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  A collection of fresh new Photoshop tutorials all published online, which are step by step guides for learning new techniques in photoshop. Photoshop tutorials are the best way to learn Photoshop, as well as for enhancing your designer skills as its a great way to learn new techniques and families you with the tools available in Photoshop. Its a great compilation of tutorials suited for all levels whether your beginner or an experienced Photoshop user. This is a great list of tutorials where you will certainly learn a lot from. If you have a book cover design but the book isn’t printed yet, the only way to see how it’s going to look after printing is to use a book mockup. The more realistic it is, the better! In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a 3D book mockup using a photo and a couple of Photoshop tricks. 1.  How to Make a 3D Book Mockup in Photoshop 2.  How to Create Rainy Night Scene in Photoshop In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a rainy n...

  Photoshop Layers Tutorials Learn all about layers in Photoshop with our ever-growing collection of Layers tutorials! This page offers our complete list of every tutorial we’ve written about layers, with our most recent tutorials listed first. If you’re new to Photoshop and need to learn how to use layers from the beginning, you’ll want to check out our  Photoshop Layers Learning Guide . The Layers Learning Guide features 10 tutorials designed to teach you everything you need to learn about layers, in the order you need to learn it! Open Multiple Images As Layers In Photoshop Learn how to quickly open multiple images into the same Photoshop document and have each image appear on its own separate layer! How to Merge Layers in Photoshop Without Flattening Your Image Need to merge layers in Photoshop? Don’t flatten the image and lose all your work. Learn how to merge a copy of your existing layers onto a separate layer! Photoshop Layer Mask Basics For Beginners Learn the basics ...

In this tutorial, we’ll be using layer styles to make a plastic gel-type style that you can easily apply to text and shapes. You can download the PSD file from the link at the bottom of the tutorial to just copy+paste the styles. Step 1: BACKGROUND LAYER We start as always with a background gradient. I’ve used a Radial Gradient with two shades of the exact same brown that this site uses. The exact color codes are: Foreground color – #2f2520 Background color – #1e1916 Step 2: Now in a nice delectable green, we write a word. I’ve written ‘Jelly’ and used the font "Gill Sans Ultra Bold." Bolder fonts are good for this sort of effect because there is more room to actually do stuff with the styles. Step 3: So now we right-click on the layer and choose Blending Options to start adding styles. First we add a drop shadow to lift the letters off the background and then an inner shadow. Later on when we add highlights, this shadow will contrast nicely w...

Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay . Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box. We’ve got the next result: Using the same tool, try to make the rivet itself. Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Inner Shadow . Add Bevel and Emboss : Apply Gradient Overlay : Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box. We’ve got the next result: Getting a better result is possible if combining together in a group both layers composing the rivet (hold Ctrl button to select the corresponding layers and hold on the left mouse’s button while dragging them on Create a new group icon from bottom part of the Layers panel ). Make a copy of the repre...