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“Frozen Valley” – A Guide to Landscape Manips
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 | Filed under Articles, Lessons, Misc | 1 Comment
My most recent photomanip Frozen Valley was created using a few simple steps, that are described in this post. Please note: This is not a step-by-step guide meant to be followed to the letter just so you can create your own “Frozen Valley” (I wouldn’t be happy to see copies popping up all over the net to be honest) – it is instead meant to help you find your way in the fascinating world of photomanips, so you can start creating your own images according to your own visions.
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Manip Critiques: BloodyMoonLady’s “Star Fox”
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | Filed under Articles, Lessons | 4 Comments
Here’s the second installment in the Manip Critiques series. I hope this one will be just as well-received as the last. Please note that all suggestions in this article are based on the assumption that Adobe Photoshop is used.
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Manip Critique: arrsistable’s “The Earth Goddess”
Monday, October 20th, 2008 | Filed under Articles, Lessons | 6 Comments
In my recent journal on deviantart, I asked fellow manippers if they wanted one image of their critiqued extensively on my blog, so that not only they could get some insight, but other readers might learn a bit, too — the response was overwhelming and so this will be the first critique in a whole series.
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Digital Darkroom: Colour Gradients
Friday, October 17th, 2008 | Filed under Lessons | 5 Comments

Today we’re taking a look at a basic darkroom technique that can help you greatly in setting a mood for your images – be it in photography or photomanipulation.
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Golden Text with Layer Styles
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 | Filed under Lessons | 2 Comments
Layer styles have the reputation of making things look cheap. You can often see proof of that, but to leave them untouched just because some people don’t know how to use them to their full potential would be a shame. So today, I’ll show you a little trick to make text look all shiny using layer styles.
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