There's no easy way to create an organic, atmospheric palette in Photoshop. It takes plenty of manual work combined with a knowledge of colour and digital blending. Nigel Dennis shows you how.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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...
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.
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.