Photoshop video tutorials and digital art. Tutorials featuring everything from photoshop speed paintings to photo manipulation, layer masks and brush effects.

This tutorial shows how to create a vintage photo effect by adding a layer of texture accross the whole photograph.

A great easy to follow tutorial. First use the liquify filter ( filter > liquify) to stretch areas on the face, particularly arching the eye brows. A good tip is to try to make the face unsymetrical. After adding a layer of texture and aligning it with the photograph below, choose hard light from the layers panel drop down menu with the texture layer selected. Erase the unwanted areas and use the dodge and burn tools to highlight specific areas. A good tutorial for changing the eye colour can be found here: Zombie eye.

This video covers in a lot of detail the best ways to change the colour and tone of imagery. Desaturate with different areas of colour highlighted, by going to: Image > Adjustments > Channel Mixer. To change a photograph to Sepia tones: First Desaturate the image (Image > Adjustments > Desaturate) and then use the photo filter: Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter.

A photoshop video tutorial, showing how to decolorise part of an image by desaturating and then using the history brush to create the disired effect.

Desaturate images and use levels and layer styles to turn items into gold. This is quite a long tutorial but the effect is shown in the first few minutes, before going into greater detail on other items.

Use Layer Styles to create neon text by selecting the layer, choosing blending options then stroke before changing the fill option within the stroke panel to gradient and shape burst.

This video shows two different ways to put a double outline around an object. The video shows the process used on text but this process can be used on any object / layer. The two methods both use layer styles, the first is using a stroke and an outer glow, the second uses a stroke and then a layer below with a larger stroke to create the double outline.

By creating a cut out of an object that is to project the shadow, you can duplicate the layer and use the transform > distort effect to create the right perspective for the shadow before moving the layer behind the original object and darkening and reducing the opacity of the layer.

This video shows how to create hair in Photoshop from scratch with the paintbrush and smudge tools only. To recreate this technique, I have found it best to use brushes in various sizes with a soft edge and the opacity at 100% but with the flow taken down to about 70%. After creating the initial lines use the smudge tool, and use a dry brush with many points at around an 80% strength. This will mix the colours together in the main section of hair and create the look of seperate strands on the end of the hair. Repeat this over to build up the effect.

This video shows two alternative ways to delete a white background from a line drawing, which is a good base for the next step of starting to add colour to the drawing. The first method is shown in preparation for explaining why the second method is the better of the two - so keep watching!