Editor's Pick in Photo Editing, May 2005
Sometimes the lack of body parts can be a stylish visual trick as it is in Moses Pendleton’s ballet "Lunar Sea." In photos, however, it is a mistake needing correction.

The crop tool is a tool that any beginning Photoshop user (and advanced) should definitely know how to use. This is basic image editing at it's pure essentials. When I was learning (teaching myself) I didn't use the crop tool, I used the method of marquee and then copy/cut and paste...

Welcome to the continuation of the fill tutorial (from another lesson in the series). Choose the gradient tool from the toolbar. Go to the gradient menu at the top in the options bar and choose the sunset orange gradient. Now make sure the linear gradient tool is chosen as shown...

1. Starting off you will need 2 things. A photo of the car you want to do up and some nice rims that you would like to add. Here are my two starting images.
2. Starting off with the new rims you would like to add to your car. Using the Pen Tool (press P) carefully select around the wheel...

1. Open an image of a car.
2. If the car is in another color than grey/silver, press CTRL+U, set Saturation to 0.
3. Make a new layer, set the 'Blend Mode' to 'Overlay'. (look at the image below)...

1. Make a new picture (CTRL+N) i used the format 477x250 pixels.
2. Copy a photo or a picture from another place and past it into your image.
3. Press CTRL+T to transform it, get it in the same size as on the image below:...

Whoever played Kotor2 knows what this tutorial is about. Turn your lovely family-members or friends into infamous sith like Darth Maul. This does require a bit of PS-skill ;)

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, April 2005
"Freeze!" Actually freeze your victims into carbonite without using the carbonite-freezingchamber on Bespin. Just do it with Photoshop...

Many people requested this effect because they had many difficulties with it... The "real" problem, using the pen-tool, was sometimes the major error, but once you get the hang of it, this tutorial will be a piece of cake!

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, April 2005
Ever worn night vision goggles? If not, you're in for a new experience. This tutorial shows you how to give ordinary night photos an eerie wartime glow...