How to Create a cool Space Girl Photo Manipulation

In today’s tutorial I will show you how to create a space photo manipulation by mixing stars and different Photoshop techniques. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

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How to create cool Christmas greeting card with snowflakes and colorful tree baubles in Photoshop CS5

In this tutorial I will give you some tips on how to Christmas greeting card with snowflakes and colorful tree baubles in Photoshop CS5. You will learn how to add a Layer Style, draw Christmas baubles with Ellipse Tool, apply brushes, use Custom Shapes etc. Layered PSD file included. So let’s get started!

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Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1920px by 1200px (RGBcolor mode) at a resolution of 300 pixels/inch. Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.

Three Simple Elegant Headers Text Effects

This tutorial will explain three different ways to create very simple yet elegant header-style text effects, using only two Layer Styles each time.

The Final Result:

Notes:

* the software used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
* the size of the final result image is 1024 * 768
* you might want to check the Basix Page to see some useful topics on dealing with Photoshop basics, such as loading palettes and some shortcuts.

Resources:

* old paper texture by ~klimek.
* Brush Pack-Horizontal Dividers by ~MouritsaDA-Stock.

Effect 1: Drop Shadow and Gradient Overlay

- The example used is the current TEXTUTS header. The Background color is #f4f2ed, and the text color is #b95886 but you can use any colors you want.

Old Decorated Metal Text Effect

This tutorial explains how to use Layer Styles to create a metal text effect, and then add a very nice decoration texture using only a couple of filters, without the need for brushes or texture images. After that, some adjustment layers will be added to give the final effect an aged look.

The Final Result:

Notes:

* the software used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
* the size of the final result image is 1024 * 768
* you might want to check the Basix Page to see some useful topics on dealing with Photoshop basics, such as loading palettes and some shortcuts.

Resources:

* Untitled texture 66 by ~untitled-stock.

TIP: Whether you’re using an old version or a new one, your host could handle this. You could check some hosts compatible with these versions online.

Step 1:

- Set the Foreground color to #919191, and the Background color to #493728, then, create a Radial Gradient from the top center of the document to one of the corners at the bottom.

Nice Chocolate Bar Text Effect

This tutorial explains how to create a simple pattern, then how to use it along with a couple of layer styles to make a chocolate bar like text effect. It then explains how to modify a simple brush to add a nice filling to the text, and finally, adding some adjustment layers to complete the effect.

The Final Result:

Notes:

* the software used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
* the size of the final result image is 1250 * 800
* you might want to check the Basix Page to see some useful topics on dealing with Photoshop basics, such as loading palettes and some shortcuts.

Resources:

The tutorial explains how to create the pattern to show some useful tips and tricks, but here is the pattern if you want to skip that.

A cool Bright Tinsel Text Effect

In this tutorial, we are going to use some brushes, layer styles, and different blend modes, to create a super fun looking tinsel-like text effect.

The Final Result:

Notes:

* the software used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
* the size of the final result image is 1024 * 768
* you might want to check the Basix Page to see some useful topics on dealing with Photoshop basics, such as loading palettes and some shortcuts.

Resources:

* Moons and Stars – 17 Brushes by *Ashqtara.
* soft bokeh texture by =night-fate-stock.

Step 1:

- Set the Foreground color to #eeebe9, and the Background color to #f5a883, then, create a Radial Gradient from the center of the document to one of the corners.

Cool Stars Candy Text Effect

This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to use a stars-candy texture to create a nice stars candy text effect.

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Resources

• 8 wooden patterns
• Grungy Cracked Wall
• Sweet Stars