This tutorial will teach you how to make realistic lightning. 1) Open a new file, set the
canvas size to about 400 x 300 pixels. 2) Set your foreground color to white and background color
to black. 3) Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. 4) Go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.
5) Go to Image > Adjust > Invert. 6) Go to Image > Adjust > Levels. 7) Move the arrow in the
middle all the way to the right. 8) To change the color of the lightning like I did, go to
Image > Adjust > Color Balance. 9) That's all there is to making realistic ligh...

This tut will show you how to make a photo look cartoonish in three easy steps... 1)Open your
image in photoshop, doesnt really mater what size or shape anything really a landscape, city, or a
person. I am using a picture of a football player in this example 2)Go up to
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and set the radius at 3.0 or higher depending on the effect your looking
for. 3)Last go Edit>Fade Gaussian Blur. A window will pop up... set the mode to darken for tha
cartoonish effect or to any other mode for plenty of other effects. Lower the opacity if you
don't...

Should the occasion arise that you want to add a puzzle effect to a picture, there is a simple
method built into Photoshop. Like a lot of other abilities, the hard part is finding it. Let me walk
you through how I do it. There are a variety of other ways and I would love to hear your way also.
So I have this picture of my cat that I want to look like a puzzle: I tune it up how I like it
and size it, etc. Then click on Filter/Texture/Texturizer Once you click that a box appears:
On the right hand panel you see Ok, Cancel. Texturizer then Brick or Sandston...

How to change the Gradient type on Adobe Photoshop CS3 Open Adobe Photoshop CS3 On your current
piece of work or on a new blank canvas, select the area you would like to apply the gradient to.
Once you have the area selected you would like to work on, hover your curser over the Gradient Tool
button (Default Location: Left edge of the Program window, center of the tools menu). Apply pressure
to the mouse so you click the Gradient Tool Button. Once you have this Tool selected, you can
choose which gradient you would like to use. Choices : Linear Gradient (Defaul...

Specs Hardness: 4 / 10 Time: about 10 minutes Result: My .PSD File: Download it now!
Needings: -Basic Photoshop knowlegend. -Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Or CS3/CS4) -Brushes set ( available
here ) -A render ( available here ) Basic knowlegend: Steps: 01. Open Adobe Photoshop,
and go File > New. 02. select the sizes Width: 350 pixels . Height: 150 pixels . Press OK .
03. Press the button to maximize the window of your new project. 04. Fill your background with
black (by using the "fill" function). 05. Press F5, click on the small arrow and s...

Mytutorial which i made for people who are new in photoshop: This is my first tutorial so maybe
there are few mistakes ......

1px Border. Step 1. Get out your signature or other graphics that you are making. Make a new
layer. Step 2. CTRL + A then edit>stroke>1px inside. You can choose what ever color you want.
Step 3. Set the layer to soft light, overlay, darken, etc. What ever suits it best. End Result, you
know have a line the color of your choice around your signature or graphics. 2px Border. Step
1. Get out your signature or other graphics that you are making. Make a new layer. Step 2. CTRL + A
then edit>stroke>2px inside. You can choose what ever color you want. Step 3. CT...

I'll show you how to make rounded edges and a border around a picture. 1) Open you picture in
photoshop. I'm chose this lovely picture to work with: 2)Select the elliptical marquee tool
and make shore you keep these settings: 3) Use the elliptical marquee tool to draw a circle
selection in one of the corners of your picture like this. Pick a size depending on how rounded you
want your image. 4) Repeat this in every corner of your image until you have something like this.
Try to make all the circles look as much alike as possible. 5) Now select the re...

Tutorial Name: Mario Signature Created by: Tidus Program used: Adobe Photoshop Notes: A
friend of mine made this tutorial a while ago and said I could repost it. I think its a good
tutorial and helps those who are still getting new to photoshop. This tutorial is copyrighted to him
and shouldn't be reposted by others unless you have his permission. Tidus's Second Tutorial
This is the ending result that you should get after you have completed this tutorial. 1) Okay,
the first step is open a new document thats 385x115. You can use whatever size you want...

First of all open a new document with white background and size 355 / 105 import your render to a
new layer , name the layer original and hide the layer create a new copy of the original layer
here's the render i choosed ..... go to Image > Adjustments > Hue saturation choose
colorize and drag the hue slider to 121 create another copy of the orignal layer go to Filter >
Blur > Radial blur set amount to 10 , blur method to spin and quality to good now set the blending
mode of the layer to vivid light go to Image > Adjustments > Hue saturation choose color...

First of all, it is important that you make sure the image you wish to export is on a transparent
layer. The transparent layer is a checkered background in photoshop. You can see this checkered
background in the image to the left. In this example, I created a quick glass icon which has
different levels of transparency. This is the image I will be exporting, whilst preserving
it's transparency. Once your image is on a transparent background, head to file > save for
web. You can only export complex transparency using the .png filetype. So from the drop down...

1. Create a new image, any size will do, but I used 400x150 (standard sig size) 2. Fill the newly
created image with black 3. Create a new text layer with whatever text you want to use 4.
Merge the text layer with your background layer (Click on your text layer, press Ctrl + E) 5.
Filter, Stylize, Wind...Use Settings Below 6. Repeat by pressing Ctrl + F 7. Repeat steps
5-6, changing the direction of the wind to Right 8. Now rotate the canvas 90 degrees CW 9.
Repeat steps 5-7 10. Rotate the canvas 90 degrees CCW, this will return you to the origina...

Step 1. Open a new document, make it 800x600pixels and make the background white. Then press D on
your keyboard, this will make the colors reset to their default. (black and white) Step 2. Go to
Filter=>Render=>Difference Clouds, press ctrl+F to repeat this step again. Step 3. Next go to
Filter=>Pixelate=>Mezzotint, and use Long Lines Step 4. Go to Filter=>Blur=>Radial Blur and use the
settings shown in the image below: (make sure you pull the blur center up to the left corner! THIS
IS IMPORTANT!) Here is what I got: Step 5. Press Ctrl+U from your keyboard t...

hey, when you start installing photoshop, does the registration window pop up at the beginning ? or
it doesn't come out until your 30 day trial is over? because i've reformatted my comp like 3
times and i have ps on te cd saved but whenever i try to install it it never asks me to register
it... also which is better? PHOTOSHOP cs OR PHOTOSHOP the newer version? and will the brushes for
ps8 work on the newer one? thank you!...

First, you need source pic. I labelled the source pic as S . Heres my source pic: Look spooky
isn't it? And here's my original pic. I label my original pic as O. Next, i paste the
S picture on the O picture using adobe photoshop and erase the undesired area. Adjust the S
position.. Here's the result: Select the S layer and and adjust the opacity and fill until
you get the most spooky look. Go to filter and select blur-gaussian blur.. Select smudge tool and
smudge the S picture until you get a better and real ghost shape. Repeat this step un...

Lets do this! 1. Create a new photoshop document with the dimensions 88x31. If your lost
already... quit. 2.Alright make some random background and then put some random black-colored
(#000000) text on it. Kind of like the picture below. 3. Select the text layer you have just
created and click on the little f symbol near the bottom of the layer window. A sub menu should pop
up. Click on stroke. 4. Some editing window should appear. Change all the values to what you
see in the following image, make sure the stroke color is white (#FFFFFF). After this tutori...

How to turn a picture of an actual person into a cartoon... (1) Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur
Settings: 9px (2) Press Shift+Ctrl+C now in Mode set it to darken and opacity to 100% if it
isn't already. And that's it! Simple, eh?...

I take pictures for my wife's eBay auctions. She likes her name inserted on the photos. While
there are many ways to do this, my solution is quick, easy and flexible. Open a new file with a
transparent background. Size isn't important. Select the text tool and choose your font. I used
a script font. Type the signature. Now click on Edit/define brush preset A box will pop up
to name the brush. Open the picture you want to sign. Select the brush tool. From the drop
down menu select the brush. It will be the last one. Select the color on the...

Im not sure if this has been done before... I havent seen a grunge abstract tut before, but anyways
here it is /tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /> Outcome:
1. Fill the canvas with black, and brush with white using a grunge brush. After you have
completely filled the whole layer with the grunge brush, go to Image > Adjustments > Auto Contrast,
then go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen Edges, then finaly go to Edit > Fade Sharpen Edges and do an
opacity of 50%. Make a new layer. Repeat Step 1. another 2 times using different gru...

1. Start out with a new 250x250 image. Choose a white background. Then press D on your keyboard to
reset the colors. 2. Go to filter > render > clouds 3. Now go to Filter > Pixelate > Mezzotint.
Select long lines from the drop down menu. 4. Next go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur. Choose 100,
zoom, and best. 5. Finally, to add some color, go to Image > Adjust > Hue/Saturation. You can do
this quickly by pressing Ctrl+U. You can adjust the colors there. Make sure you check "colorize".
Seems some of the images don't work...

This is a tutorial on how to make a signature like this: First of all, you need to find your
render, try to find one that doesn't have a lot of space around its arms, or doesnt have a cape,
because then it will not looks so great with empty space. For the signature I used this render:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/Tra...oredcore2er.png 1) Open a new document, with a white
background, any reasonable signature size will do (don't make it too large /wink.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> ). 2) Go Edit---> ...

Here you will learn how to create cool reflecting text effects! Step 1. Once your ready to add text
onto your signature your ready to being. With your text tool type what ever it may be. I suggest for
this effect your text be on something black And your text white. Step 2. Now we want to
duplicate that layer to do this select the layer and hit ctrl+j. Step 3. OK now that we have two of
the same layer select the duplicated layer and hit ctrl+t. Right click it and hit flip vertically.
Step 4. You want to move it down just a bit. Make sure that nothing touches. S...

This tut is from my forums at www.halo2krew.com so please give credit if u use it This tut is on
how to make a multicolor sig. You will have to know the basic commands and tools in Photoshop becaus
I wont explain everything in detail. 1. Make a new document- 400x100 is what Im doing 2. Most
people like to fill in the canvas with black or do clouds but im just going to start brushing right
away. So take out your brushes and press "d" to reset your colors. Then brush with your grunge
brushes on your canvas untill you get this dark, 3. Now Make a new layer and Brush ...

(I am aware that there is an existing tutorial on double stroking text, but this is very different.)
How to double stroke images using Photoshop by Strawberrie 1. Open up/copy&paste the
image you want to double stroke onto a new layer (Shift+Ctrl+N) in Photoshop. 2. Go to Edit >
Stroke. Set the width to 3 px and color to whatever you wish your furtherest inside border to be (in
this case, black). You should get something like this: 3. Go to Edit > Stroke again. Set the
width to 2 px and color to whatever you wish your middle border to be (in thi...

Description Learn to create a neat grid using Adobe Photoshop! Great for many types of graphics!
Try It Out We're going to start by opening up a new Photoshop Document. You may use any image
you want, as long as its a resonable size. I chose to use Banjo Bob here /biggrin.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Click File -->New
Document. Change the Dimensions to 10x10 and the Contents to transparent. Click OK. Now, using the
zoom tool, zoom in as much as possible. Make your image look the same as this one: Click Ed...

Well here's my 3rd tutorial, it took about a hour and a half to make and I hope it helps people
out. I use this technique in a lot of my signatures. Easy Full Signature In this tutorial I will
show you how to make a signature like this: Resources used in this tutorial: Dark Crystal
Script Font Rust and Grunge Brushes Link Render Brushing the background 1) Create a new
canvas (I used 340x120) 2) Fill the background layer with black 3) Load your brushes 4) Set your
foreground to white 5) Create a new layer (CTRL+Shift+N) 6) Brush the background...

Hey! Just thought that I would drop in a little tutorial on blending. I use PSP8 for all my
graphic needs, but I'm sure that it would convert to Photoshop really easily. Today, we'll
make a banner. I'm an avid member of The Dark Arts , which is another graphics community. The
standard banner size on there is 700 x 100 pixels. So, let's begin! Note: I've written this
tutorial with the assumption that you have a reasonable knowledge of PSP and can navigate your way
around well, as well as understand the terminology I'm using. If you don't ...

1: Open up your canvas with the text on it. Duplicate the text layer. 2: Then go
Edit>Transform>flip vertical 3. You ratserize the text layer. 4. then you take the rectanglar
marqee tool, and make selection over the text (the duplicated one)about half ways up of the text 5.
Then right click > feather > put about 5px. Now press delete. And there you go, reflective text
You'll get something like this or even better. /biggrin.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />...