Graphic & Photo Design Tips, Tutorials & Techniques

I’ll admit, I have yet to come across a need to add a curved blur to a photo, but I wanted to write a post on the topic nonetheless. I was introduced to this feature in Photoshop a few weeks ago by a friend and have been meaning to jot down a few notes on […]

I can remember way back to the early part of this century, before I knew how to use any of the more advanced selection tools, all the different types of things I would select. Most of the time, it was either round/oval objects or square/rectangle ones. I never got into clipping out people or things […]

The Liquify Filter in Adobe Photoshop is almost an application in and of itself. It’s super powerful and it can add a level of creativity to a photo or graphic rarely seen anywhere else. If someone asked me about this filter, I would simply tell that “It’s huge.” That’s all I’d say. Well, maybe after […]

I have a really great tip for you today. This is something you most likely won’t use that often, but if you’re creating some sort of image combination or design, this one might be right up your alley. It’s a super precise method for both transforming and copying a layer, simultaneously. And the best part […]

I know that many photographers and designers choose to do a good percentage of their photo editing in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom before ever entering into Photoshop, but I also recognize the fact that some folks out there don’t even know what Camera Raw and Lightroom are. Many people, including myself up until a […]

Photoshop offers many different types of selection tools, many of which I’ve already discussed on this website. One tool that I’ve been using since the very beginning is called the Magic Wand Tool. This tool is shaped like a, well, a magic wand and it has the capability to select very small and precise areas […]

Okay, so I’ve been talking about the value of shooting in RAW mode with your camera and using Smart Objects in Adobe Photoshop for a few years now. If you’re interested in reading all my posts about these topics, please use the search bar at the top of this site to find each one. Just […]

On this website, I’ve already talked a bit about how to add transitions to video clips inside of Photoshop. This feature is really easy to take advantage of. I’ve used video editing software in the past that has truly made me scratch my head. To this day, I don’t have a solid idea of how […]

Have you ever seen those photos or videos that have a typed out word with texture behind it? You know what I’m talking about here. Let’s say you see a video and there’s a word on top of that video. Inside the word (the letters to be more precise) is another video playing. Of course, […]