Today we’ll have a two-parts tutorial, but both parts are going to be very simple. Since you can see the result below, I won’t add anything else at this time, apart from “start up your Photoshop and prepare for the lesson”…

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In the last 50 years, graphics design moved up a lot, and if we look back, there are a lot of things to use as inspiration for turning our pictures into works of art, using Photoshop. Of course that in some cases, results may not be ready for an art gallery, but they should be enough to make you want to learn more, like the one below…

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A sad truth is that everything gets old, including the family photos (at least as long as they are not held on a CD or DVD, but when that happens, the optical disc itself would get old too…), but this is a process that takes time.

If you want to add an aging effect to the picture you are acquiring from your digital camera right now, using Photoshop to do it is a pretty good idea, so let’s see how to do this, shall we?

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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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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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