Open the image.

You can download them from: http://www.caminocreativo.com/images/casino_royale/original.jpg

Select ((Pen Tool)) and trace the actor’s contour.

Press Ctrl + Enter to transform the trace into selection.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Fill it in with black.

Merge the layer you just filled in invisible. In order to do so, click the eye that appears next to the layer.

Now with ((Pen Tool)), draw the trace of the white shirt.

Press Ctrl + Enter to transform the trace into selection.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Fill in the selection with white.

Merge the shirt layer invisible.

Now trace the left side of the untied bun.

Now press Ctrl + Enter to transform the trace into selection.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Fill in the selection with white.

Merge this layer invisible.

Now trace the contour of the right side of the untied bun.

Create a ((New Layer)) and fill it in with black.

Merge all the layers visible.

You will have a partial result:

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it between the image and the actor’s contour. Take a look at the image below.

Stand in the layer, select ((Gradient Tool)), ((Linear Gradient)), and trace a vertical gradient as the one you see below, using: #931314 and #000000.

Open the following image in Photoshop. You can download it by clicking HERE.

Press Ctrl + A to select the whole image and Ctrl + C to copy it.

Go back to the document and paste (Ctrl + V) the background underneath the actor’s silhouette.

Reduce the ((Opacity)) to 15%.

Open the following image. You can download it by clicking HERE.

Select ((Magic Wand Tool)), ((Tolerance)) 20% and click the black area of the image to select it.

Invert the selection. ((Select))-((Inverse)).

Copy it (Ctrl + C).

Go back to the document and paste it (Ctrl + V).

Place it in the lower part of the document and reduce the ((Opacity)) to 40%.

Open the image with the title of the movie. You can download it by clicking this link: http://www.caminocreativo.com/images/casino_royale/casino-royale.jpg

Press Ctrl + A to select the entire image.

Copy it (Ctrl + C)………

….and paste it (Ctrl + V) into the document.

Finally change the layer style to ((Lighten)) to eliminate the black background.

Now the “Casino Royale” theme is created. See you soon.

Open a new document, 256×256px, and transparent background.

You will need to add grids. They are very useful, and can even be addictive, since they are of great help.

To place them, you will need to activate the rules (Ctrl + R).

Click and hold the mouse above the rule and drag it towards the center of the document. The grids will appear automatically.

In the following image you will see the values of the grids, vertical and horizontal.

With ((Elliptical Marquee Tool)) and Alt pressed,  draw a selection as the one you see below.

Fill it in with black.

Double click the layer to open ((Layer Styles)) and apply ((Gradient Overlay)).

Accept the changes and see the results.

Right click the name of the layer and choose ((Convert To Smart Object)) from the drop down menu.

Right click and select ((Rasterize Layer)).

Duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J).

To the duplicated layer apply ((Edit))-((Transform))-((90º CCW)).

At the moment you will have 2 thread plates, one vertical and the other horizontal.
Duplicate these layers to get this result.

It is important that each thread plate  fits with the center, where the grids cross..

Temporary, add a new background layer and fill it in with grey.

Select all the thread plates and press Ctrl + E to unify them.

Select the unified layer and press Ctrl + T to activate ((Free Transform)).

Then place 45º as rotation value (pointed with a red arrow in the image below).

Eliminate the layer with the grey background.

With ((Rectangular Marquee Tool)), trace the following selection.

It is important that the selection is well centered.

Save the ((Pattern)). ((Edit))-((Define Pattern)).

Open  anew document, 350×150px, and white background.

Double click the white layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).

((Blending Options)).

((Gradient Overlay)). Use these colors: #5a5555, #909191, and #5a5555.

((Pattern Overlay)). Select the Pattern that you saved in the previous document.

Accept the changes.

Create a ((New Layer)) and fill it in with black.

Apply ((Filter))-((Noise))-((Add Noise)).

Change the layer mode to ((Screen)).

Finally apply ((Filter))-((Blur))-((Motion Blur)).

This is the final result.

Open the following image, you can download it from this LINK.

Duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J).

Double click the duplicated layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).

((Satin)).

((Gradient Overlay)). Choose “Spectrum” since it comes by default in Photoshop.

Don’t accept the changes yet.

Move the ((Layer Styles)) windows downwards.

Click the document to move the gradient; the gradient must begin in the eye.

Accept the changes.

Select ((Pen Tool)) to draw a trace surrounding the eye.

Press Ctrl + Enter to transform the trace into selection.

Then go to ((Select))-((Modify))-((Feather)): 15px.

Stand in the duplicated image, the one you applied ((Layer Styles)) to, and press delete.

This is the final result.

Open a new document, 340×185px, and transparent background.

Select ((Gradient Tool)), ((Linear Gradient)), to trace a vertical gradient using these colors: #033478 and #000000.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Choose white as the foreground color.

With ((Rectangle Tool)), trace a rectangle as the one you see below.

Double click the layer to open ((Layer Styles)).

((Gradient Overlay)). Use these colors: #62615e, #898582, #ffffff, #ffffff, #aca8a5, #aca8a5, #3c3b40, #3c3b40, #a2a6a5, #a2a6a5, #a2a6a5, #ffffff, #ffffff, and #bdc5d0.

Accept the changes.

Choose #ed2025 as the foreground color.

Select the font Verdana and write “HeavyMetal”.

Stand in the text layer and go to ((Layer))-((Layer Style))-((Blending Options)).

((Drop Shadow)).

((Inner Shadow)).

((Gradient Overlay)). Use: #ed2025 and #640c0b.

Accept the changes.

Add the text and font you want and choose color #696678.

Now go to ((Layer))-((Layer Style))-((Blending Options)).

((Drop Shadow)).

((Inner Shadow)).

Accept the changes.

Ctrl + Click the text layer “HeavyMetal” to activate the selection.

Ctrl + Shift + Click the text layer to add selection.

Now go to ((Select))-((Modify))-((Expand)): 8px.

As you will see in the image above there are some irregularities. In order to fix them, select ((Rectangular Marquee Tool)), ((Add To Selection)), and create a trace over the irregularities to cover them.

Then invert the selection ((Select))-((Inverse)).

Finally, stand in the rectangle layer and with the selection active and press delete.

Deselect (Ctrl + D).

Done! An original metallic text to use as a logo.

You can download the image by clicking HERE.

Select ((Rectangular Marquee Tool)) and create a selection as the one you see below.

Go to ((Layer))-((New))-((Layer via Copy)).

As you can see in the image below, the selection was copied into a different new layer.

Now go to ((Edit))-((Transform))-((Perspective)). With this type of transformation, you will get the following result.

Press Enter to accept.

Double click the layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).

((Drop Shadow)).

((Inner Shadow)).

((Inner Glow)).

Accept the changes and see the results in the following image.

Draw 4 more selections and apply the previous effects. ((Rectangular Marquee Tool, Layer Via Copy, Perspective, Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Inner Glow)).

This is my result:

First of all you need the image of a person. I recommend you to choose a picture in which the person doesn’t have a hair-do nor the hair all over the face.

I found this image at  http://www.sxc.hu/

Desaturate the image. ((Image))-((Adjustments))-((Desaturate)).

Select ((Pen Tool)) and trace the lady’s contour.

Press Ctrl + Enter to transform the trace into selection.

Then ((Select))-((Inverse)) to invert the selection. person

Press delete.

Create a ((New Layer)), fill it in with white and place it underneath the image.

Download the marble texture by clicking HERE and open it in Photoshop.

Desaturate the texture. ((Image))-((Adjustments))-((Desaturate)).

Ctrl + Click the layer to activate the selection.

Stand in the texture layer and press delete.

Change the layer mode to ((Multiply)).

Select ((Dodge Tool)), ((Midtones)), 162px, ((Exposure)): 50%, and paint the lady’s layer to illuminate the face.

Reduce the texture’s ((opacity)) to 70%.

Select ((Pen Tool)) and trace a selection that covers the eye as shown in the following image.

Then use ((Clone Stamp Tool)) to clone the marble texture in the new selection (new layer).

It is important that the ((hardness)) is not bigger than 15%.

For those who have never used ((Clone Stamp Tool)), here they have 2 interesting tutorials:

Learn How to Use ((Clone Stamp Tool)) in Photoshop (ENGLISH)

Aprenda a usar ((Clone Stamp Tool)) en Photoshop (ESPAÑOL).

Deselect.

Stand in the eye layer.

Select ((Burn Tool)), ((Highlights)), ((exposure)): 40%, and paint the cloned eyes contour.

It is very important that the ((hardness)) of this tool is not bigger than 15%.

Also apply ((Burn Tool)) to the exterior part of the cloned eye. You can use the lady layer or the texture.

Repeat the same steps in the right eye.

Stand in the eyes layer and/or the lady’s image and apply ((Blur Tool)) in order for the eyes not to look like they are “pasted” into the woman.

Download the background texture by clicking HERE and open it in Photoshop.

Place the texture underneath the other statue layers and. Take a look at the following image.

Double click the lady layer to apply ((Layer Styles)) and apply ((Drop Shadow)).

Accept the changes and see the results in the image below.

Open a new document, 1024×768px, and transparent background.

Fill it in color #C3823E.

Apply ((Filter))-((Noise))-((Add Noise)).

Then ((Filter))-((Blur))-((Motion Blur)).

Press Ctrl + T to activate ((Free Transform)) and extend the background to the left and the to the right.

Double click the layer to open ((Layer Styles)) and apply ((Gradient Overlay)).

Accept the changes.

Before going on with the next step, you will have to download the file Apple.ai that has the shape and colors of “the Apple”.

Once you have downloaded it, open it in Adobe Illustrator.

Select the entire apple and press Ctrl + C to copy it.

Go back to the Photoshop document.

Press Ctrl + V and you will see a pop up that asks you to choose the type of paste. Choose “Pixels”.

Then select ((Polygonal Lasso Tool)) and trace the apple leave (as shown in the image below), right click the selection and choose ((Layer Via Cut)). You will cut, copy, and paste the selection into a new layer.

The apple and the leaf will be in separated layers.

Double click the apple layer to open ((Layer Styles)) and apply ((Stroke)). The colors you will use for this gradient: #B4B4B4 and #FFFFFF.

Accept the changes.

Move the leaf a few pixels upwards so that it’s not very close to the apple.

Double click the layer and apply ((Drop Shadow)).

Accept the changes.

Choose black as the foreground color.

Select the font Motter Tektura and write the Apple text with the values that appear below. If you don’t have the said font, download it by clicking this LINK.

Now press Ctrl + T to activate ((Free Transform)) and rotate the text until it looks like this.

Stand int he text layer and go to ((Layer))-((Layer Style))-((Blending Options)).

((Drop Shadow)).

((Stroke)).

Accept the changes.

Finally, you will have to fix the holes that appear in the letter “a”.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Select ((Polygonal Lasso Tool)) and create a selection as the one that appears below.

Choose white as the foreground color.

Now with ((Brush Tool)), 50px, and ((hardness)): 50%, paint the selection with white.

Deselect (Ctrl + D).

Done!

Open the image of the car. As you will, the ventilation is completely black.

Select ((Polygonal Lazo Tool)), ((Add To Path Area)). What you will do is to trace the car’s ventilation.

Before going on, download this brush by clicking HERE.

Choose #252525 as the foreground color.

Then select ((Brush Tool)) and install it.

Now paint inside the selections.

Adding a ventilation mesh to a car is just simple!

Open a new document, 400×400px, and black background.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Select ((Line Tool)), ((Weight)), 1px, trace a horizontal line throughout the document (press and hold Shift while you do so). Fill it in with white.

Trace the same type of line, vertically.

Duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J).

Select the duplicated layer, then press Ctrl + T -((Free Transform))- and, from the options bar placed in the superior part of the window, enter 45º as the rotation value. Press ENTER.

Select the two layers except for the background one and press Ctrl + E to unify them.

Press Ctrl + T and enter 22,2º as the rotation value. Press ENTER.

Select the 2 superior layers and press Ctrl + E to unify them.

Now press Ctrl + T and enter 11,3º as rotation values. Then press ((Enter)).

Go to ((Filter))-((Distort))-((Twirl)). ((Angle)): 50º.

Duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J) and go to ((Image))-((Transform))-((Flip Horizontal)).

Press Ctrl + E to unify the layers.

The following step is optional. If you want to colorize the star, Ctrl + Click the layer to activate the selection and create a gradient using ((Gradient Tool)).

We will first place the background, this time we will use a wooden texture. You will be able to download it from HERE.

Open a new document, 1200×1200px, and place the image of the texture.

Download the image of these fruits by clicking HERE and open it in Photoshop.

Then with ((Pen Tool)) or ((Polygonal Lazo Tool)), trace the fruits’ contour.

With ((Free Transform)) (Ctrl + T), reduce the size of the fruits. The idea is that there is an important distance between the fruits and the document’s borders.

Double click the image to apply ((Layer Styles)).

((Drop Shadow)).

Accept the changes.

Now with ((Pen Tool)), trace the pack’s contour. You can download an image of those packs in Google, which can make the job easier.

Press Ctrl + Enter to transform the trace into selection.

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it underneath the fruits.

Choose white as the foreground color and medium grey as background.

Then go to menu ((Filter))-((Rener))-((Coluds)).

Now apply ((Filter))-((Artistic))-((Plastic Wrap)).

Reduce the ((Opacity)) to 25%.

Go to ((Layer))-((Layer Mask))-((Reveal All)). As you will see, the mask is white, so you will have to use black in order to erase.

Select ((Brush Tool)), 120px, ((Hardness): 0%, black as foreground color, stand in the mask layer and erase the central areas leaving the flanks visible.

In this step, we will create the superior part of the pack. The technique is similar.

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it above the other ones. Repeat the previous steps: ((Shape)), ((Clouds)), ((Plastic Wrap)) y ((Layer Mask)). Then reduce the opacity to 30%.

Now we will create the plastic bevel.

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it above the other ones.

Press D to reset the colors to black and white.

Press Ctrl + Click the pack’s layer to activate the selection.

Then go to ((Filter))-((Render))-((Clouds)). Afterwards, ((Filter))-((Render))-((Difference Clouds)). Now press Ctrl + F to repeat the last filter 2, 3 or 4 more times.

Go to menu ((Filter))-((Artistic))-((Plastic Wrap)).

Then ((Filter))-((Distort))-((Spherize)). (Amount: 100%).

Now change the layer style to ((Lighten)).

There is a lot of brightness. We will create a ((Layer Mask)) and erase the unnecessary shines, specially the ones that surround the pack.

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it underneath the other ones.

Ctrl + Click the layer to activate the selection.

Fill it in with black.

With ((Move Tool)), move the black selection about 15 or 20px downwards and to the right.

Now apply ((Filter))-((Blur))-((Gaussean Blur)).

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it above the other one.

Choose white as the foreground color.

Ctrl + Click the pack to activate the selection.
Go to ((Select))-((Modify))-((Border)): 1px.

Press Alt + Backspace to fill in the selection with white.

Then reduce the ((Opacity)) to 25%.

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it above the other ones.

With ((Penn Tool)) trace the lines of closure of the pack.

Choose ((Brush Tool)), 2px, and ((Hardness)): 100%.

Go to ((Window))-((Path)) to see the trace palette.

Right click the traces you created and choose ((Stroke Path)), ((Brush)) from the drop down menu.

Duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J) 3 more times and apply different opacity levels.

Create a ((New Layer)) and bring it to the front.

Create another trace in the superior part of the pack, ((Brush Tool)), 20px, and choose  #fbd816 as the foreground color.

Go back to the traces’ palette, right click the trace and select ((Stroke Path)), ((Brush)), and accept.

Right click the layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).

((Inner Glow)).

((Bevel and Emboss)).

Accept the changes, duplicate the layer, (Ctrl + J) and place it a few pixels downwards.

Then you will see my final result, I hope you liked it.

Open a new document, 310×120px, and white background.

Choose color #4d2607 as the foreground color.

Select the font Times New Roman, size 100px, and write “TEXTO”.

Now go to ((Layer))-((Layer Style))-((Blending Options)).

((Drop Shadow)).

((Bevel and Emboss)).

((Pattern Overlay)).

Accept the changes.

Then press Ctrl + Click the layer to activate the selection.

Create a ((New Layer)).

Fill it in with color #ECB200.

Stand in the layer you just filled in and select ((Erase Tool)), size 85px, with the values that appear in the following image (pointed with red arrows).

Double click the layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).

((Bevel and Emboss)).

((Pattern Overlay)). Select the ((Pattern)) you want. I recommend you not to use thin lines, nor objects with low-visibility.

Accept the changes. See how the Pattern is transparent.

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it below the text.

Fill it in with black.

Copy the last 2 ((Layer Styles)) you applied to this layer: ((Bevel and Emboss)) and ((Pattern Overlay)).

Create a ((New Layer)) and place it above the previous one.

Fill it in with color #ECB200.

Change the layer mode to ((Darken)).

Finally, reduce the ((Opacity)) to 70%.

This is the final result.

Open the image you want to sharpen. You can download it by clicking HERE.

Duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J).

Desaturate the duplicated layer. Go to ((Image))-((Adjustments))-((Desaturate)).

Then ((Filter))-((Other))-((High Pass…))

Now go to ((Image))-((Adjustments))-((Levels)).

Finally changes the layer style to ((Overlay)).

To see the changes in more detail, enlarge both original and final image.

Before starting, I recommend you to download the following background since it has the particular transparency that DVD boxes have. Click HERE to download it.

Download the PSD of the box by clicking HERE.

Open the PSD of the box and drag the folder that has all the layers of the box towards the wooden background document.

If you downloaded this wooden background you will have to reduce the size of the box. Select the group where the DVD box is and, with ((Free Transform)) (Ctrl + T), reduce the size.

Let’s add the cover of the amazing movie “Scarface”.

You can download thousands of movie covers www.cdcovers.cc

Now I will press Ctrl + A to select the entire cover.

Then Ctrl + C to copy.

Now press Ctrl + V to paste the cover.

Place the Scarface cover between the background and the DVD box. Take a look ate the following image:

This tutorial is cool and easy, see? I hope it was useful for you.

Open the image of this amazing Viper. You can download it by clicking HERE.

Desaturate the image. ((Image))-((Adjustments))-((Desaturate)).

((Image))-((Adjustments))-((Levels)).

Create a ((New Layer)).

Go to ((Edit))-((Fill)): 50% Gray.

Now apply ((Filter))-((Noise))-((Add Noise)).

Then ((Filter))-((Blur))-((Motion Blur)).

Go to ((Edit))-((Transform))-((Skew)) to deform the layer like this:

Change the layer style to ((Linear Light)).

Create a ((New Layer)) and repeat the 4 previous steps except transform. (Fill, Noise, Motion Blur, Linear Light).

I liked the final result, I hope you liked it too.

Open the image.

Create a new layer.

Press D to reset the colors to black and white.
Apply ((Filter))-((Render))-((Clouds)).

Place the layer with clouds underneath the image.

Change the layer style to ((Color Burn)).

Select both layers and press Ctrl + E to unify them in an independent layer.

Duplicate the unified layer (Ctrl + J).

Apply ((Image))-((Adjustments))-((Desaturate)).

Change the layer style to ((Hard Light)).

Select ((Dodge Tool)), ((Exposure)) 30% and paint the lips and eyes to clear them.

Finally, reduce the ((Opacity)) to 50%.

Done!