For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a passion for compositing. More than anything, I’ve enjoyed crafting composites that look like they belong on movie posters or book covers. Here are a few recent examples.
Category Archives: Tutorials
Animating 3D Layers in Photoshop CS6
In this tutorial, Stephen shows you the difference between scene position and camera position when animating 3D objects in Photoshop.
Dot-Cutout Paper Text Effect
This tutorial will explain how to create a colorful dot-cutout paper text effect, by rasterizing the type layers, then creating and stroking work paths with a modified round brush. It will also explain the process of adding a couple of adjustment layers to modify the coloring of the final result.
Blending Watercolor with Reality Using Filter Forge
Since Photoshop is capable of producing so many spectacular effects, it’s not often that I turn to third-party software to get the job done. I make exceptions, however, when I stumble across software as remarkable as Filter Forge. Filter Forge features over 4000 creative photo effects and almost 4500 realistic textures. The number of effects and textures is growing by the day because Filter Forge filters are created not by 10 engineers in a lab, but by thousands of users from around the globe.
Basic 3D Animation Setup Steps in Photoshop CS6
In this video, Stephen goes over some of the basic setup requirements for animating 3D objects in Photoshop CS6.
Wrapping Realistic Light Around a Composited Subject
In today’s lesson, we’ll examine one of the techniques that is most essential to making a composite believable – wrapping light around the subject. I’ll show you the original way of doing this as well as a new way that I stumbled upon quite by accident.
3D Bold Text Effect
This tutorial will explain how to create a bold bright-textured slick text effect in Photoshop CS6. A simple pattern will be used to create the bump map, while some other material settings will be changed to create the final appearance. Lighting, Environment, and Image Based Light settings will also be modified to complete the scene and create the final result.
Controlling Depth of Field with Tonal Maps in Adobe Photoshop
Today, Stephen Burns explains how to create tonal maps to simulate depth of field in your photographs.
on The Reappearing/Disappearing Brush TipThanks a lot; Even as simple as it is, it's great to know.. <3 Independents 
on 3D Layers Text Effect in Photoshop CS6do you know what its means "Pick the Custom Shape Tool, then scroll down the Custom Shape picker to click...
on Applying Digital Makeup in Photoshop CCThank for this very instructive tutorial, it"s exactly what i was looking for. Makup and retouching portrait in photoshop CC...