Adobe Photoshop (32 Tutorials)
Installing FxFactory Plug-ins
February 11, 2019
Have you just purchased a license for a plug-in that uses the FxFactory engine? Here’s how to download, install and register the plug-in.
Burning Question: What is a Cinemagraph and How Do I Create One?
February 4, 2019
Cinemagraphs is a format that combines photos and video. It’s a still photograph where a small area of the image has repeated or looped movement occuring to draw your attention. Cinemagraphs can be published as movies or an animated GIF or in other video formats.
8 Substance Painter Tips from Professional Character and Concept Artists
November 13, 2018
Concept Artist Daniel Hahn and Character Artist Jakub Chechelski offer their top tips for creating better textures with Substance Painter.
Rendering Faster With the Backdrop Designer Photoshop Plugin
June 19, 2018
Jim Tierney of Digital Anarchy talks about methods for speeding up Backdrop Designer and getting your backdrops rendered out quickly.
Demystifying mattes, masks & alpha channels in Premiere Pro
May 22, 2018
Colin from VideoRevealed is the master of demystifying mattes, masks and alpha channels apply to the idea of isolating parts of a frame
Shoelace Displacement in Cinema 4D
May 1, 2018
Sean Dove explains how he used custom displacement maps to create realistic shoelaces in Cinema 4D and Photoshop.
Making Any Texture Seamless
March 26, 2018
NecroVMX shows you how to make any texture seamless in Photoshop. There are free textures you can download from this page and if you can't find what you need, this tutorial at the bottom of the page will help you create your own.
How to Convert After Effects Animations into a Spritesheet for Unity (Free and Quick)
March 26, 2018
This is a Freebie Friday article on sprite generators for After Effects and a tutorial about converting animations into a sprite sheet for unity.
Mocha VR 360 Video: Remove Objects in Premiere Pro with Photoshop & Mocha VR
January 16, 2018
Find out how Adobe Photoshop’s new spherical panorama features are an excellent complement to Mocha VR, inside Premiere Pro, for replacing unwanted objects in a 360 video scene.
V-RayforC4D Quick Tip: Isolated VFB Bloom and Glare FX Pass
January 2, 2018
V-RayforC4D user edub offers a quick tip on how to create an isolated VFB bloom & glare effects pass.
Photoshop: How to Create a Glamorous Calavera Portrait
October 24, 2017
In honor of the upcoming holidays, Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Envato Tuts+ offers a step by step tutorial on how to create a photo manipulation of a woman in traditional Calavera (sugar skull) makeup in Adobe Photshop.
In Depth: Color Grading is a LUT Easier with LUTs!
October 17, 2017
A LUT, or Look Up Table, is used in the film industry as an easy method of color grading. It’s an array of numbers to control the color of an image, by mapping one color space to another. Simple enough at the surface, but here’s more than you probably want to know about LUTs.
DDO Painter for Characters
September 6, 2017
Learn the nitty gritty of high quality texturing in Quixel Suite 2 with this video by Georgian Avasilcutei. He shares his workflow with DDO Painter while texturing his latest character.
In Depth: Keying and Background Removal in Photoshop, Part 2: Primatte Chromakey
February 14, 2017
Part 2 of this series on background removal covers Digital Anarchy’s Primatte Chromakey and how to use it with Photoshop for the best workflow possible.
In Depth: Keying and Background Removal in Photoshop, Part 1: The Pre-Process
February 13, 2017
If you’re working with still photography, it’s often necessary to cut someone out of the background to place them into a new scene or to add special effects