tutorials

    Blending For Beginners [alt]
This is an alternate way to blend images together; I use this way more often.

    Blending Multiple Images using the Lighten Blend Mode
The title is pretty self-explanatory on this one. Lighten is cool. Find out why.

    Fanart From Start to Finish (BtVS-Spike/Faith)
Dissecting a piece of fanart from beginning to end. This is old. From like 2005 or something.

    Fanart From Start to Finish (Heroes-Matt/Audrey)
Another study of the fanarting process.

    Text Effects
Some neat tricks and settings to give that text some defintion and complexity.

    5 Easy Color Tricks
Five easy ways to play with color using various Photoshop defaults.

    Using the Shape Tool
A beginner’s guide to using the shape tool.

    Color & Lighting Correction
Hints to help achieve matching up skin tones and the like.

    Improving Image Quality
A few tricks to try to make use of pictures with not-so-good quality.

    Adding an Image Inside Text
In case you have ever wondered how to make your text have images inside it, here you go.

    Paths and the Pen Tool
Using the pen tool to cut out the background from an image.

    Creating Gradients
A really easy way to make some new gradients or to just play around with color.

    Color Range Selection
How to adjust too much of one color taking over an image. Neat trick, this is!

    Selective Color
An old tip I wrote up about this adjustment usage; still works though.

    Color
Using Curves to change up color.

    High Gloss & Shine
A simple and fast way to achieve a punch of pizazz.

    Wide Eyes
Freaky, man! Here eyes are HUGE!

    Creating B&W Photographs
There’s lots of ways to do it. Here’s one I like.

    Adding OOMPH!
A quick splash of brightness and shine.

    Sharpening Images
Oversharpnening is like a plague in the fanart community; check this out so you don’t overdo it.

    PHP Tagboard
Add a tagboard to your site and get some instant feedback form your visitors.