Quick Tip from Full Tutorial:

Give Hair An Illustrated Look.

You can add an illustrated look to hair by using the Accented Edges filter. You can find this under the Brush Strokes options in the Filters Gallery. Once you have an effect that you are happy with use a Layer Mask so the effect is shown only on the parts of the image you want (for instance, just the hair).

Here you can see the effect of this simple procedure:

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In this tutorial Caroline shows how to use the Auto FX Mystical Photoshop plugin to create some wonderful lighting effects.

This tutorial contains both a written and video component.

What you’ll learn:

• Using Actions.
• Using the Accented Edges Filter.
• Changing Canvas Size.
• Making selections.
• Adding Shadows.
• Lighting effects with the plugin AutoFX.

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