35 Green and Earthy Photoshop Effects

Oct 24th in Web Roundups by Danny Outlaw

With the mainstreaming of environmental concerns, 'Green' design is booming. People want 'Green' websites, 'Green' branding and 'Green' advertisements. With so much demand, it's important for designers to capitalize on this new trend. Here are 35 eco-friendly and awesome Photoshop effects to get you started!

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Author: Danny Outlaw

Danny Outlaw is best known for his work at Outlaw Design Blog. Aside from blogging, he also works full time as a Wordpress designer. Danny has freelanced from all over the world and is working on a book and website in which he will share his experience about Freelancing Abroad. Danny also has an unhealthy obsession with toys, LOST, and Sharpie markers.

1. Eco Style Navigation Interface

2. Eco Theme Template

3. Green Apple Style Design

4. Green Leaf Design

5. Cool Green Logo

6. How to Create a Delicious Green Apple Illustration

7. Splashy Leaf Wallpaper

8. Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

9. How to Create Stone Island

10. Making of a Floating Island

11. Simple Tricks to Create Camouflage Dress

12. Create a Nature Inspired Painted Background in Photoshop

13. Diving - making of

14. Basic Photo Reflections

15. Displacement Water

16. Add a Dreamy or Misty Effect to Your Photos

17. Morning Glow

18. Create an Awesome Grass Texture in Photoshop

19. Create Silky Smooth Waterfalls

20. Add a Realistic Rainbow to a Photo

21. Adding Sunlight Through the Trees

22. Grass Tutorial

23. Lady Nature Photo effect

24. Natures Sunshine

25. Fantastic Wallpapers

26. Summer Breeze Wallpaper

27. Folliage text effect

28. Real Water Droplets

29. Create a Nature Scene Collage

30. Beautiful Glass Orb

31. Drawing the Plant

32. Fresh Desktop Wallpaper

33. Turn a Road Into Water

34. Shiny and Glossy Frog


35. Sun Rays From Scratch

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    Ariful Alam Khan October 24th

    Nice Compilation. Thanks

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    revy October 24th

    coolio.

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    suuz87 October 24th

    nice.
    but you must switch number 24 and number 25.

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    Lubes October 24th

    We all need to jump right on this awesomely hot trend… of wanting to save the planet and it’s fragile ecosystem from doom.

    OMG Like, totally you Guys!

    Excuse me now while I go convulse in a dark corner somewhere.

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    wiley October 24th

    cool beans

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    Dom October 24th

    oh, FFS. Can you please stop wit the damn web roundups? they, along with interviews, seem to be the only things posted now. there are two tutorials on the front page. two! please, stop with this pointlessness and actually post some tutorials. thanks.

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    Oba October 24th

    Global warming is overated, but thats an awesome compilation (apart from number 5, seems like it was thrown in for a joke)

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    Miha O October 24th

    I didn’t check all of them, but I think number 15 is just awsome. Just what I needed. Damn cool realistic water reflection!

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  9. very cool roundups! thanks a lot!

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    Evie October 24th

    These are all pretty awesome, except number 5.

    Can’t wait to try them out!

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    Kid October 24th

    Noice list.

    Keep me logged in =)

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    WoW-Sky October 24th

    CoooooooooL I love these tuts

    I’m going to try #15

    ^__^

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    Moksha October 24th

    really nice

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    Brad Ballard October 24th

    The water reflection in the mountains tutorial is pretty good and pretty unique. Also, the football field grass effect is pretty tight.

    thanks mr outlaw.

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    Joël Zwaan October 24th

    Very nice compilation, but I don’t get why #5 is in there.

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    Chad October 24th

    Decent list, but #5 and #32 are awful…

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    jbcarey October 24th

    6 9 12 18…. really good stuff, but some more tutorials would be nice.

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    Adam October 24th

    It’s for a good cause, slightly. But I don’t think this post is very good, not as good as some of the other compilations.

    However, ‘green’ design, and green this and that is looked upon highly in the public’s eyes, is a designer ACTUALLY doing anything to save the planet by creating a green design, or is he/she just trying to get positive feedback through looking as though they care?

    Yes you could argue that they are ‘raising awareness’, but come on, this as been going on for years. I highly doubt awareness can be raised anymore!

    I recycle practically all my waste, and so does my housemate. Down the side of our detached house, it’s practically like a recycling centre (in England, councils proved separate coloured bins for glass, metal, cardboard and plastic, which are then collected by recycling trucks, part of your council tax) – anyway – If that designer is doing their bit by picking up litter, recycling their waste and doing nothing of harm to the environment, then they are contributing to the slow down of global warming – however, they are not doing anything by simply creating a green-themed design.

    Well, that’s just my humble opinion.

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    Adam October 24th

    Also, @Dom, that’s exactly what I said in the past web round up thing with 50 dirty grunge effects, It is going beyond a joke now. It’s gone from those hard-earned, time consuming, professional and tutorials of superlative quality, to someone sat at their computers writing a list. Whoop Whoop. A list. You know what, i could use Notepad to write a list, it doesn’t tell me how to use photoshop! Which, according to the About page is not what PSDTUTS is set out to achieve –

    “PSDTUTS is a blog/Photoshop site made to house and showcase some of the best Photoshop tutorials around”

    This isn’t a tutorial to me. Bring back the good stuff Collis!

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    Jimi Ninja October 24th

    Yay for roundups saving me internet footwork…

    Cheers PSD tuts.

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    Conrad Gorny October 24th

    Very good selection summed up. Thanks,

    Conrad Gorny
    Freelance Graphic Designer
    http://www.conradgorny.com

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    Andrew Houle October 24th

    Thanks for the roundup, and thanks for the inclusion :)

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    Alexandra October 24th

    Thanks for featuring my Island and Frog tutorials :)

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    FBrushes October 24th

    Great collection! Love it!

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    Jad Graphics October 24th

    Awesome tutorials. By the way, I really like the design of this comment box.

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    imran October 24th

    very nice colleton…..thanks

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    Jericho October 24th

    Inspired

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    Mr Kuzio October 24th

    Number 18, I love that tutorial.

    Thanks a lot PSDTUTS ! :D

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    afrix October 24th

    Nicccccccccccce !
    http://afrix99.deviantart.com/

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    Jammin October 24th

    Not bad, not the best. But still nice.

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    HM October 24th

    awesome post

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    insic October 24th

    Cool article.

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    Wonka October 24th

    Thank you very much for this compilation :)

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    RUGRLN October 24th

    anyone one know where to find the images for the stone island tutorial. the images are nowhere to be found at the sites provided?? plz?

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    Den October 25th

    Great Collection!

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    Alexandra October 25th

    RUGRLN,
    I’ve updated the first page of a Island tutorial, there you can find all links to pictures.

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    DKumar M. October 25th

    Nice List with good compilation, Some of them are actually inspirational.

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    Tom October 25th

    Great post, keep it up!

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    Celina Gomes October 25th

    Fantasticccccc……….Superb………..Awsome work. I liked the images; specially that glossy Frog.

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    Nick October 26th

    Thanks, I love nature-themed websites…might try one next.

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    r4ge October 26th

    awesome list. love it… frog not so much

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    bobmartien design October 26th

    Awesome list ! Very cool tks :)

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    Rijalul Fikri October 28th

    Cool compilation. I’ll check it out

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    Dan October 30th

    Superb list. Was looking for the awesome grass tecture effect in number 18.

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    Meta November 4th

    Does no one have anything against the absolute fakeness that is the last one?

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    WarGot June 8th

    Excellent article, thanks
    you do not mind if I make a transfer, with the reverse link of course

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