10 popular photo effects you can recreate using Photoshop

• September 12th, 2022
• Photoshop

Photoshop is an industry wide used design tool when it comes to editing photographs the majority of phot edits you see online or within print can be recreated using Photoshop. This tutorial we are exploring modern photo effects that can be recreated using Photoshop. All the tutorials featured are step by step tutorials to guide you through the process. There a range of tutorials included from how to create an hand drawn pencil effect to how to add light leaks to your photographs.

1. How To Create a Colorful Fluoro Duotone Photo Effect

In today’s Photoshop tutorial we’re heading straight back to the 80s to play with vibrant fluoro colours. It has become a popular trend to convert the colours of modern day photographs into oversaturated fluorescent style hues to create intense sensual images. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to quickly recreate this duotone effect, then we’ll take the design to the next level with some additional tweaks to give it a modern pop art twist.

2. How to create an hand drawn authentic pencil effect in Photoshop

This tutorial we will be guiding you through how to use Photoshop to create an authentic  pencil hand drawn effect, and how this technique can be applied to any photo of your choosing to create a pretty awesome effect that can be applied to almost any photo.

3. How to Create a Cool Glitch Photo Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Photo effects are a great way to practice and harness your Photoshop skills. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to create a fun photo glitch effect using Marquee Tools, the Wave Filter, and more!

4. How To Create an Infrared Photo Effect in Adobe Photoshop

A couple of weeks ago I created a showcase post of breathtaking infrared photography with surreal colours. Those featured examples were authentic infrared photos that were shot on infrared film, or digitally with an infrared lens, but I’ve been playing around in Adobe Photoshop to find a way to replicate the effect with a standard image. In today’s tutorial I’ll show you how to reverse the colours of a landscape scene to switch the greens to vibrant pinks to mimic the popular false-color infrared style.

5. Retro Lomo Effect Tutorial in Photoshop

The Lomo effect is an over-saturated photo with high contrast, unique colors and strong vignette. This photo effect first started with the original Lomo LC-A and is still famous. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a similar photo effect with a saturated and unique style.

6. How to Age a Photo in Adobe Photoshop

Digital photos are amazing technology. They are superior to working with old film in a number of very real ways. But for all their digital perfection, they often lack the character of old film. Film, being a physical medium, was susceptible to the ravages of time and would show signs of wear, tear and deterioration. This often produced a very attractive effect that we just don’t get with our digital photos.

7. How to Apply Cyberpunk Style Color Grading & Neon Effects to Your Photos

The cyberpunk aesthetic is commonly associated with densely populated, futuristic cities illuminated by bright neon signs and advertisements. Follow these steps in Adobe Photoshop to transform a regular street photograph into a neon-noir scene by applying heavy colour grading with bright blues and hot pinks, as well as neon sign effects to create a colourful yet moody atmosphere within the image.

8. Make a Trendy Double Exposure Effect in Adobe Photoshop

You’ve probably seen this interesting effect of two or more overlapping photos on the covers of music albums, in modern magazines, and in advertisements. In this double exposure Photoshop tutorial, we’ll create a trendy double exposure effect from scratch. We’ll use Blending Modes and Clipping Masks in a few steps. But first, let’s learn what a double exposure is.

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

In this quick tip tutorial, we will explain how to create light leaks and lomo effects for you photos using actions in Photoshop.

10. How to create a cartoon effect in photoshop

This is a short  Photoshop tutorial in the form of a screencast, where we show you in 3 easy steps on how to create a carton effect in photoshop. This tutorial is great easy to follow technique you can apply to any photo. The photoshop tutorial is perfect if your new photoshop, as well as if you’re an experienced photoshop user.