Ok, I know it has been a little while since my last post here…and even longer since my last Photoshop Tutorial. That being said, I wanted to let all of you know that I am currently working on a new and updated website.

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Alright, so it has been a little while since my last post and I do apologize for that. But I’m back with a new tutorial for you that I think you will enjoy. I have seen this done in several different tutorials all over the web and I loved the technique so much that I just had to share it with you here. I am going to show you one way to mask hair in photoshop. I will do this using channels and blend modes.

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So I was lurking around the Photoshop User Forums the other day when I came across a new thread where a new member was asking how the floating letters graphic from the show Finge could be reproduced as a still image. I hadn’t seen the show but did a quick google search and found an example of the floating letters. Typically when I want 3D lettering I will go right to illustrator, create my lettering, and then bring it into photoshop as paths. But with this one I knew the person posting the question only had Fireworks and Photoshop to work with. So I decided to try and do this using only photoshop. Below is my final result.

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This is a really cool effect that I learned just the other day on the NAPP forums (first demonstrated by Justin Seeley at Photoshop World). It is a quick and easy trick to turning any photo into a sketch in photoshop. This effect can literally be done in a matter of minutes. I hope you enjoy it.

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Okay. So this is a pretty cool effect that I have started to see pop up in design work and I’ve even come accross a few tutorials on how to achieve this effect (see: Bernskiold Media and National Association of Photoshop Professionals). The cool part about seeing more than one tutorial on this, is that they were both done with different methods. Well, I had so much fun playing with this and it is such an easy effect, I thought I would share it here and show everyone both methods to getting this effect.

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We have all seen it somewhere. That graphic favorite of many designers out there, the sunburst. I’ve seen it on everything from magazine covers to energy drinks. So, how do they create this look?

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