Today we'll learn how to create a flat long shadow effect for text, shapes, graphics. You can create your own flat icons and you can add depth with this flat long shadow effect. We'll duplicate the layers and distribute them to create a 3D effect that will become the shadow. You can easily customize the opacity of the shadow, the length of the shadow, the direction and so on.

Text effects are such an interesting way to show your creativity and to come up with new typography designs. In this tutorial we'll create a bookshelf inspired text effects with wood material, with books and a ribbon as a bookmark. To create this effect you will have to use a 3D Photoshop action that will allow you to create the 3D text effect with just a single click, making the process much easier and a lot less time consuming.

In today's Photoshop tutorial for beginners I will show you how to use the stroke path feature. This is a very important thing to know as many of the tutorials are using the combination between paths and brushes. This feature is especially used in creating different text effects , for creating frames and borders, outline effects and so on. In a previous tutorial we learned how to create a path and today we are talking about stroking paths.

In this tutorial we will learn how to create vector shape silhouettes in Photoshop from any image. All you have to do is to make some photo treatments to create the vector effect. The shape silhouettes are great for printing as they are vector based shapes, so they can be easily edited and resized without loosing quality. Use the silhouettes for T-shirt prints, for greeting cards and so on.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a beautiful glitter text effect in Photoshop using some basic layer styles and any glitter texture that you choose. I have also added some sparkle brushes to make the text more shiny. In a following tutorial I will show you how to create animated sparkle effects in Photoshop so stay tune.

Learn how to create a Facebook Timeline Cover in Photoshop using these pretty simple yet creative ideas. To help you with these process I have added a free Facebook cover PSD that you can use as template. All you have to do is to add your Facebook profile photo and your cover image inside the smart objects. The Facebook PSD template is easy to edit and customize. So have fun and don't forget to upload your results.

In this quick tutorial I will show you how to create a skin tattoo effect using any text, shapes or vector graphics. To create a realistic tattoo in Photoshop all you have to do is to change the blending mode, reduce the opacity and the saturation of the tattoo, add a noise effect and that is all. If you want to create tattoos and body paintings from photos and other images you can try our tattoo creator mock-up.

Strawberry and chocolate is a match made in heaven for Valentines Day, so today we'll create a fruit text effect for this special occasion. We'll create the strawberry fruit text effect using a simple layer style and a premade fruit skin pattern; so it is quite easy to add it to any text, font type, shape, etc. The chocolate drips are a little more complicated to make but the result will not be the same without these details. I hope you will all enjoy these sweet fruity inspired Valentine's Day text effect

Are you ready for Valentine's Day? You can use this Photoshop tutorial to make a love declaration for that special one in your life. We'll use some basic Photoshop knowledge, blending techniques, color correction and different adjustments. You can of course use any love messages and text for Valentines day and even use your own photo to make it more personal. I really hope you will enjoy making this new photo manipulation tutorial and please don't forget to share the result with us.

In this tutorial we'll create a beautiful glossy red heart text effect for the Valentine's Day. You can use of course any heart shape, icon, stock image, etc. I decided to use a glamour glossy heart because it goes perfectly with the pearl brushes. The result is a beautiful love heart pendant that I hope you like. If you want you can add use a chain brush to create a necklace, just use your imagination and you'll obtain beautiful results!