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Vintage Clouds

Vintage Clouds

By Denny Tang Jun 09, 2008

Learn how to make ordinary blue skies look dramatic with a simple and easy color and contrast adjustment.

Photorealistic Puddles

Photorealistic Puddles

By Denny Tang May 28, 2008

Learn how to make photos more dramatic with calm puddles. In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to work with layers, transform tools, and layer masks to create photorealistic puddles.

Masked Overlay Diffusion

Masked Overlay Diffusion

By Denny Tang May 28, 2008

Overlay diffusion is one of the most popular photo effects used. It makes photos look dreamy and vivid but it can also hide details in the shadows and highlights.  In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to apply overlay diffusion without losing details.

Old Printouts

Old Printouts

By Denny Tang May 18, 2008

Make your photos look like old printouts with washed out colors and stained paper. This photo effect is a great way to add a unique twist to your photos. Click to find out how to apply this photo effect with Photoshop.

Fashion Lomo

Fashion Lomo

By Denny Tang May 02, 2008

You may have noticed that many clothing stores use images with the same photo effect that looks somewhat like Lomography. In this Photoshop tutorial, we'll show you how to add the washed out Lomo effect to your photos using all adjustment layers.

Silhouettes and Gradients

Silhouettes and Gradients

By Chad Neuman Apr 27, 2008

Sometimes a print or online project needs an outline-type silhouette instead of an actual photo, in order to illustrate a project. By using the Threshold tool and the Gradient tool, we can make a few unique effects to complement a print of online design.

Floating Clothes

Floating Clothes

By Chad Neuman Apr 08, 2008

fun way to learn the Clone Stamp tool (as well as adding a virtual drop shadow) is to create an invisible man or woman. We can transform an ordinary portrait or action shot to make the person disappear, leaving floating clothes around a space. Adding shadowed wrinkles also adds realism.

Two-Color Technicolor

Two-Color Technicolor

By Denny Tang Mar 18, 2008

Simulate the effect of old two-color Technicolor film. In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to simulate the colors of two-color Technicolor film and apply color bleeding to photos.

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