Photo Effects

Film Inspired Photo Borders

Film Inspired Photo Borders

In this Photo Effects tutorial I'll show you how to extract a photo border from it's background and make it infinitely more versatile for your photography projects.
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos – Part 2

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos – Part 2

In part 2 of this HDR series I'll cover my process for tone mapping in Photomatix Pro and then we'll move on to Adobe Camera Raw for some final adjustments.
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos – Part 1

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos – Part 1

In this Photoshop Tutorial I'll take you through my process for creating stunning High Dynamic Range (HDR) Images with tonal ranges just not possible to achieve with a single photograph.
2 Step Grunge Photo Effect

2 Step Grunge Photo Effect

In this tutorial I'm going to show you a quick and easy 2 step process grunge photo effect that I stumbled upon while attempting to accomplish something completely different. That's right, I'm going to teach you a happy accident.
Grunge Photo Edges

Grunge Photo Edges

In this Photoshop tutorial I'm going to show you a quick and effective way to create a cool photo edge effect using a single Photoshop grunge brush and a series of clipping masks.
Artistic Sepia / Colorizing Effect

Artistic Sepia / Colorizing Effect

In this Photoshop tutorial I\'m going to show you how to create a cool photo effect while you learn a thing or two about gradient masks, and a few stock Photoshop filters.
Calculations And Colorization

Calculations And Colorization

In this Photoshop tutorial I'll show you how to create an Alpha Channel using the Calculations dialog and we'll use it to get a really great abstract colorized photo effect.
High Contrast Black And White Ad

High Contrast Black And White Ad

It seems like cool black and white photo effects are all the rage lately. Movie posters, magazine ads and album covers have all sported this effect with great results. In this Photoshop tutorial I'll show you how to create this effect using Channels.
Comic Book Photo Effect

Comic Book Photo Effect

In this Photoshop tutorial I'll show you how to add a comic book effect to an ordinary photo using a few layers, the Cutout and Poster Edges filters and a few different layer blend modes.
Dark Grunge Photo Effect

Dark Grunge Photo Effect

In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn a neat grungy photo effect using a variety of Photoshop filters and image adjustments.