Special Effects Archive

  • Make Photos Sparkle – Photoshop lighting effects

    Make Photos Sparkle – Photoshop lighting effects

    Create a variety of light effects that can be applied to photography or illustration with equal impact, sparkles, pixie dust effects, coloured light spots and light beams, splatter effect as a form of lighting and more.

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  • How to Create a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo

    How to Create a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo

    This tutorial will demonstrate how to take an image and give the appearance that it is entirely composed of vector shapes. Along the way, we’ll use some fairly basic techniques, including clipping masks and displacement maps, to achieve a unique effect!

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  • Creating light motion trails and glowing sparks

    Creating light motion trails and glowing sparks

    A technique often used in advertising these days, is these glowing lines. They look like light motion trails. If you ever wondered how to create these kind of lines, here is how to do it.

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  • Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect

    Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect

    Learn how to create a break-apart, explosion effect, to break apart a body, then add some awesome lighting and glow, and nopattern style, to finish the image off.

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  • Fiery Photoshop Space Explosion Tutorial

    Fiery Photoshop Space Explosion Tutorial

    Learn how to create a spectacular space scene featuring two planets colliding.

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