Step 1:-

First we will create a new file with 900px width and 700px height.

Step 2:-

We’ll open the model image and paste it on the main file.

Step 3:-

Dark the colors down a bit. So for this click on Images> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast.

Step 4:-

Now open the Canyon image and place it on our main file.

Step 5:-

Now select Canyon layer and change the blending mode to “Overlay”.

Step 6:-

Select the rectangle tool and create a rectangle on the left side.

Step 7:-

Now click on Layer> Layer style> Stoke.

Step 8:-

Now change the blending mode of our rectangle to “Color”.

Step 9:-

Repeat the same process and create more rectangles with different colors. And we are done.

Step 1: Basic Image

First of all, you would need a photograph of the beach.

Once downloaded, bring the image on the canvas. Go to Image, Adjustments and choose the photo filter option. Use the following details.

Step 2: Text Tool

Pick up the text tool and go crazy. Run your ideas on the canvas and play around with the fonts. Use different fonts for your wordings and add a little funk to your image.

Step 3:  Shape Layer

Use the Rectangle Tool and make two shape layers around your text like shown below.

Step 4: Newspaper Layer

Again pick up your text tool and start using different fonts for your text. Keep your text within the shape created in the previous step. You can even use different font sizes to highlight the main points in your text.

Step 5: Wrinkled Paper Texture

Now you would need a wrinkled paper texture.

Step 6: Blending Options

Bring the image on the canvas and resize the image by pressing CTRL T. Reduce the opacity of the layer to 80% and change the blending options of the layer to Hard Light.

Step 7: Soft Light

Duplicate the texture layer. Set the opacity to 100% and change the blending options to Soft Light.

Step 8: Apply Hue

Duplicate the texture layer once more and change the blending options to Hue. Keep the opacity of the layer to 100%

Step 9: Final Touches

Duplicate the layer once more. Now pick up the soft brush tool with 0% hardness. Apply the brushes around the edges. Press CTRL U and increase the saturation of the image to 80. You can use various other filters and effects to increase the sharpness of the image. Once you are done, change the blending options of the layer to Overlay. That’s it.

Before moving ahead with the tutorial, have a look at the finished theme image.

Step1:-

We are going to start by creating a document in Photoshop of size 900×600 pixels and fill it with a radial gradient of color green to very light green (#4ca858 to #9ee6a8 from left to right).

Step2:-

Open up the grass image in Photoshop and select a square piece using Rectangular Marquee Tool. Copy the selected area.

Step3:-

Paste the square piece of grass on our background.

Step4:-

Now grab the eraser tool with soft round shape and erase the grass in a way that it could look like a house structure. Set the Blend Mode to Linear Light and leave the Opacity to 100%.

Step5:-

Select a rectangular marquee tool and cut out a rectangular piece for the door as shown in the picture below.

Step6:-

Now we’re going to give this house shape drop shadow effect by right clicking on the grass layer and select Blending Options in the drop down menu, then check on the drop shadow. Make the settings according to the picture shown below.

Step7:-

Now paste the cut out door piece in its place. Blend Mode will be normal with 100% Opacity and no drop shadow effect.

Step8:-

Now we will add a small chimney and to do that cut another square piece from the grass image and paste it on our grass house as shown below. Set the Blend Mode to Linear Light like the rest of the house.

Step9:-

Open up the vine image and select the vine and leaves out of its background using Quick Selection Tool.

Step10:-

Paste it on our house and re-size it by pressing Ctrl+t.

Step11:-

Add drop shadow to it, like we did before for the house.

Step12:-

Add another vine repeating the same process as for the first one.

Step13:-

It’s time to add some beautiful sunflowers to our house. Open up the flower image, cut it out of its background and paste it on the house as shown below. Repeat the process 4 or 5 times for more flowers.

Step14:-

Now we are going to add text. Cut out another grass patch in a rectangular shape and paste it on our back ground then select the typing tool with color white and of size 72pt and the font style is Franklin Gothic Demi Cond. Type Green Living on the grass patch as shown in the picture below.

Step15:-

Now select the grass patch and use an eraser. The text is in front of you so all you have to do now is trace the text with eraser and when we’ll hide the text layer the text carved in grass by eraser will appear as shown below.

Step16:-

Add a vine and some flowers to our rectangular grass patch with text.

Step17:-

Now we are going to make multi-colored bubbles coming out of the chimney instead of smoke. Select a round marquee tool and make a small circle. Fill it with a multi-colored gradient as shown below.

Step18:-

Right click on the bubble layer and choose Blending Options from the drop down menu and make checks on drop shadow, outer glow, inner glow and Bevel and Emboss as shown below.

Step19:-

Reduce the Opacity to 10% and draw a white spot on the bubble for reflection. Make two more bubbles same way and change their sizes by pressing Ctrl+t.

There you have it. Your eco friendly green living promotional theme is complete now. Hope you had fun. Share your side of story. I’ll be back with more new effects and themes. Thanks for reading.

Step1:-

First of all, create a new file with 600px width and 600px height.

Step 2:-

Select the Paint Bucket Tool and fill the background with color #000000.

Step 3:-

Now open a random image. And paste it on the file you are going to work on.

Step 4:-

Now select the marquee Tool and choose a very small area of the image. After that, copy that small area selection.

Step 5:-

Now paste that selection on your black background.

Step 6:-

After that, click on Ctrl + T and then stretch it.

Step 7:-

Repeat the same process to get the following result.

Step 8:-

Now duplicate the layer few times and change the color of each by pressing Ctrl +U. And we are done.

Step 1: Background Image

You can download any background image from the net and bring it on the canvas. For this tutorial, we would be using paper textures for our backdrop.

Step 2: Custom Shape

Go to the custom shape and choose the triangular shape. Once made, go to the Layer Style and choose the Drop Shadow option. Apply the following details on your shape.

Step 3:  Grunge Texture

Download any grunge texture and bring it on the canvas. Press CTRL and click on your shape layer palette. This would automatically load the selection of the shape. Go to your grunge texture layer and press CTRL C and CTRL V. This would copy paste the selection on a new layer. After that, desaturate the image by pressing CTRL U and setting the saturation to -100.

Step 4: Newspaper Layer

Now download any old newspaper image and bring it on the canvas. Press CTRL and click on the shape layer palette. Once the selection has been loaded go to the newspaper layer and press CTRL C and CTRL V. This would copy paste the selection. Once that is done, change the blending options of the layer to Pin Light.

Step 5: Ellipse Tool

Grab the Ellipse tool and make a circular shape like shown below. Choose a gradient for your shape and tick the Drop Shadow check box in the Layer Style. Apply the following details.

Step 6:  Gaussian Blur

Duplicate the shape layer and go to Filter, Blur and apply the Gaussian Blur effect. You would have to rasterize the image first. Once that is done, reduce the opacity of the layer to 20%.

Step 7: Layer Mask

Select the shape layer and go to Layer, Layer Mask and choose the Reveal All option. Once that is done, select the brush tool. Choose grunge brushes for your design. Once downloaded and installed, click the layer mask and apply the brushes around the edges of the circle.

Step 8: Repeat

Repeat Step number 5, 6 and 7 to make another shape. Use different gradients for this shape.

Step 9: Gradient Layer

Create a new layer and select the rectangular marquee tool. Make a selection and fill it with any color. Go to the layer style and choose the gradient option. Create any rainbow colored gradient.

Step 10: Gaussian Blur

Go to Filter, Blur and apply the Gaussian Blur effect. Reduce the opacity of the layer to 20% and change the blending options of the layer to Screen.

Step 11: Grunge Wallpaper

Download another grunge background and position the layer right at the top. Reduce the fill of the layer to 50% and change the blending options of the layer to Darker Color.

Step 12: Brushes

For this step, you would need to download various brushes. You can download them from Brusheezy.com. Once you have the brushes downloaded and installed, start applying them on new layers. Make sure to increase the size of the radius to fill the entire canvas with your design. Once you are done with your composition, duplicate the layer. Change the blending options of both layers to Overlay.

Step 13: Final Touches

That’s it for your basic designs. You can do some minor modifications to increase the sharpness of the image. Use different effects and blending options and test your creativity.

Step 1:-

Open a new file with the following dimensions, 630px width and 900px height.

Step 2:-

After that, open a girl image and paste it on the main file.

Step 3:-

Now click on “Edit in quick Mode”. Then select the soft brown brush and use it on the hair.

Step 4:-

Now once again click on the same button before.

Step 5:-

Now click on the option of ‘Select’ and then click on “Inverse”.

Step 6:-

Once hair are selected, press down CMD/CTRL + U or you can click on Images> Adjustments> Hue/saturation.

Step 7:-

Now drag the arrows left and right to change the color.

Step 8:-

To create some highlights, etc., you have to repeat the same steps.

Step 1: Basic Image

You need a basic image to start with, first of all.

Step 2: Noise, Saturation and Levels

Now go to Image, Adjustments and choose the Levels option. Use the input levels 60, 1.00 and 220 for this particular filter. After that, press CTRL U and increase the saturation of the image. Decrease the brightness by just a few percentages to give more focus to the face. After that, go to Filters, Artistic and choose the Film Grain filter. Set the grain level to 10px (depending on the size of your canvas) and leave the other options default.

Step 3:  Halftone

Duplicate the layer and go to Filter, Pixelate and choose the Color Halftone filter. Keep the radius to 4px (depending upon the size of your canvas). Go to the blending options of that layer and change the Normal value to Darken.

Step 4: Borders

Select the Rectangle shape tool and make a basic shape that covers the whole canvas. Go to the layer style of that shape layer and choose the stroke option. Set the stroke to 10px. After that, reduce the fill of that particular layer to 0%. You would have this nice white border. Now you can make two additional rectangular shapes as shown below.

Step 5: Ripple Effect

Duplicate all the shape layers and merge them into a single layer. After that, go to Filter, Distort and apply the Ripple Effect. Keep the amount to 50% (differs according to your canvas size).

Step 6:  Text

For this step, you would have to download the following font:

Once the font has been installed, you can use it to write your text as shown below.

Step 7: Final Touch

Duplicate the basic image and apply a soft brush around the face, preferably the edges. Keep the opacity of the brush to 30%. Change the blending options of the layer to Luminosity.

Step 1: Backdrop

Download any picture of a beautiful scenery. This would define your background color so be very careful in picking an image.

Step 2: Gaussian Blur

Select the layer and move to Filter, choose Blur and select the Gaussian Blur option. Use the following details for applying the blur effect.

Step 3:  Grunge Background

Next download any grunge background and bring it on your canvas. This particular backdrop can be found on Shutterstock.

Step 4: Blending Options

Desautrate the image by first selecting the layer and then press CTRL U. Once the new window opens, set the Saturation of that specific layer to -100. After that, change the blending options of the layer from Normal to Soft Light.

Step 5: Text

Pick up the text tool and use it to write your text in the middle of the canvas. For this specific tutorial, we would use the font Impact.

Step 6:  Blending Options

Change the blending options of your text layer to Soft Light. This is your basic design and now we can continue with our composition.

Step 7: Composition

Start duplicating your text layer and arrange them in a particular composition like shown below.

Step 8: Fill the Canvas

Continue this process, until you fill the whole canvas.

Step 9: Final Touches

Duplicate all the layers and merge them into a single layer. This would add depth to your image. Reduce the brightness of the image and change the blending options of the layer to Color.

Step 1:-

First of all, create a new file with the following dimensions, 900px width and 630px height.

Step 2:-

Now create a new layer, so click on Layer> New> Layer.

Step 3:-

After that, use any island image, which you want to manipulate and paste it on our file.

Step 4:-

Open the city image and select the buildings.

Step 5:-

Now paste the buildings image selection on our island.

Step 6:-

After that, select the Ellipse Tool and create a big circle with color #ffffff. Now select the eraser tool and remove the lower half. Then change the blending mode to “Soft light”.

Step 7:-

Now create another layer and fill it with #000000. Then change the blending mode to “overlay” and we are done.

Have a look at the finished picture before continuing with the tutorial.

Step1:-
Let’s begin with opening the man’s picture in Photoshop. Double click on the layer to make it working.

Step2:-
Open up the belly dancer image and select only the dancer out of its background using Quick Selection Tool.

Step3:-
Copy the selection and paste it on our working layer. Adjust the size by pressing Ctrl+t.

Step4:-
Now we are going to change the color of the dancer so go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation as shown below.

Step5:-
Adjust the Hue, saturation and brightness according to the picture given below.

Step6:-
Now to enhance the edges go to Filter>Stylize>Glowing Edges as shown below.

Step7:-
Set the edges as shown in the picture given below.

Step8:-
Now you should have something similar to the image shown below.

Step9:-
Now Set the Blend Mode of the dancer layer to Linear Dodge (Add), reduce the Opacity to 62% and fill will be 71%.

Step10:-
Now Select the Smudge Tool and smudge the edges of the dancer to make them look like smoke (not too much, just a touch here and there).

Step11:-
Open the fractal image copy it and paste upon the dancer.

Step12:-
Set the Blend Mode to screen and reduce the Opacity to 75% and make the fill 58%.

There you have it; your smoke girl is complete. Hope you will try it. Share your side of story with me. I’ll be back with some more great effects in Photoshop. Thanks for reading.