A very easy and fast way of making the burnt paper effect on the edges of a piece of paper.

The trick is...

Open any file or create a picture. Click on the lasso tool so that it becomes activated. Move the
lasso on the picture and create an area or a hole that at the end of the task it should seem to
be burnt. The movement with the lasso must be quite slow, detailed and trembled. So that, the
effect may seem to be the most realistic as possible. Move to the fast mask mode.

Go to Filter>Pixelate>Crystalize using the regulation 4. Change the mask to the normal mode.
Now, Select>Save and fill it with white color the inner part of the picture. Then,
Select>Modify>Expand and regulate it using 4. Just in case you want a bigger extremity
increase the number. Go back to the previous mode of Fast Mask and Filter>Blur>Gaussian
Blur with the regulation 3. Return to the normal mode. Now, Select>Load Selection > mark
Mode of Subtract.
Important. Now, Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation. Mark Colorize, Hue 13, 30 Saturation and
Lightness for -59.

If you wish, use a shade to enhance the burnt edge. This will make your task more beautiful

Photoshop Effects - Reticule

Create a new file RGB. In the File menu: File>New, 10X3 cm Go to the Window menu:
Window>Show Channels and create a new channel, click on the small arrow in the upper right
corner and in New Channel. Now, on the tool bar. Click on the Type Mask Tool and type the
letter "P".

Now, still on the tool bar, select the Airbrush Tool and paint the inner part of the selection
using the white color.

In the Channel Window, The Alpha Channel 1 shows the letter "P" already with its the new
color. Go to the Select Menu: Select>Deselect.

Now, in the Filter Menu: Filter>blur>Gaussian Blur with 10 Radius or more and apply the effect.
Your work must be quite similar to the example below.

Now, we will dot the task. In the Filter menu: Filter>Pixelate>Color Halftone, use the standard
type.

In the Channels window, click RGB. On the tool bar, select the Airbrush Tool and paint all the
blank area using the red color.

Now, in the Select menu: Select>Load Selection>Alpha 1. A selection will appear in the red
area. In the tool bar, select the Airbrush Tool and paint the inner part of the selection
using the blue color. Your task is finished with the applied effect.

Photoshop Effects - Plastic

This effect was developed to please the costumer. It was necessary to
develop an effect that the plastic letters seemed to be inflated. It
deserves to be taken into action. But, I leave it to whoever wishes to
make it. It is not an effect for a PhotoShop beginner. I will try to teach it
the easiest way as possible.
Create a new file RGB, in the File menu: File>New, 10X3 cm, Background
Color. In the tool bar select Type Tool and type the word PhotoShop in
block letters.

In the menu bar, click Window: Window>Show Channels. Select the Blue
Channel and duplicate it clicking on the arrow on the right upper side of
the window and on the Duplicate Channel. You will see its new channel as
in the example below.

Keep the copy of the selected channel. Now, in the Filter menu:
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with Radius of 2 and Click on Ok.

Still in the Filter menu: Filter>Stylize>Glowing Edges with the pattern of 3, 3

and 2.

Here I am going to describe a quite simple technique to create a sphere with some effects.
Go to the File menu: File>New and create a new file RGB of 5x5 cm with black background.
In the tool bar select the Elliptical Marquee Tool and draw a circle.

In the icon of the Standard Colors in the tool bar select blue for the background and
white for the front.

Still in the tool bar select the Radial Gradient Tool.

Move the mouse inside the circle for two centimeters starting with the upper right corner and
finish at the lower left corner. You must have created something quite similar to the example
bellow. The blue part of the picture should remain selected until the end of the task.

Go to the Filter menu: Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with 9 Radius and click on Ok.

With the effect just applied your task must be quite similar to the example below.

Now, the final retouching still in the Filter menu: Filter>Lighting Effects with the following ones
co-ordinated: Style Default, Light Type Spotlight, Negative 50, Focus 88, Gloss -86, Material
100, Exposure -15, Ambience -17, None. Now, Your task is ready.

If you wish; starting from here; you can try to repeat the example below. It's really worth
trying.

Photoshop Effects - Aura

I'm a kind of sea environment fan. When I saw the photo of this clown I
thought about using it in this effect. My idea was to surround the small
fish with the aura effect. But, what should I do with the Anemone
Tentacles? It is difficult, isn't it?

In the tool bar select the Polygon Lasso Tool. With this tool giving small
clicks select the tentacles of Anemone as in the example below.

Now, in the Edit menu: Edit>Copy and Edit>Paste. You have just created a
new Layer as you have attached the small fish. In Window: Window>Show
Layers select Background.
In the tool bar select the Pen Tool and give small clicks around it thus
creating a Path as in the example below.

Photoshop Effects - Button 1

We will begin a new file in the File menu: File>New, 2X2 cm and mark transparent. The tool bar
will select the Elliptical Marquee Tool and click twice on it to open its window. Mark Width 53,
Heigth 53, 0 Feather and Style: Fixed Size.

Holding the mouse button, draw and fix the selection in the file; only release the button when
you have finished.

In the icon of the standard colors, I've chosen a dark color for the front and a lighter one for the
back. I've chosen red and yellow.

Still in the tool bar, select the Linear Marquee Tool. Now, with the right button of the mouse
pressed, move the mouse into the file to the selection. Start in the lower left corner and finish it
in the upper right corner.

In the Select menu bar: Select > Modify>Contract and mark 4.

In the Linear bar, the Marquee Tool must continue active. Now, with the right button of mouse
pressed, move the mouse into the file to select. Start in the upper right corner and finish it in
the lower left corner. The same applies to the square buttons.

You can add a text, if you want. You've created your own button there. Now, in the File menu,
save your task by exporting it as GIF 89.

Photoshop Effects - Button 2

The form of construction of this button is initiated as in the previous example. In the File menu:
File>New, 2X2 cm and mark transparent. At the tool bar select the Rectangular Marquee Tool
and click on it twice to open its window. The patterns are shown below.

Press and hold the right button of the Mouse to set the selection in the file, release the button
only when you have finished. In case the selection sticks in one of the sides of the file, select
normal mode in the box and move it into the center.

In the icon of the standard colors, choose a dark color for a front color and the lighter one for the
back. I have chosen red and yellow, the same colors of the previous example.

In the icon of the standard colors, choose a dark color for the front color and a lighter one for
the back. I've chosen the same colors used on the previous example, red and yellow.
In the Filter menu: Filter: Render>Clouds and applied Ok. The Cloud effect has been applied.
Go to the Image menu: Image>Adjuste>levels... use the pattern below.

Here your effect is. Now, we are going to start to draw another form.

Now, in the Tool Bar, select the Polygonal Lasso Tool and draw something using it in the
picture. I will make an arrow.

Is your selection ready? It was hard, wasn't it? Then, now press the Delete button and delete
it. Relax! Thats it!

In the menu Select Select>desselect, still in Select: Select>Load Selection, now Select>Save
Selection.
Go to the Window menu: Window>Show Channels and select the created channel (Alpha 1).
Go to the Filter menu: Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur, Radius 9. Don't cancel the selection.
We will apply the filter Lighting Effects now, to get relieved, Filter>Render>Lighting Effects with
the following coordinates: Intensity 50, focus 0, Gloss 84, Material 84, Exposure 0, Ambience
0, Texture Channel Alpha 1, mark White is High, Height 53. I recommend that other patterns be
tested before applying the effect and choose the one that pleases you the most.
With the selection on. Again Layer: Layer>Effects. Drop Shadow and mark the patterns below.

There is your own button. Now, in the File menu, save your task by exporting it as GIF 89.

Photoshop Effects - Text Shade

There are a lot of ways to get this effect. I'm going to explain one of the
simplest ways to get it.
Using the standard colors of the PhotoShop start a new work in RGB in the
suggested ratio of 10X3 cm File>New and mark the lines of direction. Click
on the Type tool and type something like PhotoShop 5.0

Go to the Layer menu: Duplicate>Layer. Now, go to the Window menu and

click in Layers Show and you will see your new layer.

Now in the Layer menu: Layer>Render Layer. In the Filter menu:

Blur>Gaussian Blur, radius of 2.5 and apply the effect.

Go to the initial Layer, the one that has not suffered the effect. In the icon of
the standard colors, change the front color for one of your preference. I've
used the red color head.
In the menu Edit: Fill with marked color Foreground, normal mode and click
on Ok.
Now, in the Layer: Arrange>Bring you the Front. So that, the red color
comes to the front. Press the keyboard movement arrows and move the
selection up to you in order to get the effect below

Photoshop Effects - Bevel Text

Start opening or creating a file of 10X3 cm texture.

Create a new channel, open this channel and type any text. We typed the word "PhotoShop".

Still in the new channel; with the text already applied (it does not deactivate the selection); go
to the Filter menu: Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur, 3 Radius of and click on Ok. The effect will be
quite similar to the one of the picture below.

Go to the Filter menu and apply Lighting Effects coordinated Lighting Effects with the following
coordinates from the top: Omni, marks On, 14, 25, 0.15, 20, mark White is high, Alpha 1, 20.
The standard colors of the PhotoShop will have to be activated or at least the black color has to
be the front color.
Invert the selection. Go to the menu Edit: Edit>fill, mark Foreground Color and click on Ok. The
effect is ready.

Photoshop Effects - Text Fire

Initiate a new File>New archive, 10X3 cm and mark Background Color. In the Tool bar select the
Type Tool and type the word "PhotoShop" with white letters.

Go to the Layer menu: Layer > Flatten Image. Now, in the Image menu: Image>Rotate Canvas
> 90 CCW. Now, in the Filter menu: Filter>Stylize>Wind, mark Direction From the Left. Its
picture will have to be this way.

Go to the Image menu: Image>Rotate Canvas>90 CW. In the Filter menu; Filter>Distort>Shear.
Before applying the effect check all the possibilities of this filter. Still in Filter:
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with radius of 1,5. Its effect will have to be as the example below.

In Image: Image: Image>Mode>Indexed Color. Still in Image: Image>Mode>Color Table, mark

Black Body and apply. The fire effect is ready

Photoshop Effects - Text Ice

There are several ways to get this effect. I'm going to explain one of the
easiest ways. Initiate a new File>New archive, 10X3 cm, mode Grayscale.
In the Tool bar select Type Tool and type the words "PhotoShop 5.0"

In the tools menu select the tool Magic Wand Tool and click on the picture
area which is in the black color. Thus the black color has been all
selected, now.
Go to the Filter menu: to filter > Pixelate>Crystallize use 9 in Cell Size.
Now, invert the selection: Select>Inverse. In the Filter menu: Filter>Noise
with Amount of 70. Still in the Filter menu: Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with
Radius 2.0, the result must be the same as the following.

Now, the most complicated one. We are going to justify the curves of
the picture. Go to the Image menu: Image>Adjust>Curves. The window
below will open. Try to draw a string similar to the one in the example.

Having applied the effect, deselect the text. Now Image>Rotate

Canvas>90 CW. Go back to the Filter menu: Filter>Stylize>Wind, mark
Distortion and From the Left. Transform the picture into RGB:
Image.mode>RGB.
In the Image menu: Image>Adjuste>Hue>Saturation, the Color box must be
activated. Try its several options. An effect quite similar to the ice has
been applied.

EFFECTS
Photoshop Effects - Glow Text
Initiate a new file RGB, in the File menu: File>New, 10X3 cm, with a black background.
In The Tool bar select the Type Tool Tooland and type "PhotoShop". It does not matter the color
provided that it is not white. I'm going to use red. In the Layer menu: Layer>Type>Render
Layer.

In The Tool bar select the Type Tool Tooland and type "PhotoShop". It does not matter the color
provided that it is not white. I'm going to use red. In the Layer menu: Layer>Type>Render
Layer.
In the Window menu: Layers show, activate the Layer of the text and click on the small arrow in
the right upper corner of the menu in Duplicate Layer. Select Preserve Transparency in the new
Layer.

Now, in the Toll bar select the tool PaintBrush and paint it in white.

Click on the Layer and remove the mark of Preserve Transparency. Now, in the Filter menu:
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with Radius of 4. You can try another Radius number.

Select the Layer with text in red and the Layer menu: Layer>Arrange>Bring you the Front. Your
effect is ready.