Glow Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we're going to create some really sharp-looking glow effects using a combination of layer styles, the Pen Tool and Color Blending. The end effect is quite stunning and hopefully you'll pick up some tips you didn't know before.

Step 1:

As with pretty much every tutorial I've ever written, we begin with a radial gradient. This one is pretty harsh and goes from a reddish brown color to black. Here are the exact color codes:

Foreground color - #922f00
Background color - #000000

Making up photo

There are times when a regular photo just doesn't cut it and you need your photo to pack a punch. Here is one technique that you may find useful.

As with all photo-based techniques, it doesn't really make up for having a crappy photo though, so if you are trying to rescue something ugly don't get your hopes up too high!

Before and After

Before we get started, lets compare the original with the result. As you'll see we're taking a great photo and making it really punchy by getting it really contrasty and changing the color palette.

Make a Shield in photoshop

In this tutorial, we're going to use the Path Tools in Photoshop to draw a shield-like shape. Then using some gradients, we're going to give it a metallic edge and shiny center. I actually made this tutorial when making the default icons for some posts here on aztutorial, so if you go to the main listing on the site you'll see them in action.

Background of Hazardous Red in Photoshop

This tutorial is about making a textured red background and using Photoshop's Shape Tool to add a design element.

Step 1:

We begin with a blank canvas and then add a plain red background of color - #780000

Create Metalic Style

In this tutorial, we're going to create a metallic effect using layer styles and gradients that you can apply to different objects. We'll put it on a nice background and create a style for lettering that makes it look like it's embedded into the metal.

Step 1:

BACKGROUND LAYER

We start as always with a background gradient. I've used a Radial Gradient with two shades of a lovely light green. The exact color codes are:

Foreground color - #93cc1a
Background color - #7eb704