Practical Photoshop

Practical Photoshop is the world’s premier Photoshop magazine, a monthly guide to the best Photoshop techniques, tips and tricks. Inside each issue you’ll find an array of inspirational tutorials and accompanying video lessons that will help you master Adobe’s collection of industry standard photo-editing software. What’s more, there’s a selection of amazing images from the world’s best Photoshop creatives, free downloadable content, and a beginner’s guide to the basics. If you love photography and you want to learn more about digital imaging, then Practical Photoshop will help you to unleash your creative potential.

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GET UP & GLOW • Get your glow on with a host of tips, tricks and techniques for adding amazing effects to your photos

ADD A GLOWING BACKGROUND • Blend and blur a backdrop to create glowing effects with impact

MAKE WEAVING CURVED LINES • Learn how to stroke a path for flowing glow effects

GET THE INFRARED LOOK • Mimic the glowing look of infrared film with a combination of Photoshop tricks

MAKE A NEGATIVE • Use the simple Invert command to turn positive to negative

FIRE IT UP • Add fire effects to your photos with simple blending skills

CREATE STYLISH GLOWING SHAPES • Add a glowing shape to a portrait with simple layer skills in Photoshop

PAINTING WITH WATER COLORS • Create light images over water and use Photoshop to blend and warp, with James Paterson

LIGHT PAINTING AT THE BEACH • Swing and splash a light source in the shallows after sundown to create colorful light trails

LIGHT-PAINTING SKILLS

TOP TIPS BLEND FRAMES WITH PHOTOSHOP

WARPING SKILLS • Learn how to reshape layers in Photoshop for all kinds of creative projects

THE POWER OF LUMINOSITY MASKING • Get to grips with this clever Photoshop Channels trick and make use of our free Actions

LEARN LIGHTROOM TODAY!

ESSENTIALS • Your quick-start guide and reference to image editing in Photoshop

THE IMAGE-EDITING WORKFLOW • Manage your photos from capture to output in three stages

THE BASICS OF RAW PROCESSING • Discover how to process your raw files to perfection

SIX ESSENTIAL LAYERS FOR PHOTOS • The six most frequently used Photoshop layers for image editing, and how to use them to improve almost any photo

14 ESSENTIAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS • 14 keyboard shortcuts that will massively improve your speed and efficiency while working in Photoshop

Practical Photoshop