The new set is nearly complete, but it is an exclusive set that only the most important members of the staff have access to right now.

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"In this tutorial, we'll learn how simple it is to texturize objects using different fusion mode layers, adjustment layers, color tweaks and some very simple filters in Photoshop. You can use this simple technique in more complex illustrations of your own creation. Let's get started with learning these techniques!" Sergio Ordonez

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Photoshop Hall of Famer, Eddie Tapp guest hosts this week with Bert Monroy at Photoshop World in Las Vegas. Learn about skin softening techniques and the controlling of color and tones.

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"Have you ever come across a photo where all the highlights and shadows seem just too good to be true? If it's not HDR processing, it's pen tablet magic. Find out in this tutorial how to give a regular image a subtle, artistic feel with some clever brush work. Read more after the jump!"Alex Beltechi

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"In this tutorial, we'll combine simple vector shapes, layer styles and generous amounts of shininess to create the perfect magnifying glass for all your search icon needs. Let's get started!"Andrea Austoni

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"In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a 3D Blocks text effect. You need to have Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended to practice this tutorial. This will be fun and I'm sure you can do lots of cool things using this technique. Let's get started!" Eren Goksel

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Julieanne Kosts guest hosts with Bert Monroy this week in Las Vegas at Photoshop World. Learn how to change the focal plane of images and check out tips on creating custom edges!

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The Photoshop Guys take a tour of the Expo Hall and talk with vendors at this year's Photoshop World conference in Las Vegas.

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"In this tutorial I'll show you how to create a shiny planet icon using the 3D features of Photoshop CS3 Extended or CS4 Extended. This will cover basic information about 3D layers and texture maps. Let's get started!" Andrea Austoni

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Learn best practices for lighting your canvas in Adobe Photoshop.

Bert explains the study of light and it's effect on objects. Shadows, hotspots and other effects can be learned and emulated by simply opening your eyes and observing the way light travels. There is no guess work with shadows, and it's important to get your art to copy real life.

With basic shapes, layers, filters, and 3D effects, you will learn how to reproduce the effects of light in Photoshop. In this example, Bert uses two shapes (a ball and rod) on top of a custom texture with a single source of light. Watch and learn!

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We take another look at signs in Bert Monroy's Times Square piece. Learn how to make 3 dimensional letters in lights!

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"The end goal of a good retoucher is to make their work appear invisible while creating some alternative reality. In this case we're going to look at one method I use for adding a tattoo to an image while making it look like it's really a part of the original photo. This method involves placing an Illustrator file (the tattoo source image) as a Smart Object, using the Free Transform/Warp Tool, adding a Gaussian Blur (to adjust the 'Focus') and then finishing it all off with a lighting effect created from a Channel Pull. Ready to begin?" Dennis Dunbar

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"What would your icon collection be without a swanky piece of contemporary furniture? In this simple, yet effective tutorial we will learn to incorporate the power of subtlety into icon design. We'll be creating an icon similar to the design of Isamu Noguchi's 1944 classic coffee table. Let's get started!" Andrea Austoni

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"Designers love to be critical about movie posters, and while you may think you have better ideas about how to sell a movie to an audience, how many times have you actually tried doing it? In this tutorial, we're going to create a poster for a fictional movie called "Fugitive." The movie is meant to be a suspenseful thriller that features one's escape under the cover of darkness, despite man's attempt to capture the lone hero. Thin and cheesy plot? Check. Awesome opportunity to better your PSD skills? You got it!" Alex Beltechi

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"In this tutorial we will be learning how to create a severed arm with fleshy stumps and strings of sinew. This will be created by using some basic Brushes and Layer Masks. Let's get started!" Simon Rudd

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In Bert Monroy's Times Square piece, neon lights make the McDonald's building attractive. Learn how to create your very own box of lights with Photoshop and Illustrator.

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Learn to create fern leaves by using custom brushes and adjusting brush settings along paths.

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A cascading shower of M&M's sounds like a dream come true! Bert Monroy shows you how to illustrate and style M&M's using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

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Learn to create snakeskin leather boots using textures and paths with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

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It's Photoshop World week and the set is still being built, but R.C and Matt walk you through cleaning up a Twitter background anyway. Corey comes in a bit later and shows some cool spark effects commonly used on movie posters.

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Special guest David Ziser shares some wedding photography tips and tricks.

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The Photoshop Guys are still waiting for the new set to be finished. In the meantime, here is a tutorial from Dave on designing a flexible, editable graphic using smart objects, gradient overlays, and a halftone pattern.

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David duChemin shares some tips for travel photographers. Adobe's Photoshop Product Manager Bryan O'Neil Hughes talks to Scott about the challenges of coming up with that next big Photoshop feature.

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While waiting for the new set to be finished, the Photoshop Guys are re-playing some of their more popular segments. This week's segment comes from Episode 116 where Dave explains how to make an image contact sheet.

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Learn how to use Smart Objects in Photoshop and how they protect your pixels when scaling images.

Deke McClellan is back once again to guest host with Bert Monroy on the topic of Smart Obects. We will work with RAW dng images and some type in a branding project.

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Deke McClellan guest hosts to demonstrate gradient masks using the Vanishing Point filter.

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The Photoshop Guys are back together for their 200th episode. They look back on their humble beginnings and are joined by Joe Dellasega from MPIX.

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"In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a fantasy landscape using some simple and easy techniques. Everyone with basic Photoshop skills can succeed to recreate this simple image using the most important thing in this kind of photo manipulation - the right stock. So let's go!" Loredana Papp

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Author of the Photoshop Bible and host of the Martini Hour, Deke McClelland joins Bert this week to show you the Vanishing Point filter!

This week, you'll learn how to use the greatly under-appreciated Photoshop filter, Vanishing Point.

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Learn to create an erupting volcano with spewing and falling lava, smoke and highlights!

Bert Monroy creates an erupting volcano using textures, brushes, filters, masks, alpha channels and lighting. Read below to learn how:

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"This tutorial is about creating a fantasy scene called "Mother Nature." We will use well chosen images, brushes and most off all our imagination in combination with Photoshop techniques to create an outstanding image. So let's get started!" Jürgen Heiss

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Scott and Dave have a pair of tutorials, some tips and some new product links, as well as a farewell to their favorite video intern.

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Scott and Matt have a couple of tutorials and a list of their favorite Photoshop plug-ins.

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Create an anime billboard made of tiny lights.

Create character illustrations
We begin with the paths drawn to make the anime characters. You can draw these in Adobe Illustrator and import the paths into Photoshop. Add a thin stroke to the character paths, and you will see a nice outline. The method used to fill the art with color resembles an old art form called "reverse painting on glass", where the color is painted behind the outline that is on a layer of glass. In Photoshop, the colors will exist in layers underneath the outline. Each element (such as the hair, eyes, and clothes) are organized in a separate layer set, with each layer labeled properly.

Create tiny light bulbs
The billboard that this artwork will reside in is made up of tiny light bulbs. To create this effect, first merge visible layers (and keep original layers) to make a flat composite of the art. In a new layer, create a small circle marquee and fill with black. With some selection padding on the top and right of the dot, create a pattern (Edit > Create Pattern) and name it "Bulbs". Throw away the layer with the circle, as it's no longer needed. Create a new layer behind the art composite and name it "back of scene". With a rectangular selection, fill with black. In a new layer, with the same rectangular selection, fill with the bulb pattern. This pattern will become a mask for the artwork. Now, the anime character is encased within the dots. Adding some layer effects to the mask will create a more realistic bulb effect. Bert uses a small bevel & emboss and background shadow (yellow). Increase the saturation of the artwork to create more impact.

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Learn how to create an iPhone from scratch in Photoshop and Illustrator, then create a full blown iPhone billboard!

Create a reflection of the iPhone
Apple's signature reflection style is easily re-created by duplicating the iPhone layer, and reflecting it across the horizontal axis. Move the duplicate layer to the bottom edge of the original iPhone, then bring down the opacity to about 50%. Finally, add an opacity mask using a linear gradient to make the reflection fade away. Finally, you can add the iPhone and Apple logo, then distort your billboard's perspective.

Build elements of the iPhone
As always, Bert re-creates everything from scratch. He uses many different paths to draw the iPhone and gives a tour of all the shapes built, including the iPhone hardware, the screen, the icons, and even the detailed logos within the icons. Most shapes include some effects such as Inner Shadow, Bevel and Emboss, and Satin. However, underlying all of these effects are just simple shapes. Each element of the iPhone, including the screen detail and highlights, are on separate, labeled layers. Make sure to name your layers because there will be many.

Use Illustrator to draw icons
Many of the icons appear to have gears and starbursts. Draw these in illustrator and import them into Photoshop as Paths. All of the detail are added in Photoshop, including shading, gradients, and colors.

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Learn how to make beautiful, wavy, realistic hair in Adobe Photoshop using custom brushes

Hair details in Layers
Last week, Bert showed us how to create some of Cindy Crawford's lacy clothes. This week, we're taking a look at how to create her wispy hair, full of waves and highlights. The hair is made of many different layers. Each element of the hair -whether it be the base, the highlights, the dark areas, or the wisps - is placed in separate layers so we can manage the details.

Create a custom brush that resembles hair
First, create a brown base for the hair with a large, brown brush in a new layer. Then, create a new brush that that is made of small dots and in the brush settings, turn down the spacing to zero so that the brush is a set of continuous lines. Add a fade to the brush so that the hair ends after a certain length. Bert uses 800 to begin.

Loosely brush the hair base in a new layer using a dark color (black), and feel free to increase the length of the brush for longer hair. Repeat until you are satisfied with the look of the dark hair. In a new layer, use a lighter brown color and brush to create highlights. Repeat a dark haired layer on top of the highlights. Watch closely to see how Bert makes the highlights realistic by brushing the hair in the opposite direction. Add random wisps of hair to the edges, and eventually, you'll have a satisfying head of hair.

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Bert gives us an update on his Times Square piece and focuses on some sexy lace on Cindy Crawford's shoulders made from scratch!

Create geometric shapes in lace using Adobe Illustrator
Before we add lace to the curves of Cindy Crawford's body, we want to build the shapes of the lace in Illustrator. You can use a photo of existing fabric to trace a few of the patterns. Bert builds these from scratch by first turning on the guides and draw a couple circles with no fill, then blend to replicate more circles. Create segments by drawing a vertical line, then rotating the angle by 20 degrees. Hit Ctrl D to replicate the rotation in future copies of the line until you have a shape that looks like a spider web. Repeat the process for the rounded parts of the pattern that sit on the outer edge.

Import the shapes to Photoshop
We now bring our completed shapes into a new file Photoshop. The new file should have a gradient that is similar to Cindy's shoulder skin tone. Then, paste in the copied shape from Illustrator. Make sure the shape looks like a bunch of white, twisted threads by using these brush settings: 5 pixel diameter with a white foreground, Shape Dynamics turned off, and increased spacing so that the knots look like they're just touching. Go back to your path, and then stroke the path with the brush. Now the shape looks like a doily. Add a slight drop shadow and a small inner bevel with a soft edge to add some depth.

Warp the shape
Contour the lace to the shape of the shoulder by using Warp. In a larger example, Bert stitched all his shapes together first before wrapping Cindy's shoulders.

Coming up in a future episode:
Learn how to create Cindy Crawford's beautiful, elaborate, wavy hair!

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"In this beginners level tutorial, you will learn how to create a vibrant 3D leaf compilation from a single 2D photograph. You will be able to manipulate the object however you prefer. Let's have fun with this display of greenery!" Brent Nelson

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Scott and Matt have some legitimate tutorials to share and Rick Sammon has a quick photography tip on taking group shots.

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Scott and Matt were busy this week so Dave invited Corey Barker to join him for this week's episode. David Maynard stopped by the studio to talk about the new Ray Flash.

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The Photoshop Guys are back this week with more tutorials, funny voices, and special guest Mark Astmann from Bogen Imaging who is in the studio to talk about the new Ranger Quadra battery pack.

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