So we’ve all seen those iPod commercials on TV. It’s a pretty easy photoshop effect, so I’ll show you how to create your own. Let’s start off with our person photo. I found this one at http://www.photospin.com. We’re going to want to start by masking the image. Masking is when you basically hide a portion of [...]

The new Vanishing Point tool is pretty cool. It can save you a lot of time from messing with Free Transform, and the Clone Tool feature is unbeatable. In this tutorial, I’ll show you some of the basics of Vanishing Point. Step 1 I started with this photo of downtown Chicago (PhotoSpin #1030043). My goal [...]

This tutorial shows a quick way to take your normal, boring product shot and make it look more professional and elegant. This isn’t a new trick, but it’s a really quick process with Photoshop. Step 1 Open your image. I started with this photo of a banana (PhotoSpin #0250025). I used the mask included with [...]

This is a quick way to use photoshop to create that semi-trendy, two-tone silhouette effect. Step 1 Obviously start with the photo you want to apply the effect to. I used another photo from PhotoSpin (PhotoSpin #1410017). Step 2 Start by duplicating your layer Command/Ctrl + J. You don’t HAVE to duplicate the layer, but it [...]