Photoshop

Heres a simple technique using brush strokes for making some trendy backround (Texture)effects.

Here's simple 'Style' applied to an Ellipse Shape. Applying a knockout to the center and using a Satin Layer Stlye makes for a neat object.

Here's simple 'Style' applied to an Ellipse Shape. Most effective style's are created using extreme combinations. Follow along this series, you'll see just what I mean.

Learn how to write circular text using vector mask.

Learn how to create a great 3d text effect.

Here's a handy trick to create eye pleasing, seamless blending of text into a textured background.

Learn how to create this cool blue gell effect for your text.

Great for interfaces, look's cool and is pretty easy to do! What more do you want?

A very popular tutorial on how to create an effect similar to the effect in the film "The Matrix".

Here's simple technique to create interlocking rings without the need to delete any portion of your objects. A 'Layer Mask' and a little known feature in styles ('layer Mask Hides Affects') will help achieve this.

Learn ow to create this great looking rings effect.

Here's a detailed look at how to achieve the Polaroid Effect. Some basic shapes, a photo and some 'Pen Tool' manipulation which help achieve this.

In this tutorial you will learn an easy way to create these crystals in Photoshop. They are using Version 7 but it works the same for all versions including CS.

Here is a nice little tutorial to show you how to electrify your images with lightning in Photoshop.

This is the technique that will wrap your art around objects and (seemingly) magically make it hug every contour.