Here is a small, but valuable collection of Photoshop Tricks and Tips our Design Team has used in designing great web sites. We hope you find them helpful as well…let us know your favorites!

Advanced Glow Effect

Learn how to apply cool glow effects to various shapes using layer styles, the Pen Tool and Color Blending.

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tutorials-effects/advanced-glow-effects/

Photoshop Type Glow

Lomo Effect in Photoshop

Learn how to get the effect produced by the Lomo LC-A camera, using any image.

http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-digital-photos-look-like-lomo-photography

Photoshop Tip : Lomo

Repeating, Seamless Background Pattern in Photoshop

A must have skill set for any web designer. Using the “Offset Filter” in photoshop.

http://www.assaultblog.com/repeating-seamless-background-image-tutorial/

Photoshop Tip

HDR in Photoshop

High Dynamic Range pulls the light, medium, and dark levels from 3 bracketted photos and produces a dramatically detailed image.

http://www.assaultblog.com/repeating-seamless-background-image-tutorial/

Photoshop HDR Effect

Challenging Masks in Photoshop

Using untraditional steps/techniques to select and mask a high detailed item, like hair.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/elements/tutorials/extract-hair/masking-tutorial.html

Photoshop Tip Mask

Ultra-Contrast

Create ultra-contrast images with a few layers, blending modes, and filters.

http://photoshopfrenzy.com/?p=94

Photoshop Tip

Remove Moiré Patterns in Photoshop

Simple and Advanced technique video on removing the undesired moire pattern caused by digital photography.

http://tutorialblog.org/remove-moire-patterns-in-photoshop/

Photoshop Tip Moire

Using Blending Sliders to remove darks or lights

An overlooked feature of Layer Styles, that targets and removes either dark or light colors.

http://tutorialblog.org/using-the-blending-sliders-in-photoshop/

Photoshop Blending Sliders

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