Learn how to simulate a light leak on your photos!

A galaxy is a massive collection of stars, stellar remains, gas, dust, and planets. Galaxies can contain as few as 10 million stars, or as many as 100 trillion. Astronomers believe that there are about 170 billion galaxies in our universe, each varying in shape from spiral, elliptical, to irregular....

Using the Google Maps API is one of the most popular (if not most popular) way to show geo-locations on today’s websites. In this tutorial I’ll demonstrate how I give my google maps a more realistic look and I’ll give you some tips on how to make your own maps really shine!

Learn how to construct a unique text effect out of sports balls, working them into a complex composition. You’ll learn how to work with lighting effects, including the dodge/burn tools and how to integrate depth into your piece!

Leran how to create a retro-style wallpaper with this Photoshop tutorial! This tutorial will show you how to create a wallpaper with shiny textures, loads of lens flares, and bright colors. Have fun!

Learn how to use complex layer masks, adjustment layers and photo manipulation techniques to blend two separate photos in a highly creative way!

In this episode, Martin Perhiniak will take a look at various sharpening techniques in Photoshop. While Photoshop includes some great tools for local and global sharpening, it is also important to use these tools non-destructively. Martin will show you how. Let’s get started!

Learn how to create a realistic cyborg warrior amidst a futuristic, destructive cityscape scene. You’ll learn how to create cyborg effects on a human model, how to correctly light your image, and how to blend multiple visual elements together seamlessly.

In this tutorial, Steve Caplin will explain how to create convincing location effects using Photoshop’s 3D tools. In the process, he will show you how to set up specularity of textures, how to soften and position shadows, and how to use image-based lighting. Let’s get started!

Water, by its very nature is difficult to convincingly incorporate into a composition. In this tutorial, you will discover how to combine advanced masking techniques, blending modes, adjustment layers and clever use of filters to part the sea and create a surreal photo manipulation. Let’s get started!

This is a tutorial with a simple idea: to create an emotional photo manipulation. Following this tutorial, you will learn how to blend different images to make a dark atmospheric background, modify the dress of the model, apply makeup, paint hair,  blend different objects in the background, and more...

Using stock photography is not always necessary or desired, but we can reference images of real objects to learn techniques for perspective and lighting. In this tutorial, we will be creating an abstract orb. In order to get the highlights, shadows, and perspective as accurate as possible we will study...