Photoshop Workbench Archive
Photoshop Workbench 317: Transforming a Photo into an Illustration
A few days ago, I received Corey Barker’s remarkable book, Down & Dirty Tricks for Designers, in the mail. The book is loaded with inspiring effects, one of which I’d like to share with you today. We’ll impart a unique illustrated appearance to a photo. Thanks to iStockPhoto.com for providing today’s gorgeous butterfly image and [...]
Photoshop Workbench 316: Sherlock Holmes Credits Effect
If you can use a little inspiration today, I’ve got just the ticket. Two years after the release of the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr., I finally had the opportunity to sit down and watch it. Although I loved the movie, what really got my pulse pounding were the closing credits. If [...]
Photoshop Workbench 315: Creativity with Textures
Textures applied to a photograph create the illusion that a two-dimensional scene has tactile, three-dimensional properties. Textures also have the ability to make an image appear as if it was crafted by hand rather than as pixels. In today’s Workbench, we’ll employ a pair of textures from the Flypaper Textures collection. These are some of [...]
2012 Workshops: Join Mark for an Unforgettable Experience!
Dear Friends, My 2012 Workshop Schedule is posted and it promises to be a memorable year packed with creative breakthroughs, breathtaking image-making, and outrageous fun! Here’s what a recent workshop participant had to say… “If you’ve never been to one of Mark’s workshops, you can’t imagine what you’re missing. My week with Mark was the [...]
Photoshop Workbench 314: Stretching a Sky with Content-Aware Scale
Today’s Workbench features a technique that is simple to accomplish, yet intensely gratifying. We’ll pretend that we’re working on a photograph that is scheduled to appear on the cover of a magazine. Unfortunately, the photo was captured with too little sky to accommodate the magazine’s nameplate. Rather than tossing the photo aside, we’ll salvage it [...]
