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Photoshop: Add Realistic Tattoos on your Photos

This Photoshop video tutorial explains a technique on how to place a realistic looking tattoo on any image.

This method involves placing an Illustrator file (the tattoo source image) as a Smart Object, using the Free Transform/Warp Tool, adding a Gaussian Blur (to adjust the ‘Focus’) and then finishing it all off with a lighting effect created from a Channel Pull.

Make sure you also visit the written version of the tutorial from PSDTuts.

Tags: Free Transform, Gaussian Blur, Lighting Effect, Photoshop, tattoo, Warp Tool

Photoshop: Add a Fake Depth of Field on Photos Using Gaussian Blur and Gradient Tool

This short but awesome tutorial teaches how to quickly add a fake depth of field to your photos in Photoshop. By using the Gaussian blur combined with the gradient tool through a layer mask. This is great for highlighting certain parts of your photos. Watch the tutorial to see what I mean.

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Tags: Blur, Depth of Field, Gaussian Blur, Layer Mask, Photoshop