Digital Star Effect

Turn a regular photo into a high-tech digital artwork. Digital Star Effect Photoshop Tutorial Creating the Dots - Part One First, we'll transform a photo into a series of circles. This is done by combining several filters.

Bloom

Add a blissful glow to the highlights of a photo.  This effect works well with portraits.

Exposure Blur

Create animated light streaks using special Photoshop techniques.

Diffusion

Add a strong diffusion glow effect. This Photoshop effect makes light skin glow while keeping dark areas, such as hair, dark. Adding the Diffusion Effect Many experienced Photoshop users may already know about this popular effect. For those who don't know, you can apply a quick version of this effect by duplicating the layer, changing the blending mode to Screen, and applying a Gaussian Blur to the new layer. This tutorial goes further by showing you how to filter out the effect from dark areas and how to restore edge sharpness.

Lomography

Simulate the effects of a lomo camera. Photos taken with a lomo camera have high contrast, twisted colors, and a noticeable vignette.

The Photoshop Computer

Learn how to choose the right hardware to build your own computer optimized for Adobe Photoshop CS2 and learn how to tweak Photoshop to take advantage of the new hardware.

Pop Art

Transform a photo into retro pop art.

Soft Contrast

Enhance dull photos soft contrast. This Photoshop effect enhances contrast and saturation.

Glossy Photos

Create a stack of glossy photos. In this tutorial, you will learn how to place images into a document, add layer styles, and add a glossy shine to the photos.

Adaptive Saturation

A better way of adjusting saturation. This technique adjusts saturation according to the level of saturation in the image.

Circuit Board

Transform a regular photo into a high-tech artwork made up of blocks and connectors resembling a circuit board.

Contrast Layers

Use this technique to create a high contrast or low contrast image using a set of contrast adjustment layers.

Half Sepia

Add a modern sepia tone to your photos. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to add a sepia tone specifically to the highlights or shadows of an image.

Digital Flash

Brighten dark areas of a photo like a fill-flash. This effect burns bright areas and dodges dark areas to make photos look closer to what we naturally see with our own eyes.