Photoshop – Creative

I took this image while I was in Spain, very much a grab shot and when I looked at it after downloading I didn’t think it could be used. Recently I was asked a question by Bruce about using textures and that’s when I had the idea of applying textures to this image and creating a painterly effect.

In this video we look at how we can create a Sketched Painterly effect using filter galleries in Photoshop

Creating a Retro Glitzy look  Starting with a snap shot taken taken with a compact digital camera we have a look at how we can give an image a new lease of life, transforming it into retro poster style image with an added touch of glitz.

In this 2 part video we take a look at how we can change an image by adding more detail and being selective when adjusting the colours

 In this video we take a look at creating a ‘lens bokeh effect’ as a way of presenting an image.

 Summer Bay - Unfortunately not every image we take is a masterpiece, so perhaps some that we might have deleted we can experiment with. In this video we explore how filters can be used to transform a snapshot using filters.

This comes  as a request I received from a visitor to my web site who wanted to know how he could ‘age a photograph’

In this video we look at transforming an image into a ‘painterly textured Fx‘ that would great great hanging on any wall

In this video we explore how we can transform our photographs into Pop Art style image. We look at a few different techniques including some inspired by Roy Lichtenstein

Creating a soft focus effect similar to the Orton effect, this method works well on many different subject from still life to landscapes. Some other neat tips and tricks are also included in this video

In this video we look at how we can use some of the tools in Photoshop to recreate a similar effect to HDR from one image. This effect work on a whole range of images, we also look at how we can save and load the settings making it quick and easy to reapply to other image .

Minimalistic style image Taken by one of our image forum members, Mairi’s own comment was “help needed with this image!” I thought I came up with was to create a minimalistic style which would help to cover any unwanted areas.

Sometime ago I did a tutorial where we created a 3D cube using the 3D template in Photoshop. This time around we are going to take a look at how we can make our own 3D cube from scratch and adding images to form a 3D photo cube. Looks great and works with a whole range of subjects

 Time for a bit of fun, in this video we take a look at how we can create a ‘glass paperweight‘ effect in Photoshop.