How to Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation

Final Image Preview

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Create a Spiral Telephone Cord From Scratch

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

Given the right tools, Photoshop can make just about any task easy. Today’s tutorial will demonstrate how to create a still life telephone scene from scratch using the smudge tool. Let’s get started!

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Step 1

Create a new document (2100 px x 1300 px) and add a gradient as shown. Next, create a new layer called "Sketch" and draw a simple phone scene. It is important to rough out the path for the spring cord, as we will use this as a guide in the next step.

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Create an Explosive Flaming Poker Card

Resources

• Paper Texture by Suzanne Clute
• Flames
• Floral Pattern by Jan Hadenfeldt

Step 1

Open up Photoshop and create a new document of 1680x1050 and click OK. As a start, we will need to fill the background with a grey colour #606060 so that all details of the flames will be visible once we are going to edit them.

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Aqua Text in photoshop

In this tutorial I will show you how to make that cool aqua text that is on my header. In the end
 you text will look like the O below. (based on the look of a text created by robouk.mchost.net )

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Selecting & Extracting Hair in photoshop

One of the most challenging montage or masking jobs in the profession of post-production editing is the hair lift. When the model has long flowing hair and the subject needs to change location many post-production artists call in sick. Get it wrong and, just like a bad wig, it shows. Extract filters, Magic Erasers and Tragic Extractors don’t even get us close.

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Create a Beautiful Surreal Night Manipulation

Step 1

In this Step I have provided all the links to the sources I have used to make this image.

Sources:-

1. TREE Stock:
(Thanks to Linzee777)

2. PITCHER:
(Thanks to SalsolaStock)

3. Window:
(Thanks to inkd-in-blood)

4. Floor:
(Thanks to CamaroGirl666-Stock)

5. Lady
(Thanks to sinned-angel-stock)

6. Stone wall
(Thanks to jrrhack )

7. Moon

8. Plant Brush
(Thanks to spiritsighs-stock)

9. Cat
( Thanks to jetblackvelvet-stock )

10. Tree Stock
( Thanks to linzee777 )

11. Vine Weed
( Thanks to sheisprettystock )

12. Sky
( Thanks to arca-stock )

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Create a dangerous Prototype Mosquito using a Microscope

Step 1

This is the Microscope image, that we are going to manipulate in to our insect. You can download the high resolution image from here. http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-contest/15204/microscope.html. Also check the other awesome entries.

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Create a Fantastic Glowing Decorated Time Piece

Step 1

Create a new .psd file of 2000px width and 3300px height, 72dpi.
Click twice on the Background to make an ordinary layer of it as you’ll need to apply layer style later. Rename this Layer 0 as Background again for your convenience.

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An Amazing Diamond Advertisement Poster

In this tutorial you will learn a few techniques that might be very useful for you and give you some great ideas when you start creating an advertisement. Before you go on and start the tutorial I would like to thank the photographers for their amazing stock images and for giving e permission to use the images.

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Nokia 5300 Cell Phone Interface in Photoshop

This tutorial shows you how to use multiple vector shapes, layer styles, and various tools to create a mobile phone design. It’s a nice design with multiple small details explained. 

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