Photoshop Advanced Tutorials

The holiday spirit is once again flowing in the air. Santa, Christmas trees and Christmas balls are once again dominating the scene! We present a Christmas Ball tutorial that will show you how to create twinkling red Christmas balls with the help of layers and other Photoshop tools. Hang these balls with threads and wish your loved ones a merry Christmas!

Main component(s) used: Pen Tool, Custom Shape Tool, Layer Blending option etc.

Add flowing and dancing stripes to the phootgraph and make it more ecstatic. With this ‘Happiness with Stripe' tutorial, get conversant with the tools and techniques that will add to the frenzy and delight of your photograph. Try it yourself and add the glee and cheerfulness to your picture.

Main component(s) used: Pen Tool, Wave Filter, Mosaic Filter,  Layer Blending option etc.

Thanksgiving is coming fast! This time celebrate with Photoshop. Create a picturesque fall effect wishing thanksgiving to all your dear ones. With this ‘Thanksgiving Fall Text Effect' tutorial, get acquainted with the tools and techniques that will create a magnificent effect in the midst of pleasant autumn breeze and trees with reddened leaves. Go ahead and wish ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ in your style!

Main component(s) used: SkewTool,  Rasterize, Layer Blending option 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.

Did you think that this tutorial is about “falling”? Well, that’s not actually a bad idea — we must really try it some day — but for now, we teach you to give an autumnal feel to your pictures and that too in 16 quick steps. Check out this tutorial to get that lovely contrast of reds, yellows, and oranges of the fall in your dull summer pictures.

Main component(s) used: Lasso Tool, Pen Tool, Feather, Burn Tool, Custom shape etc.

Here comes the most mysterious and bewitched week of Halloween. Show your Halloween fanaticism through customized e-cards, wallpapers, and posters. Explore the Photoshop tools and create some of the remarkable e-cards, poster and wallpapers as shown in the below tutorial. Just follow the steps below and create your own Halloween image.

Main component(s) used: Magic Tool, Feather, Difference Cloud Filter, Custom shape etc.

Photoshop is a powerful tool with which you can create, edit or manipulate images as per your choice. The introduction of animation tool in version CS3 brought a great revolution in the designing industry. The below tutorial explains how a small tool can add motion to your graphics and export as an animated GIF.

Main component(s) used: Animation, Channel, Move Tool, Magic Tool etc.

A small spark is enough to set anything on fire. With some amazing Photoshop tools you can set fire on any object you like. The image of a burning car has been created by using some easy Photoshop tools. All you need to do is to adjust the color scheme and add a few images to enhance your complete creation. Follow the below steps and make your own designs.

Main component(s) used: Gradient Editor, Layer Blending, Magic Tool, Smudge Tool, Motion Blur, Warp Tool etc.

CMYK is the opposite model of RGB. Printing inks are based on this model. When cyan, magenta and yellow are fully blended together we get black. In CMYK model and ‘K’ stands for black color, this is also known as a ‘key’ color. Despite CMYK is used for printing only, it is considered as best model available for printing because it can produce properly finished output.

Main component(s) used: Type Tool, Gradient Editor, Layer Blending, Pen Tool, Brush etc.