When you’re capturing a fleeting moment, there usually isn’t time to make sure that your subject is nicely positioned or that the photo is perfectly straight. Thankfully, there is a quick and simple trick in Photoshop that will accurately straighten any photo. All you need is an obvious horizon and two minutes to spare.

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There are lots of tutorials that teach you how to touch up an old photograph to make it look new again. However, this tutorial will teach you the opposite of this effect and show you how to make a modern-looking photo appear old and tattered in Photoshop.

This tutorial will also give you the basics on how to apply a texture layer to a photo. Once you’ve mastered this simple technique, the creative possibilities are endless.

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Selective color is a cool post-processing technique that can really make your subject and photo stand out. You might have seen a photo where one thing might be in color and the rest of the photo is all in monotone (black and white or sepia). Today, I’m going to show you how to achieve this effect in Photoshop by using a quick and easy technique.

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Last week, we ran a feature on mini panorama planets. This week, we’re going to show you how to create your own using any landscape photo and a little help from Photoshop. It’s easy, fun and addictive! The hard part is actually picking out a photo that would be appropriate for this fun photo project.

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Photo manipulation in Photoshop isn’t hard. Follow these quick and simple steps in Photoshop and you can convert any mediocre portrait to a photo that fits into a glamor magazine.

You might think it’s a nice photo you’ve just taken of your friend. However, your friend is probably thinking, “Ugh, look at my skin in that photo, I look terrible!” Nowadays, being a good photographer also comes the responsibility of making sure your subject looks his/her best in the photo.

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Now you can convert any digital photo into a Lomo-esque photograph in a matter of minutes, thanks to Photoshop and our simple and easy three-step tutorial.

Photos take with the Lomo have characteristics like over-saturated colors, vignette and sometimes blurred snapshots. We can replicate these effects easily in Photoshop.

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Turn your photo from, “Oh, that’s nice” to, “Wow, did you paint this?” in a few easy steps. This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to turn any photo into a watercolor masterpiece.

A lot of people have asked if you need to have a stunning photo taken with a DSLR in order to do these Photoshop tutorials. Of course not! To demonstrate this, I’m using an average photo taken with a regular point and shoot (Panasonic Lumix).

For this tutorial, you will need to find a photo that’s vibrant with bright colors. Night shots can still work, as long as it’s not too dark and has varying color contrasts. I’m using a photo taken in Coron, Philippines.

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The Orton effect is named after the photographer Michael Orton who created this technique. Originally, it involved combining two slide films of the same scene together. One slide would be sharp and overexposed by two stops. The other slide would be blurry and overexposed by one stop. When the two slides came together as one, it would produce an image that was dreamy with a glowing haze.

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