This lesson is about how to create by three pictures only a tender collage of sea-piece.

This tutorial will create several abstracts by using a batch action.

There are, of course, hundreds of different ways to make 3D abstracts, with no particular method better than another. This intermediate skill-level tutorial uses a combination of a 3D package and Adobe Photoshop. The results speak for themselves!

One of the most powerful yet underused additions to Photoshop in recent years is the Liquify filter. With a few flicks of your wrist you can use the filter's special tools to create convincing abstracts and plasma effects in record-breaking times.

One of the most powerful yet underused additions to Photoshop in recent years is the liquify filter. With a few flicks of your wrist you can use the filter's special tools to create convincing abstracts and plasma effects in record-breaking times.

Make a soft, glassy content box.

'Bevel and emboss' is a fantastic layer effect, but it also has a tendency to create harsh contrasts in unskilled hands. Follow this tutorial to learn all about soft bevels - useful for both text and interfaces!

This soft focus effect make portrait photos look dreamy and soft.

Enhance dull photos with soft contrast. This Photoshop effect enhances contrast and saturation.

Learn how to make a quick and easy "soft" beveled edge to use on your buttons, etc.

'Bevel and emboss' is a fantastic layer effect, but it also has a tendency to create harsh contrasts in unskilled hands. Follow this tutorial to learn all about soft bevels - useful for both text and interfaces.

Learn how to create a soft, professional website button and header.

Learn to make some soft, rounded buttons.

Learn several easy soft focus effect techniques.

Learn how to design a soft stylized 2D type

Learn how to give a photo a soft edge for collages, displays or reports.

Learn eight ways to create a soft focus effect.

If you want to bypass all the hard work, and require a basic cel-shaded image for a quick illustration at a pre-defined resolution, then this simple photo-based technique may be far more useful to you then a fully-fledged vector graphic.

Here you will create a glossy menu interface that will look good in any color.

Great for softening scenic photos as well as portraits, this quick and easy soft focus method will preserve more sharpness and give you more control than standard blur methods.