Photoshop Tutorials Blog

Not exactly related to Photoshop but I believe a lot of people might be interested in this Competition. Stockvault, one of the most well known sites offering free stock photos has launched a competition for the Best Stock Photo of 2006. Obviously this is a photography competition and the prize for the winner is 1000$. The competition is open to everybody that likes photography, no matter if he is an amateur or a pro and to be honest I am hoping that I will find some time to send a couple of entries, since photography is one of my favorite hobbies. Submissions of course need to be original and your own work and the minimum size is about 2MP.

So go ahead and read about the competition and don’t hesitate to participate.

I suppose the title speaks for itself. These are two new free video Photoshop tutorials that aim to show to you how you can create a tiled Grid Background and Grunge Borders. These video tutorials are offered once again from Watch and Learn Photoshop. The first one shows a really easy way to create different kind of Grids by using custom patterns. The tutorial shows two examples but by using different layer styles ad applying the same principles you can create a large variation of grid backgrounds.

In today’s video tutorial, Geoff will show you how to create and define a custom pattern in Photoshop and then use that pattern to create a grid background for your Photoshop file.

Grid Background video

The second tutorial explains how you can use the quick mask mode and filters in Photoshop to add a grunge border to a photo. This technique is really popular and helps you create stylish versions of your photos (always work on duplicates of your photos). Again it’s a really nice technique and with a bit of experimentation with different filters you will be able to create unique grunge borders.

In today’s Photoshop tutorial, Geoff will teach you how to create a very easy, but very effective, white grunge border around your photographs.

Grunge Borders Video Tutorial

Two new free Video Photoshop Tutorials are available from WatchandLearnPhotoshop. The first one explains how you can use Photoshop’s batch processing features, in other words how to create and use actions for batch processing, one of the most time savings features of Photoshop. The tutorial shows an example of how you can apply a watermark on several pictures at once.

Description:

Ever wanted to resize a group of images or add a watermark to a group of images, but you just didn’t have the time to do it? Well, with Photoshop’s Batch processing capabilities, you can make changes to multiple images all at once. In this video, you’ll learn how to add a watermark to a collection of images all at once.

And the link to the tutorial

The second tutorial is about clipping masks. It explains how you can add an image inside text with Photoshop using clipping masks.
Description:

You’ve all seen postcards or advertisements with a picture of something inside a block of bold text. In this tutorial, you’ll learn just how easy it can be to achieve this effect.

And of course the link to the tutorial, watch it here

Photoshop brushes can give a really nice touch to your Photoshop designs. From one comment left at one of my previous posts about Photoshop Brushes I found this new site that is a directory of available brushes for download from various artists. I have added it to the list but since the post is quite old I thought of blogging about it as well. The site is GetBrushes. It has a nice categorisation of the brush sets and each brush has a description and details information which makes the database easily searchable. Each brush set has a screenshot, which is nice and you can also rate the brushes, a feature that if used wisely will be very useful for people looking for good brush sets. If I find some time, I am planning to create a couple of brush sets to contribute. In the meantime visit GetBrushes

Here is another free photoshop video tutorial, this tutorial explains how you can create intersecting shapes in just a few easy steps.

Here is the description from WatchandLearnPhotoshop

Ever wanted to link two objects together in Photoshop so that they seem to weave in and out of each other, kind of like the Olympic rings? Well, it’s easier than you might think! In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create this linking effect in just a couple very easy steps.

Watch the tutorial here