Photoshop Tutorials: January 2009

The Coolest Text Effects on the Planet

I'm not gonna write any tutorial today. Instead I have a compilation of the best text effect tutorials on the web for all you text crazes out there. Some of them are a little bit complicated, a little bit advanced but really worth your time once you got the final effect. Follow the link to go to the tutorial page and enjoy trying new effects on your text..

And if this isn't enough, check out our collection of Text Effect Actions with the possibility to get the effect you want in one click of a button in Photoshop..that will sure makes your life easier..

Metallic 3D Effect
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Put Small Text on your Type
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Glowing Neon Text
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Stylish Shining Text
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Create Colorful Lines Retro Text
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Hot and Fire Text
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3D Exploding Text
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Funky 3D Text Effect
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Cool Western Text Effect
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Add Transparent Text on your Image
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Neon Grunge Text Effect
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Text on the Wood, Wooden Text Effect
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Glowing and Glassy Text Effect
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Rubber Stamp Text Effect
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Cool Need For Speed Text Effect
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Spiderman Movie Metallic Text Effect
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Cool Shiny Text Effect, Glow in the dark
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Blood Drip Text Effect, Bloody Text
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Pixelated Text Effect with 3D Text
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Glossy Plastic Text Effect
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3D Text Effect with Unique Perpective
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Free Cloud and Sky Textures

Here you can find the best collection of cloud and sky textures available for free on the web. This collection features 20 set of textures with more than 100 individual sky and cloudy textures for your download. Browse through our collection and find grunge-theme cloud, colorful sky, smoky, dark cloud and many many more. Unleash your creativity with this natural textures, the sky is the limit.

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Grunge Sky Textures

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Cloud and Debris Textures

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Large Sky Textures

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Abstract Sky and Cloud Textures

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Colorful Grunge Cloud Textures

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Sky and Sun Textures

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Color Cloud Textures

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Grunge Cloud Textures

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Color Paper Sky Textures

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Burning Sky Textures

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Large Cloud Textures

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Real Cloud Photo Textures

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Beautiful Sky Textures

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Abstract Cloud Textures

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Dark Cloud Sky Textures

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Sunny Cloud Textures

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Cloud Textures

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Vintage Cloud Textures

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Blue Sky Textures

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Sunset and Sunrise Textures

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Create Andy Warhol Pop Art with Photoshop

Ever heard the name, Andy Warhol? Or maybe you're more familiar with the words Pop Art. Today's tutorial will teach you how to create a colorful pop art inspired by our famous pop artist, Andy Warhol. This is just a very simple tutorial, and probably one of the many hundred ways to achieve this famous effect. Since it's very simple and easy, it's perfect for beginners out there who's just eager to learn something new but not too complicated. Here's the before and after image.

Andy Warhol Pop Art Photo Effect

1. As usual, open your image in Photoshop. Then, go to Image > Mode > Grayscale. A small window will pop up, choose Merge. And you got yourself a grayscale image.

2. In the next step, we want simplify the image into two values – black and white. Go Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast. I use the setting below.The setting will change depending on your photo. For this image, these values result in the desired balance of whites and blacks.

3. Next, go to Image > Mode > RGB.

4. Here's our image now. Looks a little rough.

To remove these roughness, we'll add some blur to the image. Duplicate your image layer. Choose the duplicate layer in your layer palette. Then, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 2 or 3 depending on your image.

5. Then, set the blending mode of that duplicate layer to Soft Light or Overlay.

6. Now, we want to add color to our image. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. On the Color Picker window, pick the color you want to use.

7. Set the Color Fill layer to Lighten.

8. Then, flatten all the layers by clicking CTRL+SHIFT+E.

9. Now all you have to do is, open a new blank canvas, File > New. Drag the image
on your previous canvas to the new canvas. Resize it if you want.

10. We already got one color settled which is the red one. Now, working with your previous canvas, go to Edit > Step Backward to unflatten your layers. Double click on the Layer Thumbnail to bring up the Color Picker window and choose your next color.