This is a totally digital way to replicate some of the most popular photography filters, such as the 81A and 81B Color Correction filters used by many photographers.
1. Open the photo that you want to apply a lens filter effect to. In this case, we have an image that is kind of grayish and bland, […]
This is a great technique that lets you focus attention by using dramatic soft lighting.
1. Open the RGB photo to which you want to apply the soft spotlight effect.
2. Go under the Filter menu, under Render, and choose Lighting Effects. The small preview window on the left side of the dialog shows you the default […]
Apply a very wide vignette that acts more like a soft light, to your regular photos.
1. Open the photo to which you want to apply a burned-in edge effect. Just so you know, what we’re doing here is focusing attention through the use of lightwe’re burning in all the edges of the photo (not just […]
How to create realistic smoke effects.
1. Open your image in Photoshop. Create a new layer above the image layer.
2. Set your foreground color to black and your background color to white. (You can do this by simply hitting the d key on the keyboard.) Now, hold down the option/alt key and choose Filter - Render […]
Design a full header, with logo, menu and banner.
1. Create a new document. I made this 700X300 pixels.
2. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a selection similar to this one, and fill it with a color.I used #003399:
3. Go to Select>>Modify>>Smooth, set the Sample Radius to 5 pixels and hit OK.Then hit Ctrl+Shift+I, then […]