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We have compiled the best photo manipulation tutorials just for you! Many people are not satisfied with their photographs and they want to make certain changes in order to make them look good. Photo manipulation is their way out because it is the only technique that allows them to manipulate their photos the way they want them. Even to make them surreal!
If you think editing your photos to make them look stunning is difficult thing, then you must check out this post of 40 Photo Manipulation tutorials. You can learn some amazing technique from these tutorials that you can apply next time you want to manipulate your photos. All you need to do is just put on some creativity and imagination, and you will see some really appealing and amazing results. Let’s have a closer look!
1. Create Surreal Representation of the Mind Artwork
Learn how to create a surreal representation of the thoughts of a creative and business minded individual. You’ll learn how to make objects come out of the womans head and place steampunk objects over the eyes.
2. Create a Surreal Smoking Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create a surreal photo manipulation with a smoking man and abstract background design. You’ll work with masking, adjustment layers, blending options and more.
3. How to Create a High-Tech Cyborg Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create this android head in a sci-fi environment. You’ll learn how to take a picture face, plasticize it and turn it into an abstract cyber artwork by combining multiple images together.
4. Photo Manipulate a Surreal, Gravity-Defying Desert Scene
In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a conceptual surreal photo-manipulation. We are going to learn the process of creating depth of field using a few advance tools. We are going to learn how to blend images so seamlessly that it would look like a single image using the Brush tool, the Eraser tool and several adjustment layers.
5. Design a Unique Wooden Face with Fiery Eye and Tear
In this Photoshop tutorial, we will show you the steps we took to Design a Unique Wooden Face with Fiery Eye and Tear in Photoshop. This is an intermediate level tutorial so some steps can be tricky, but why not have a try!
6. Create a Cat in a Magical Pond Scene Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial we will show you how to create a magical pond scene with a lovely cat. You will know through step by step how to blend various stock images together, paint natural looking cat hair, retouch a dull photo, use brushes, masking, adjust colors, work with lighting and different kinds of shadow and more.
7. How to Create This Freezing Cold Portrait Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create this freezing cold manipulation with Photoshop! You’ll learn how to work with difference ice and crystal photos and complete the look with a cold blue photo effect.
8. Create the Firey Photo Manipulation ‘Satan’s Judgement’
In this tutorial you will learn how to create the fiery photo manipulation ‘satan’s judgement’.
9. Create a Red Riding Hood Themed Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial, author Wojciech Magierski will explain how to create a Red Riding Hood themed photo manipulation in Photoshop.
10. Create a Surreal and Dreamy Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial, author Marcela Bolivar will explain how create a surreal and dreamy photo manipulation using atmosphere, lighting, masks, textures, and custom brushes.
11. How to Create an Outdoor Fantasy Manipulation
Learn how to create this photo manipulation using a combo of different stock photos and artworks. You’ll learn how to create a soft photo effect, add moss to rocks, and enhance a pool of water with some water lilies.
12. Design a Natural Abstract Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial, we will show you the steps we took to Design a Natural Abstract Photo Manipulation in Photoshop. Along the way, we will apply some basic Photo Manipulation techniques such as layer blending and masking, we will also practice some selection techniques with Pen Tool and some photo retouch skills.
13. Create an Emotional Midnight Photo Manipulation
Learn how to composite this nighttime artwork and retouch skin with a smooth painting-like effect! This tutorial will show you how to composite this image with various stock photos, soften skin, and apply special lighting and color effects.
14. Learn to Create A Fire Light Effect
In today’s tutorial we will learn how to Create Stylish Fire Lines on a Girl’s image to make her look as if she is dancing amidst fire in the Space. You can click on the images to view larger version.
15. How to Create “Into the Wild” Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create this photo manipulation with this detailed step-by-step walk-through. You’ll learn how to combine a beautiful redhead model with a black raven in a mystical landscape scene.
16. How to Create an Emotional Soft-Tone Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create your own emotional photo manipulation! This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to blend a beautify lady with a dreamy background. You will also learn how to make color, lighting, and contrast adjustments to fit everything into this beautiful artwork.
17. Photo Manipulate a Kick Ass Flaming Skull Scene
Learn how to create a cool flaming skull effect as part of a dark, gothic photo manipulation. You’ll work with image transformations, blending, lighting effects and more!
18. Create a City Destruction Photo Manipulation
Learn how to create this photo manipulation of a city being destructed by robots and spaceships. This tutorial will show you how to composite a city using various stock photos then add smoke, fire, and explosions to it.
19. Create this “Heaven & Hell” Photo Manipulation
Create this Fantasy depicting scene of heaven and hell. This tutorial covers topics like creating reflections in moving water, ice cube with frost on it, turning daytime photos into nighttime, and many more.
20. Photo Manipulate an Eye Catching Poster Design for Earth Hour
In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a conceptual earth hour photo-manipulation. We are going to learn the process of creating depth of field using a few advanced tools. We are going to learn how to blend images so seamlessly that it would look like a single image using the Brush tool, masking tools and several adjustment layers. We will learn how to create light and darkness to make the background look seamless.
21. Create An Emotional Sunset Scene Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial we will show you how to create a beautiful emotional sunset scene. We’ll work with manipulating techniques, blending, masking, painting and more.
22. Create Abstract Dark Photo Manipulation with Splatter Brushes
In this tutorial, we will show you the steps designer took to Create Abstract Dark Photo Manipulation with Splatter Brushes in Photoshop. This is an intermediate level Photoshop tutorial and some steps can be a bit tricky, but why not have a try!
23. Photo Manipulate a Surreal Coffee Machine Contraption
Learn how to create a surreal photo manipulation featuring a conceptual coffee contraption. You’ll work with photo manipulation, retouching, masking, brush application, blending and more!
24. Create an Elephant Sundae Using Photo Manipulation Techniques
Photoshop is great at seamlessly combing photos to create an entirely new scene. In this tutorial we will create an elephant sundae using several stock photos. Let’s get started!
25. How to Create a Dramatic Fisheye Spartan Scene
In this tutorial we are going to learn how to blend and distort different desert landscape stock images to create a dynamic fisheye-like perspective and use different adjustment layers to get different coloring and feel to the manipulation so let’s get started!
26. Create a Lamb’s Coat in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Lamb’s Coat in Photoshop.
In this manipulation we will show you how to play with fire, how to smoothen skin using the Mixer Brush Tool and how to create realistic light effects. This is for the slightly more advanced manipulator. Enjoy.
28. How to Create a Fantasy Haven for Travelers
Learn how to create a secret haven in the sky! This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to create this surreal scene where boats pick up travelers and fly them to a secret mountain passage in the sky. This tutorial will show you how to blend images seamlessly and work with lighting and shadows.
29. Create an Unique Surreal Photo Manipulation with Nebula Effect
In this Photoshop tutorial, we will show you the steps designer took to Create a Unique, Dark Surreal Photo Manipulation with Nebula Effect in Photoshop. Along the way, we will be using some simple retouch skills, as well as some custom brushes and the liquify filter to produce special effect.
30. Create a Surreal Scene with a Cool Snail that Flies
Learn how to create a surreal mother nature photo manipulation. This tutorial will show you how to create a completely surreal scene by combining stock photos and blending them seamlessly. You’ll also learn how to fix and enhance the lighting of your images.
31. Photo Manipulate a Magical Shoe House Scene
In this tutorial you will learn how to Manipulate a photo into magical Shoe House Scene.
32. Create a Serene Fantasy Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to compose magical scene from different stock images, how to create strong atmosphere and add interesting lights and shadows. You’ll also learn many different ways of color adjustments to get the exact images you’ve always wished. Let’s get started!
33. Create a Magical Photo Manipulation with Flowery Effect
In this tutorial, we will show you the steps author took to Create a Magical Photo Manipulation with Flowery Effect in Photoshop. This is an intermediate tutorial so some steps can be tricky, but why not have a try :)
In this Photoshop tutorial, we will learn how to create a picture with two different stories, one: a town on an island and two: the deep and huge body of water below it. We will learn how to blend images perfectly, make an underwater image look realistic through the use of applying brushes in different colors, the eraser tool to soften the edges and the clone stamp tool.
35. Create a Vivid Alien Invasion Scene with Photoshop
Create a surreal alien photo manipulation with vivid colors. This tutorial will show you how to create an alien creature and add multiple UFOs.
36. Create a Scenic Landscape Composition
Photoshop is a fantastic application for combining average photos to create something entirely new. In this tutorial we will combine several stock photos to create a scenic landscape panorama. Let’s get started!
In this tutorial author Mario Sanchez Nevado will put the “car” and “go” into escargot by creating a snail so big and fast that you could ride it at highway speeds. In the process, we will explain how to select the proper photos, as well as how to correctly integrate them into your scene using lighting, depth of field, and movement.
38. Integrate a 3D Render Into a Macro Photograph
In this tutorial we will explain how to integrate a rendered 3D model into a photograph to create a macro photography effect.
39. Create a Studio Sports Portrait
In this tutorial Matt Kloskowski will demonstrate how to create a studio sports portrait using the same techniques that you may have seen on billboards and in magazines. Let’s get started!
40. Fantasy Photoshop tutorial to create awesome effects
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use stock photos, adjustment layers, and blending tricks to compose a dark fantasy photo manipulation in Photoshop.
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Jameel Khan is a web graphic designer and has been working in this field for 4 years. He also writes for other blogs and is also the founder member of www.webdesigncore.com. His biggest passion is blogging and vector illustrations.
Monday, August 6th, 2012 09:05
Not the greatest lineup of photo manip tutorials Ive seen. Check Worth1000 for some serious walkthroughs, or even my site for tutorials of a higher standard.
Sorry to hijack the comments, but I don’t think these represent the best the artform has to offer ;)
Thursday, August 9th, 2012 02:38
Conzz of course on Worth1000 there are amazing manipulations, but I haven’t seen tutorials on those artworks? If there would be any, would include them of course!
Sunday, June 24th, 2012 00:24
Oh wow. I am a photoshop nut and I use tutorials like these to learn and I find them ALL amazing. Thank You so much. I have gotten jobs from learning skills like this. I love it.
Saturday, June 16th, 2012 15:09
Your collection is very attractive and beautiful,carry on my friend.
Saturday, June 16th, 2012 15:21
Thanks Ranzan, glad you enjoyed article! Are you yourself in photo manipulations?
Sunday, June 10th, 2012 19:25
Wow! Some of these are simply mind-blowing!
Thanks for the great (and beautiful!) variety of tutorials.
Friday, June 8th, 2012 18:26
I love #15 and the tutorial is really easy to follow. Nice collection btw.
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 21:48
Great i just discovered your site..
thanks
im gonna subscribe asap
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 10:16
Some great effects the boot is brilliant
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Gareth
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 10:16
Some great effects the boot is brilliant
Mohsin Nazir
Monday, June 11th, 2012 05:17
amazing tutorials
Dainis Graveris
Monday, June 11th, 2012 06:07
Thanks Mohsin, did you pick out your favorite?
Robert
Sunday, June 10th, 2012 19:25
Wow! Some of these are simply mind-blowing!
Thanks for the great (and beautiful!) variety of tutorials.
JHN
Friday, June 8th, 2012 18:26
I love #15 and the tutorial is really easy to follow. Nice collection btw.
Derek
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 21:48
Great i just discovered your site..
thanks
im gonna subscribe asap
Ranzan
Saturday, June 16th, 2012 15:09
Your collection is very attractive and beautiful,carry on my friend.
Dainis Graveris
Saturday, June 16th, 2012 15:21
Thanks Ranzan, glad you enjoyed article! Are you yourself in photo manipulations?
Conzz
Monday, August 6th, 2012 09:05
Not the greatest lineup of photo manip tutorials Ive seen. Check Worth1000 for some serious walkthroughs, or even my site for tutorials of a higher standard.
Sorry to hijack the comments, but I don’t think these represent the best the artform has to offer ;)
Dainis Graveris
Thursday, August 9th, 2012 02:38
Conzz of course on Worth1000 there are amazing manipulations, but I haven’t seen tutorials on those artworks? If there would be any, would include them of course!
adart
Sunday, July 8th, 2012 07:52
Thanks.very much were excellent
Heather
Sunday, June 24th, 2012 00:24
Oh wow. I am a photoshop nut and I use tutorials like these to learn and I find them ALL amazing. Thank You so much. I have gotten jobs from learning skills like this. I love it.