Tutorials

How to turn photo into line drawing with Photoshop
There are different ways to turn photo into line drawing but doesn’t look real, like someone draw it. This technique of line art uses different densities of crosshatching to simulate lighter and darker shades of gray to obtain that look and the result is great. Crosshatching is the drawing of

How to Draw a Map in Illustrator
To Draw a Map in Illustrator appears to be very complicated but with this technique, it can be really simple to create. You only have to be careful to create the layers for each individual step. Creating your own maps is great because you can customize them according to your

How to cut out hair in photoshop – Advanced masking method
In this tutorial, we will learn a powerful technique to how to cut out hair in photoshop creating advanced masking; Calculations. With this technique, you will be able to mask even the most complicated images like the hair of a model. For this tutorial, we will use an image with

Create a super easy lightning from scratch
In this tutorial we will learn how to create a realistic lightning bolt with a very simple method using difference clouds and levels. Step 1 Create a new document Step 2 Open de Gradient editor and create a black and white gradient with a narrow gray area Step 3 Paint

How to remove objects from an image: content aware fill
This is a common task in client’s works. They give you their source image and you must “clean it”. This require of patience and analyzing the image you will work with. In this tutorial I will show you a very simple technique to do it using the content aware fill.

Eye Level: How to correctly position subjects in an image
In movies the best special effects are the ones you can’t detect, in photomontage applies the same. How many times we look at a montage and instinctively we detect there is something wrong; the subject clearly looks superimposed. There is a very simple rule that applies in every image and it

Colorful light burst text effect
In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to see how to create a Colorful light burst text effect with very simple techniques. We are going learn how to use the blend if section of the layer style options. Step 1 Create new document a) Create a new document with a Black background b) Type

Create a realistic rain effect
A few years back I created a Rain Tutorial: Ronin but I wasn’t convinced with the final result and wanted to create a better-looking effect. After some research and using: noise, motion blur, custom brushes and blending modes we can create a realistic rain effect and the final result is surprisingly easy to

How to create an amazing explosion
Watching an episode of MythBusters I wanted to recreate a large explosion that appeared in the show. After experimenting I found a really simple technique but the final effect is great. Before We Get Started For this tutorial you are going to need 4 cloud photos and your main image. Cloud

How to create a road warrior cinematic scene
[tweetmeme]In this tutorial we will learn a number of techniques to help you add drama to a photo manipulation: Creating meteors, mixing three diferent images to create an apocalyptic background, Modify a central character so it adjust to the composition as well as how to add some adjustment layers to