Difficulty: Intermediate • Clicks: 2,387 • Author: Tamlin
Comment: This tutorial describes an advanced process for hand-colouring black & white images, using stock textures to obtain superior results. And, as an added extra, there is also a neat technique for accurately rendering difficult areas like skin and hair too!

Difficulty: Novice • Clicks: 19,071 • Author: Tamlin
Comment: This tutorial describes the process I used to create the image "This House Is Haunted". The image was inspired by the highly stylized landscape photographs of Jason Ertel, and shows off the skies, color saturations, and subject sharpening that make his work so distinctive.

Difficulty: Newbie • Clicks: 69,206 • Author: Globator
Comment: In the early days of film, black and white fuzzy film was the best that you could get. In many ways we are much better off nowadays, but if you still hark back for times gone by, there is a very easy way to convert virtually any photo into an image that looks like a frame from an old movie.

Difficulty: Novice • Clicks: 54,776 • Author: BCool
Comment: Expensive creams and potions from cosmetics companies pledge to remove years from your face, but rarely fully deliver upon their promises. Photoshop, however, comes with several tools that really can make you appear MUCH younger... and they are free to reuse over and over again!

Difficulty: Intermediate • Clicks: 61,666 • Author: Globator
Comment: It is easy to be judgemental and call artificial breast enlargement in Photoshop immature... but lets face it, who doesn't look at themselves in a photograph and wish they could tweak their features just a little bit?

Difficulty: Newbie • Clicks: 71,546 • Author: Gunyu
Comment: Have you ever noticed how the photographs taken by professional artists always exhibit rich color tones, crystal clear clarity, and high definition? This tutorial details a technique for adding this 'Glamour Glow' using a single standard filter!

Difficulty: Intermediate • Clicks: 97,967 • Author: Tamlin
Comment: You would think that with the Clouds filter it would be easy to create a fog effect, but you couldn't be more wrong! Making realistic fog/mist is an artform all in itself, but this tutorial details a relatively simple way to replicate decent results with the minimum amount of effort.

Difficulty: Intermediate • Clicks: 32,662 • Author: Tamlin
Comment: This tutorial details a quick technique for converting a bland mid-day photo into a dramatic sunset scene.  The results aren't perfect, but for the little time it takes you to do, the resulting images are surprisingly artistic and well defined.

Difficulty: Novice • Clicks: 61,811 • Author: Gunyu
Comment: Whether you agree or not with film studios digitally remastering their B&W films in full color nonewithstanding, this tutorial details a simple method for accomplishing the same effect for stills in Photoshop using nothing more than patience and a good eye for color detail.

Difficulty: Intermediate • Clicks: 96,135 • Author: Zapphnath
Comment: One effect that people commonly ask about is how to turn a photo into a pencil sketch. This tutorial covers four different ways to accomplish this effect in Photoshop, with further commentary on how the results can be improved with the application of more advanced techniques.

Difficulty: Novice • Clicks: 47,917 • Author: Man1c M0g
Comment: Cold light conveys feelings of isolation, loneliness, and emptiness - feelings you'd hardly want from a product, but very useful if you want to exploit perceptions to enhance before-and-after images (eg. in fitness magazines, when hawking health supplements, etc).

Difficulty: Novice • Clicks: 45,085 • Author: Man1c M0g
Comment: Unlike hard-edged objects, steam has an almost ethereal quality which can be hard to replicate. With the following technique, however, you will learn a simple method for creating realistic steam using nothing except Photoshop's in-built filters and a little attention to detail.

Difficulty: Novice • Clicks: 32,713 • Author: Man1c M0g
Comment: Unlike other scene elements which can be manipulated at will, rainbows are natural phenomenon and do not obey the machinations of mankind. But why spend hours fighting with nature, when you can simply take a good photograph and add a rainbow electronically at a later date?

Difficulty: Intermediate • Clicks: 43,402 • Author: Man1c M0g
Comment: Obtaining a good shot of a shadow interacting with your subject can be difficult, especially considering that you can cast shadows too... but why spend hours frustrated by nature's lighting problems, when you can simply take any shot you like and add your shadows later?

Difficulty: Novice • Clicks: 37,577 • Author: Man1c M0g
Comment: Warm light conveys feelings of security, comfort, and relaxation - all the qualities you'd want from a new home. Exploiting this link with colored lights is an easy approach, but un-necessary given the tools at your disposal with a high resolution photograph and Photoshop!