Wedding Photo Effect

What exactly is 2.5D? It's a mix between two- and three-dimensional still images where a photograph is taking and split up into individual layers that creates a three-dimensional feel that isn't quite 3D. It has depth as a whole, but each individual layer does not have depth. ...more

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to apply photo effects in iPhoto '09. iLife '09, the software suite from Apple, is the easiest way to organize, view and publish digital content, like pictures, movies, music, and webpages. iPhoto makes managing your ...more

Create crazy looking images by 'unzipping' a person or object using Adobe Illustrator to create the zipper and then adding it to an image in Adobe Photoshop. Your tools in Illustrator will be the basic shape tool, the brush pallet, and a transform filter. In Photoshop you'll n ...more

Want to learn how to turn photos into animation? It is possible, in Adobe After Effects! Watch this tutorial to learn how to animate photos using the After Effects Puppet Tool.

Photo Booth is a fun application bundled with Mac computers that makes it easy to take photos with the built-in camera on the laptop. This tutorial shows how to take still pictures and video with Photo Booth, and add effects to the picture or video.

In this how to video, you will learn how to create a rainbow effect in your photos with Photoshop. First, open the image you want to edit in Photoshop. Next, edit the hue and saturation. Make sure to desaturate the drawing. Next, create a new layer. Select a brush and choose a ...more

GIMP is an amazing, free image editing program that allows you to edit your photos just like in photoshop! And if you've been looking for how to create a more vintage look to your pictures take a look at this video! You'll see the different changes he makes to the color, opaci ...more

Looking for an easy way to apply effects to your profile picture online? With the BeFunky image processing tool, it's simple! So simple, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over four minutes. ...more

This image editing software tutorial shows you how to create a cool watercolor or ink blot effect on photos in Photoshop. This is a simple and cool effect to make your photos look like they have been painted or made out of an ink/watercolour mark. See how to get painterly in P ...more

Here’s a tutorial about mapping artwork to 3D objects in Adobe Illustrator CS3. For more Adobe software tutorials from Layers Magazine, search Layers Magazine on WonderHowTo. WonderHowTo indexes all Layers Magazine tutorials for Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, Afte ...more

If you're just getting started with Final Cut Pro, you probably didn't know that you can also make slideshows with it. Crazy right? And it's actually easier than you think! In this video you'll learn how to start a session in Final Cut Pro to begin your slide show and walks yo ...more

Infrared photos are photos that are taken in such a way that they absorb light from beyond the visual spectrum, giving your pictures a cool, surreal effect. This video will teach you everything you need to know to take them yourself. You'll learn how to determine if you have a ...more

How does taking photographs outside differ from taking photos inside? Well, unlike indoor photography, which boast easily adjustable artificial lighting and lighting effects, with outdoor photography the light you get is the light you use. Watch this video to learn how to pho ...more

Have you ever wanted to create a background with one of your photos? This video shows you how to use one of your photos to create a photo background using Adobe Photoshop. It will show you how to use the free transform tool, overlay blend modes, hue and saturation, drop shadow ...more

Oftentimes, a photo may not capture the true vibrancy of color in real life, but Photoshop can fix that. Photos with lots of color can be given even greater hue saturation by adding extreme contrast in Photoshop. By using multiple effects, including overlay blend modes and noi ...more

If you've ever wanted to make smoke using Photoshop you'll be able to watch this software tutorial and find out how. This smoke effect won't help your movie career but it will help you create cool photos.

This is a video tutorial showing how to wrap text in Photoshop to put text on photos or on objects in photos using Photoshop.

You can use Picasa to put some effects on your photos. Also, Picasa provides some simple tuning options for your digital photos.

Using Aperture, you can easily convert images to black and white and add color tints to enhance your photos.

This tutorial shows you two examples of how to improve a dark or low-light photo. This video covers the auto Enhance feature, retouch brush tool, Effects menu (Edge Blur) and the Adjust menu (Reduce Noise).

In this tutorial Macmost.com shows iPhoto '08 of the iLife '08 suite. This video demonstrates how to use the Effects Menu and the Adjust menu to improve the quality of you photographs with some simple alterations.

If you are a photographer and are handy with a screwdriver and electrical tape, this is a really cool project to do. Basically, you "Frankenstein" a camera, taking a camera apart and rebuilding it with different lenses and the like, which makes for really cool photo effects.

In this video, Israel Hyman demonstrates the “Ken Burns Effect.” Using this technique, you can use still photos to add interesting effects to your videos. It’s dead simple to do in iMovie, but Final Cut Pro works just as well!

This video demonstrates how to remove your wrinkles in a photo using Photoshop. The video walks you through all the effects you will need and shows you how to use them effectively.

There's a quaint and beautiful look to older, black-and-white photos. With Adobe Photoshop, you can mimic that sepia-toned, antique appearance for your images in just a few easy steps.

Everyone wants to be thinner, BUT, what if you'd like to put on a little weight? Or, how about a LOT of weight? Even in a photo? Well this video shows how to use Photoshop and its liquify tool to expand someone from their svelt self to a bigger, beautiful person. This is a qui ...more

Can't afford a high-speed camera? Fake it! In this clip, you'll learn how to achieve a slow-mo frame-blending effect with Adobe After Effects CS4 or CS5 and two digital photos of your choice. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a s ...more

This video tutorial speaks about how to create a dramatic effect to an image using only Camera Raw in the Bridge program of Photoshop. In this example, the picture was first brought into the program and the fill light was turned upwards in order to lighten up the dark foregrou ...more

Adobe Photoshop is a great program to have on your computer, because you're able to do so much. From editing photos that you find online or in your own camera to creating your own from scratch. Photoshop is used for a variety of different reasons. In this tutorial, you'll see ...more

Color cast? What is it? It refers to an unwanted tint of a particular color in your photograph, which effects the whole picture evenly. It can be a ghastly sight, destroying an otherwise beautiful photo, but there is a cure. It's a common problem in digital photography, but a ...more

Photoshop is the photo-editing software of choice for just about everyone these days. It is very complex; but you're in luck! We have many videos here on site dealing with how to use Photoshop's many functions. This video will teach you how to display a picture inside of text ...more

Recently purchased a brand new digital SLR? Learn how to use your camera's functions properly by watching this tutorial on how to use your picture control settings on your Nikon digital SLR. Picture control settings control the lense effect, changing the tone of your pictures ...more

Are your digital photos missing something? Could it be fairy dust? In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a custom brush to paint randomized sparkles to create a fantasy effect. Want to separate a foreground object from its background? Whether you're new to Adobe's popul ...more

This video focuses on dramatic portraits in Adobe Photoshop. Create a dramatic-looking portrait taking a picture that you already have, maybe something that's in an interesting pose, in Photoshop using lighting effects to manipulate the way it looks, making it unworldly and st ...more

Learn how to simulate snow in your photograph in this video tutorial by photoshopuniverse. For this you'll need a photo depicting winter scenery. Add a new layer, fill it in with black, go to filer noise and add noise as shown using the given amounts. Go to filter effects and ...more

In this Photoshop video tutorial, hosted by photoshopuniverse, from Free Photoshop Video Tutorials, you will learn how to create a romantic touch effect to photos using Photoshop. The host will teach you how to use the soft overlay diffusion effect to achieve this. Guiding you ...more

Photoshop can be a confusing program, especially with all the different settings and effects you can tinker with. Learn to master the vanishing point filter in this fun, easy to follow tutorial with the Pixel Perfect team. Clean up your pictures and smooth over any unwanted im ...more

In this episode of Photoshop for Video, Richard Harrington takes a look at a new feature in Adobe Photoshop CS4 called content aware scaling. This feature allows a user to define a region or a graphic to scale or not to scale when the image is resized, giving tremendous flexib ...more

In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at the auto blend command that allows you to merge multiple pictures together into a single larger document. When you have a large scan and you have to scan it in multiple pieces and then stitch it together or if you ...more

In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at balancing out exposure issues inside of Photoshop CS4. Mixed lighting on a photo can cause portions of the image to be too bright or too dark, fortunately Photoshop gives us some great tools to take care of these t ...more

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to build songs in GarageBand '09. iLife '09, the software suite from Apple, is the easiest way to organize, view and publish digital content, like pictures, movies, music, and webpages. iPhoto makes managing your pho ...more

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to mix songs in GarageBand '09. iLife '09, the software suite from Apple, is the easiest way to organize, view and publish digital content, like pictures, movies, music, and webpages. iPhoto makes managing your photo ...more

Tom Green uses the trace bitmap option in Flash CS4 to convert a photo to line art and bring it back again. For more Adobe software tutorials from Layers Magazine, search Layers Magazine on WonderHowTo. WonderHowTo indexes all Layers Magazine tutorials for Illustrator, InDesi ...more

This photo editing software tutorial shows you how to change the depth of field of an image in Photoshop CS3. Learn two methods for creating depth of field effects with Photoshop. The first is very simple and more well known. For the second, Colin Smith experiments with the Le ...more