Author: James Qu

James is a seasoned Photoshop expert with over 25 years of experience based in Australia. As the driving force behind PSD Vault, he authors the majority of its in-depth tutorials and insightful articles.

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Photoshop’s AI-powered Colorize feature is a game-changer for bringing old black and white photos to life. This tutorial will guide you through the process of using this amazing tool to add vibrant colours to your monochrome images. Let’s dive in and explore how to use Photoshop’s Neural Filters to colorise your photos with ease. Preparing Your Image Before we start, make sure you have the latest version of Photoshop installed. Then, follow these steps: Accessing the Colorize Neural Filter Now that your image is ready, let’s access the Colorize filter: Using the Colorize Filter Once the filter is downloaded, you…

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In this tutorial, I will show you the processes of creating this Deep Space Text Effect in Photoshop. We will use a handwriting font, combine it with nebula and fire textures to form the final effect. We will also be using some selection and image adjustment techniques along the way.

This is an intermediate level tutorial and some steps can be tricky, but why not have a try!

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When Adobe moved Clarity, Dehaze, and Grain from Camera Raw into native Adjustment Layers, every blog on the planet wrote the same article: “Here’s how to add Clarity. Here’s how to add Grain. The end.” Boring. You don’t need another basic tutorial. You need the weird tricks – the undocumented behaviours, the hidden blend modes, the masking hacks that actually save you time. I’ve been testing these layers for four months. Here are 7 pro tips I wish someone had told me on day one. Pro Tip #1: The “Invisible” Clarity Hack (Negative Values Work Differently) Everyone knows dragging Clarity to +50 adds…

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