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.

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

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.

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

Transform a photo into retro pop art.