By the end of this tutorial, you'll know how to create the entire sketch effect from beginning to end in 60 seconds or less!

We'll be using Photoshop CS5 throughout this tutorial but any recent version will work.

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In this tutorial, we'll look at how we can use much of what we've already learned to create fun and interesting repeating patterns from Photoshop's custom shapes!

Let's get started!

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In this photo effects tutorial, we'll learn how to quickly and easily add rays of sunlight to an image with Photoshop!

We'll be using Photoshop CS5 throughout this tutorial but any recent version will work.

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In this tutorial, we'll learn the basics of making and using simple repeating patterns in Photoshop. We're just going to cover the essential steps here to get things started, but once you understand how repeating patterns work and how easy they are to create, you'll quickly discover on your own that there's virtually no limit to their creative potential in your designs, whether you're building a simple background for a scrapbook or web page or using them as part of a more complex effect.

We'll be using Photoshop CS5 here, but the steps apply to any recent version of Photoshop.

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In today's Photoshop tutorial we will take a pattern and learn how to fill it with color, using fairly easy techniques.

The result is definitely worth spending a few minutes to complete the work. See for yourself!

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Some people might not realize how fun and easy it can be to create an awesome illustration with just a few pieces of stock art elements. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create an abstract illustration using a few pieces of stock art from Visual Freaks’ Organic CG Art Pack and just some basic knowledge of Photoshop.

Tutorial Details

* Program: Adobe Photoshop CS3+
* Difficulty: Beginner
* Estimated Completion Time: 4 Hours

Let’s get started!


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Still as popular as ever, photomontage is initially one of the easiest techniques to learn. But achieving photorealistic results can be a challenge. In this tutorial, we will show you how, by blending a number of photos together.

This kind of work always has a surreal edge, but with the images you’ll use, the environment and composition, you’ll endeavour to be quite subtle too, which should add an extra intriguing quality to the piece.

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In today’s tutorial we’re going to walk through a really simple process for turning your favorite vector pattern into a really cool wallpaper. Basically we are going to create a desktop background out of a pattern, and make it look like it’s actually a textured wallpaper. We’ll also add some dramatic lighting effects to make it look really cool.

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Photoshop is a very useful program. Some of you might know it as an image editor. Well that’s true, 5 years ago! Earlier version of Photoshop is so powerful that you can create almost anything with it. I do a lot of icon designing lately and it’s all done in Photoshop. The advantage of using Photoshop to create icon is you can combine pixel painting with Photoshop’s vector tool. This tutorial show us how easy it is creating a magnifying glass icon in Photoshop.

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In my opinion, Smart Object is one of the most useful feature in Photoshop. It allow us to save a lot of time in designing website and graphic user interfaces, where there are plenty of repetitive elements. If you have a good understanding on how a Smart Object behaves, it can also serve as a template for Photoshop effects.

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