Step 1 Create a new document in Photoshop. As usual I will use a nice scree resolution, 1920×1200 pixels. Fill the background layer with a very dark grey, not black. If you fill it with black the effect won’t work. The color I used was #262626. Step 2 Select the Ellipse Tool (U), and create...

For the beginning let’s create a new file (File>New) of 1600×1200 px and 72 dpi. Using the Paint Bucket Tool (G), fill the new file with black color. Next we need to select the Gradients Tool (G) and fill the new file from its top to the bottom with a transparent gradient. Choose on the...

Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. I used for this tutorial the wallpaper size of 1900×1200 pixels. Right after that fill the background layer with black and with the Rectangular Marquee Tool(M) create a selection like the image below. Step 2 – Brush This is exactly what we...

Step 1 Creat new layer and grab the paint bucket tool (G) and set the forground colour at #006e2e and fill layer. Step 2 Create new layer and grab the gradient tool (G) and select you forground colour to #5e4707 and make sure your gradient is set to #5e4707 to clear and you should have an image like...

1. Finding references and textures The first thing I do is start collecting as many photos of buildings and city landscapes as possible. I look for textures and references, to get a sense of how a building was constructed and how I can recreate it with Photoshop. For this example I went through my archive...

1. Open an existing picture image. 2. Image > Adjustments > Desaturate (or Ctrl+Shift+U) 3. Then Use the rectangular marquee tool to select the picture image and press Ctrl+I to inverse the colors. 4. Image > Adjustment > Brightness/Contrast for this example I used: B=+15 C=-25 5. Edit...

Step 1 Start with a black canvas for the sake of simplicity. Create a layer called “orange,” and draw a quick rough circle. The color doesn’t matter; we’re about to cover it up anyway. Now, you could have made something with the circle marquee tool, but where’s the fun in...