A question: what do exploding planets, energy spheres, ethereal lights, ruined cities, telepathic warriors, gloomy nebulas and light-rays all have in common? Answer: they look freaky awesome when you build them in Photoshop.
Here’s how to do all of the above and more, for a total of 40 excellent cyberpunk and Sci-fi style effects.
1. Aurora eclipse effect
Top quality tutorial that teaches you how to create a flashy eclipse.
2. Create a ‘Bionic Diver’ using photo manipulation
Create a half-man half-robot diving machine. This effect could easily be applied to any human form.
3. Design a space scene in Photoshop
Learn how to create a realistic space scene.
4. Design a futuristic laptop advert
Create a laptop ad with a modern and futuristic look.
5. Transformers text effect
Learn how to make the cool futuristic text from the Transformer text.
6. Scan-line text
Add a Matrix-style feel to your text with this tutorial.
7. Create a fiery space explosion
Probably your only chance to blow up a planet outside a video game/nuclear warfare.
8. Seamless compositing in Photoshop
Get some top notch advice on blending photos into a realistic surreal image.
9. The making of Mystic
Another high quality tutorial on creating a sci-fi style facial effect.
10. Wicked alien-entity text effect
Add a simple alien type effect to your text.
11. Glowing orb with dial
Create a detailed glowing orb that has a wide variety of uses.
12. Space lighting effects
High quality tutorial that teaches some basic lighting techniques.
13. The Dark Knight grunge wallpaper
Create a dark poster that mimics the design of the new Batman movie.
14. Create a futuristic building interior
Create a futuristic looking interior for a hi-rise building.
15. Make a realistic star field
Neat tutorial that helps you create a realistic star field in outer space.
16. Create a futuristic smoke-like effect
A hyper-modern smoke effect to compliment a dark background.
17. Add speed-strails to a vehicle
The perfect effect to add to a super-fast futuristic vehicle.
18. The magic night
Create the sunset of the future. Learn how to create a surreal landscape.
19. Good and evil photo effect
Another good tutorial on turning people into something else.
20. Create meteoric text
Turn your words into a fiery space meteor bearing down on the viewer.
21. Robotic frog
Create a robot frog of the future with this tutorial.
22. Creating an awesome space effect
This is another cool tutorial for creating a neat space effect.
23. Create a futuristic daytime cityscape
This could easily appear on the cover of a Sci-fi novel.
24. Making of an abstract art piece: “Loniumâ€
This tutorial will teach you how to create a futuristic abstract image.
25. Creating energy spheres
Turn anyone into a someone with super powers with this cool tutorial.
26. Supernatural text effect
Create a dark and eerie Sci-fi text effect.
27. Transform a person into an alien
yet another good tutorial to turn people into aliens.
28. Reflective bubble
Create some neat bubble with reflections of your alien person from the tutorial above.
29. Windows Vista aurora effect
Learn how to create the spacey windows vista effect.
30. Chroma wallpapers
Create a cool futuristic type wallpaper and learn some neat techniques from a pro.
31. Deep space nebula
Make a slick nebula to add to your space tutorials from above.
32. Space tutorial
Here is another cool space tutorial on creating a realistic space scene.
33. Abstract light rays
These abstract light rays can add a futuristic feel to any advert.
34. Planet with rings
A nice tutorial that helps you create a realistic planet.
35. Create a powerful mental wave explosion effect
Another neat tutorial to turn everyday people into super heroes.
36. Our future
Create a image that depicts an end of the world scene.
37. Create an abstract space image
A sweet abstract image that has an awesome outer-space look to it.
38. Star Wars text effect
What’s more futuristic than the Star Wars text? A great text tutorial.
39. War movie poster
A top quality tutorial that teaches how to do dark well by creating a war movie poster.
40. Create a mysterious nebula
Another good nebula tutorial that will help add spice to a space scene image.
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wow! its wonderful!
Congratulation this is a really great list. thanks
I like the effects. Thanks for the tut.
Coooool… thx 4 sharing. awesOme!
Nice collections, i like no 23.
I like the effects. Thanks for the tut.
this is totally amazing!
Thanks for sharing this. I’ve created some cool desktop backgrounds using No.33.
Fantastic collection. Thank you for all the great links……
congratulations! vary good job! Iwonna just ask to you if you can guive me some tutorials in my email… very nice!
thanks
cool…………………………
Great, now the same list for the GIMP…
please…
Good work.Thanks to all who had posted all these
Great guides. We work with alot of restaurant menu design and we use these eddects much of the time. Thanks!
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Thank you for business and insic Almndhar beautiful and thank you
OMG this is just what I was looking for! Thank you so much for compiling a very useful list, I plan on using these to help inspire me when I redesign my website – http://www.puredezigner.com, any ideas on how to make this site something you’d want to visit on a reg bases. Thanks in advance for any feedback!
Good work, cool effects. thanks
love all of these they’re awesome. thanks again for the great list! keep it up!
I’m really gaining a lot is this collection >_< thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I sometimes need a few ideas for different page layouts, would you recommend anything?
Awesome compilation, love the text effects in particular.
this is seriously the coolest site I have ever been to. period.
Very cool collection. Every tutorial is significant as other.
Great tuts…. am trying to quench my design thirst…..
Just WOW…some of the best tuts are here. Thanks!
this gonna be helpful for beginners… great tuts,
nice…
Great!!!! nice tuts!!!!
wow awesome
i’m from Indonesian
muy bueno………. espectacular.
Wow.. I love all of em, ill definately be reffering to this page agian
This is very nice compiled and end-result is fantastic. Thanks a lot!
Nice compilation!
Something to hone my skills over this weekend! haha
Thanks a lot for the tut. I did learn some useful thins..
Thanks man, these effects are all beautiful!
thanx very much bro i was need need these tutorial
Nice n Cool Collection Dude
VERY NICE! HELPED ME WIN A COMPETITION IN THE SCHOOL!TY TY TY
Thanks for the tutorials. The “Robotic Frog” Tutorial “does not exist” according to the page you link to. Just thought I would let you know.