Photo Art - Photo Fun - Photo Effects - Tips and Technqiues

Learn how you can experiment with HDR photography and create a high dynamic range photo using HDR Darkroom Pro for Mac.

This tutorial looks at giving a photo an antique sepia effect using the free pixel-based image editor Photo Pos Pro. It also shows how the Advanced option in the sepia tool in Photo Pos Pro can be used to produce some different effects.

This is an easy step by step tutorial showing you how to use Pixia to produce an antiqued sepia-tone image.

This is a simple and easy step by step tutorial showing how to make a free calendar using Pixia.

This is a quick and easy step by step for new users of Serif PhotoPlus SE to convert an image to an antiqued sepia tone picture.

Photo art is when you take an ordinary photo and transform it into something that looks like it had been created using traditional art techniques...

Are you looking to create fun magazine covers or sports trading cards to show off your own photos? Many graphics software and home publishing programs will help you to create these kinds of layouts.

See examples of photo art created with ArtMasterPro software from Fo2Pix.

An overview of grayscale masks with tutorials to show you how to use them in your favorite graphics software.

Over 100 free masks for adding decorative edges to photos in most image editing software. Created by your Guide to graphics software, Sue Chastain. Links to tutorials for using the masks to create creative photo edges in the most popular photo editors.

These days, there are more options than ever before for getting your pictures into your computer. This can lead to loads of fun projects incorporating your photos and your own personal touch. Here's a selection of gift ideas that would be ideal for anyone who enjoys working with family photos in fun and creative ways.

PhotoArtMaster Gold is one-of-a-kind software to help you transform your ordinary photographs into something you can be proud to frame and put on display.

Twenty photo art images created in PhotoArtMaster 1.0.

Thirty photo art images created in PhotoArtMaster Gold 1.5.

Turn your photos into cartoons with these six free actions for comic book and cartoon effects.

Add artistic effects to your photos with these free actions: Paint by Number, Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Color Sketch, Old Time Color, Distant Dreams.

You can turn your digital photos into unique works of art with Segmentis buZZ Professional and buZZ Lite, two versions of a new Photoshop-compatible plug-in filter. Learn about the filter and explore several examples in this review.

You've worked hard to get your images looking their best, but don't stop there! Here's some fun and easy effects you can apply to your images to make them more memorable.

Have you ever wanted to turn a digital photo into a cartoon or comic-style drawing? Here is a discussion of what you need and some suggested techniques.

An overview and summary of Virtual Painter 3, a collection of 12 plug-in effects for turning photos into paintings and stylized art work.

Owen Ransen shows you how to create 3D stereo images (also called stereograms) with your digital camera, photo printer, and any photo editing program.

Learn to trick your eyes into seeing 3D from two 2D shots. Also tips on shooting and cropping the images to make this trick work.

Find out more about buZZ and PhotoArtMaster, trade notes with other users of these programs and join in Photo Challenges and Competitions!

Techniques for creating your own digital picture collages.

"With the limits of dynamic range that digital cameras have, how far can you stretch the image around in the computer without messing up the shot? How far can you fake it without being truly 'fake?' (Truly fake?)" An interesting article on digital photo manipulation.

Several tutorials for the buZZ series of plugins from Fo2Pix.

An active discussion forum for photo-art enthusiasts. Offers tips, tutorials, challenges, examples, critiques, and links to tools for creating photo-based art.