November 03, 2010 Drew's blog

Visual Effects by Anselm von Seherr-Thoss

Truly an inspiration, Anselm von Seherr-Thoss is one of the top visual effects and 3D particle artists around. Not

October 25, 2010 guest's blog

Reader Tutorial: Planet X Matte Painting in Photoshop

In today's feature film industry, productions are in constant need of digital set extensions or matte painting, the correct

November 02, 2008 paul0v2's blog

Beautiful HDR Pictures - Part 4

Who doesn't love to see some HDR photos, this effect that brings such a new life into a photo, continuing

July 11, 2008 PauloGabriel's blog

Great Beach HDR Pictures

Summertime is long gone here in Brazil, and most of us are sick by this time of the year. It's

May 13, 2008 PauloGabriel's blog

20 Beautiful HDR Pictures - Part 2

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

February 27, 2008

Breaking Apart tutorial request

Firstly I’d like to thank you all for the emails, I really appreciated them. Besides that, I’ve received some requests

February 22, 2008

Sparkling Hot Girl in Photoshop

I’ve seen some very nice images mixing photos with light effects and sparks. If you go to flickr in those

February 13, 2008

20 Beautiful HDR Pictures

There are some photography techniques that really give me the goose bumps, but the good ones. HDR is one of

January 08, 2008

Amazing Photoshop light effect in 10 Steps

Last year I had written a tutorial showing how to create some lighting effects in Photoshop, it was called Magic

January 01, 2008

Stylish Clouds in Photoshop

Back from the New Year’s eve, I bit of hangover, I’d like to wish you all an excellent 2008. And

October 08, 2007

Wet floor effect maker

This is a very handy site I found at digg.com called Reflection Maker, it basically creates that wet floor effect,

May 16, 2007

Displace filter with vector effects

After one month traveling I’m back and trying to get back to my routine. First of all, I’d like to

Featured Tutorial

Creating Smoke Video Tutorial - Experiment 2
Creating Smoke Video Tutorial - Experiment 2
Last July I started playing around with some software to create video tutorials. Last year I had done a video tutorial showing how to in Photoshop and last month I did one showing how to enhance your pictures. Now I will show you how to create smoke in Photoshop. The same effect from the most famous tutorial on Abduzeedo.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #56 by Abduzeedo
Wallpaper of the Week #156 by Abduzeedo
The wallpaper of this week is an image I created for a tutorial a few weeks ago to play and learn how to create some metalic buttons in Photoshop. I also used some textures and apply a chrome text effect. For more information and to learn how to do this effect check out the Awesome Amp Controls in Photoshop tutorial. Desktop Version

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion - Poke the Box
Book Suggestion - Poke the Box
The book of this week is Poke the Box. Written by Seth Godin, Poke the Box is very inspiring and motivating about initiating and shipping. It makes you think about so many things and makes you want to make things happen. If you're stuck at the starting line, you don't need more time or permission. You don’t need to wait for a boss’s okay or to be told to push the button; you just need to poke.