Yah, we said lasers! This year, at Adobe Max, Photoshop Guru Russell Brown showcased a new way to paint using Photoshop CS5, and yes, laser beams.

This technique uses lasers to engrave an image onto a canvas made of solid wood and then, using a high quality flatbed printer, print the color image onto the carved wood, leaving the creator with an eye-popping 3D version of the original image; which is frankly, amazing!

Let's have a look into it!



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This is an in-depth video tutorial for beginnersfrom wearedesign: Detailing how to draw a character using grids in Photoshop, sampling colours and blocking them in, shading the skin tones, detailing the eyes, creating a brush to paint textured effects for clothes and material, using David Nagel Series 37 skin brushes, and then, finally creating the sky background.


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Learn how to paint a mustache on a nerd character using Photoshop's brush engine.


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This video tutorial shows you the techniques that he uses when painting Fire and Magic
effects in Photoshop.

We will show you how to use Adjustment Layers, a variety of brushes and a standard white brush to turn an average sword into a flaming, fantasy magical weapon.


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Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings were actually painted onto glass. Today, modern filmmakers use digital applications such as Photoshop to produce the backdrops that they need.

Today’s tutorial will teach you how to created a flooded city and destroy buildings and structures. This tutorial will focus on the destruction of New York, which seems to be a favorite amongst filmmakers.

Tutorial Details

* Program: Adobe Photoshop
* Difficulty: Beginner
* Estimated Completion Time: 1 Hour

Let’s get started!




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