Can anyone share how to do some Cool Effects?

Hey Jeff, I just posted a cool blog post on how to create a glass orb. Check it out.

I would also like to learn some new stuff as well. I will start looking for good tutorials.

I've been searching for some good tutorials as well and I like the next site very much:
http://www.bmcphotoart.com/tutorials.html

thanks, thats a good site, I checked it out a little earlier

Thanks! That's a very good site! I finally found what I was looking for in that site!

I just joined this site, so dont' know much of what it has to offer. If you're using photoshop, though, theres' a TON of great step by step tutorials on how to do specific effects all over the internet. You can also get free or purchase photo filters and "actions" , which are atn files, that do anything from turn flat image into frayed fabric, or glass, metal, etc. Dont' know how much of a newbie you are, but cool thing about photoshop actions are that you literally just press play, and program converts image for you. A great site for free actions and tutorials is actionfx. There's a membership program also, which is paid, but I'm not a member so I can only tell you I've heard its cool. The free content, however, is fantastic. Everything from actions to photofilters, and WONDERFULLY easy to follow tutorials. Best of luck! I've got a TRUCKLOAD of photoshop/gimp (freeware photoshop like program) links to resources and goodies, so if you ever need anything specific, feel free to ask and I'll see what I've got bookmarked. Also, another great way to find specifically what you're looking for is to use the ChaCha search engine. You can choose to do a "guided" search, where an actual person who'se a master of Photoshop (or whatever your subject of inquiry is) will give you your search results and answer questions. Its free, and rawks because you don't have to search thru 10000 search results to find what you want.

Best to you! I'm a relative newbie...was getting pretty great on photoshop, but now I'm forced to use Gimp freeware, so I'm learning all over again and know just how exciting and sometimes frustrating it can be! I will tell you that regardless of program you're using, some of the coolest things you'll discover how to do will be simply by pulling up a photo and playing around with different filters and effects.

Best to you! Oh, I've got a ton of other sites with cool free resources and tuts if you want them. Just lemme know what you need.

orachel

i found that http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/ has some great tutorials.

OOh yeah i found that http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/ changes their tutorials on a daily basis. So you really get a great deal of different effects and tips.

Flaming Pear is one of the best 3rd party PS filter packs you can ever get, and at a very affordable price. Do a google search and see some samples of the different filters, you'll want to get them all!

i found this when searching for tutorials one night http://so.youku.com/search_video/q_Photoshop%20Top%20Secret_orderby...
you have to search to find the right oder of the vids but it's well worth it
the sites in japanese (i think) but the videos are in english