Swampy's Photoshop Video Tutorials |
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Swampy's Line Art | A great way to make a black and white sketch of your photograph. Some dodge and burn on this layer or an Anisotropic Diffuse can affect the look |
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Texture Mapping | This is a great way to get a highly embossed look on a solid color background. |
| Out of Bounds | Some photos just beg for this technique. It's fun and easy and can help you learn about masking. | |
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Color Shift | Beginners often ask why their printer doesn't print what they see on the screen. This may help answer that question. |
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Blur Away a Color Cast | Sometimes a great photo can lose its "punch" because of a simple color cast. Here's a quick easy way to eliminate it. |
| Masking-White Reveals | On a mask, White reveals the effect you've applied to a layer. Black hides the effect you've applied to a layer. |
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Getting started painting a photograph to get a painted art look. |
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Painted Soft Portrait | Salvage a flawed photograph by creating a painting. |
The Pattern Stamp Tool is my favorite method of creating photo art. Explore the many possibilities. |
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Photo Art 101 | Down and dirty method of creating a piece of art from a photograph. |
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Fixing a Blown Out Sky | Simple and easy way to fix blown out skies. One simple marquee tool selection does all the hard work. |
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Masking the Sky (Photoshop CS3) |
An easy way to make a mask of tree or skylines when you want to replace the sky completely and not just "fix it" (as the tutorial above). |
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Smoother Scans | Get better scans by using "Descreening". |
Download my favorite PST Brushes | Download my Double Matte Action
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