TUTORIAL DESCRIPTION

Who has never dreamed of being a super hero? Even with a flimsy costume from a big box store, with the help of Photoshop, anyone can look the part!

In this tutorial, we will replace the guy’s shirt with a space-ready bodysuit, create a glowing teleporting triangle, we will create light effects, add tons of highlights, smoke, particles and even give the guy a state-of-the-art space shield!

We will do a bit of everything in this tutorial, from photomanipulation to retouching to coloring, and much more! You are sure to learn many new editing techniques in this one which will help you bring your editing skills to the next level!

Original Photo by Mooshuu (CC BY-SA 2.0) Modified version above and on main page.

CS5 & CS6 users: An alternative to the Camera Raw filter is to save your work as a high quality JPG or TIFF, then open it in Camera Raw using method 1 or method 2, then add it back to your main image as a layer.