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How to make a sunset or sunrise in Photoshop with lighting effects

You can apply this technique to any photo. You can use an overcast day, to add a sunrise or sunset, or you can use a photos where the sunrise didn’t quite hit and really make…

How to Create a realistic beam of sunlight in Photoshop

In this tutorial we are going to create a beam of sunlight falling into a forest. We will even add some pollen to make it look a little more magical. The original is an…

How to Emboss a logo or icon in Photoshop

When I first discovered this technique over 20 years ago, I decided to see how far I could push it. That experimentation led to me creating a series of Photorealistic illustrations entirely made in Photoshop…

How to Light a Portrait Photo in Photoshop

This will work on any version of Photoshop, although Lighting effects looks a little different before CS6, it still works the same. Note: When I add keyboard shortcuts for both Mac and Windows I…

How to Light a Photo in Photoshop with Lighting Effects

In this Photoshop Tutorial we are going to use the Lighting effects filter to simulate real lighting. This filter has a lot of powerful features. I’ll show you how to use them in this tutorial.…

How to Animate in Photoshop, Video animation

This is the beginning file. It contains 3 layers. A background, a jet and the flame for the afterburner, called exhaust. We are going to animate the jet from the top of the screen…

How to make Reflections in Photoshop

This Photoshop tutorial shows you how to make reflections and puddles of water in Photoshop. You will also learn some different ways to work with reflections. Making reflections is really quite simple and they can be…

Create a realistic Broken Glass effect in Photoshop

After creating my broken glass effect with my “how to Fix Photoshop 2020“, If you wondered how I made the effect. You are in luck, here we go… Have you ever tried to composite…