Graphics Image Editing How-Tos

Create Powerful Backgrounds in Photoshop

Don't let the wrong background ruin an otherwise fine photo. Here's how to remove the original background and create a new one that looks like it came out of a photographer's studio.

View Source: How to Use Photoshop Files with Dreamweaver CS4

Follow along with tutorial files while you learn the best practices in Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

Five Lightroom 2 How-Tos

New tools in Lightroom 2 make it easy to mimic graduated filters; brush in broad and fine adjustments; customize picture packages; create Collections; and even give a photo a watercolor look.

Easy Video Editing in Photoshop. Yes, Photoshop.

No need for a dedicated video application. You can apply adjustment layers and filters to video without leaving Photoshop Extended CS3 or CS4.

Photoshop Graffiti

Use layer blending modes and some masking to add realistic graffiti to a brick wall.

Create Photorealistic Reflections and Shadows

Celebrated digital painter Bert Monroy shares tips on creating realistic reflections and shadows in Photoshop.

Photoshop How-to: Add Energy and Interest with Layered Images

By layering thematically related photographs and colored backgrounds and foregrounds, you can create unique imagery for print and Web projects.

Create a Searchlight in Photoshop

Whip up a Hollywood-style spotlight effect with realistic-looking beams of light in Photoshop CS3.

Make Vector Splashes

Get all Jackson Pollock and make a splash -- literally. Then use Illustrator's easy Live Trace feature to bring your art into the digital world.

Transform a Busy Photo into a Strong Silhouette

When you want a clean, strong image for a print or Web project, use Illustrator to turn a photo into a striking silhouette.

Rehabilitate Old Photos

Good photo rehabilitation goes beyond repairing typical tears and fading to rebuilding important, but initially unsatisfactory, images that recover the emotional impact of an event. And clients pay a lot for that!

Create Web Animations in Photoshop CS3

Animate banner ad and graphic objects; transform their shape, size, color; or replace them entirely.

Make Editable Arrows in Photoshop

Create vector arrows you can color, warp, resize, flip, shadow, emboss, and more.

Create a Reflection Effect in Photoshop CS3

Mirror, mirror, how do you get a realistic reflection of your image? In Photoshop CS3, it's easy to mirror images using the Clone Source feature with the Clone Stamp Tool and Healing Brush.

Get Dynamic in Photoshop

HDR is one of the hottest trends in photography. Learn how to shoot, merge, and tone-map photos to extend the dynamic range and produce those painted-looking results so in demand right now.

Selectively Adjust Color in Photoshop

To change the hue of only part of an image and not obscure details underneath the new color, try these techniques.

A Monstrous Photoshop Technique

Learn how to take images to the creative edge, and break all the rules in the process!

Turn Color Photos into Duotones in Photoshop

You can transform one photograph into a wide variety of duotones to use in print or on the Web.

How to Use Photoshop Smart Filters

With CS3's Smart Filters, you can edit any filter at any time, without destroying any pixels. Here's how to use them.

Throw Photoshop's Crop Tool into Reverse

Normally, the Crop tool makes the canvas smaller. But it can also make the canvas bigger. And it gives you a preview and the flexibility to adjust size on the fly. Take that, Canvas Size!