Best of the Web – December 2011

As you know, each month, we round up some of the best Photoshop-related content from around the web. This month, there was some excellent Photoshop tutorials to choose from so please take a moment to review our favorites from December 2011.

Photoshop Tutorials

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  Christmas Night Magic Scene With Flying Santa

  In this tutorial from Alfoart you will learn how to create a beautiful holiday card using a few stock photos in Photoshop.

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  Photoshop Matte Painting Tutorial: Mountains

  In this tutorial 3D Total will explain how to create a matte painting using video opened in Photoshop.

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  Glossy Snow Globe Text Effect

  In this text effect tutorial on Textuts you will learn how to create a glossy snow globe text effect in Photoshop.

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  How to Create a Photo Manipulation of a Wolf in Stormy Weather

  This tutorial from PhotoshopTutorials.ws will explain how to take several photos and combine them into one composition.

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  Making Of ‘Ibaloy Warrior’

  This tutorial from 3D total will explain how to create a detailed warrior using digital painting techniques.

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  Paint a Multilayered Surreal Portrait

  This tutorial from Digital Arts will explain how to create a surreal portrait in Photoshop.

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  Candy Cane Text Effect Using Illustrator and Photoshop

  This tutorial from Design Instruct will explain how to create a candy cane text effect using Photoshop and Illustrator.

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  How To Intensify Your Landscape Photos in Photoshop

  This tutorial from Spoon Graphics will explain how to enhance your landscape photos in Photoshop.

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  Paint Bucket: How to Avoid a Messy Edge

  This beginner’s tutorial on Ctrl+Paint explains the best way to paint inside the lines using the paint bucket tool.

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  Working With Photoshop’s History Panel, Snapshots, and the History Brush

  This tutorial from Adobe’s Julieanne Kost will explain how to work with Photoshop’s History Panel, Snapshots, and the History Brush.

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  Make Your Type Pop With Layer Styles

  This tutorial from computer arts will explain how to use layer styles to make your text pop.

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  Dozens of New Timesavers

  In Photoshop CS5, Adobe released several tweaks to features that many users had been asking about for a while. This video from Photoshop Sr. Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes will explain some of these tweaks.

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  Photo Manipulate a Surreal Apple Habitat Scene

  This tutorial from Psd Fan will explain how to create a surreal apple habitat in Photoshop.

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  How to Create A Detailed Cassette Tape in Photoshop

  This tutorial from WeGraphics will explain how to create a detailed cassette tape icon in Photoshop.

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