Follow along with Lesa Snider as she shows how to add highlights to your photo subject’s hair using blend modes in Photoshop.
Category Archives: Tutorials
Decorated Wood Text Effect
This tutorial will explain how to create a wooden text effect, then apply a simple pattern to add a nice, and unique, touch to the final result.
Receding Type Effect
The type treatment on the cover of the ‘Best of 2012′ iPad version of Photoshop User magazine displays type that appears to be receding into the distance. The entire effect is created using a few clever layer styles and a gradient overlay. Today, I’ll show you how to produce this sweet look.
How B&W Makes Better Color in Adobe Photoshop
In this tutorial, Stephen Burns sheds some light on how to enhance the color of your photos by using a series of black & white adjustment layers.
Colorful Futuristic Text Effect
This tutorial explains how to create a colorful futuristic looking text effect, using a couple of Layer Styles for multiple layers, and a simple brush.
Getting Creative with Custom Shapes
Working on a children’s book has given me the opportunity to deeply engage my imagination. Specifically, I’ve been dressing up animals with patterns. Doing so has allowed me to play around with custom shapes, layer styles, and blend modes. The process is incredibly fun! Today, I’d like to share some of the remarkable things I’ve learned using a toy rhinoceros as the subject.
Creating Holiday Wreaths
I have here some really cool tricks for creating your own holiday wreath in Photoshop, complete with decorations. Once you have the basics down you will see how much fun it is to play around with different arrangements.
Plastic Text Style
Using the Contour effect in layer styles, this tutorial will take you step-by-step through creating these plastic text styles.
on 3D Bold Text Effect[...] This tutorial will explain how to create a bold bright-textured slick text effect in Photoshop CS6. A simple pattern...
on 3D DNAGood tutorial with nice instruction. 
on Replace ColorI found something that worked great for me that will work for black (that's what I used it on), select...
on Vintage Metal Text EffectNice tutorial and cool effect!!! Thank you!!!!