Today I don’t want to keep you waiting, so I’ll cut the introduction and jump straight to what we’ll create in this workshop. If you like what you see in the image below, read the entire article to learn how to do it yourselves…

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The good part in creating various photo effects is that, once you have a piece ready, you can use it with as many images as you like, to obtain a nice result. For example, today I’ll put 3 bullet holes in my head. Fortunately, I’ll do this in Photoshop, but you can use the knowledge I share with you to add them to your neighbor’s car photo, you grandmother’s house, or anything you can think of…

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When talking about text effects, the possibilities are endless, as well as the path you can follow to the final result. Sometimes, you can get better results in 5 minutes, than in an hour, but it all gets down to practice, after all. Anyway, let’s cut the talking and start working! Today, we’ll learn to create text that looks like the one in the image below…

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You got a picture with your kid with at least 20 other kids, but you want to make your little Jimmy stand out from the crowd? Nothing easier than using the colorswash effect, keeping your kid in its entire full-color glory, and turning the other elements of the image into black and white! If this seems to be hard, you don’t have to worry, because it’s much easier than one would expect, so here we go…

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The tutorial about creating a nebula needed some stars, and I promised to give you this part too. Well, I don’t want to keep you waiting, so today I decided to show you how to create a basic star field. It may not be something outstanding, but it’s a good foundation for a lot of projects involving stars/space/planets, so here we go…

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