Photoshop Madness for Lovers

Grab some of this madness, and create a colorful gift for your lover. It won't take long, and it will cost you nothing other than your time and the color print ... !!! This Madness includes: Colorful striped text * Sweet, Chocolate typography script * Amazing Animated Glitter Text * Create A Powerful Solid Text Effect * The Golden Heart-Shaped Box * Make a Colorful Postcard in Photoshop Elements * Happy Valentine's Day Text * Type reflected on black background * Fill text characters with images in Elements ... This is part of a continuing series of Text Effect Madness! January 20, 2011

Photoshop blending modes enhance photos

Michael Szczepanski of PantherSweat.com brings us this thoughtful tutorial on enhancing photos using Photoshop's blending modes. He explains his favorite technique for getting that grungy look on his images. January 19, 2011

Adobe Illustrator tutorial : Briefcase

There just aren't enough Adobe Illustrator tutorials on the web! I guess it's because the hacks can do easy stuff in Photoshop ... but Illustrator takes expertise and real work! Here's another one from our PS FAVE IconLibrary -- learning to make a shiny icon in Illustrator July 28, 2010

Flaming Text Tutorials TWO

Last month's "Flaming Text in Photoshop" inspiration page was so hot -- the third most popular page in the site for March, we thought we would hurry up and get the second flaming, sparkling, burning, magma, inferno typography text effects page out there to re-ignite you on fire! April 28, 2010

Building a grid in Photoshop

Photoshop 911 forum member laments that none of the online tutorials for grids allow the grid to work out evenly in the required picture space. Well, that's because most of those tutorials never consider real-world application. Here... let me show you how... February 26, 2010

Photoshop: Surreal Landscapes, Part 2

Dan Moughamian presents the second in a series of articles designed to illustrate the compositing workflow for a surreal landscape. December 18, 2009

Photoshop Actions Madness

This edition of Photoshop Madness focuses on actions and reflections ... Photoshop reflections, FREE high-quality Photoshop PSD icons, Photoshop Actions for Amazing Color Enhancements, 50 essential photo actions, Photoshop clone tool actions and Quick straighten tutorial for Photoshop Madness December 16, 2009

Photoshop Holiday Tutorials

Photoshop madness is back so soon? Yup! Now with these top selections for holiday wallpaper tutorials. Yet they're a lot more than just for the holidays - essential techniques you can use for lots of projects! December 14, 2009

Adjustment Layers for Shadow Balancing

Debi entered a Photoshop 911 Emergency case, with photographs where the deep shadows were too dark. So, in this Photoshop tutorial, we demonstrate the use of a Levels Adjustment Layer that acts like a mask allowing Debi to paint in the areas of the image to be adjusted! November 30, 2009

Tutorial: Brushed Silver Text Effect

IN THIS ETC TUTORIAL we will be creating a brushed silver reflective text effect. We will also be creating the accompanying abstract reflective watery background scene. November 2, 2009