Difficulty: Easy
Completion time: 5-15 minutes.
Tools: Adobe Photoshop

Final Look

Below is final look after we apply stitch border in a photo.

Step 1:

Open any image in which you want to add stitch border. I am using below image.

Step 2:

Select brush tool.

Download this brush and load this brush.

Select the downloaded brush and press F5 on keyboard to enter brush settings. Apply following setting to brush.

Step 3:

Create a new layer. Now select “Rectangle Marque Tool”

And make a rectangle selection as shown below.


Right click and select “Make Work path” and make selection as path.

Step 4:

Set foreground color to black and select Pen tool.

Right click again and select “Stroke Path”


and stroke the path with Brush.

Right click again and select “Delete path”.

We have applied Stitch type border on this photo.


I hope you liked the tutorial.

Final Look

Below is final look after we apply postage stamp type border.

Step 1:

Create a new document of size 300 X 300 px with transparent background.

Step 2:

Select “Rectangle Tool“.


And draw a rectangle shape in white color.

Step 3:

Select “Eraser Tool”


Press F5 and apply following setting to eraser tool.

Step 4:

Press and hold CTRL key and click on rectangle shape layer. This will load rectangle shape.


Select “Rectangle Marquee Tool”.

Now, right click and select “Make Work Path”


Right click layer and select “Rasterize Layer”

Step 5:

Select “Pen Tool“.


Right click on image and select “Stroke Path“.


And stroke path with Eraser.


Right click again and select “Delete path”.

We have applied postage type border to this shape.

Add a small image to make it look like a postage stamp.

I hope you liked the tutorial.

Keyboard shortcut is ALT + CTRL + C

Remember, its different from “Image size”. Using Image >> Image size, complete image gets compressed or expanded. Working area is not added or subtracted.

Step 2:
Select rectangular marquee tool and make a selection leaving about 20 px margin.

Step 3:
Click “Add layer mask” icon.

Now we have something like below.

Step 4:
Go to Filter >> Brush Strokes >> Spatter.. and apply following settings:


Done !!!
We have added broken border to the photo. Below is the final image.


Hope you liked the tutorial.

Below is the final preview of cube.

Step 1:
Create a new document is photoshp (File >> New) using following settings.

Create a new layer named “First Face”. Select “Rectangle tool”

And hold SHIFT key and draw a square. I have used #bc3e00 color, but you may use any color of your choice.

Now go to Edit >> Transform Path >> Perspective
And drag the right middle point to little up.

Its better to use grid to get better and easier perspective transform. You should get like this.

Step 2:
Create a duplicate layer of “First face” and name it “second face”. With “Second face” layer selected, go to Edit >> Transform Path >> Flip Horizontal. Drag the shape to left side as shown in below image.

Step 3:
Select “First face” layer and apply following layer style to “first face” layer.

Now select “Second face” layer and apply following layer style.

Now you should have like below image.

Step 4:
Create a new layer named “top face”. Select pen tool.

Using pen tool make 4 points as shown in below image.

Right click and select “Fill Path”.

And fill it using color #f18900. Our cube is ready. Below is the final image.

I hope you like the tutorial. below you can download PSD file.

Step 1:
Open any image in Photoshop on which you want to add soap bubbles. Or you may use below image.

Step 2:
Create a new layer (Layer >> New >> Layer).
Select “Ellipse Tool”.

Set foreground color to white. Press and hold shift key and draw few circular shapes of different sizes.

Step 3:
Press and hold ctrl key and click on the circular shapes layer. This will load all circular shapes.

Go to: Select >> Modify >> Contract.

And contract the selection by 1 px.

Step 4:
Right click circular shape layer and select “Rasterize Layer”. Now press delete key. Change opacity to 60%.

Step 5:
Create a new layer (Layer >> New Layer)
Fill the selection with white color. Change opacity to 20%. Press CTRL + D to de-select selection.

Step 6:
Select Brush tool. Set foreground color to white. Make two white spot on each round shape with soft round brush.
Our soap bubbles are ready.

I hope you like this tutorial.

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Step 1:
Create a new document (File >> New).
Create a new layer (Layer >> New Layer).
Set foreground color to #1764b3 and background color to #3d9bfb

Select gradient tool.

Press and hold shift key and drag mouse from bottom to top. This is how our image will look now.

Step 2:
Download water drops brush from here. Load the brush. Set foreground color to white. Now apply these water drops brushes many times. Make sure you change the brush to have different size drops.

Final image.

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Step 1:
Create a new document. (File >> New)

Create a new layer (Layer >> New Layer).
Set foreground color to #21bcf6 and background color to #6cecfc

Select gradient tool.

Press and hold shift key and drag mouse from top to bottom. This is how our image will look now.

Step 2:
Create a new layer. (Layer >> New >> Layer)
Select Ellipse tool.

Set foreground color to white. Press and hold shift key and draw a circle.

Step 3:
Right click circular shape layer and select “Blending Options”

Apply following layer styles.

Our shining sun is ready.

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Step 1:
Open your image in Photoshop (File >> Open).

Step 2:
Create new layer (Layer >> New >> Layer)

Set foreground color to black.

And select a soft brush. And set diameter little smaller than shadow size you want to add.

Click once just below the shape to which you want to add shadow.

Step 3:
Go to: Filter >> Blur >> Motion Blur

And apply following motion blur settings.

Pres ctrl + F 2-3 times to re-apply blur motion effect. Bottom shadow effect is added to your image. See the image after adding bottom shadow effect using motion blur.

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Step 1:
Open your image.

Step 2:
Create a new layer. (Layer >> New >> Layer) and Select “Brush Tool”.

Select a soft brush and set a big diameter according to size of light effect you want to add. Also set opacity to 60%

and click once on top of the image. A light effect will be added. After adding light effect the image will look like this.