80 Best Photo Effects Photoshop Tutorials

By Hongkiat Lim
in Photoshop.
Updated on April 1, 2020.

Everyone likes photo effects, especially those that are easy to create and can transform your ordinary shots into stunning artworks. Photo effects will never go out of style. Adobe Photoshop is a superb tool to edit your pictures, so go on and make the best of it. If you’re looking for cool Photoshop guides to follow, this showcase was made especially for you.

There are 80 stunning Photoshop photo effect tutorials below ranging from tricks to give your photo the hipster or Instagram filter look, or the tilt-shift (miniature) look, from reducing wrinkles to giving porcelain skin to your subjects. Best of all, all of them are extremely easy and quick. Feel free to choose the guide you like the most and follow it in order to create your own masterpiece!

Shortcuts to:

Portrait enhancements
Photo manipulation
Light and smoke effects
Photo enhancements
Face and eyes effects
Retro & vintage effects
Posters
Misc.

Portrait Enhancements

Realistic Water Reflection

How to easily add a realistic water reflection to any photo.

Crack and Peel

Add A Sparkle Trail To A Photo

How to add a sparkle trail to a photo

The little mermaid Photo Effects

Learn to improve the quality of the picture, create the effect of scales on the human skin, create the model’s make-up, change the color of her hair.

Photo Editing / Retouching

Basic editing tutorial using adobe Photoshop.

How to Digitally Add Shadow Depth of Field

This tutorial will tell you how to digitally simulate a shadow depth of field with Photoshop.

Retouch Images with Frequency Separation

In this Photoshop tutorial you’ll learn to retouch an image from start to finish, using a technique that lets you process not only certain image area, but even different detail levels.

Video tutorial: Control Tonality with Photoshop’s Black & White Filter

Use black and white processing tricks to enhance your color photos.

Wrinkle Reduction

In this guide you’ll find a proper explanation on how to retouch your photo.

Create an Amazing Summer Flyer Design

This guide will teach you to create a summer flyer design combining a few elements into one image.

Video tutorial: Harmonise Tricky Tones and Colours

Use the Color Sampler tool and Curves layers to harmonize two different images together.

Quick Tip: Photographic Tones Good for Photo Re-Touch

Learn how to add Color lookup and Oil painting effects from filter section in Photoshop CS6.

Add Quick Effects to Your Personal Photos

This tutorial will walk you through an easy process of adding cool effects to your personal photos.

Video tutorial: Fix Frizzy Hair with Photoshop’s Oil Paint Filter

In this lesson you’ll learn how to smooth hair on the picture.

How to Create a Porcelain Skin Effect in Adobe Photshop

Create a stunning porcelain skin effect following this Photoshop guide.

Vintage Yourself! The Easiest Way to Create Vintage Photo Effect

The easiest way to create a smashing retro vintage effect in Photoshop.

Video tutorial: Create a Pseudo-HDR Effect with Local contrast

This tutorial covers a simple Photoshop process for creating a local contrast effect in order to achieve a pseudo-HDR look.

Turn Day into Night in Photoshop with Colour-shifted Exposure

Sometimes your camera does not allow you to shoot quality pictures at night hours, so use Photoshop to turn day into night.

Enhance Your Image with Selective Color Adjustments

In this tutorial you’ll see a nondestructive process for color editing and image retouching.

How To Create a Movie Style Photo Effect in Photoshop

Retouch a photo to create an amazing cinematic movie effect with this Photoshop manual.

Video tutorial: Frequency Separation Sharpening in Photoshop

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to sharpen your picture using a high-quality frequency separation method.

Create Generative Textures for Print

A cool tutorial to create an awesome collage artwork.

Photo Manipulations

Transform a person into an alien

How to create a very cool looking alien using Adobe Photoshop

Light & Smoke Effects

Add Realistic Rainbow To A Photo

Easily add a rainbow, even a double rainbow, to a photo.

Adding Light Streaks To A Photo

How to add colorful streaks of light to a photo.

Lighting effects in Photoshop

Creative lighting can make all the difference to your photos. Here’s how to jazz it up a little.

Make photos sparkle

From fashion shots to portraits, here’s how to add a touch of magic with Photoshop lighting effects.

Dazzling Dance Photo Manipulation

In this detailed Photoshop tutorial you’ll get to know how to mix images and to add specific effects to create a smashing artwork.

Photo Enhancements

Easy Watercolor Painting Effect

How to easily make a photo look more like a watercolor painting.

HDR: Exposure Blending Tutorial

This tutorial will tell you how to achieve a high dynamic range (HDR) version of the image using Photoshop.

Create a Realistic Photo Composite From a Sketch

In this tutorial you’ll learn to combine a few photos to achieve a realistic scene of the locomotive passing through a desert landscape.

Black & White Is the Key to Better Color

A brief tutorial on how to improve your color image using black and white.

How to Make Your Photos Look Hipster

This cool video tutorial will walk you through the process of adding amazing light lomo effect to your image to make it look ‘Hipster’.

Quick Tip: Retroize Your Photos in Seconds

Add a professional retro style look to your image using color layers in Photoshop CS6.

Amazing Photo Manipulation “World on the Tissue” in Photoshop

Create a cool wallpaper for your desktop in Photoshop following this guide.

Video tutorial: Generate a Realistic Heat Haze in After Effects CS6

Learn how to create a realistic heat haze effect in Photoshop for landscape photography.

Video tutorial: Match Tone and Color in Photoshop

This workflow will walk you through the process of recreating an atmosphere of a vintage film.

Instagram Your Images Using Photoshop

An easy and quick guide to add a Nashville effect from Instagram app to your photos.

Photo Effects Week: Apply a Color Effect to a Photo

Learn to apply a cool color effect to your personal shots with this Photoshop tutorial.

Video Tutorial: Learn How to Recreate The Instagram Nashville Effect in Photoshop

From this video tutorial you’ll get to know how to create a Nashville Instagram effect that can be used for various images.

Quick Tip: Create Light Leaks and Lomo Effects Using Actions in Photoshop

In this quick and easy tutorial you’ll learn to add light leak and lomo effect to your favourite pictures.

Video tutorial: Complete the Vintage Toy Camera Aesthetic

Create an old Polaroid effect in Photoshop following this video tutorial.

Face & Eyes Effects

Halftone Dots and Linear Light

A very cool linear light halftone dot effect in less than 2 minutes.

Adding Reflections To Sunglasses

How to add reflections, or at least, different reflections, to sunglasses.

Age Progression

This video tutorial shows you step by step how to make someone, or yourself looks older.

Mosaic, Fill A Photo With Photos

Create a bit of an optical illusion, filling one photo with many smaller photos, or at least, many copies of a couple of smaller photos.

Fairy Night Eye

How to correct the photos’ colors, change the eyes color, work with the layers, applying ready brushes and designs, create your own design and to picture the stars.