And with the 10 minute alarm going off, here’s our final result:

Open a new document (file -> new or ctrl + n). The document will need to be relatively large, I’m using 3000 pixels wide and a height of 3000 pixels. Also ensure that the document is grayscale.

Next go to filter -> Render -> Difference Clouds.

Continue repeating this filter (the shortcut is ctrl + F). After about the tenth or so time you should get something similar to mine:

To create the lines we will be using the pinch filter (Filter -> Distort -> Pinch)

In the popup set the amount to 100% and press ok.

Once again you must repeat this filter (ctrl + F). You should notice the lines get longer and cleared each time you repeat the pinch filter.

I repeated mine about ten times to get the following result.

Next go to the brightness and contrast tool (Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Brightness and Contrast).

When you click on this a new window should open up titled “New Layer”, just press ok. Now another window should appear.

In this window use the following settings:

Brightness: +100
Contrast: +100 (you may wish to use a different setting for this, depending on the result you wish to achieve)

Press ok. Now your document should look something similar to mine:

Your result probably doesn’t look all that great at the moment, so next we must remove all of the unwanted parts of your picture. Find a section of your document that you think looks good and select the crop tool (shortcut: C). Now click and hold on your document and select the area of your document you wish to use.
This is the result I got after cropping my image:

That’s pretty much the end of the tutorial, all that’s left to do now is add a picture of your favorite manga character and your done.

Here’s my finished result:

Create a new file of your choice. Fill the background with black. Select type tool and type ‘m’ with these settings:

Font name = Times New Roman
Font size = 100 points
Font color = #00C0FF

Duplicate the type layer by pressing control+j and change the color to white.

Duplicate the layer again. This time, change the text color to #006485.

Hide the last type layer by clicking on the eye icon.

Click on the middle or white colored type layer to activate it. Press ‘alt’ key and click on the point shown by the arrow. It will create a clipping mask.

Now, click on the move tool and press the up arrow key from the keyboard to move the white colored ‘m’ type layer 16 pixel upward.

Click on the empty box in the 3rd type layer to show it.

Press alt key and click on the middle layer to make the clipping mask.

Now move the third type layer 3 pixel right side.

Using the same technique, draw a circle, duplicate it two times, make clipping mask and adjust the layers to have a shape like shown in the figure.

Group and merge the text and circle layer. Press control+j to duplicate the layer. Press control+t and transform the layer as shown.

Change the layer opacity of duplicate layer to 28%. You will see a nice reflection of the shape.

Draw a light grey colored circle between the two layers.

Type “Media Group” and change the text color to #006485.

Duplicate the type layer. Change its color to white and press down arrow key once to add white color shade to the text. Our logo is ready.

Open your image.

Create a new layer by pressing shift+control+n. Use 20 feather brush and draw a line of #B17574 color. Change its blending mode from normal to darken.

Create another layer. Draw this curved line either with brush tool or with pen tool. Use #79393A color for that.

Create another layer and draw these random stitch lines with 2 pixel wide brush tool.

Apply bevel and emboss effect as shown on the stitch lines.

Image after applying above effect.

I have used the same technique to draw stiches at the left side of the face.

For this tutorial I will show you a quick, easy and effective method for watermarking your images. Any beginner should be able to finish this tutorial in under one minute. No plug-ins are required.

The first step we must take is to open a new document (file > New). I’ll be using a 60px X 60px document with a transparent background. You don’t need to give this document a name.

Once your document is open go to the layers pallet and add a new layer.

Once you have your document open zoom a little (you don’t need to do this but I feel it makes it easier to see what you are doing). Now grab the type tool from your tool box. Next click somewhere on your document and type something, I suggest the word “copyright”. (don’t worry about the position of what you typed, we’ll fix this in a moment). For my font I’ve used size 14 “verdana” in a black color.

You should have something similar to mine:

Next we must reposition and rotate our text. To do this we will be using the free transform tool (edit > free transform). Reposition your text so that it looks similar to mine:

I have also resized my text so that it fits better. Once you are happy with the position and size of your text click on the background layer.

Now that we have finished with our text we must define it as a pattern. This is done by going to edit > define pattern. A little popup should appear asking you what you wish to call your pattern. You can name it as you wish but I suggest calling it “Copyright”

Click ok and then close your document, you do not need to save it.

Open up the document that you wish to watermark (file > Open).

Double click on your layer and add a “pattern overlay”, click the drop down arrow and select the pattern we just created.

Play around with the settings until you get your desired result then press ok. I’ve used the default settings except changed the opacity to 50%.

Here is my finished result:

Congratulations your done! Now you know the basics of creating watermarks why not try and see what else you can do. Here is another result you can make just as quickly:

Thanks for reading the tutorial and I hope you enjoyed it.

Once you have filled your document you need to select the elliptical marquee tool, you can see this in the image below.

You now need to select roughly half of your userbar, you can do this from either the top or bottom. You can see me select the top half of the userbar below.

We are rougly half way through the tutorial. You now need to edit the hue/saturation of the selected half. To do this you need to click the button shown in the image below and then select Hue/Saturation. Both buttons are highlighted in the image below.

You should now see a box that says hue, saturation and lightness. We only need to edit lightness, in the lightness box you will need to enter 30. You can see the box you need to enter 30 into in the image below.

You should now have something like this.

We now need to add text using your favorite font. My result with text is below.

You have your simple userbar! You can now learn how to add images to it and make it even better. I would advise you add a 1px black border around the userbar too make it better. To make it even better I’ll show you what the userbar can look like with say, an msn icon.

Cut out your small icon, it has to be small otherwise it won’t fit on the userbar. Once you have cut out the little icon just paste it onto your userbar and position it and add a 1px white stroke. My outcome is below.

Good luck on creating many more userbars and advancing your userbar creating skills.

Create a new document. Using your custom shapes tool

draw out an award seal. (The seal’s color does not matter since we will be covering it with a gradient overlay).

Double click on your layer. After the layer style window appears, fill in the following properties:

This is what you should have so far:

Now we need to add in a gradient overlay. Open the layer style window again (by double clicking on your layer). Add in the following properties:

The first gradient color is yellow, and the second color is orange.

Create a new layer above this one. Use the text tool and type in your text you’d like in your seal. (I’ve used font type: IMPACT for the sample below)

Create a new 200 x 200 canvas. Using your custom shapes tool, select the flower shape

Double click on that layer. The layer styles screen should pop up, if not go to layer > layer styles > drop shadow. Fill in the following properties to your bevel & drop shadow layer styles:

This is what you should have so far:

Now, open your layer style window again and fill add in a gradient:

Double click on your gradient preview (between where it says ‘Gradient:’ nd ‘Reverse’)

A screen like this should pop up:

Now, the tricky part is to add in several different colors into your custom gradient style. See where the blue line is? (This is not on your window, its just to show you where you should click), press that area, a small square should appear with a new color. Double click on that square, then select a color. It does not matter where or how many squares you place in your gradient, be creative and experiment. However, if you do not have an idea where you should click, just look at the screenshot above and click where I have placed my colored squares.

Fill in the squares with a color: Here are the colors that I have used: FF0000, FFF000, FF00FC and FF0060.

Here’s a tip: When placing new colors beside each other, try using colors that have a strong contrast, such as yellow and red, then pink and yellow.

Here is how the end result should look like: