photoshop. I...

Sharpening in Lab Mode

You can add sharpening to images in controlled amounts unlike using the Sharpen filters in Photoshop. The Lab Mode allows you to do this. Yo...

Image and Text

Image and Text go very well together in Photoshop. This is a refresher tutorial on the Text Tool in Photoshop. You can create effects like t...

Painterly effect with Photoshop

A painterly effect is an effect that looks like painting with a brush. There are many ways this can be done in Photoshop. I will show you th...