Fixing Overexposure

Sometimes that family picnic photo that you took makes you throw up your hands in despair, because it is overexposed Overexposure is a common enough problem. Do not be dismayed. If you have Photoshop, fixing it should is not be difficult.Step 1 : I have opened this photo in Photoshop. You need not need to be an expert to understand that it is totally overexposed. Let's see how Photoshop can help. Step 2 : Press CTRL+E twice. This will duplicate the Background layer twice. A new Layer1 and Layer1 copy will form. Step 3 : Look at the Layers pallette. You will find Layer 1 copy highlighted. Now press Shift and click on Layer1. Both the layers will...

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Shattered Glass

There is an easy way to create a shattered glass effect. Just download a free shattered glass texture for your use. You can search Google or download it from here.Step 1 : I have opened these two stock images. The right one is the glass texture I have downloaded from the link above.Step 2 : Click the Move Tool. Make sure that 'Show Transform Controls' is checked. It is called Bounding Box in PS7 and is found in the same place.Step 3 : Keeping Shift pressed drag the shattered glass texture onto the other image with the Move Tool.Step 4 : The shattered glass texture has landed exactly in the middle of the other photo. This is because the Shift...

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Stream of Light

You can add streams of light to a sunrise or sunset photo in a few steps in any version of Photoshop. This is the original photo.The light rays have been added with Photoshop.The tutorial is here.Other tutorials are he...

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