In recent years, Photoshop filters have developed a bit of an image problem. Now, thanks to the growing sophistication of the digital arts, the time may be ripe for their rehabilitation...
By converting an image to bitmap you can create a striking array of textures that will add an exciting twist to your illustrations. Jason Cook explores Photoshop's bitmap-friendly tools and effects.
With Photoshop, you can use practically every tool and feature to enhance your images as long as you know how to mix and match. Danny Franzreb reveals how to successfully blend a range of techniques and materials.
Photoshop expert and retro-kitsch enthusiast Don Sparrow reveals the tricks and special techniques he uses to digitally age his images in this step-by-step guide to giving your work that familiar styling of the forties and fifties.
Giving your photo-montage an effective sense of depth and atmosphere is easy with Photoshop. Self-confessed Photoshop fanatic Derek Bacon lets us in on a few secrets...
In the super-saturated market of commercial illustration, how do you make your work stand out from the rest? It's essential that you develop original and eye-catching techniques, says Chris Roth. So try this..
French graffiti artist turned graphic designer Nicolas Dhennin reveals how to create distinctive layered graffiti-style imagery using Photoshop and Flash's under-used, and much undervalued, bitmap capabilities.
Good texturing work isn't just about digital painting: when a completed texture map is applied to a model, seams and smears may appear. Discover how to fix them with.
Blur tools can really bring your photo composites to life. Use them imaginatively and it's surprisingly easy to add real depth and create a superb sense of action in no time at all.