Dance of the Dandelion

Here’s a few simple steps to alter a photo using the Color Range command combined with varying Fill Layers. Below is the image I took in my back yard. The objective is to separate as much as the dandelion as possible to use in a customized image. First duplicate...

Safari Skies

Alter Photo with Masking Effects // –> In the Layer Palette I added another Color Fill layer with #82948A (your choice), and dragged it below the image layer. This Color Fill layer will be used later when the layer masked is applied to the tree portion of...

3D Transform Filter Revival

Here’s a list of useful guides and tips on making the most out of the 3d Transform Filter. For those using Photoshop CS, you’ve probably noticed by now it’s not installed by default with the standalone Photoshop CS or within the Creative Suite. To...

Vector Silhouettes & Outlines

Here’s a few simple steps to transform objects into vector silhouettes & outlines without the use of tedious pen tool tracing. The image used is courtesy of memebrship with AbsoultVision: The First JPEG2000 Photo Library. Purchase a membership for thousands...

Garden State

Turn floral imagery into an enchanted garden state. The photo I used is one I took of some flowers in my back yard. Download original image here. Scaled version is below. First, duplicate the original ‘Gardenstate’ layer, by ‘Right + Click’...

Enchanted Nights

Here is a simple photo manipulation turning a day time picture into an enchanted night. The photo I used is one that comes installed with Photoshop and is located in the ‘..SamplesStock Art’ folder with file name of ‘0006865.JPG’. This is a...

JPEG 2000 File Format

Here is some interesting things regarding the JPEG 2000 file format feature becoming widely available to most graphics programs. In particular for Photoshop users its an optional JPEG 2000 plug-in that must be installed in Adobe Photoshop CS/Plug-Ins/Adobe Photoshop...

Note Paper Effect

Using Photoshop CS, here is a simple tutorial on how to create a note paper effect. Note: For users of version 6/7, download the .pat (Pattern file) here. Then instead of the ‘Color Paper’ Pattern Overlay preset selection indicated below, choose...