Photo Effects

Colored photographs represent vividness while black and white photographs remind us of the old memories. But what if we combine the two effects? This expert Photoshop tutorial tells you how to add color to a black and white image and convert it into a lively picture using gradient map. Get started now and let your image express colorful emotions!

Main component(s) used: Quick Selection Tool, Gradient Map, and inverse etc.

Play around with the time of the day! This Photoshop tutorial tells you how to change an image of a castle in a beautiful sunny day to an image of a castle in a dark haunting night. The green grass is turned into deep blue river and the clear sunny sky gets dominated by moonlight. It’s fun and easy to execute!

Main component(s) used: Hue/saturation, Pen Tool, Brush Tool, and Elliptical Marquee Tool etc.

“He who plants a tree, plants a hope!” But today, with the rate that trees are being chopped of, we are heading towards a hopeless world. Blend a tree and a human and experience the agony of a tree with Photoshop’s Photo Manipulation technique. Photo manipulations are a great source for inspiration, as designers are able to express their creativity through several aspects of design. Go ahead, create a unique image and spread the word and awareness through your creativity.

Main component(s) used: Pen Tool, Brush Tool, Render Filter, Layer Blending  etc.

A still from a Sci Fi movie! You can turn, what’s floating in imagination, into reality: with an explosion. You just have to follow this Photoshop tutorial on Waves Explosion. With, this 19-step-guide tells you how you can, with the help of tools like Liquify, motion blur, Twirl etc., create ripples of waves around an object giving it a feel of a wave explosion. Let the waves be your service!

Main component(s) used: Pen Tool, Motion Blur, Liquify, Twirl, etc.

Creating a new poster has always been a great challenge to all designers. Here is the new innovative glass shatter effect design that can enhance your poster. Customize it with Photoshop’s remarkable tools such as layer mask, skin retouch, dodging and burning and similar others. Blend your picture into the effect just as it is shown in the below sample.