Learn about Photo Effects

Enhance your images with these photo effects. Whether you want to download ready-made photo effects or create your own in Photoshop, we've got you covered.

All Photo Effects content:

  1. How to Restore a Heavily Damaged Photo With Photoshop

    How to Restore a Heavily Damaged Photo With Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    While Photoshop is a great tool to enhance or modify digital images, it is also a fantastic application to repair or restore photographs damaged by the...

  2. Use Retouching Techniques to Create a Caricature From a Photo

    Use Retouching Techniques to Create a Caricature From a Photo

    Tutorial Advanced

    Photoshop includes some powerful tools to help you manipulate photos. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a caricature portrait from a photo...

  3. 4 Ways to Create Long Shadow Effects in Photoshop

    4 Ways to Create Long Shadow Effects in Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Part of the recent, "flat design" trend, long shadow effects are a popular but not necessarily new phenomenon. The trend's strongest impact seems to be on...

  4. How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Using Lightroom and Photoshop

    How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Using Lightroom and Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Over the years, I have spent quite a bit of time experimenting with product photography; sometimes more successfully than others. While I spend my days...

  5. Create 3D Rubber and Glass Text in Photoshop CS6

    Create 3D Rubber and Glass Text in Photoshop CS6

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we will explain how to use the vector editing and 3D capabilities of Photoshop to create rubber and glass 3D text. In the process, we will...

  6. Create a Realistic Underwater Scene in Photoshop

    Create a Realistic Underwater Scene in Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    Underwater scenes can be quite challenging to create in a realistic way. In this tutorial, we will explain how to create an Underwater scene in Photoshop...

  7. How to Apply a Plastic Mask Effect to a Portrait

    How to Apply a Plastic Mask Effect to a Portrait

    Tutorial Advanced

    In this tutorial, we will show you how to quickly and easily create a beautiful, futuristic portrait by applying a plastic wrap effect or mask to a portrait...

  8. Create a World War II Era Dogfighter

    Create a World War II Era Dogfighter

    Tutorial Advanced

    In design, great concepts can often be created by playing with words. In this tutorial, our friends at INK will show you how to create a furry World War II...

  9. Create a Soil Cake for Pie Charts and Infographics

    Create a Soil Cake for Pie Charts and Infographics

    Tutorial Advanced

    Infographics are an efficient and fun way to present data. You may notice, however, that infographics are often flat vector illustrations. What if you wanted...

  10. Create a Fantasy City Using Architectural Photographs

    Create a Fantasy City Using Architectural Photographs

    Tutorial Advanced

    Because matte painting often involves combining several photos to achieve an end-result, matte paintings can be great practice for anyone who wants to learn...

  11. Create an Earth Shattering Disaster Scene in Photoshop

    Create an Earth Shattering Disaster Scene in Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    If you saw the movie "2012" you may remember that scene where the California coast begins to break apart and fall into the sea. In this tutorial, we will...

  12. Use Photography to Create a Scenic Matte Painting From a Sketch in Photoshop

    Use Photography to Create a Scenic Matte Painting From a Sketch in Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    In this tutorial, we are going to use Photoshop's photo manipulation tools to create a scenic matte painting that was based on a sketch. Let's get started.