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Generate Amazing Text FX
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Create AMAZING Text FX Online!

Generate your own amazing, photoshop quality text effects online! textfx.co

Contrast Boosting
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Contrast Boosting

Finished touching up and image, but it still looks kind of dull? Boost the contrast and increase the vividness by brightening the highlights of your image to give it visual pop!

Photoshop Selections - Why Do We Need Selections?
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Photoshop Selections - Why Do We Need Selections?

There's lots of ways to make selections in Photoshop, some simple, some more advanced, but having lots of ways to do something doesn't explain why we need to do it in the first place, so in this tutorial, we'll look at why we need to make selections in Photoshop at all!

Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Rectangular Marquee Tool
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Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Rectangular Marquee Tool

Being able to select objects or areas in a photo is one of the most important Photoshop skills you need, but not all selections need to be complex or time consuming. In this tutorial, we look at one of Photoshop's most basic and easy to use selection tools, the Rectangular Marquee Tool, perfect for making selections based on simple geometric shapes.

Lighting Contrast Effect
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Lighting Contrast Effect

This tutorial will show you how to make a nice lighting contrast effect for a picture

Drawing Paths And Making Selections With The Pen Tool In Photoshop
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Drawing Paths And Making Selections With The Pen Tool In Photoshop

Still using the Lasso Tool to select everything that isn't a rectangle, square or circle? It's time to take your selections to a whole new level! Learn how to outline objects with paths using the Pen Tool, and then how to easily convert those paths into professional quality selections!

The Pen Tool Tutorial (part 2): Drawing & Selections
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The Pen Tool Tutorial (part 2): Drawing & Selections

A guide to using the Pen Tool in both Photoshop and Illustrator to draw and trace images and how it can also be used to make complex selections.

Enhance local contrast with PhotoLift
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Enhance local contrast with PhotoLift

PhotoLift is a plugin to manipulate local contrast in an image. The tutorial shows how changing local contrast can accentuate texture and bring otherwise boring images to life.

Photoshop: Using Curves to Get Contrast
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Photoshop: Using Curves to Get Contrast

Author Dan Margulis shares some tricks on how to use curves in Photoshop to adjust contrast in your photos.

Portrait Glow Effect with High Contrast
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Portrait Glow Effect with High Contrast

Portrait Glow Effect with photoshop - give portraits a dreamy/soft look with high contrast

Advanced masking and selections with photoshop
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Advanced masking and selections with photoshop

Advanced masking in photoshop video tutorial

Creating Effective Clouds!
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Creating Effective Clouds!

In this video, I demonstrate how to create effective clouds in Photoshop.

Contrast and Temperature in Color Photography
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Contrast and Temperature in Color Photography

In order to learn color photography it requires a firm understanding of the basic elements of photography which can be broken down into the following easy to understand elements.

 Contrast Layers
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Contrast Layers

Use this technique to create a high contrast or low contrast image using a set of contrast adjustment layers.

Improving contrast, depth, and brightness.
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Improving contrast, depth, and brightness.

Learn how to improve the brightness, contrast, and depth of a photo in Photoshop!

Create An Extreme Contrast Photo Effect
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Create An Extreme Contrast Photo Effect

Combine a few layer blend modes, some noise, a little sharpening, and a simple adjustment layer to give your photos an extreme contrast effect.

High Contrast Dreamy Effect
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High Contrast Dreamy Effect

Add this strong dreamlike Photoshop effect to your photos to make it look more elegant and surreal.

Local Contrast
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Local Contrast

Make your photos pop with this contrast enhancing effect. This Photoshop effect works well for improving contrast in photos taken with lower quality lens.

Quick and Effective Facial Photo Retouching
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Quick and Effective Facial Photo Retouching

Whether it’s for a friend, family member or client, retouching images is very common these days. In this tutorial I will lay down the basics of retouching and take you through the entire process, applied, layer by layer.

Digital Photography Workflow - High Contrast Effect from Start to Finish
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Digital Photography Workflow - High Contrast Effect from Start to Finish

A guide for a high contrast effect starting with the photography setup and then explaining the Photoshop steps.

Boosting Contrast in Just a Few Steps
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Boosting Contrast in Just a Few Steps

This quick fix can give you a lot of bang for your buck with minimal effort.

Urban Portrait High Contrast Effect
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Urban Portrait High Contrast Effect

Learn how to create a high contrast, low saturation photo effect for high impact urban portraits in photoshop.

Create a High Contrast, Artistic Portrait
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Create a High Contrast, Artistic Portrait

This tutorial will teach you how to take your photos and transform them into a high-contrast work of art. You’ll be creating a photo montage, using a combination of selection techniques and layer masking.

Create a Clean and Effective Product Layout
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Create a Clean and Effective Product Layout

This tutorial will show you how to create a clean and effective product layout in Photoshop. This template can also be easily converted into a portfolio layout if desired. Don't forget to download the free PSD file!

    *  Advertise Here Quick PSD Tutorial, How To Create A Simple And Effective Retro Logo With a Sof
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* Advertise Here Quick PSD Tutorial, How To Create A Simple And Effective Retro Logo With a Sof

I noted that retro is still very popular trend in web design, and my passion for this style is evident. Today I want explain a super-simple way to create a nice retro logo with an appropriate background. The final result, that you can see below, is adaptable for many uses in your web design works. This tutorial aims to improve quality/time ratio, a decent design in few minutes (approximately 10-15 minutes).

Design a Simple Yet Effective, Clean and Shining Button for Your Website in Photoshop
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Design a Simple Yet Effective, Clean and Shining Button for Your Website in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the method I use to create a stylish, clean and shining button for your website in Photoshop. This method is extremely simple with no more than five steps, yet it’s very effective since you can use the button for a wide range of occasions.

How to Quickly and Effectively Clean Out Body Hair in Photoshop
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How to Quickly and Effectively Clean Out Body Hair in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the method I use to quickly and effectively clean out Body Hair in Photoshop, which you can use a wide range of occasion in your Photoshop Retouch works.

Design a Dark, Contrasted Layout in Photoshop
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Design a Dark, Contrasted Layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to create a dark, contrasted layout in Photoshop. We’re going to show you how to design this layout step by step. Download the free PSD to see exactly how we did it.

Photoshop Elements Video: Simple Selections - Photo-on-Photo Effect
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Photoshop Elements Video: Simple Selections - Photo-on-Photo Effect

In this Photoshop Elements 7 video, learn how to create a photo-on-photo effect using the Rectangular Marquee tool.

Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Elliptical Marquee Tool
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Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Elliptical Marquee Tool

The Rectangular Marquee Tool may be one of the easiest Photoshop selection tools to use, but it isn't much help to us when we need to draw oval or circular selections. That's where the Elliptical Marquee Tool comes in, and it's every bit as simple. In fact, the Elliptical Marquee Tool is really just the Rectangular Marquee Tool with extremely rounded corners!

Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Lasso Tool
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Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Lasso Tool

Photoshop's Lasso Tool is probably the easiest of the selection tools to use, allowing us to draw freehand selections around objects in a photo as if we were outlining them on paper with a pen or pencil. We'll learn how to combine it with Photoshop's ability to add and remove areas of a selection to fix up problem areas and dramatically improve your results!

Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Polygonal Lasso Tool
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Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Polygonal Lasso Tool

The Polygonal Lasso Tool, another of Photoshop's basic selection tools, is perfect for selecting objects in a photo with many straight, flat surfaces or sides, allowing us to draw as many sides as we need in any direction with just the click of a mouse!

Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Magnetic Lasso Tool
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Photoshop Selections Tutorials - The Magnetic Lasso Tool

The Magnetic Lasso Tool is one of the best selection tools in Photoshop, giving us much better results than what the standard Lasso Tool offers in less time and with less effort and frustration. In fact, with a little practice, you may find yourself hopelessly attracted to it!

Photoshop Elements Video: Simple Selections - Apply a Gradient Tint
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Photoshop Elements Video: Simple Selections - Apply a Gradient Tint

In this Photoshop Elements 7 video, learn how to use the Quick Selection tool and apply a gradient tint.

Take Photoshop, custom brushes, some high contrast and mix it up in wallpaper
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Take Photoshop, custom brushes, some high contrast and mix it up in wallpaper

Welcome in making a hell of ride wallpaper. In this tutorial we'll take Photoshop, custom brushes, some high contrast and mix it up in wallpaper. So let's begin this tutorial.

Make Smooth Selections in Photoshop
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Make Smooth Selections in Photoshop

Don't like the jagged edges in your Photoshop selection? The Refine Edge feature can take care of that.

How to Effectively write a tutorial
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How to Effectively write a tutorial

what are the ways and methodologies you can follow, which as a result produces an effective way to write to tutorial. These are a few of the points which i believe when used, will ensure your tutorial gets appreciated by many readers, beginners and experts.

10 Simple Yet Effective Photography Tips
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10 Simple Yet Effective Photography Tips

For the amateur photographer, these are ten easy, non-technical tips to help you improve the quality of your photos.

Design Soft Contrast
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Design Soft Contrast

Enhance dull photos soft contrast. This Photoshop effect enhances contrast and saturation. Apply the Soft Contrast Effect The soft contrast Photoshop effect is easy and quick. Follow the steps below to apply the soft contrast effect.

Design a simple but effective business card.
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Design a simple but effective business card.

Design process for designing a simple but effective business card that requires basic knowledge of Photoshop yet looks creative and professional.

Using Light Effectively in Portrait Photography
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Using Light Effectively in Portrait Photography

Good lighting is key to any successful portrait. With on-camera flash, you encounter problems that detract from a quality picture.

Tips for Using Contrast in Photography
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Tips for Using Contrast in Photography

ontrast is the range of difference between different tones in a photograph. In black and white photography, contrast describes the difference between the darkest and lightest tones, but also defines the grayscale.

Quick and Effective Planet, Star and Meteor Impact Creation in Photoshop
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Quick and Effective Planet, Star and Meteor Impact Creation in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you how to make planet, star and meteor impact in Photoshop in a quick and effective manner. This is intermediate level tutorial so some steps can be a little tricky, but why not have a try :)

Dynamic Range and Contrast in Photography
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Dynamic Range and Contrast in Photography

In this post I explore some basic concepts of dynamic range, contrast and EV range and how one may approach different conditions with HDR image making.

How to Expand Selections in Photoshop CS5
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How to Expand Selections in Photoshop CS5

Selection options are the key to performing creative imaging tasks, such as isolating photo adjustments and making image composites.

Increasing Contrast for Effective Selections
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Increasing Contrast for Effective Selections

Sometimes in Photoshop, it can help dramatically to raise contrast when trying to isolate and selection a specific subject or object within a photo.

How to Create an Effective Reflection in Photoshop
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How to Create an Effective Reflection in Photoshop

Want to reflect an image, and not quite sure how to? this quick and easy tutorial will you show you exactly how to, by using the best, most effective way possible. Hope this helps

Effective Tips to Advertise Your Photography Business
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Effective Tips to Advertise Your Photography Business

Who doesn’t have five minutes to help get the word out for their photography business? Here are five quick tips that will help you get a lot of promotional opportunity out of your daily routine.

Create an Effective Coming Soon Page
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Create an Effective Coming Soon Page

Learn how to create a simple but effective coming soon page, utilizing lighting effects, typography and visual hierarchy.

How to Use the Pen Tool and Paths for Selections
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How to Use the Pen Tool and Paths for Selections

This tutorial shows you how to use the pen tool to create a path to make a custom complex selection in Photoshop.