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.

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create a Frozen Ice Text Effect in Photoshop. We will mainly go though some selection techniques, as well as layer styles and image adjustments. This is an intermediate level Photoshop tutorial so some steps can be tricky – if you think you’re up to the challenge, please go ahead :) The PSD file of this tutorial is available via the PSD Vault VIP members area. Here is a preview of the final effect I have for this tutorial: (click to enlarge) Note: if you have difficulty with Step 3…

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In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you step-by-step on how to create this unique, “Deep Sea Portal” photo effect. We will use a combination of rock, fire & cloud painting to form this effect, as well as practicing layer blending & image adjustments. Have a try! This is an intermediate difficulty tutorial. The PSD file of this tutorial is available via theĀ PSD Vault VIP members area. NOTE: THE PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL IS DONE IN PHOTOSHOP CC – SOME SCREENSHOT MAY HAVE SLIGHTING DIFFERENT LAYOUT AS IN THE EARLIER VERSION. SOME BRUSHES ARE EXCLUSIVE TO PHOTOSHOP CS6 & above. Here is…

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