Photo manipulation

1) Prepare the pictures that you want to combine in your work
2) Remove all addons that don’t fit your vision – I removed ( …

Wild Flower Picture

1) Firstly we open a new document (400×400 with a white background). Now select the ‘Gradient Tool’ (make sure your co …

Sky in the Night

1) Open a new black background, click ‘filter’ > ‘texture’ > ‘grain’ and enter the following …

Neon Car Glow

1) First, open a photo of a car, I used this one:2) Now duplicate the layer of the car.3) In the middle of the two layers, create a new …

Fade Images in Photoshop Using Layer Masks

The Basic Fade
First, let’s look at creating a basic fade effect that will result in an image like this:
Open your original photo …

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The Magic Eraser Technique

The Magic Eraser tool (hold down the Eraser icon in the toolbar to access it) allows you to erase pixels th …

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The Background Eraser Technique

The Background Eraser Tool (again, hold down the Eraser tool to access this option) is meant to be use …

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The Extract Technique
As with the Background Eraser technique, it’s a smart idea to set the source for the History Brush early in …

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The Quick Mask Technique
If you’ve never used Quick Mask mode in Photoshop, you’re missing out on a huge time-saver! Quick …

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Pen Tool Technique
My final technique will be to use the Pen Tool to create a path that outlines the object, then use the path to creat …

Photoshop’s Linear Burn

Photoshop’s Linear Burn blending mode results in an effect similar to Multiply Mode, where lighter areas in the blend layer allow …

Blending Modes: Dissolve

Photoshop has what it calls “Blending Modes.” In the Layers palette, these options show up in the drop-down that is usually set to …

Darken and Lighten Blending Modes

Here are two images that I’m going to blend together. I purposefully made them two different colors, and also made sure that the …

Multiply Mode in Photoshop

Well, the answer actually depends on the value (lightness/darkness) of the red and green used, when you’re dealing with Multiply …

Photoshop’s Linear Light

The Linear Light blending mode is a combination of Linear Burn and Linear Dodge—but similar to Vivid Light, the combination gives sli …

Colorize Black and White Photos

I’ll start with this gorgeous black and white photo:

First, I’ll color the hair. I add a new layer above the photo, set it …

Feel the Color Burn

Again, let’s start with the Photoshop description of Color Burn: Color Burn: Looks at the color information in each channel and d …

Color Dodge Blend Mode

You may have caught on by now that Photoshop has “opposite” blend modes: Darken vs. Lighten, Multiply vs. Screen, and Color or Line …

Vivid Light Blending Mode

Photoshop’s describes Vivid Light blending mode as combining the effects of Color Dodge and Color Burn modes like this: Vivid Lig …

Hue Blending Mode in Photoshop

The Hue Blend mode is pretty straightforward: Hue Mode: Creates a result color with the luminance and saturation of the base color and …