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Photoshop’s Remove Tool is Broken—What Now?

Object removal is a fundamental task in photo editing, but AI-powered tools can sometimes produce unpredictable results. It can be frustrating when a tool designed to remove an object instead replaces it with another unwanted element, disrupting your workflow and requiring extra steps to correct. This tutorial demonstrates how recent...

Photoshop Roadmap Weekly #13

This week, Colin Smith from Photoshop Cafe breaks down the top new features in Photoshop’s May 2025 update, plus how AI is transforming editing workflows. We’ve got new tutorials on dispersion effects, dynamic text, text portraits, and redesigning a classic Star Wars poster. You’ll also discover 5...

Redesigning a Classic Star Wars Poster in Photoshop

Creating compelling digital art, especially when working with existing iconic material, often presents unique technical and creative challenges. Sourcing high-quality images for older films can be a significant hurdle, leading to compromises in detail and overall visual fidelity. Furthermore, maintaining a consistent design style across a series while allowing for...

TOP New Features in Photoshop – May 2025 Update

Many Photoshop users frequently encounter common challenges such as time-consuming manual selections for complex objects, difficulties in achieving precise color adjustments across an image, or struggling with inconsistent results when removing unwanted elements like reflections. These hurdles often slow down the creative process, making it frustrating to achieve a desired...

5 Hidden Photoshop Features You Probably Didn't Know

Many Photoshop users tend to rely on a familiar set of tools and workflows, often overlooking powerful but less obvious functionalities. This can lead to inefficient processes and missed creative opportunities, making certain tasks feel more cumbersome than they need to be. This guide and accompanying video demonstrate five underutilized...

Create a Striking Text Portrait Poster in Photoshop

Transforming an ordinary portrait into a captivating text-based artwork presents a unique creative challenge in Photoshop. Often, the frustration lies in making text appear to organically wrap around a subject’s contours rather than just sitting flat over the image. Achieving this seamless integration, especially when dealing with complex shapes,...

Photoshop Introduces Dynamic Text Feature

Designers frequently encounter the challenge of fitting text creatively into layouts without compromising readability or aesthetics. Traditional text handling in design software often means manually adjusting font sizes, leading, or tracking every time a text box is resized, which can be a time-consuming and frustrating process, especially for complex designs...

Creating a Dispersion Effect in Photoshop

The dispersion effect transforms ordinary portraits into dynamic artwork by creating the illusion that parts of the subject are breaking apart and scattering into particles. This popular technique adds movement and drama to static images, making them perfect for creative projects, album covers, or eye-catching social media content. This tutorial...

Free True Marker Photoshop Brushes

The True Marker Brush Pack for Photoshop is a practical addition for anyone looking to enhance their digital artwork. It offers four different marker-style brushes that provide a range of effects, from fine details to bold strokes. Each brush is designed to feel natural, closely imitating the look and flow...

Photoshop Roadmap Weekly #12

This week, Colin Smith from Photoshop Cafe introduces a powerful new Photoshop tool that makes changing colors easier than ever. We’ll also explore which traditional Photoshop tools have been replaced by AI, plus dive into tutorials on creating halftone textures, glowing text effects, applying graphics to images, and even...

New Photoshop Feature for Changing Colors

Working on the color palette of an image is a fundamental task in photo editing, enabling designers and photographers to evoke different moods, correct imbalances, or simply reimagine visual elements. While Photoshop has long offered robust tools for color manipulation, achieving precise and natural-looking changes often required a multi-step workflow...

Creating a 3D Glowing Text Effect in Photoshop

Adding depth and luminosity to text can transform a simple design into something visually striking. The combination of 3D extrusion and glow effects creates text that appears to leap off the page, making it perfect for logos, headers, and eye-catching graphics. This tutorial demonstrates how to build a complete 3D...

Ultimate Halftone Effect in Photoshop

Halftone effects can transform ordinary photos into striking graphic designs, but many designers struggle with creating patterns that blend naturally with their images. The traditional approach often results in rigid, uniform dots that don't adapt to the underlying image tones and details. This tutorial demonstrates how to create...

Photoshop auto masks, new feature no one is talking about

Making precise selections in Photoshop has historically been one of the most time-consuming and challenging aspects of image editing. From intricate hair strands to complex tree foliage, achieving a clean mask often required significant manual effort and advanced techniques. However, recent advancements in artificial intelligence are rapidly transforming this fundamental...

How to Apply Graphics and Change Colors in Photoshop

Integrating graphics and adjusting colors are fundamental skills in Photoshop, enabling designers and artists to transform disparate elements into cohesive visual narratives. From compositing a logo onto a product image to blending text into a scene, mastering these techniques is crucial for achieving professional results. This video demonstrates practical methods...

Designing a Magazine Cover in Photoshop

Magazine cover design combines typography, visual hierarchy, and image composition to create compelling editorial layouts that grab attention on crowded shelves. Modern magazine designs often feature bold typography that interacts dynamically with the cover subject, creating depth and visual interest through layering techniques. This tutorial demonstrates the complete process of...

Photoshop Roadmap Weekly #11

This week, discover Phlearn's complete guide to using Smart Objects in Photoshop, along with advanced tips on dither patterns, object reflections, layer masks, photo collages, and more. Don’t miss out on the free liquid paint backgrounds and grunge rusty textures to enhance your creative projects. Amazing! Editor&...

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Spooky Nights: 10 Free Whimsical Halloween Illustrations

Step into a world of glowing pumpkins, playful ghosts, and enchanted moonlit scenes with Spooky Nights, a free set of 10 whimsical Halloween illustrations. Each high-resolution artwork (2304×1792 px, JPEG) was crafted with Adobe Firefly in a painterly mixed-media style — expressive inky brushstrokes, delicate bleach splatters, and thick swirls...

Midnight Haunt: 24 Free Eerie Halloween Photoshop Brushes

Midnight Haunt is an enchanting collection of 24 Free AI-generated Halloween Photoshop stamp brushes, crafted to summon the spirit of the season with haunting precision. Each design — from ghostly silhouettes and twisted trees to witches, bats, and spectral cats — was created using advanced AI tools to ensure intricate detail and...

How to Create Custom Textures in Photoshop Using Brushes

Custom textures add depth and character to photos without relying on expensive texture packs. This technique uses specialized Photoshop brushes and blending modes to create unique overlay textures from scratch. The process combines multiple layers, color variations, and finishing filters to produce professional-quality textures that work perfectly for photo blending...

Create a Grungy Glow Text Effect in Photoshop

Grungy glow effects transform ordinary typography into edgy, atmospheric designs that capture raw urban energy. This technique combines multiple drop shadows with textural overlays to create depth and visual impact. The video demonstrates a complete workflow for building layered glow effects and applying grunge textures that give text a weathered,...

Velvet Ruins: 23 Gothic & Grunge Free Stamp Brushes for Photoshop

Velvet Ruins is a hauntingly beautiful collection of 23 grunge and gothic Photoshop stamp brushes, created using AI technology for intricate detail and originality. Inspired by decayed elegance and dark romance, this set blends roses, skulls, clocks, and ornate relics to evoke the poetry of time and impermanence. Perfect for...

Create Realistic Swimming Pool Underwater Text and Graphics in Photoshop

Swimming pools create natural optical illusions through water refraction and caustic light patterns. This tutorial demonstrates how to recreate that underwater effect digitally, making any text or graphic appear submerged at the bottom of crystal-clear pool water. The technique combines displacement mapping with careful blending to simulate how water naturally...

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