What is the best way of creating clouds?

When it comes to creating clouds in Photoshop, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. While some photographic effects will render clouds realistically, for artwork within a fantastical setting, you may want to consider taking a more abstract approach and strategically blending colors and shapes together with one of these free photoshop brushes.

Reasons You Need to Know about how to create clouds in Photoshop

When you know the essentials of Photoshop it’s a matter of learning as much as you can by different kind of tutorials, if you like photo montage. The sky is the limit.

Fully mastering the clouds effect in Photoshop can take some practice, but once you get the hang of creating clouds it can become a highly valuable skill in your arsenal of deployable techniques.

Let me break it down for you why you need to know how to add clouds realistically. 

1.  To Add realism to Your Images

If you want your images to look as realistic as possible, then you need to know how to create clouds in Photoshop. By adding clouds to your images, you can make them look like they were taken on a bright, sunny day. Additionally, clouds can help to add depth and dimension to your photos.

2.  To Enhance the Mood of Your Images

In addition to adding realism, clouds can also help to enhance the mood of your images. For example, if you want to create a feeling of calm and serenity, then you would likely want to add some light, fluffy clouds to your image. On the other hand, if you want to create a feeling of drama or suspense, then you would likely want to add some dark, menacing-looking clouds. It will change the look of the entire sky.

3.  To Improve Your Editing Skills

One of the primary reasons you need to know how to create clouds in Photoshop is to improve your editing skills. Photoshop is a powerful editing tool that can help you to make a variety of changes to your photos. However, it can be difficult to know how to use all of its features. Learning how to create clouds in Photoshop can help you to better understand how the software works and how to use it to its full potential.

Making cloud effects can be tricky, and cloud brushes are a popular choice to help you get the look you want. However, a cloud brush tool isn’t always the best solution. By taking a step-by-step approach, you can quickly learn how to add clouds without relying on cloud brushes. It might take some practice and experimentation before you find your ideal cloud effect, but with patience and perseverance, you can craft beautiful clouds that fit your project perfectly.

Step-by-Step Instructions to create clouds in the best way

Open up your Photoshop and let’s dive into this tutorial! 

The first step is to find an existing image of a blue sky that you would like as the background layer. Be sure to select something you find aesthetically pleasing, as it will form the foundation for the sky effect you’ll be creating. Usually I get my pictures from Unsplash.com. Once you have selected your sky image, you can move on to the next step in this tutorial: adding those dreamy clouds.

STEP 1 – Create your own brush

• Open the brush settings and go to ‘General Brushes’.

• Choose the soft round brush from the brush palette.

• Go to the brush settings and use this (more or less) for your brush preset regarding ‘Shape Dynamics’ and ‘Scattering’. You can play a bit with the brush tip shape but to start, these are good brush settings.

• Save your brush as ‘Cloud Brush’ 

You can already use it and create clouds in photoshop BUT shall we add some more fun to it?!

STEP 2 – Make cloudy letters and combine it with the cloud brush

• Make a type layer and place your text in black. 

• Right-click on the layer and ‘rasterize type’.

• The next step is to go to Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to more or less 3.5 pixels.

• Then you go to ‘Ripple’ (Filter > Distort > Ripple) and set it to around 55%.

• Make a new layer.
• Take your cloud brush that we’ve created in STEP 1. Make it the same black colour (at 35%) as the text and trace the text with your brush tool.

• Select the text layer and your cloud trace layer

• Right-click and convert to ‘Smart Object’.

• Go to your ‘Smart Object’ and right-click. Go to blending options. See in the screen shots below what I’ve used as blending options.

Bevel & Emboss

Inner Shadow

Inner glow

Satin

Outer Glow

Drop Shadow

STEP 3 – Make a cloud layer mask

• Create a new layer.
• Set your front colour to white and the back layer to black.
• Go to ‘Filter’ then ‘Render’ then ‘Clouds.

• Duplicate this layer and give it another name.
• Hide the first cloud layer for now.
• Right-click on the only visible clouds layer and ‘Create Clipping Mask’.
• Set the blend mode to ‘Lighter color’.

In the image > adjustment > layers you can always adjust it.

• Make the top cloud layer visible again and put the blend mode to ‘Screen’.
• Adjust the brightness and the contrast with the levels adjustment.

• One of the last steps is to erase some clouds where you don’t need them. See the following screenshot of the setting that you need to choose. When it’s set, you can erase what you don’t need with the black brush tool. In case you’ve erased too much, you can switch to the white brush tool and get the clouds back.
• The very last thing I did is manually add clouds at the beginning and end of the text with the cloud brush I made in the beginning.

Wrapping up and my experience with creating clouds in photoshop 

It seems like a long tutorial but it doesn’t take long to actually make these clouds in photoshop. It definitely will help you to create amazing images. We hope you’ve learned about the different ways to make and add clouds and that you are as enthusiastic as us about Photoshop and all it’s possibilities!

Author Bio:

Inge Waterschoot is the CEO of sharonandinge.com. She is a creative powerhouse, always brainstorming new ideas to keep her businesses moving forward. She loves snowboarding, yoga, and any beach sport – anything that allows her to be active and enjoy the outdoors.

She likes to think of herself as a bit of a thrill seeker, always looking for the next great adventure.

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Why 3D Modelers Should Know Photoshop?

Our answer to anyone who asks this is why shouldn’t they learn Photoshop? We think every self-respecting artist should know their way around photoshop and every good 3D modeler should know about its 3D modeling capabilities. Sure you may not want to use Photoshop for 3D modeling because there are other more powerful pieces of software like 3DS Max, Blender, etc. But Photoshop’s 3D features are not meant to replace these types of professional software. Though much of the graphics you see is designed partially if not entirely in Photoshop. Professionals use it for everything from texture editing to finalizing a mockup.

All versions beyond CS3 Extended allows users to open 3D files directly in the software and some features can be directly edited like lighting and textures. Though later versions have enhanced capabilities putting it nearly on par with commercially available 3D specific software. Sure, Photoshop can’t edit a 3D model by itself, it does help to create materials, lighting, and textures. Tools like the Brush Tool helps to paint directly over a 3D surface.

Now that we have piqued your interest in using Photoshop for 3D modeling work let’s get into which tutorials should be worth checking out.

How to Create an Apple Watch in Photoshop?
Photoshopstar has an excellent tutorial which walks Photoshop beginners through creating an Apple Watch. The process uses a mixture of 3D tools within the software, as well as layers and numerous other techniques to produce a photorealistic 3D model. One of the primary reasons for us recommending this tutorial above every other is because it is beginner friendly. Even if you have never used 3D software before, you can follow through and pick up a number of useful skills along the way. Though we will encourage people, who follow the tutorial to experiment once the model has been completed because there are many cool things which can be done.

Create a Vintage TV in Photoshop
Photoshoptutorials’ excellent tutorial on how to create a vintage TV set helps newbie Photoshop users get to grips on the basics of its 3D tools. It walks people through every step of creating a realistic looking, yet cute TV which for the most part looks as though it was built using professional 3D software. However, it is entirely done in Photoshop as the tutorial explains.

The primary reason why we recommend this tutorial is because it helps teach people the basics of creating textures. As a 3D modeler, the one reason why you would want to import a model into Photoshop is to create textures. Photoshop makes creating textures easy and quick. So, learning it can help take you a long way.

Create an iMac with Magic Mouse
Design.tutsplus’ tutorial is a great way to get into 3D modeling using only Photoshop. Now let’s make one thing clear the tutorial isn’t meant for seasoned 3D modelers who are already using a professional piece of software. However, they too can use the tutorial to learn how Photoshop can be used to model. While the tools are limited compared to dedicated 3D software, they are still extremely powerful.

We recommend the tutorial to anyone who wants to start 3D modeling. Photoshop makes modeling easier which makes it a good launchpad for beginners. You will learn how to use the mesh tool to sculpt the model, i.e. the iMac and Magic Mouse. If anything it works to open your eyes to the possibility that Photoshop holds for 3D design professionals.

How to Create a Realistically looking DSLR Camera Tutorial
Design.tutsplus’ yet another tutorial is a step more advanced compared to the iMac and Magic Mouse tutorial we mentioned above. It goes in depth when it comes to teaching people how to sculpt advanced shapes. Plus, it also goes into things like texturing. Seasoned 3D modelers will want to pay attention when working through this tutorial mainly because texturing is worth learning.

Texturing is the cornerstone of 3D modeling and Photoshop makes that job easy. The tutorial will help newbies learn all the basic tricks when it comes to creating realistic textures. However, the only drawback to the tutorial is that it will take you a while to work through it. Even seasoned designers will require 3 hours from start to finish.

Retro Style Game Controller Design in Photoshop
Yet another tutorial by Design.Tutsplus and this time around the tutorial takes you deeper into Photoshop’s 3D modeling capabilities. It is, for the most part, a comparatively short tutorial, but many people new to 3D modeling may take longer since some aspects are difficult. Especially getting specific shapes to look exactly as it does in the pictures is difficult. Though it is one of the most essential tutorials for both beginner and advanced 3D modelers. If anything it highlights how powerful Photoshop can be when it comes to 3D modeling.

Conclusion

While we have listed a certain number of tutorials in order of their difficulty, you can choose any one of these you are comfortable starting with. Designing 3D models should be fun, and nobody understands that more than our 3D design company. We love designing, and we have all learned the art of 3D modeling because we found it to be blissful. That said there could be some frustration associated with learning the ropes, but it is all well worth it. Plus, tools like Photoshop are so good and easy, that it can help just about anyone design what they want, in a comparatively short period of time.

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First of all, we want to separate the most romantic text actions for adding the romantic touch into your text layers:

 
Also, we want to distinguish romantic photo actions with heart, flowers or sparkling patterns which are aimed to convey the romantic ambiance in each detail:

Also, use some color changing actions or actions with sunlight look. You can use this action for any romantic image or design.

 
The last but not the worst category we want you to turn your attention to is the best wedding romantic actions! These actions will provide you with the general image improvements, including the color balance, lightening etc.

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For the best results, it is recommended to use high resolution photos in the range of 1500px – 3500px. The optimal range is from 2300px – 4500px. The detail and clarity in the effects generated by the actions reduce the smaller your photo is.

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The download contains:

– Snow Action
– Rain Action
– Day to Night Action
– 21 Color Actions
– 44 (High Res) Cloud/Fog/Mist brushes
– Rain Splash Brush

Each action is thoroughly tested across between 50 – 150 different photos to ensure there are no errors.

Here are only a few examples of what you can get:

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You may also take a look at our past tutorial roundups;

• 50 Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2012(our favorites)
• Latest Tutorials for Improving Adobe CS6 Skills
• Photoshop Tutorial:Create a Showcase-Style Brochure

Create A Water Color Effect In Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop to take a photo and make it look as if it has been painted as a watercolour in three quick simple steps, using the Luminosity and Dry Brush settings.

How to Design an iPhone Music Player App Interface With Photoshop CS6

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use these new features to create an iPhone music player app interface in both the original iPhone resolution, as well as retina without having to repeat the same process for both designs.
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Create a Realistic Compass Illustration in Photoshop

In this tutorial,you’re going to create a realistic and detailed compass illustration.
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Create an Earth Shattering Disaster Scene in Photoshop

In this tutorial,you will learn how to re-create that scene using a selection of stock photographs.
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Classic Light Effect In Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a super cool text light effect mixing some photos to give more realism. The cool thing about this effect is that the whole process is very simple and quite easy.
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Create a Magma Hot Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a magma hot text effect using layer styles and textures in Photoshop.
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Vintage 3D Text Effect in Photoshop CS6

This tutorial will explain how to use the many tools and settings to create a nice vintage 3D text effect.
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Create a Heroic Firefighter Painting in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn creating a digital painting that depicts a firefighter coming to the rescue.
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How to Draw a PlayStation-Inspired Game Controller From Scratch in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw a play station controller from scratch in Photoshop using basic tools such as shape layers, brushes, strokes, and layer styles
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Create an Adorable Children’s Illustration

In this tutorial,you will learn how to create an adorable children’s illustration using digital painting techniques in Photoshop
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Create a Photo-Realistic Fried Egg Using Digital Painting Techniques

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a photo-realistic fried egg from a reference.
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How to Replace a Woman’s Lipstick With Artwork Using Creative Retouching Techniques

In this tutorial, Stefka Pavlova will show you how to replace a woman’s lipstick with artwork using some creative and effective photo retouching techniques.
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Create a Sparkling Diamond and Gold Text Effect Using Filter Forge and Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Filter Forge and Photoshop to create a glamorous, sparkling, diamond and gold text effect.
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How to Make a Split-Flap Text Display in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a split-flap display.
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Create a Photorealistic 3D Key in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a photo-realistic key using the powerful capabilities of Photoshop’s 3D feature.
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Creating “Surreal Head Stack” Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial,you will learn how to create surreal head stack photomanipulation using selection, masking, grouping and several color correction
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Create This Incredible Surreal Photo Manipulation of a Dancer in Photoshop

Learn how to use Photoshop to create this amazing photo manipulation using several clever techniques such as using the Liquify tool to bend twigs and branches. The most important part of this tutorial will show you how to use layer blending modes and the Shadow/Highlights adjustment to create an ethereal tone effect.
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Learn How to Create a Cyborg Warrior Being

In this tutorial you’re going to learn how to create a realistic cyborg warrior, amidst a destructive cityscape scene.You’ll learn how to add a range of cyborg style effects to a human form, such as creating a jet-pack with realistic lighting effects.
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Create a Surreal, Scenic Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial you will learn how to 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.
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Old Signage In Photoshop 3D

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a nice old signage effect using Photoshop and a stock photo. The whole process is pretty simple bu the end result is quite nice.
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Dramatic Photomanipulation Tutorial

This tutorial will teach in fast and easy steps how to combine various elements and textures to design a dramatic and epic photo montage. Learn the basics on how to use the gradient tool and blending options to work the lighting and overall tones.
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• Latest Tutorials for Improving Adobe CS6 Skills
• 25 Photoshop Photo Manipulation and Photo Retouching Tutorials
• Top 50 Photoshop Tutorials of 2011

Drawing & Painting

How to Paint a Furry Cartoon Character in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a furry cartoon character in Photoshop.
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Create a Headset Icon in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a headset icon in Photoshop.
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Create a Shiny Stereo Receiver in Photoshop from Scratch

In this tutorial, you will learn the process of creating a detailed stereo receiver from scratch using Photoshop’s vector-drawing capabilities.
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Create an Evil Queen in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn to create the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves using digital painting techniques in Photoshop.
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Create a 1990′s Era Mobile Phone Icon in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a 1990′s era mobile phone icon in Photoshop using a photo as a reference
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Draw a Funny Cartoon Character in Photoshop with Shapes and Pen Tool

In this tutorial (2 parts) you will learn how to draw a cartoon character without any drawing skills at all. All you have to do is use your imagination to combine shapes and be familiar with the pen tool.
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How to Draw a Steering Wheel and Dashboard in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a car steering wheel and dashboard in Photoshop using vector shapes, layer styles, and a bit of painting
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Create a Chocolate Volcano Using 3D Effects

In this tutorial you will learn how to use the 3D capabilities of Photoshop CS5 Extended to create a chocolate volcano and text effect.
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Create a Detailed Vintage TV in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will be creating a simple yet impressive vintage TV in Photoshop.
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How to Draw a Leica Camera in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw one of the most notable Leica cameras in Photoshop, the Leica M1
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Design a Grungy Western Movie Poster in Photoshop

Follow this step by step tutorial to create a grungy western poster design, see the whole design process from start to finish as the various stock resources are manipulated to complete the composition.
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Photomanipulation & Photo Effect

Create a Horror Movie-Themed Photo Composition in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to use the appropriate light balance, use of midtones, depth of field, blending, and more.
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Create a Fantasy Landscape Using Digital Painting Techniques

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a fantasy landscape using digital painting techniques.
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Create an Amazing Surreal-Style Treehouse in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create treehouse artwork using a combination of photo manipulation and painting techniques. Find out how to easily draw a surreal-looking tree easily using the Brush tool, clouds from scratch
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Create a Studio Sports Portrait

In this tutorial you will learn how to demonstrate and create a studio sports portrait using the same techniques that you may have seen on billboards and in magazines.
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How to Create a Rainy Lake Scene in Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to create this dramatic lake scene and techniques you can use to create your own.
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Create a Emotional Midnight Photo Manipulation with Painting-Like Effects

This tutorial will show you how to composite this image with various stock photos, soften skin, and apply special lighting and color effects.
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Creating a Snow Effect and a Pop Out Effect

In this tutorial you will learn how to create snow effect and a pop out effect.
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Create a Surreal Magical Power Unleashed Scene in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn the steps to Create a Surreal Magical Power Unleashed Scene in Photoshop. This is an intermediate level Photoshop tutorial and some steps can be a bit tricky.
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Create a Micro Machines Inspired Scene

In this tutorial you will learn how to create micro machines inspired scene with 3D c apabilities and content aware features in Photoshop CS6.
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Design a Unique Wooden Face with Fiery Eye and Tear in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create wooden face with fiery eye and tear in Photoshop
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Learn How to Design a Charming Collage Composition

In this tutorial,you will learn how to create a super creative collage effect, using a range of photo manipulation, blending and compositional techniques. You’ll learn how to correctly extract your images, layer up various effects to create a sense of depth and detail, and create a cool sketchy hand-drawn effect for your photos.
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Photo Manipulate a Magical Shoe House Scene

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a manipulated shoe in a house scene
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Realistic Makeup Application in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to apply makeup digitally using many of the same techniques that women use to apply physical makeup to their own faces.
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Text Effects

Create a Knitted Argyle Text Effect Using Filter Forge and Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will use Filter Forge to help create a knitted argyle text effect in Photoshop that you can use in your holiday illustrations.
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Create a Stitched Denim Text Effect in Photoshop CS6

In this tutorial, you will learn to combine Photoshop filters, brushes, and vector shapes to create a stitched denim text effect using Photoshop CS6.
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Create Ombre(shaded) Text Effect

This tutorial explains how to use two simple filters to apply the Ombré effect to a text using the colors you like.
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Create a Bloody Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles

In this quick tip tutorial you will learn how to create a bloody text effect using layer styles in Photoshop.
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Create a Crisp Metallic Text Effect in Photoshop

In this quick tip tutorial, you will learn how to create a crisp, metallic text effect using just a couple of layer styles in Photoshop.
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How To Create Polished Stone Text Effect

This tutorial explains how to use multiple Layer Styles, a cool Gradient Inner Glow trick, and simple filters to create a glossy polished stone-like text effect.
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Create a “Scary” Text Effect in Photoshop

In this quick tip tutorial, you will learn how to create a “scary” text effect using layer styles in Photoshop.
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Create a Neon Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a neon text effect in Photoshop using layer styles and textures
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How To Create Turquoise Metallic Text Effect

This tutorial explains how to use different layer styles to create a bright turquoise metallic text effect, then add a simple stroke and some pins all around it.
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Create a Shiny, Gold, Old World Text Effect in Photoshop

In this quick tip tutorial you will learn how to create a shiny, gold, old world text effect using layer styles in Photoshop.
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Create a Candy Flavored Text Effect in Photoshop

In this quick tip tutorial you will learn how to create a candy cane-style text effect in Photoshop.
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Create Glossy, Plastic, 3D Text in Photoshop CS5 Extended

This tutorial will explain how to use Repoussé inside Photoshop CS5 to create an amazing 3D text effect, without the need for any other 3D software.
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Create a Diablo III Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Diablo-inspired text effect in Photoshop
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Create a Mech-Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles

In this quick tutorial you will learn you how to create mech-inspired text effect using layer styles in Photoshop.
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Create a Baseball-Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a baseball-inspired text effect using layer styles, patterns, and brushes.
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Create a “Transfarmers” Text Effect Using Layer Styles in Photoshop

In this quick tip tutorial you will learn how to demonstrate how to create a cinematic “Transfarmers” Text Effect using the layer styles.
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Create a Royal Gold Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles

In this quick tutorial you will learn how to create a royal gold text effect using layer styles in Photoshop.
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Create an Autumn-Themed 3D Text Effect With Photoshop CS6 Extended

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use those new features to create an autumn-themed 3D text effect.
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Create a Syfy Inspired Logo Animation in Photoshop CS6

In this tutorial, you will learn to use the new and improved 3D and Timeline features of Photoshop CS6 to create a Syfy inspired text effect and logo animation without any additional applications.
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Web Layouts

Learn How To Create A Stylish Photography Web Layout

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a stylish photography layout from scratch using Adobe Photoshop CS6.
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Design a Vintage Portfolio Layout

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a vintage looking portfolio layout.
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How to Create a Website to Sell Your iPhone 5 Apps

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a iPhone 5 apps website.
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Create a Charity Website Layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a minimal, yet very elegant, layout in Adobe Photoshop.
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Design a Dark Textured Portfolio Template in Photoshop

Learn how to create a professional Dark & Textured Portfolio Template using Adobe Photoshop.
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How To Design a Dating Website

With this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn to create a template for a dating website.
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Create a One-Page Retro Web Design Layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a one-page retro web design using Adobe Photoshop.
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This roundup focuses on some of those easy-to-miss features that you may not have considered reading up on. From 3D tools to type functions you’ll love as soon as you learn, CS6 has some wonderful new features. So check these tutorials out and follow along with Photoshop or Illustrator open as you go to get the most out of the process.

These tutorials are the ones I reached for to get me up to speed with some of the newest CS6 tools. But there are lots more available, so don’t stop here. Use these to get your imagination fired up.

Some of the topics included in the tutorials below include:

• 3D composition
• Color Range tweaks
• Blur Gallery
• Animation
• Colorize
• Productivity tips
• Pattern generation
• Image Trace (previously Live Trace) in Illustrator

Tools Covered: 3D tools, layer masking, light source manipulation.

One of the most powerful tools in Photoshop CS6 are all the new 3D rendering features. From light source manipulation to moving an object along a plane, the new tools are a huge step from the previous version.

This tutorial gives a quick intro to many of the newest features within the 3D toolset. It’s a short, 7 minute video that doesn’t go over too much detail, which is great for veterans like me who don’t need the baby-step walk-through version.

Tools Covered: Color Range, skin aware, detect face

I use the Select -> Color Range features all of the time to isolate sections of an image. Usually this is for highlights and shadows I want to work with, but the new Skin Tones feature makes isolating people so much easier. And the Detect Face feature within the tool makes my job a lot easier as well.

This short, 40 second tutorial shows where to find these tools and some quick tips for adjustments. If you’re brand new to these, this will be helpful for finding and applying them. For the ol’ veterans, it’s just good to know about the new features and see where they’re located.

Tools Covered: Blur Gallery

Easily one of my favorite new features is the Blur Gallery in Photoshop CS6. This is a series of tools that make adding incredible blur effects a piece of cake. But they’re not intuitive. Unless you’ve worked with the Puppet Warp tool a lot in the past, you’re likely not going to be familiar with the pin tools and how they work.

This tutorial gives you a high level overview of the three basic blur gallery filters: Field Blur, Iris Blur, and Tilt-Shift.

Tools Covered: Blur Gallery, Field Blur, Bokeh

Related and built into the Blur Gallery toolset is the ability to create and control bokeh effects in Photoshop CS6. This new set of tools gives you unprecedented control. You can create very convincing effects or just use the bokeh tools for composition purposes.

This tutorial walks through the basics of the features using the Blur Gallery as a starting point and building up from there. It’s minutes long and goes into enough detail that you can jump into any project right away.

Tools Covered: Timeline, Video Layers, Type Tool

Animation isn’t new to Photoshop, but CS6 has a bunch of new features for making incredibly controlled video sequences that can be exported into lots of new formats. From your typical GIF to full-fledged video, CS6 gives you powerful features for video.

I like this tutorial so much because it has a wonderful, short demonstration of how to put the animation effects to work for you. Then it follows up with a thorough discussion of how to recreate the video on your own. The effect is very simple but also very effective.

Tools Covered: Color Selection, Layer Masking, Color Channels, Curves, Adjustment Layers

This is one of my favorite and most inspiring tutorials. I regularly work with black and white photos and this tutorial helped me take my colorization effects to a whole new level. Photoshop CS6 gives you much more control over color selection. And when you add adjustment layers that display in real-time, you have a whole new level of creativity at your finger tips.

Tools Covered: Layers Palette

One of the first things I noticed in Photoshop CS6 is the different Layers Palette. I regularly have 50 to 100 layers at any given time. Some of the new features makes it a lot easier to quickly find layers I want to work with.
This tutorial shows you how to use the Layers Palette filter options and covers some other tweaks added as well. It’s a 2 minute video that will save you hours over the long-term.

Tools Covered: Type Styles, Type Panels

Type manipulation is at the cornerstone of most design projects. Photoshop CS6 introduces a number of new features that allow for much more control of type changes across several projects. One of the tools I’ve found to be the most useful is the Type Styles. If you’ve worked with InDesign, you are already very familiar with this feature, but it’s brand new to Photoshop in CS6.

This tutorial walks you through how to use the new Type Styles efficiently with some cool tips along the way.

Tools Covered: Pattern

I use patterns all the time and often need to create my own. Illustrator CS6 has a lot more pattern creation tools for refining patterns on the fly. I love the ability to create ultra-detailed spacing and pattern configurations from a single shape.

This tutorial walks you through the basic pattern features and how to make something from scratch in about 4 minutes.

Tools Covered: Image Trace

You think you know Image Trace if you used Live Trace, but you don’t if you haven’t used the CS6 version. It’s completely revamped, much faster, and has a thousand times better color recognition.

This tutorial shows the basics so you can get started fast. The tool is so powerful that I’ve found it’s more about dialing it back. In this two minute tutorial, you get introduced to the capabilities of the Image Trace tool and how to get started applying it to your drawings and graphics.

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1.The first move is to create a good document for brochure printing in Photoshop. Now, there are several types of standard dimensions that you can use. In this guide though, we will use a landscape oriented letter-sized document setup so that even amateurs can print your design using a standard sized printer and letter paper if need be. Of course, if you have a professional brochure printer in mind, then it is best to use their dimensions. For the basic dimensions though, here are the settings you should put when you create a new document.

a. Width: 11 inches

b. Height: 8.5 inches

c. Resolution: 300ppi

d. Color Mode: CMYK (check with your printer though)

 
 
2.We will now add some guidelines. First we will add some margins. Bring up the rulers by pressing CTRL+R. Then from those rulers, click and drag some guidelines into place. Insert in guidelines (1/4)0.25 inches from the edge of the document. Also it would be good as a preparatory step to also place guidelines at the exact edge of the document (this will be useful later). Once done, you should have something like this:

 
 
3.Next, we shall divide the paper into 3 equal parts. Notice of course that dividing 11 by 3 results in an irregular number. So it is hard to be specific about it with the division guidelines when you do it manually. To easily do this, we will use some rectangles and scaling. First, use the rectangle shape tool and just create a rectangle that spans the height of the document. The color does not matter.

 
 
4.Press CTRL+J once to duplicate the original rectangle. Use the move tool (shortcut V) to place it beside the main rectangle. Change its color. Afterwards, repeat the process again to get a final tally of 3 rectangles of different colors. In our example, we used different shades of gray.

 
 
5.Select all the rectangles by holding the CTRL key and then clicking on all of them in the layers panel. Then, press CTRL+T to enable transformations. Afterwards, click and drag the right side anchor box and drag it to the right. This will give us equally spaced rectangles on the document.

 
 
6.Now, click and drag guidelines to match the divisions of the rectangles. Then (if you want), also add security margins that are (1/4)0.25 inches from these division guidelines. This allows us to get the basic guideline setup for a trifold brochure. Once setup, delete the rectangles that we created as they are not part of our design actually.

 
 
7.Now, we setup the background. Use the gradient color tool to apply a linear gradient across the whole background. Drag it vertically to get a top to bottom gradient. Make it so that the lighter color is on top. Remember that you can set the color combination of the gradient by clicking on the gradient color box on the options bar once the gradient tool is activated. Just set it to two related colors of course.

 
 
8.Next, we create a new layer by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+N. For this example, we name it “Clouds”. Then, make sure you setup your foreground and background colors to the gradient colors you setup earlier. You can set this up by clicking on the foreground and background color boxes below the tools panel. Once the color is correctly setup, go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds.

 
 
9.You should then see clouds rendered in the colors you set. Press CTRL+T to transform this layer and shift it so that the clouds only appear on top of our background. Once it is setup at the top, press enter to apply the transformation.

 
 
10.Then use a large and soft eraser brush to smoothly erase the bottom part of our cloud layer. This lets it integrate better with the original background. Once, done save our document.

 
 
11.Great! We are now ready to add the content elements unto our design. Our first move is to place in our feature showcase image. This will be your product or service. In our example, we are going to use a cake image from morguefile here: http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/48180. Before we paste in the image though of course, we remove its background. Using the magic wand tool, we select the black background. Then, we press CTRL+SHIFT+I to invert the background selection to the cake.

 
 
12.Now, we copy-paste the image unto our brochure design. We scale it properly to size by pressing CTRL+T and then holding the SHIFT key as one drags the anchor points for resizing. We place it a little bit off-center. Technically, you should not be placing images on the fold markers and guidelines. However this is a showcase type design, meaning it is meant to be viewed as a whole open brochure, so it is okay to do this kind of positioning.

 
 
13.Next, to make it look like a feature, we duplicate our cake two more times by pressing CTRL+J twice. Of course you can get other product images to accompany the main image. If this is what you want, then you can copy-paste and scale in those images. Whatever the case, for our example, we use the duplicates representing more of our product. We then scale them to be a bit smaller since they are behind our main image.

 
 
14.Next, we will add some shadows. For this, we create a new layer by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+N. We name this layer “Shadows”. Then we hold the CTRL key and then click on the main cake image. This will select its area. With the new layer selected, fill this area with a dark theme color. NOTE that the active layer must still be the new layer while the selection comes from the main cake layer. Once we turn off the visibility of the main cake layer, it should look like this.

 
 
15.We then erase the top part using the eraser tool.

 
16.Then, press CTRL+D to deselect your selection. Go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. In the Gaussian blur options, use a 20 pixel value then press OK. This should make a blurry area for the bottom of our cake.

 
 
17.Once you enable the visibility of the cake back up, you should see the shadow effect appear. It is subtle but it adds more to its detail.

 
 
18.We then just apply the effect to the other images.

 
 
19.Next, we create another layer just above the background layer (CTRL+SHIFT+N). We name this layer “Floor”. Then, we use the rectangular marquee tool to select the bottom half area of the brochure design. We use the gradient tool with the black to white color gradient setting and inscribe the gradient unto the selection. The black part must appear at the middle as it seamlessly goes to white towards the bottom.

 
 
20.We then change the blend mode of the layer to “Overlay”. We also reduce the opacity to 30-35%. This gives us a kind of floor area on the bottom of the brochure.

 
 
21.Great! Now if you are sure about the position of your images and the shadows, it is best to merge them all into one already so that you can adjust its position easily. In this example, we merge all the 3 cake “layers” as well as the shadows into one main layer. Do this easily by CTRL clicking on all the said layers. Right click on them and select the option “merge layers”.

 
 
22.Now, using the rectangle shape tool, we create a text box for the content of our brochure on the right most panel. We color this a dark theme color.

 
 
23.Then, we use the custom shape tool to add border ornaments to the top and bottom areas of the text box. Now, remember that this all depends on your content. Since we are “selling” classy cakes in this example we are using the ornaments. However the text box can have any kind of design addition you need. Take note that we have removed the guidelines for now to make you see the design better.

 
 
24.Then, using the same techniques as before we duplicate the ornament several times in a new layer. We use the ornaments in a chain to paint a border on the top and at the bottom of the brochure design. We change the blend mode to soft light and the opacity ot 60%.

 
 
25.Then, we just type in our content using the text tool. In our example we used some nice script text for the headlines, and plain sans serif type fonts for the details. We of course used a lighter color for the text to make them stand out. Take note that we have brought the guidelines back up by pressing CTRL+H. As much as possible have all the text within the margins of the guidelines. Here, only the headline trespasses the guidelines just like the feature image. This is okay as we plan on creating the showcase type design.

 
 
26.That finishes our inner panels design. Without the guidelines, it should look like the image below. Save it as your main template.

 
 
27.Then, we just re-arrange the elements to create our front design as well. It is just a matter of duplicating and repositioning some of our elements to create the outer part of our brochure. Keep in mind that the rightmost side is the brochure cover and the center is the back cover. So position your images and text content accordingly.

 
Congratulations! That finishes our showcase style brochure! Hopefully you have learned something from our design tutorial.

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