Photoshop layer styles are a popular way to add effects, such as drop shadows and strokes, to layers in a non-destructive way. With the right knowledge and experience, any effect can be achieved. To achieve these effects, however, you need to understand what each setting does and how they can be combined to achieve a certain look. In this series, John Shaver will explain every aspect of Photoshop’s layer styles feature and show you how to unlock their potential.

Photoshop CS6 has finally arrived. It has come packed with new features and tweaks that will significantly improve your workflow and enhance your tool set. In this series we will take a look at some of Photoshop CS6’s new features and show you how they work.

Are you new to Photoshop? Have you been trying to teach yourself the basics of Photoshop but have found the amount of educational material available on the net a bit overwhelming? Photoshop Basix, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor Martin Perhiniak, is a series of 25 short video tutorials, around 5 – 10 minutes in length that will teach you all the fundamentals of working with Photoshop.

Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning works of art. Digital Art for Beginners is a 25-part video tutorial series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start producing digital art in Photoshop. Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor, Martin Perhiniak will begin by teaching you how to draw in Photoshop and during the course of the series will show you all you need to know to produce your own concept art and matte paintings in Photoshop.

Photoshop Tutorials For Beginners is a collection of some of the very best material we have to help those who are new to Photoshop learn the basics.

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The right text effect can be one of the most important elements in any illustration, composition, or advertisement. Unfortunately, text is also one of the most neglected and forgotten about elements in most compositions. Why? Because a good text effect can be difficult to achieve and time-consuming to perfect. In this session we will present a number of text effect tutorials and inspirational articles to help you achieve the perfect text effect for your next project.