In this tutorial we will show you how to turn any font to ice.

Step 1 - Preparing the Background

Set up a 800px x 600px canvas with a baby blue background (#148ab1), the Resolution at 300 per inch, select the Copper Std font and set the size to 122 pt. Make it Sharp and change the colour to #0e4c60.

Step 2 – Drop Shadow

Now double click on the layer where the text is and apply the following styles to it.

Opacity: 40%
Angle: 40° (Use Global Light unchecked)
Distance: 2px
Spread: 3%
Size: 0 px
Contour: Cone

Step 3 – Inner Shadow

Opacity: 100%
Angle: 150° (Use Global Light unchecked)
Distance: 10px
Spread: 0%
Size: 7px
Contour: Linear

Step 4 – Inner Glow

Structure
Blend Mode: Normal
Opacity: 100%
Noise: 0%
Colour: #4ba3c2
Elements
Source: Center
Choke: 0%
Size: 21
Quality
Contour: 0%
Range: 50%
Jitter:0%

Step 5 – Bevel and Emboss

Structure Settings
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 1000%
Direction: Up
Size: 3px
Soften: 0px
Shading  Settings
Angle: 145°
Altitude: 45°
Gloss Contour: Linear
Highlight: White, Opacity 35%
Shadow: White, Opacity 75%

Step 6 – Add Texture

Pattern: Carpet
Scale: 100%
Depth: +100

Step 7 – Add Satin

Structure
Blend Mode: Overlay
Opacity: 20%
Angle: 145 °

Step 8 – Colour Overlay

Color
Blend Mode: #0e4c60
Opacity: 100%

Step 9 – Chip it Using the Pen Tool

For this part you will need to use the Pen Tool to roughly make different shapes to apply the chip-like effect.

Shapes do not need to be big in size or perfectly shaped, once you have your shape/shapes give it some Bevel and Emboss.

Structure
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 1000%
Direction: Up
Size: 3px
Soften: 0px

Shading
Angle: 145°
Altitude: 45°
Gloss Contour: Linear
Highlight Mode: Normal, 35%
Shadow Mode: Normal, 75%

And Texture

Elements
Pattern: Carpet
Scale: 100%
Depth: +100

Important: Set Fill to 0%

Repeat this step until you are satisfied. I would suggest creating zig zaggy shapes as well as using lines for better results. See image below.

Step 10 – Adding Addition Ice Effects To Your Text

This is an extra step if you need more add on ice pieces . Again, use the Pen Tool, create your shape and apply the following blending options.

Inner Shadow

Blend Mode: Normal, colour #FFFFFF (White)
Opacity: 100%
Angle: -27°
Distance: 2px
Choke: 0px
Size: 4px

Quality
Contour: Linear
Noise: 0%

Inner Shadow

Structure
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 1000%
Direction: Up
Size: 3px
Soften: 0px

Shading
Angle: 145°
Altitude: 45°
Gloss Contour: Linear
Highlight Mode: Normal, Colour #FFFFFF (White)
Opacity: 35%
Shadow Mode: Normal, Colour #FFFFFF (White)
Opacity: 75%

Bevel and Emboss

Texture
Pattern: Carpet
Scale: 100%
Depth: +100

Drop Shadow
Structure
Blend Mode: Multiply, Colour #000000 (Black)
Contour: Cone
Noise: 0%

Final Result

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Here is a quick tutorial to show you how to use the Crack Brushes Set to create a stone like effect with cracks on a face using simple blending techniques.

Original Photo

Before we begin the tutorial download and install the Cracked Brushes Set.

Step 1

If your image is coloured go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate, then Images > Adjustments > Exposure and mirror the settings below:

Exposure: +0.38
Offset: -0.0724
Gamma Correction: 0.72

NOTE: Using the settings won’t always give you the exact same results, so you may have to make some slight adjustments to your image to make it look similar.

Step 2

Add some Inner Shadow to the face. Mirror the following settings:

Inner Shadow

Blend Mode: Multiply
Opacity: 56%
Angle: -70°
Distance: 35px
Choke: 0%
Size: 43px

Step 3

Create a New Layer, go to Brushes and start painting Cracks to the areas of the face.

On the same Layer mirror the following settings:

Bevel and Emboss

Stucture
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 100%
Direction: Up
Size: 5px
Soften: 0px

Shading
Angle: -45°
Altitude: 30°
Shadow Mode Colour: #595758

In your Layers Pallet change the Blending Option of the layer to Overlay. These settings should now have dug and blended the cracks into the skin.

Step 4

If you have a face in the same Layer cut it out using the Magnetic Lasso Tool, Duplicate it and add a Pattern Overlay using the Carpet pattern which can be found under the Pattern 2 category.

Step 5

Now for the final step Merge the Pattern Layer with a New Layer and set the Blend Mode to Overlay.

Final Result

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This tutorial will show you how to remove pimples, acne, lumps etc. in Photoshop using the Spot Healing Brush Tool, Healing Brush Tool and Patch Tool.

Original Photo

Step 1

Select the Spot Healing Brush.

Step 2

Re-size the Brush size enough to cover the area of a pimple, center it and Click to remove. What the Spot Healing Brush does is automatically replace the damaged areas with another area around it. This could sometimes be a problem seeing as it automatically decides for you what to replace it with.

The pimple should automatically replaced after a Click of the mouse button.

Continue to use the Spot Healing Brush Tool to remove another.

Step 3

Let’s now try removing some pimples using the Healing Brush Tool. Switch to the Healing Brush Tool, which is located just under the Spot Healing Brush Tool.

Step 4

After you have select the Healing Brush Tool hold down ALT (or Command if using a Mac) and Click to sample a cleaner area of skin that is closest to the pimple, lump etc.

Step 5

Now as we did before with the Spot Healing Brush Tool, re-size the Brush size enough to cover the area of the pimple, center it and Click.

The pimple should be removed or replaced with your sample area.

Continue using the Healing Brush Tool on another spot so you can see how the tool works. We’re sampling and simply replacing it with the sample.

Center the Brush and Click.

Step 6

To finish off the rest of the pimples let’s switch over to the Patch Tool and speed up the process. The Patch Tool is the third one down and can be found right under the Healing Brush Tool.

Step 7

Using the Patch Tool circle around the damaged area or pimple.

Once circled, the area will then be selected. Hover the Patch Tool on the selected line, Click and hold the mouse button down.

Now simply drag it out and onto a cleaner area of your choice, this is another way of sampling an area.

The pimple should be removed and replaced as soon as you let go of the mouse button.

Step 8

Let’s have one last look this time with arrows in the example so you guys can get a better idea. First you use the Patch Tool to circle around a pimple area. Staying on the selected line after you let go of the mouse button you Click and hold down the mouse button again and drag it out.

Keep dragging it out.

Once you have found an area to replace it with simply let go.

Do the same to the rest of the areas using the Patch Tool, should take less than seconds to have this done with these tools.

Final Result

So there you have it, another way to fix up skin problems quick fast.

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The Cracks Brushes Set contains 15 real life cracks to help you chip and crack your way through any object. Compatible with newer versions of Photoshop, CS3 and up.

Preview

Installing Photoshop Brushes

Once you have downloaded the file you then need to place it in the correct folders. First you will need to locate the Brushes folder, the path for this should be as shown below:

For Windows users:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop (Your Version)\Presets\

For Mac OS X users:

Now copy the gradients .abr extension into the Brushes folder which is found within the Presets folder.

Note: If you have photoshop opened while doing this you will need to close it and re-open it before the effects take place.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create an iPhone Poster/wallpaper using blending techniques and basic shapes in Photoshop.

Step 1

Create a new document in Photoshop 800 x 600 px, add a New Layer and fill the background entirely with #4b0084.

Step 2

Go to Shapes > select the Bulls Eye shape. Set the forecolour to #bdf8dc and place it somewhere in the center of the canvas (as shown in the example below).

Step 3

Go to Brushes > Thick Heavey Brushes > and select the Rough Flat Bristle. In a New Layer above the Bulls Eye Layer use this brush to print some bristle on top of it. Make sure your brush colour is purple, if not sample the background colour using the Eye Dropper or enter in #4b0084.

Step 4

Add another Bulls Eye shape in the top left hand corner and change the colour to #f5d4e5. Make a New Layer under this one and use the Elliptical Marquee Tool and use the Paint Bucket to fill behind the Bull Eye with #ae7b9a just enough so the transparent areas in the Bulls Eye’s covered. And let’s rename the layer to Pink Bulls Eye so you can easily locate it later on.

Step 5

Duplicate the Pink Bulls Eye three times, go to Edit > Free Transform and while hold Shift on your keyboard (to adjust size equally) and make it smaller. Then scatter them across the canvas, the screenshots below will give you a better idea of how things should be looking.

Step 6

Okay, let’s try and speed up the process a bit shall we? instead of repeating the steps we’re going to Duplicate the Pink Bulls Eye two more times. Merge these duplicated layers and call it Baby Blue Bulls Eyes, then go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and mirror the following settings:

Hue: +180
Saturation: 0
Lightness: 0

Go to Edit > Free Transform and while hold Shift on your keyboard make it a tad bit smaller. Then drag it slightly on top of any of the small Pink Bulls Eyes. And while your at it you can also throw in a few more circular shapes. In the examples below I added a Circle Frame shape with the forcolour of #60f2b4 and three more Circles coloured #9b88e1 with a stroke of #630042. (Use the examples below to guide you in the right direction)

Step 7

Select the Custom Shape Tool and pick Bird 2 for the shape. What we’re going to do is create three birds, for the first bird set the forecolour to #fe00d2, for the second #d400ea and the third #9701a0. Use the Transform Tool to resize and distort the shape of the second bird. For the third bird go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal and then distort and resize it to match the examples given below.

Step 8

Now Duplicate all the layers we have created thus far and Merge them together. Rename this layer to Embossed and then go to Filter > Stylize > Emboss and mirror the following settings:

Angle: 135º
Height: 1px
Amount: 200%

Set the Blend Mode for the Embossed Layer to Exclusion with the Opacity at approximately 70%.

Step 9

In the Layers Panel go to Create new fill or adjustment layer > Brightness/Contrast. Set the Brightness level to +30 and Contrast to +100.

Step 10

Now what we need to do is Flatten all layers. Then create a New Layer and fill it entirely in Grey (or #e9e9e9 which is what I used). Duplicate the background layer and move it up so it sits above the Grey Background. On the Duplicit Background layer use the Round Rectangular Tool with the Radius at around 20px to create an iPhone-like shape, Right Click > Make Selection, cut out the shape and delete whats left of the Duplicit layer.

You should be left with an iphone-like shape which will be our iPhone case and a grey background.

Step 11

Go into the Blending Options for the iPhone shape and add Bevel and Emboss with the following settings:

Structure
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 200%
Direction: Up
Size: 10px
Soften: 15px

And on the Grey background layer change the Blend Mode to Screen.

Step 12

Use the Circle shape to draw a black circle where the iPhone camera hole should be (think of this as an iPhone case). Then add another White circle shape within the black circle and one more Black circle on top of the White (see the screenshot below). Then use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to cut gaps on the top and side of the iPhone case and make a Black Rectangle Shape under the iPhone case layer to make it look like there really is an iPhone behind it. Transform it down just a tad bit to make it look like an iPhone is sitting inside the case.

Step 13

Use the Soft Mechanical Brush to print a #fee300 coloured spot on the top left half of the canvas and select Overlay as your Blend Mode. See example below.

Step 14

Next step is to place a White Spiral shape behind the iPhone (under the iPhone Layers) just enough to see half of it. Go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.

Then mirror the following settings:

Structure
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 100%
Direction: Up
Size: 5px
Soften: 0px

Shading
Angle: 120°
Altitude: 30°
Gloss Contour: Linear
Highlight Mode: Screen, Colour #FFFFFF, Opacity 75%
Shadow Mode: Multiple, Colour #777777, Opacity 50%

Step 15

To create the volume button for the earphones use the Rectangle Tool and Transform Tool to rotate and place it on the Spiral.

Then apply the following Blending Options:

Bevel and Emboss

Structure
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 1%
Direction: Up
Size: 0px
Soften: 0px

Angle: 120°
Altitude: 30°
Gloss Contour: Linear
Highlight Mode: Screen, Colour #FFFFFF, Opacity 75%
Shadow Mode: Multiple, Colour #777777, Opacity 75%

Step 16

Add the + and – sign use the Horizontal Type Tool and simply rotate the text. Then select the Rounded Rectangle Tool with a Radius of 3px and rotate it to fit between the + and – signs (as shown in the example below) and apply the following settings:

Bevel and Emboss

Structure
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 1%
Direction: Down
Size: 0px
Soften: 0px

Angle: 120°
Altitude: 30°
Gloss Contour: Linear
Highlight Mode: Screen, Colour #FFFFFF, Opacity 75%
Shadow Mode: Multiple, Colour #464646, Opacity 75%

Step 17

Make another White Rectangle Shape at the end of the Spiral and add the following Blending Option settings:

Inner Shadow

Structure
Blend Mode: Multiply, Colour #000000
Opacity: 47%
Angle: 0° (Switch off Global Light)
Distance: 5px
Choke: 0%
Size: 5px

Step 18

Use the Circle shape and make a circle with #eaeaea as the foreground colour. Add an Inside Stroke of 3px with #d3d3d3 for the colour. Then add the following Bevel and Emboss settings:

Angle: 120°
Altitude: 30°
Gloss Contour: Linear
Highlight Mode: Screen, Colour #FFFFFF, Opacity 75%
Shadow Mode: Multiple, Colour #464646, Opacity 75%

Then make another smaller circle inside and apply these settings:

Satin

Blend Mode: Multiply, colour #000000
Opacity: 50%
Angle: 79°
Distance: 25px
Size: 13px
Contour: Ring

Bevel and Emboss

Structure
Style: Inner Bevel
Technique: Smooth
Depth: 1%
Direction: Down
Size: 0px
Soften: 0px

Angle: 120°
Altitude: 30°
Gloss Contour: Linear
Highlight Mode: Screen, Colour #FFFFFF, Opacity 75%
Shadow Mode: Multiple, Colour #464646, Opacity 75%

Step 19

This final step is optional and I would suggest going back to add light and shading (using a transparent gradient fading in from White) where you believe is necessary. Also another tip I would like to leave you guys with is to add Curves to quickly balance the tone and contrast.

Final Result

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This tutorial will show you how to add water into a wine glass using filter tricks and transformation tools.

Step 1

Have your glass image ready? Let’s start with some fake water tricks. Draw a square to cover the glass using either the Rectangular Marquee Tool Fill method or the Rectangular Shape Tool. Once you have created a square in a new layer, lock the transparent pixels of the layer.

Step 2

Go to Filter > Render > Fibers and leave it as default or simply Randomize it. It doesn’t really matter how strong it is but if you want to follow what I have done in this example then just set the Variance to 16.0 and Strength to 4.0.

Step 3

Step 4

Go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur and set the Amount to 20.

Step 5

Go to Filter > Sketch > Chrome and set the Detail to 4 and Smoothness to 2.

Step 6

Go to Image > Adjustments > Colour Balance and mirror the settings below:

Step 7

To create the top part of the water in the glass we need to transform the rectangular shape and at the same time keep it within the glass. To do this go to Edit > Transform > Distort and use this tool to tranform it to the middle of the glass like in the example below.

Step 8

Go to Edit > Transform > Warp and drag the anchor points in the center so it bulges outwards and the two sides inwards.

Step 9

Use the Eraser Tool with a Soft Mechanical Brush to remove all the jagged edges.

Step 10

Now Duplicate the layer and go to Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical and drag in down an inch.

Step 11

Use the Warp again and swerve the duplicated layer inwards and towards the side, creating a more wavy look.

Step 12

Use the Magnetic Marquee Tool to select around the bottom half of the glass to the top of the water we created. Fill it using the Paint Bucket Tool with the colour #73a3b8.

Step 13

Go to Filter > Render > Fibers and set the Variance to 15.0, Strength to 3.0 or simply Randomize. Again, the settings aren’t a major issue and either way you will end up with a similar end result.

Step 14

Go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur and set the Amount to 8.

Step 15

Go to Filter > Sketch > Chrome, set the Detail to 10 and Smoothness to 4. Then go to Images > Adjustments > Colour Balance and mirror the following settings:

Step 16

Now set the Blend Mode to Muliply and again, use the Eraser Tool mixed with a Soft Mechanical Brush to get rid of the jagged edges.

Step 17

Go to Edit > Transform > Warp and curve one or two anchors down to make it look as though it is closer towards you, creating a distance between the top water and glass.

Step 18

Use the Eraser Tool mixed with a Soft Mechanical Brush to erase and blend the top and bottom water together.

Step 19

Now we’ll need to add a shadow inside the water. Go to Blending Options and add an Inner Shadow on the bottom water layer, mirror the following settings:

Final Result

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This tutorial will help you learn how to speed up skin retouching and polish photos in Photoshop using basic techniques.

Original Photo

Step 1

Duplicate the background image and rename it to Layer 1.

Step 2

Go to Filter > Other > High Pass and set the Radius to around 4.5 pixels.

Step 3

Change the Blending Options for Layer 1 from Normal to Soft Light and uncheck the eye to make Layer 1 invisible for the next step.

Step 4

Duplicate the background image again and rename it to Layer 2. We’re creating an extra layer with an automatic smoothening underneath the skin, so pop it under Layer 1 and go to Image > Adjustments > Invert. Next go to Filter > Other > High Pass, set it to 4.5 pixels and for this layer change the blending options to Overlay. After doing this you can make Layer 1 visible again.

Step 5

As you’ll see the image will be just slightly blurred and smoothen out but not the edges. On Layer 1 continue retouching using the Elliptical Marquee Tool. Circle the areas inside the face that need quick fixing, go to Filter > Noise > Median and max the pixels out to 100 pixels. To make the process faster, repeat process in all areas using Ctrl-F (Command F on the Mac). This is a shortcut to apply the last filter which just makes life so much easier for you. I would suggest applying the Median effect as much as you can before you move on to the next step.

Step 6

Flatten Image and use the Clone Stamp Tool mixed with a Soft Brush with the Flow set to around 30% to manually select areas next to one another, blend it in as much as you can using this tool to make further improvements to the skin. What we’re doing here is sampling areas of the face to even out the skin and with this technique you will also be getting rid of the shiny stuff.

If you find that it is getting too smooth for your liking then its really up to you to take a step back, use less Clone Stamping, drop down it’s Opacity or re-size the brush correctly. This is just a quick demonstration to give you guys an idea of how to quickly retouch photos, with more time, effort and of course accuracy you will get a much better result.

Step 7

This step here is to quickly balance out the whole lot, to do that we need that extra bit of shadow to be added to the overall image. Go to Image > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight, then set the amount of Shadow to 20% and the Highlight can be left on 0.

Final Result

This should have helped quickly smooth the skin, even out the tone of the entire face and balance lighting. To remove just pimples check out the Remove Pimples Using the Healing Brushes and Patch Tool tutorial.

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This tutorial will show you how to create a 3D Firecracker in Photoshop. You’ll be making your own stock image using just basic brushes and blending techniques.

Step 1

Create a new document width:800 x height:800 pixels, 72dpi and RGB color. First step is to simply draw the top part of the Firecracker, do this using the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create an oval shape with a Red fill (#FC0101).

Step 2

Now what we’re going to do is make it pop and give it some shading. Go into the Blending Options add Bevel and Emboss and Satin, mirror the settings below in the screen shots:

Change the Satin Contour Preset to Cone.

Step 3

Now its time to make the body of the Firecracker. Create a New Layer and use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to select and fill in the shape of the body with Red (#FC0101).

Step 4

Go to Blending Options and apply the Inner Shadow and Gradient Overlay effects to the body. The gradient will need 3 colour stops and with the angle set to Zero degrees, this makes the gradient run horizontally across. Look at the screenshots below and mirror the settings:

Step 5

Create a New Layer and use the Pen Tool to create the string attached to the top of the Firecracker. Basically all you need to do here is drop two anchor points, curve it, Right click and add a Brush stroke.

Step 6

Now go into the Blending Options and add Bevel and Emboss with Texture. For the Pattern select Artistic Surfaces > Dark Coarse Weave. And then add a Gradient Overlay.

Gradient contains two colour stops, #7E0000 fading out to White.

Use the Eraser Tool mixed with a Soft Mechanical Brush to softly scrub the bottom of the string until its blended in equally with the Firecrackers.

Step 7

To create a sparks effect where the fuse is going to be lit go to Brush > Thick Heavy Brushes and select the Rough Round Bristle. Set the Foreground Colour to Yellow.

Make about 2-3 splashes of it and then go into your Blending Options check both the Outer and Inner Glow options with the colour Yellow to add more detail to the sparks.

Step 8

Go back to the Thick Heavy Brushes and select the Rough Flat Bristle to create smaller sparks. Once you have done that go to Edit > Transform > Warp and warp the Sparks outwards.

Step 9

Make a New Layer and use the Soft Mechanical Brush to add a Red spot that covers the first half of the top of the Firecracker. Then Set the Blend Mode to Overlay with the Opacity at approximately 70%.

Step 10

The final step is to even out the overall tone and add contrast. Go to Create new fill or adjustment layers > Curves and set the Preset to Strong Contrast.

Final Result

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This Photoshop action is called the ‘Super Colour’ action. It can be used for quickly editing colour for any photo including magazine images, blog images, wallpapers etc. For those that have no time editing or don’t know how to this can be a very useful action for adding random colour changes.

Original Photo

Final Result

Another Example

Note: Depending on the image you use this action may give you a different end result, we suggest you experiment on different photos.

Installing Photoshop Actions

This is the Sunlight Effect Action, its main focus is to add extra light and flare to give your photos a more sunshiny effect.

Original Photo

Final Result

Installing Photoshop Actions