Photographer Chris Alvanas demonstrates three ways to apply digital makeup to your subjects.

Contrast is a key element in any photograph. If there’s too much of it when you’re taking the photo, then you’re faced with extremely challenging lighting conditions and you run the risk of either clipped highlights or blocked-up shadows (or both!). Not enough contrast and the image can look dull and flat.

Nearly everyone is getting into DVD these days—from photographers building portfolios to filmmakers publishing their features—and they all want attractive menus. After all, the DVD menu serves as the welcome mat and calling card for your DVD. There’s a lot to menu design, but in this tutorial (adapted from Photoshop for Video—Third Edition from Focal Press) we’ll focus on straightforward techniques.

Hair can be a difficult thing to work with in Photoshop. Here are some tips to help make it easier.

eing able to create effects from elsewhere is a great way to learn Adobe Photoshop. Here I will take you through the steps used to create abstract background from bubbles and waves.

Now I\’m sure by now that more than a few of you have stumbled across what is referred to as an HDR photo on the internet at some point - you’ll know when you see one. The striking, saturated and dreamlike colors make the entire photo pop from the screen - and often times it looks as if the photo was taken in a dream.

This is a semi-automatic masking technique that enables users to mask or knock-out complex and unwanted areas of a picture with ease and accuracy. Most designs and artworks will require us to do montaging of several images. However, we can only use those images effectively if we are able to extract the “parts” out cleanly.e Opacity Mask. We\’ll also make our own swooshes and custom brushes.

Make your photos look magical with this beautiful light shaft Photoshop tutorial. This ultra realistic light effect is great for adding drama to those precious moments. Follow this Photoshop tutorial to find out how easy it is to add this beautiful effect.

In this Photoshop tutorial I will be walking you through the making of an interesting art piece, “The Eye, the Key of the Soul.” In this tutorial we will use the burn tool, dodge tool, brushes, layer modes and more to add an interesting effect to an otherwise regular stock photo.

In this Photoshop tutorial we’ll be designing a simple but stylish fashion-themed advert. You know, so you can sell sunglasses and stuff ;)