Beginner’s Photo Manipulation Lesson: Creating the Piece ‘Remnants of Glory’

Beginner’s Photo Manipulation Lesson: Creating the Piece ‘Remnants of Glory’

Just because you’re a beginner to Photoshop doesn’t mean you need to be stuck using the basic tools. With a bit of creativity you can produce some exciting photo manipulations too!
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a beautiful photo manipulation in a series of very simple steps.
You’ll be creating a dramatic scene using basic lighting, adjustment layers and brush application.

http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/photo-effects/beginners-photo-manipulation-lesson-creating-the-piece-remnants-of-glory/

 

Create a Surreal, Scenic Photo Manipulation

Create a Surreal, Scenic Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial we will create a dark surreal landscape featuring a stony face.
Learn and get inspired on how to make uses of simple stock images to be creatively manipulated into atmospheric surreal scene using Photoshop.
Follow through the steps in this tutorial to learn how to set mood to the scene, add lightning and sharpen your image correctly.

http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/photo-effects/create-a-surreal-scenic-photo-manipulation/

Creating the Photo Manipulation ‘Birth of a New Era’

Creating the Photo Manipulation ‘Birth of a New Era’

Photo manipulation is a true art form and it lets you create some incredible fantasy pieces.
In today’s advanced tutorial we’re going to be creating the photo manipulation piece ‘Birth of a New Era’ which features a man gazing out over a surreal landscape with a flaming earth in a dark ocean.
You can follow along every single detail and step of creating this piece, and will master techniques such as masking, gradient maps, artificial lighting, shading, color correction and professional sharpening.

http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/photo-effects/members-area-tutorial-creating-the-photo-manipulation-birth-of-a-new-era/

Design a Summer Time Vacation Poster

Design a Summer Time Vacation Poster

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a surreal underwater photo manipulation that is perfect for a poster design. You’ll work with various manipulation techniques including blending, masking, creating underwater effects, complex extractions and much more.
This is a comprehensive tutorial that will teach you a range of applicable photo manipulation skills to use across your work.
Let’s get started!

http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/photo-effects/members-area-tutorial-design-a-summer-time-vacation-poster/

Photo Manipulate a Beautiful, Bejeweled Ancient Princess

Photo Manipulate a Beautiful, Bejeweled Ancient Princess

Today’s advanced tutorial will show you how to photo manipulate a beautiful ancient princess scene. In this tutorial we will be covering key topics including:

• Creating Custom Patterns
• Single Point Perspective
• Texturing
• Advanced fashion photo retouching
• Discussion and use of how shadows can make the added elements look natural
• Creating custom 3D textured text

http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/photo-effects/members-area-tutorial-photo-manipulate-a-beautiful-bejeweled-ancient-princess/

Create an Advanced Stone Text Effect in Photoshop

Create an Advanced Stone Text Effect in Photoshop

Today’s advanced tutorial will teach you how to create a realistic stone text effect from scratch in Photoshop.
You’ll learn how to create a custom bump map, and how to use this technique to distort virtually any surface. Then you will combine Layer Styles to create an authentic ancient stone texture. Finally, we will explore few simple techniques for creating fast and realistic jungle vines with leaves.
Let’s get started!

Final Image

This is the final image that we’ll be creating in this tutorial.

 http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/text-effects/members-area-tutorial-create-an-advanced-stone-text-effect-in-photoshop/

  http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/text-effects/members-area-tutorial-create-an-advanced-stone-text-effect-in-photoshop/

Create a Fantasy Space-Age Light Angel Scene

Create a Fantasy Space-Age Light Angel Scene

In this tutorial you will create a beautiful fantasy landscape of an angel playing in the cosmos.
You will learn how to manipulate simple stock images into a fantasy scene. You will learn skin retouching techniques, how to paint custom hair, blending, filtering and much more.
You’ll also apply a variety of custom lighting effects to create a bold, fantastic outcome:

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:
http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/photo-effects/create-a-beautiful-space-age-light-angel-scene/

Create a Fantastically Textured Flaming Portrait

Create a Fantastically Textured Flaming Portrait

In today’s design lesson we will create a fantastically textured flaming portrait.
You will learn how to convert a regular portrait photo into a heavily textured, fantasy outcome. Within the lesson you’ll master skin retouching, painting custom hair, advanced image blending, filter application and lighting effects.

Final Image

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

http://psd.fanextra.com/tutorials/photo-effects/create-a-fantastically-textured-flaming-portrait/