Photoshop Photo Effects : Manipulating Focus, Adding Motion and Drama

This simple technique produces a warm glow, softening details and diminishing noise and artifacts. It works especially well on portraits, but don't hesitate to try it on other types of images.

This technique mimics a diffusion filter, softening the photo, reducing harsh lines and wrinkles, and intesifying the colors. It's great for portraits and also works well for reducing JPEG artifacts.

Explore a dreamy sort of effect that rescues an otherwise poor photo. Beginner level for Adobe Photoshop.

This tutorial describes how to transform a quite literal image to a mysterious one that suggests the movement of missing actors and a piece of a story.