With the emergence of video sharing websites such as
Youtube and Metacafe over the recent years,
we see an ever-increasing number of user-generated videos from all over the
net. Some of these videos came from avid Photoshop fans sharing their tips,
while others originates from websites dedicated to Photoshop techniques sharing
their video tutorials on a regular basis. These videos give the most direct
demonstration of how to achieve certain image effects via Adobe Photoshop. With
such boundless video resources on Photoshop tips and tricks, it will be quite a
waste not to utilize them to sharpen our Photoshop skills. It is for this
reason we combed the internet to find some of the most intriguing
Photoshop manipulation techniques captured on video. Here are 50 plus
video tutorials to inspire you.
More: Check out our collection of more
Photoshop Tutorials.
1. Tutsplus (PSDTuts)
How to Digitally Illustrate a Camera with Light
Streaks
Create a digital illustration of a digital camera using light streaks.
High Flying Snowboard Illustration
Using wavy lines that suggest motion and paint splatters for snow to illustrate
high flying snowboard.
How to Create a Dark Surreal Illustration in Photoshop
Create a dark surreal illustration using a few techniques and a handful of
images. Also, apply stylish color settings and give the illustration that extra
polish it needs to give it that finished look.
How to Create a Richly Ornate Typographic Illustration
Create an ornate typographic illustration using the Ayosmonika typeface.
How to Turn Humdrum Photos into Cinematic Portraits
Adding drama or a cinematic quality to a regular, humdrum portrait, along with
a little bit of faking HDR.
How to Apply Textures to Uneven Surfaces
Applying texture to a flat surface, or flatly applying a texture across a whole
image is simple stuff. Here, we realistically apply a texture to an uneven
surface, which is much more hands-on.
How to Create Super-Malleable Effects with Colorful
Lines
Colorful lines are one of the most malleable effects you can easily create in
Photoshop. Create these fantastic colorful effects using only Photoshop and
compose illustration with these effects.
How to Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation
Work with a few images and create a really interesting photo manipulation to
create a fantasy world.
Create an Out of Bounds Fantasy Illustration
This takes you through the process of creating a fantasy scene, make water pour
out of a painting, make some sort of a absorption effect and end up with a
really nice looking color for the surreal illustration.
Create a Feathered Crow Illustration
Create this crow illustration using just a few tools and resources.
Creating a Touching Story Scene in Photoshop
Create a story scene using photo manipulation and a lot of color
adjustments.
2. Planet Photoshop
Gritty Photo
Effect
Give a gritty and dramatic feel to your photos.
The
Davinci Design
Create this eye-catching effect using just a single layer style and applying it
to all the different elements of your design. This tutorial touches on alpha
channels, blur filters, and layer styles.
Folds and
Creases
Adding folds and creases to an age old map.
Light Through
Window
Create an effect that will give a room the appearance of rays of light coming
through the windows.
Graphic
Texture
Make a graphic appear as though it has the texture of a brick wall.
Painting
Motion
Using custom brushes and the smudge tool to create an interesting motion blur
effect.
Stage
Lights
Learn how to make these smoky stage lights by creating a gradient selection in
quick mask mode and applying some filters and layer styles.
Vanishing
Point
The Vanishing Point filter is a very powerful feature in Photoshop CS3,
especially once you know a couple tricks for drawing grids, and then placing
and blending images to them.
Graphic
on Mug
Applying illustrated artwork to a photo realistically.
Custom
Coins
Create a realistic-looking coin effect using the channels palette and the
lighting effects filter.
Got a
Light?
Create a realistic effect of a burning cigar.
Reflection
Revisited
Here a quick way to achieve a convincing reflection on a vehicle at a 3/4
view.
Water
Drops
How to simulate the look of water drops on your photo.
New
Planet
Create a new & unique planet from scratch.
Sci-Fi
Text Effect
Make a pretty Sci-Fi text effect using smudge tool and its finger painting
feature.
Give
Your Photo an Antique Look
Convert your current photos into antique-looking ones.
Beads of
Sweat Effect
Creating a beaded sweat effect.
Stylized
Comic Book Effect
Using this effect, you can transform anyone into a comic book character with a
halftone, saturated look.
Need
for Speed
Adding motion to static objects.
3. Tutorial Champ
Creating Stunningly Realistic Planets
Create amazingly realistic planets with stunning textures and colors, all from
scratch.
Isolate
One Color
Emphasize a certain color and make it stand out by completely isolating it. In
this case, leave one color while converting the rest of the picture in to
greyscale.
4. Youtube, Metacafe and Vimeo
Create Liquid Metal Chrome Mercury Blobs Using Adobe
Photoshop
How to create liquid metal chrome blobs like in the Terminator movies.
Old Burnt Treasure Map Effect
Create a old burnt treasure map effect.
Human to Statue
Convert your normal pictures of people into photos of statues.
Exploding
Planet
Create an awesome exploding planet effect.
Skin Smoothing
Learn how to soften skin tones and gives models a much smoother skin in your
digital images.
Sin City Style
Get the Sin City comic art style in your images.
Starry
Eyes
Easy way to make starry eyes in photoshop.
GlassBall
Create a glass ball apply it onto your images.
Graffiti
Make some cool background behind a graffiti.
Vanishing
Objects with Clone Tool
Vanishing objects with clone tool in a few simple steps.
Fiery
Explosions
Create big fiery explosions in your images in a quick and simple manner.
Create a Glass
Sphere or Gel Button
Make a glass Photoshop button set into a metallic base using three flat shape
layers with layer styles applied.
Toning &
Burning
Use and create custom Gradient Maps and burning to render a more dramatic
image.
Photo
Manipulation: Mix Two Creatures Into One
Mixing two creatures into one through photo manipulation.
Digital
Smoke
Easily create a very customizable digital abstract smoke.
Satin Cloth
Create a crumbled stain cloth look from scratch.
De-Aging
Make someone look younger!
Effective Eyes
Creating stunning eyes using various tools.
Create an iPhone
Produce an image of the popular iPhone using Photoshop tools.
Fairy dust
A quick example on how to create fairy dust for your photos.
Cool Dark
Night
Create a cool night background for the Taj Mahal.
Photo
Manipulation
Blend two objects together seamlessly. In this case, a mouth is added to an
apple.
Mystical Moonlight Effect
Photoshop Tutorial
Effectively turn a day time image to a night time one and create a mystical
moonlight effect.
