Any Screen Color Picker

May 28, 2005 | Photoshop Tutorials, Tips and Tricks

Here’s a few simple steps to capture any color from your screen, inside or outside the Photoshop program view. Though, many Color Pickers exist, there’s actually a rudimentary one available within Photoshop’s ‘Eyedropper Tool (I)’. To get...

Creating Surface Water

May 28, 2005 | Painting Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials

Combine a Gradient Fill with Smudged Layer Masks to create the following water image. Begin by creating a new document, I used 378×600, with a White Background Layer. Next: Create a Gradient A. Select the New Adjustment/Fill icon and choose ‘Gradient...

Water Color Retro Art Style

May 28, 2005 | Painting Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials

What you will need to begin is a high resolution image. (Not supplied – below is just a sample of what I used for this effect.) Note: Image courtesy of AbsolutVision Photo Gallery. The above image is a nice one in and of itself, but what I would like to focus on...

Grass & Sky Scene

May 28, 2005 | Painting Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials

Here’s a detailed tutorial to simulate a realistic grass texture against a semi-cloudy skyline backdrop. The grass will be created with a ‘Brush Preset’ and the skyline will combine a Clouds Texture with a single ‘Solid Color’ layer....