You can add mood or drama to any Photoshop image or illustration by shining a light on your subjects. The light source can be off frame (such as a window) or a light source in your image (a lamp or flashlight). There are a number of techniq...

Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images Add a dazzling lightning backdrop to your next presentation with Photoshop CS4. You can use the lightning image alone or blend it into another photograph. Using Photoshops rendering tools, you can customize th...

Adobe Photoshop is a graphic design program that makes creating anime characters a much easier task for many artists. You can automate actions and paint color in Photoshop much faster than by hand, which comes in handy for creating brightly...

Step 51 After you give it a Motion Blur, youll notice that the top edges are pretty harsh. Soften them up a bit by adding a smaller blur on the vertical axis. Step 52 Then just set the layers Blending Mode to Pin Light and play around with...

Step 41 Repeat this process for all the trees. The farther the tree, the less prominent the line. Step 42 Now on a separate layer, draw some pure white ones. Keep these shorter though, and fewer. Step 43 Youll now need a medium size version...

Step 31 Finally, add a soft, white glow in the center and to the side of the tree. Give it a low Opacity. Step 32 Now were going to alter the scene again, so that the light appears more realistic. On top of all the layers from the Layer Men...

Step 21 Now were going to create an anamorphic lens flare. People are really quick to criticise the use of lens flares in digital work, and due to constant overuse, theyre easy to hate. But the fact is that they do exist, and can be a great...

Step 11 From the layer menu, click on the Add Layer Mask icon. Press D on your keyboard, then go to Filter Render Clouds. Then go to Filter Render Difference Clouds. This will hide portions of the glow in an irregular, cloud-like manner. Yo...

Designers love to be critical about movie posters, and while you may think you have better ideas about how to sell a movie to an audience, how many times have you actually tried doing it? In this tutorial, were going to create a poster for...

Try a breath of ancient Chinese art and culture! With these simple intuitive steps of manipulations, you will learn how to create an original traditional style Chinese painting, which has an archaic charm just beyond your photo. Even with t...