Photo manipulation is an image editing technique to lend a more artistic effect to photographs or illustrations. It is typical for most image editors to use Photoshop for this purpose. Nowadays, it is commonly accepted as a commercial or editorial artform, and it certainly can be inspiring to budding and even seasoned graphic designers. Check out the [...]
Netherlands-based photographer Peter Kemp has recently turned his attention to creating colorful and reminiscent visual stories with a vintage and romantic atmosphere, blending together the styles of old paintings with modern-day techniques. In order to finish his images, he uses CS4 with his Wacom graphic tablet, applying the Dodge and Burn Tool as his favorite [...]
Photoshop CS6′s Adaptive Wide Angle Filter is one of the new features that photographers will love, where the filter aligns and straightens out specific lines in the image. In the previous version, it wasn’t possible to fix images without creating unnecessary distortion in the photo content. But now you can constrain the line to be [...]
In this tutorial you will learn to create an awesome bokeh effect using Photoshop. Basically the Brush Tool (B) is what you need in order to create this beautifully ethereal effect, and it is very easy to do. These are the tools you will need to create your custom brush: Ellipse Tool Field Blur Gaussian [...]
Vector portraits take little effort to make from a photo and when completed it can be awe-inspiring. You can easily tweak the image without losing its quality. This tutorial by Daniel Caballero at Digital Arts Online UK shows how to create a simplified vector portrait with Photoshop. His technique is even easier to do if you [...]
This tutorial will show you how to apply a realistic sketch effect to your photos in Photoshop. Unlike other photo-to-sketch tutorials, this one makes use of Photoshop CS6′s Colored Pencil filter, and Pencil Width and Stroke Width attributes to create an image that closely resembles an organic hand-drawn sketch. You’ll also use the Shadow/Highlights and [...]
Greek visual designer Charis Tsevis has created some visually stimulating graphics for Yahoo!’s coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games. These images are geometric styles met with brilliant color to fully show the spirit and movement of this year’s participants in 3 illustrations each for diving, gymnastics and running. Each image features Tsevis’ signature mosaic [...]
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