Designing with Color Effects
Get Creative Color Effects with Simple Selection and Layer Effects
Project Overview
In this short project you will see how to turn a photo into a colorful design effect utilizing creative selection and layer effects to create an interesting color effect that can be modified with numerous combinations of colors and text effects.
What you will learn:
• Creating a Luminance-Based Selection for Effect
• Making Use of Rarely Used Blend Modes
• Blending via Masking
• Colorful Text Effects
• and much more!
User Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Series Contents
Your Instructor

Corey is an as an award-winning designer and Photoshop instructor has been using Photoshop since version 2.0. He attended the Ringling College of Art & Design where he earned a BFA in Illustration. Corey is best known as one of the Photoshop guys on the popular podcast Photoshop TV and a regular contributor to Photoshop User magazine where he writes the popular Down & Dirty Tricks column. He was also the author of the best-selling books The Down & Dirty Tricks for Designers Vol 1&2 and the more recent How to Create Badass Effects in Photoshop. Corey also teaches at live events such as Photoshop World and Adobe MAX. Corey was recently inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame for his contributions to the education of Photoshop.