effects

Visual Effects by Anselm von Seherr-Thoss

November 03, 2010 by Drew's blog

Truly an inspiration, Anselm von Seherr-Thoss is one of the top visual effects and 3D particle artists around. Not only has he spent years within his craft, he’s worked on favorites like James Cameron’s

Reader Tutorial: Planet X Matte Painting in Photoshop

October 25, 2010 by guest's blog

In today's feature film industry, productions are in constant need of digital set extensions or matte painting, the correct term for this type of work. If you don't know exactly what it is, a

Beautiful HDR Pictures - Part 4

November 02, 2008 by paul0v2's blog

Who doesn't love to see some HDR photos, this effect that brings such a new life into a photo, continuing with this beautiful series I bring another set of great HDR photos to satisfy your

Great Beach HDR Pictures

July 11, 2008 by PauloGabriel's blog

Summertime is long gone here in Brazil, and most of us are sick by this time of the year. It's a hard life living in south Brazil, where beaches are terrible. So I was just

20 Beautiful HDR Pictures - Part 2

May 13, 2008 by PauloGabriel's blog

We all love an eye candy... and when it comes to HDR, it works pretty well to me!

Breaking Apart tutorial request

February 27, 2008

Firstly I’d like to thank you all for the emails, I really appreciated them. Besides that, I’ve received some requests from readers, what is awesome because sometimes I don’t have much time to think on

Sparkling Hot Girl in Photoshop

February 22, 2008

I’ve seen some very nice images mixing photos with light effects and sparks. If you go to flickr in those Photoshop and Graphic Design groups you will see images with this effect. There’s a designer,

20 Beautiful HDR Pictures

February 13, 2008

There are some photography techniques that really give me the goose bumps, but the good ones. HDR is one of those techniques... and you'll probably love these as much as I do.

Amazing Photoshop light effect in 10 Steps

January 08, 2008

Last year I had written a tutorial showing how to create some lighting effects in Photoshop, it was called Magic Lighting Effects. A lot of people liked it, but some people still have some questions

Stylish Clouds in Photoshop

January 01, 2008

Back from the New Year’s eve, I bit of hangover, I’d like to wish you all an excellent 2008. And celebrating the new year I created this new image that I will write a tutorial

Wet floor effect maker

October 08, 2007

This is a very handy site I found at digg.com called Reflection Maker, it basically creates that wet floor effect, very common in this web 2.0 era, for you.

Displace filter with vector effects

May 16, 2007

After one month traveling I’m back and trying to get back to my routine. First of all, I’d like to thank all comments and emails about the blog and the tutorials. Now talking about Photoshop, I

Tutorial of the Week

Easy Hulk Logo on Illustrator and Photoshop
Easy Hulk Logo on Illustrator and Photoshop
Being a great fan of comic books, I always loved the visual identities used for some famous characters. Most super-heroes logos are like a incorporation of many aspects of the characters and their superpowers. I always liked Hulk logo as everytime I look at it I always remember his famous quote "Hulk Smash".