ADD A GLOWING BACKGROUND

Blend and blur a backdrop to create glowing effects with impact

MAKE WEAVING CURVED LINES

Learn how to stroke a path for flowing glow effects

GET THE INFRARED LOOK

Mimic the glowing look of infrared film with a combination of Photoshop tricks

MAKE A NEGATIVE

Use the simple Invert command to turn positive to negative

FIRE IT UP

Add fire effects to your photos with simple blending skills

CREATE STYLISH GLOWING SHAPES

Add a glowing shape to a portrait with simple layer skills in Photoshop

PAINTING WITH WATER COLORS

Create light images over water and use Photoshop to blend and warp, with James Paterson

LIGHT PAINTING AT THE BEACH

Swing and splash a light source in the shallows after sundown to create colorful light trails

LIGHT-PAINTING SKILLS

01 PREPARE THE LIGHT Unless your light source

TOP TIPS BLEND FRAMES WITH PHOTOSHOP

01 POSITION THE SHAPE Open a frame of

WARPING SKILLS

Learn how to reshape layers in Photoshop for all kinds of creative projects

THE POWER OF LUMINOSITY MASKING

Get to grips with this clever Photoshop Channels trick and make use of our free Actions

GURUSHOTS

Practical Photoshop has joined up with GuruShots, ‘the world’s greatest photography game’, to showcase the winning images from a series of photo challenges. These are the winning and commended images from the ‘Mostly White’ challenge

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

SALVIJS BILINSKIS, LATVIA PAVLÍNA ROLINCOVÁ, CZECHIA SHARON SCHARICH,

ESSENTIALS

Your quick-start guide and reference to image editing in Photoshop

THE IMAGE-EDITING WORKFLOW

Manage your photos from capture to output in three stages

THE BASICS OF RAW PROCESSING

Discover how to process your raw files to perfection

SIX ESSENTIAL LAYERS FOR PHOTOS

The six most frequently used Photoshop layers for image editing, and how to use them to improve almost any photo

14 ESSENTIAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

14 keyboard shortcuts that will massively improve your speed and efficiency while working in Photoshop