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Effects
High Roller 3D
This week Corey shows you how to take simple vector shapes and gives them life with 3D in Photoshop CS6. Using simple extrusions and lighting effects you can achieve a level of hyper-realism you never could before. Continue reading
Dark Edge Vignette
Make your subject of your photograph stand out using dark edge vignettes. Continue reading
Scripted Patterns
Using Photoshop CS6 Public beta preview create an array of art décor patterns from a pattern swatch (or image patch) into a user defined area (selection) or onto the bounds of the active Layer. Continue reading
Partial Color Effect
Create eye-catching images using this technique. It involves transforming a color image to black and white and then revealing portions of the image using layer masks. Continue reading
Water Color Mixer
Craft your own water color Brush Presets and along the way I’ll show you how to preserve the color scheme used during its creation. Continue reading
Retro 3D Logo
This week Corey demonstrates some cool 3D techniques and shows how he incorporates 3D into the design of a retro-style logo. Continue reading
Light Burst Effects
This week Corey has a classic effects of creating a light burst effect using text. Continue reading
3D Foil Balloon Effects
As a special Valentine’s Day bonus, here is a cool 3D technique for getting realistic foil balloon. All from scratch! Continue reading
Flare Effects
Corey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another. Continue reading
Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment. Continue reading
Photoshop Tutorials
- Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment. - Flare Effects
Corey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another. 
3D Christmas Ornaments
Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.
Styles & Text
This week Corey has a tutorial using layer styles and text shapes to create energetic effects.
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CS6 Blur Tools
Use Photoshop CS6 to create selective softening effects using the new on-screen Blur Filters. Mix and match among the three filters for a variety of depth-of-field and tilt-shift effects. Continue reading
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High Roller 3D
This week Corey shows you how to take simple vector shapes and gives them life with 3D in Photoshop CS6. Using simple extrusions and lighting effects you can achieve a level of hyper-realism you never could before. Continue reading
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Dark Edge Vignette
Make your subject of your photograph stand out using dark edge vignettes. Continue reading
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Content Aware Move Tool in CS6
Lesa explores the new Content Aware Move tool in Photoshop CS6. Continue reading
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Smart Object Masking Trick
Dave Cross shares a trick he discovered that will help you remove white from around your subject when using smart objects.
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Light Painting
Dave Cross takes a popular trend - light painting - and shows you how you can paint text recreating this cool trend.
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Create A Composite Layer
If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don't flatten the layers--use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.
Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith
