http://www.freephotoshoptutorials.net Everything is easy when you know how to do it! Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:04:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Create amazing sketches with 3 easy steps. For those who are already familiar with this tutorial please note that many people don't know this technique. First, let's choose a photo to sketch.... Duplicate the image layer 2 times and desaturate both new layers. Your layers window should look like the image below. Press ... http://www.freephotoshoptutorials.net/be-an-artist-overnight-sketch-your-photographs/ Solarisation was originally used to describe the effect observed when extreme over exposure of the negative in the camera. The effect generated in the dark room was then called pseudo-solarisation. In this tutorial we will achieve the same goal but thanks to Photoshop we will "solarise" the image with much less ... http://www.freephotoshoptutorials.net/solarisation/ Lets start by choosing the image we want to make a simple border for. Choose the brush tool Choose any brush with the shape of your choice Convert the background to layer by double clicking on the background on the layers window Create a new layer and start brushing with the brush tool Move the original ... http://www.freephotoshoptutorials.net/border-in-any-shape/ This tutorial is based on the iCD action that I've created back in 2001. Lets start by creating a new transparent 750x750 image  Paste the image of your choice Using the Elliptical Marquee tool create a selection same as the image below **make sure that you hold Shift while making the selection to maintain 1:1 aspect ... http://www.freephotoshoptutorials.net/design-cd-rom-cover/