Tutorials added on July 16, 2008

Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we’ll create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.

Understand how to create maps for the Misss_Fast_Skin shader in photoshop and what things to keep in mind.

Photoshop expert Mark Galer shares tips for dramatic backgrounds.

Create a realistic wall of bricks.

Learn how to type A mosaic text by the displace filter in photoshop.

How to create a realistic crack in a stone texture.

Create a pattern that can be used for your new layout's background image.

Instructions for creating automated rounded edges for your images using Photoshop's actions and batching features.

A very in-depth tutorial that shows you how to remove wrinkles and blemishes, fix hair, eyes, eyebrows, teeth and how to color clothes, crop and sharpen with natural looking results. This tutorial is seven pages long.

This tutorial guides you through Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit, scripting reference documents and guides you through the classic hello world program.

Cool 3D logo in Photoshop - effective way to turn your logo into 3D!

Unlike all those cheesy other "bling bling" tutorials, this tutorial actually DOES teach you how to make the real bling bling.

This massive tutorial shows you how to create a realistic stony text using the lightening effects.

I was asked how to create wave texture background that I made for one of my wallpapers. I wrote this tutorial from my answer because it might be useful for someone else. So, to start, we need horizontal stripes background. For that, we need a stripe pattern.

his tutorial will show you how to make a colorful typography.

This is a Video Tutorial / VTM on texturing a billboard which is riddled with bullet holes, adding wear & tear / weathering to the poster as well as generally using alpha, specular & normal maps to your advantage. This video is high definition and game art related.

Blending edges when you are making a composite photo.

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!

In this tutorial, we will create this effect using very basic Photoshop tools and layering effects. This tutorial is simple enough for a beginner to understand, but I should warn you that in this tutorial there ends up being over 60 active text layers, which will require a heavy use of your computer’s memory. Let’s jump into this tutorial and layer some glowing text.

Create a glowing text.