This is the image we are going to be using for this tutorial! The Forest by ~theflickerees-stock 1) Begin by creating a black to white Gradient Map and setting it to Luminosity. This helps brighten the light colours, and deepen the dark colours. 2) Create a Hue/Saturation layer and set Saturation to -50 3) Create a Brightness/Contrast layer and use the following settings: Brightness: 10 Contrast: 10 4) Create a Selective...

Gradient Maps are a widely used method of adding colour to an image. They offer deeper colouring and more options than simply changing the hue of an image. What are they? Gradient Maps can provide an attractive method of toning whilst being quick and easy to do. They are editable and flexible and exist on a separate layer, allowing you to work with them. They can also be worked into Layer Masks. Below are two locations where you can find...

You savvy viewers may have noticed a new logo at the top! It’s all thanks to the wonderful RoRoArts. What do you think of it? It’s going to feature on every new wallpaper and resource preview. It won’t go into signatures, since I don’t want to overwhelm them, so they’ll continue to only have a discreet textual...

Two new signatures! Death of a Star Credits: Cracks | Bokeh See, Hear no Evil Credits: C4D | Textures | Stock | Debris 1 | Debris 2 | Debris...