» Photo effects- tutorial blog

Blurring, at it’s most fundamental level is the softening of an image. It is standard procedure to use a very slight blur on photos straight off your digital camera as often they are overly sharp. Sharpness, of course, isn’t a bad thing but it is more beneficially applied at the end of your retouching sessions than at the beginning.

There are many other (more creative) uses for blur though. Here are some examples.

To Imply Depth

Depth of field looks best when done in the camera, but when compositing photographs, you can imply distance and depth by blurring further away objects.

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Sometimes retouching is needed on a photograph to really make it ‘pop‘ so we will be doing a roundup of the various tricks and techniques you can use to improve your photos.

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Aliens from outer space or fakes created by people with far too much time on their hands ? Who knows, or indeed cares ? Here we present you with an easy way to create fake ones using photoshop.

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This tutorial will show you how to create some realistic lightning using photoshop’s rendering capabilities, to make it look like someone has lightning shooting from their hands.

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Ever wanted to change someones face in a photograph to a skull ? Lets face it, who doesn’t ? This is the tutorial for you then, we take a lovely top-hatted woman and turn her into a grim reaper-esque figure.

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In this tutorial we are going to take an ordinary photo of a woman and stylize it with a few techniques which give it a more abstract feel and make it a bit more interesting.

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Sometimes you want that yellowing-old-photograph look for your image, but the tired old plugins just aren’t working for you; everything looks like it was run through a filter instead of aged by the hands of time. Maybe you’re looking for a mix of the original colors and the fading past. Here’s a simple tutorial to help you find your way to just the right blend of old and new.

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In this tutorial you will learn how to create a very modern and attractive mirror image effect which can be used with text and images. The effect will replicate that of an object sitting on a spotlessly clean reflective surface. (more…)