How Do I Do That in Photoshop?

Chapter 11

How to Do the Most Popular Special Effects

And Making Stuff Look Cool

If there’s one thing that Photoshop is well-known for, it’s for creating special effects. Well, it’s known for that, and for processing images taken with your camera, and for creating art and illustrations, and for web graphics, and for designing billboards and brochures, and stuff like that. But, sure, special effects, too. Let’s go with that. Okay, well here’s the thing: lots of programs (like Lightroom, for example) can do basic, even some advanced, image editing, but the mack daddy of special effects is definitely Photoshop. If you want flaming text, where else would you go? That’s right—it’s a P-thing. See what I did there? Just now. That’s right, I just coined ...