Sometimes it is amazing how realistic a Photoshop creation can look. In this post we will feature 35 tutorials for creating realistic effects in Photoshop. Some will show you how to illustrate an object from scratch, while others teach how to edit photos with realistic elements, such as water or snow.

Create a Realistic Blackberry Style Mobile Phone from Scratch

Create a Realistic Blueprint Image from a 3D Object

MP3 Player Design

Design a Shiny Photorealistic Apple Remote

Photorealistic Puddles

Designing Loox Pocket PC

Create a CD PLayer in Photoshop

Creating a Stunningly Realistic Planet

Design a Shiny Bass Guitar Illustration Using Photoshop

Make a Realistic LCD HDTV

Create A Brilliant Vector Lighter

Creating a Vinyl Record in Photoshop

How to Create a Detailed Audio Player in Photoshop

Photoshop Snow Effect

How to Illustrate a Wooden Frame on a Wall Scene

Realistic 3D Rack Server

Create a Realistic Outer Space Scene in Photoshop

How to Make a Realistic Compact Disc

Learn How to Draw a Realistic Cell Phone

How to Render a Dramatic 3D Wood Cup in Photoshop

Rendering a Striking Matchbox in Photoshop

Craft a Vintage Fifties Letter

Realistic Shadow

Create a Mobile Phone Styled Like the HTC Touch Diamond

Awesome Photorealistic Coloring Techniques

Rain

Create an iPod Shuffle

Realistic Film

Realistic Fog

Add a Realistic Water Reflection

Make it Rain with Photoshop Brushes

Design a Realistic Sandwich Bag

Use the Displace Filter and Displacement Maps to Make a Realistc Flag

Create a Realistic Wine Bottle Illusration from Scratch

Realistic Decorated Wine Bottle Illustration

Apple and its innovative products and marketing are the focus of some excellent design tutorials for Photoshop. Since I kept seeing tutorials inspired by the iPhone and iPod, I decided to compile the best tutorials of this kind that I could uncover. Here are 35 for those of you who can’t get enough of Apple.

Create a Slick Black iMac in Photoshop

Design a Shiny Photorealistic Apple Remote

Apple iPhone Mobile Phone Design

MacBook Air

iPod Shuffle from Scratch

Make an Apple Coldplay Style Ad in Photoshop

Design a Coldplay/Apple Inspired Portrait in Photoshop

Create an Apple iPhone Case from Scratch

Apple Like Photos with Reflection

Apple Style Banner

Create a Custom Mac OSX Style Ring Binder Address Book Icon

Creating a Cool Brushed Metal Surface in Photoshop

A Cool Lighting Effect in Photoshop

Create an iPod Shuffle

Attack of the iPod People

Apple TV Background (video tutorial)

The Apple Remote

Green Apple Style Design

Creating an Apple Style Advert

Creating an Apple Mouse

Apple Wallpaper

Mac Theme

Woman with Apple iPod Nano

XP Style iPod Icon

Apple iMac Tutorial

Make Your Own iPod Style Photo

Creating a Mac-Type Background in Photoshop

Create a Leopard “X” in Photoshop (video tutorial)

Create the Glass Shelf Dock from Leopard OS in Photoshop

Design an iPhone in Photoshop (video tutorial)

How to Make iPhone Icons (video tutorial)

Mac Style PhotoFlip Gallery (Photoshop + Flash)

Apple Leopard Text Effects

Mac – Colorful Design

Creating posters with Photoshop can be a lot of fun and there are unlimited opportunities. In these tutorials you’ll learn some new ways to enhance your Photoshop skills while creating posters for all kinds of purposes.

Creating an Old Collage Effect Poster

Gig Poster Design (Uses Photoshop and Illustrator)

Hot Chick on a Muscle Car

Stencil Poster Effects

Your Own Crazy Movie Poster

Create a 60’s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster

Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster (Uses Photoshop and Illustrator)

Quick Grungy Poster

Create a Constructivist Inspired Poster

Posterized Illustration Effects

B Movie Post Art

How to Design an Authentic Rock Poster

Grungy Poster Design Tutorial

Photoshop Indiana Jones Poster Tutorial

Create B-Movie Poster Art

Lord of the Rings Poster Photoshop Tutorial

Movie Ad Poster Tutorial

Design a Retro Summer Poster Illustration

Abstract Poster Effects (Uses Photoshop and Illustrator)

Political Poster Art in Photoshop

Inspirational Step-by-Step Photoshop Tutorial

Retro Wallpaper/Poster

Designing a War Movie Poster

Blending Images Like a Hollywood Movie Poster

Converting an Image into a Vintage Movie Poster

Spiderman Poster

Wanted Poster

Love Poster

The X Files Poster

Scarface Movie Poster

Dirty Grunge Poster

Awesome Photoshop Vector Style Poster Design

NoPattern “Jumper” Effect

Wonder Woman Movie Poster

Big Typography Snowboarding Poster

Design a Sin City Style Poster

Photoshop gives designers the ability to create some amazing effects that can accomplish just about anything you can image. Fortunately, some of the best tutorials for using various lighting and abstract effects.

Adding Light Streaks to a Photo

Fiery Photoshop Space Explosion

Really Cool Eclipse Effect in Photoshop

Electrifying Glow Album Art

Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Luminescent Lines

Super Slick Dusky Lighting Effects

Creating Light Motion Trails and Glowing Spark

Create a Space Explosion from Scratch in Photoshop

Seriously Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect

Add a Sparkle Trail to a Photo

Space Lighting Effects in 10 Steps

Creating a Trendy Music Style Background

Advanced Glow Effects

MSNBC Style Effect

Easily Create a Beautiful, Unique Website Header

Photoshop Space Tutorial

Water Spirit – Drawing Fire

Energize Your Graphics with Abstract Energy Lines

Making an Abstract Art Piece

Super Fast – Speed Lighting Effect

Fire Lines Tutorial

Create Cool Watercolor Effects in Photoshop

True Flames

A Cool Lighting Effect in Photoshop

Shiny Starburst Effect

How to Make Great Fireworks in Photoshop

Creating Smoke

End of the World Photo Manipulation

Swirl Mania in Illustrator and Photoshop

Design a Coldplay/Apple Inspired Portrait in Photoshop

Magic Lighting Effect in Photoshop

Make Your Image Look Awesome with a Few Light Effects

Explosion Tutorial

Intense Solar Flare (Filter) Effect

Beautiful Lighting FX Effect

Smoke Effect

Leopard Starburst Effect in Photoshop

Create an Energy Drink Ad Design

Mysterious Lighting Effect Tutorial

There are plenty of great Photoshop tutorials for working with different aspects and elements of nature. This is a collection of tutorials for working with the sky, clouds, grass, water, rain, and much more.

How to Create a Delicious Green Apple Illustration

Scenery Tutorial

Grass Tutorial

Autumn Leaves

Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

Create a Poster Illustration with Floating Floral Elements

Create a Citrus Fruit Design in Photoshop

Add Dynamic Lighting to a Flat Photograph

How to Break Sunlight Through the Clouds

Vibrant Photo Manipulation

Sunken Ship

Composition and Realistic Rain

Turn an Ordinary Day Scene into a Magical Night Scene

Basic Photo Reflections

Intensify a Dull Sky

Making Clouds from Above

Warm Golden Sunsets with Gradient Maps

Easy Watercolor Painting Effect

Adding Sunlight Through the Trees

Add a Realistic Rainbow to a Photo

Super Slick Dusky Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Create a Starry Sky in Photoshop

Quick Sunsets

Create Silky Smooth Waterfalls

Instant Photo to Oil Painting Action

From Sun to Snow in Photoshop

Create Surreal Landscapes

Create an Awesome Grass Texture in Photoshop

Selective Sepia

Let it Rain

Half Sepia 2

Photorealistic Puddles

Morning Glow

Rain

Ray of Light

Add a Dreamy or Misty Effect to Your Photos

Displacement Water

Compositioning with Adjustment Layers

One of the most popular posts of  year 2008 on this blog was 40 Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting and Abstract Effects.  With this post I would like to present the second edition of tutorials.

Flying Girl in Photoshop

How to Digitally Illustrate a Camera with Light Streaks

The O Series Tutorial

Creating Energy Spheres in Photoshop

Transform Your Doodles

Create a Magical Rainbow Color Flame in Photoshop

Make Photos Sparkle

Iron Man View Interface Effect in Photoshop

Photoshop and Illustrator Grid and Glows

Add Another Dimension

Create Cool Neon Effects

Glow and Lighting Tutorial

Color Effects with Alpha Channel

Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Swirls Tutorial

How to Creat Brilliant Light Streaks in Photoshop

A Set of Glowing Rings

Fantasy Light Effects in Photoshop

How to Create Intense Light Streaks in Photoshop

Surprisingly Easy Rainbow Light Painting Effect

Light Effects

Beautiful Fluffy Clouds in Photoshop

Creating a Nuclear Explosion Effect

Crazy Lighting in Photoshop Tutorial

Dreamy Mystical Photo Effect

Electrifying Energy Beams

Fantasy Art Photoshop Tutorial

Create Simple Light Stripes

Photoshop Light Beam

How to Create Light Beams with Photoshop

Making Funny Disco Style Background

Light in the Forest Photo Effect

Creepy Ghost in Photoshop and Cinema 4D

Create an Amazing Ad in Photoshop

Storm Effect

Surprise Behind the Curtain

Light and Glow Effect in Photoshop

Starburst Photoshop Tutorial

Abstract Image

Light Effect on a Model

Northern Lights

Photoshop provides designers with unlimited options for creating unique and attractive backgrounds. One of the most popular approaches is to create some type of textured background, and fortunately there are a number of helpful tutorials to teach you all the tricks you need to know.

Texturing of Old Paper

Abstract Background of Colored Bars

The Ultimate Wood Texture Tutorial

Liquid Blood Background

Fabric Folds

Smooth Silk Texture

Creating a Wrinkled Paper Effect

Creating a Mac-Type Background in Photoshop

Windows Vista Aurora Effect

Crumpled Photo Texture Tutorial

Creating Patterns in Photoshop CS2

How to Create Brushed Aluminum

Creating a Wood Texture

Creating a Metallic Background

Creating a Fur Texture

Creating a Gold Texture

How to Create Jean Cloth Texture in Photoshop

Creating a Grungy Metal Texture

Photoshop Marble Textures Tutorial Using Filters

Photorealistic Rock and Stone Textures

How to Create Hardwood Flooring with Wood Texture Bricks

Creating a Tile Pattern

Creating a Desert Texture

Creating a Metallic Floor Pattern

Creating a Leaf Texture

Texture of Black Bubbles Effects

Creating a Choppy Seas Effect in Photoshop

Water from Below

Rusty Surface Texture in Photoshop

Crumpled Paper Bag

Creating a Cool Brushed Metal Surface in Photoshop

Red Tissue

Clean Background Effect

Stone Texture

Wallpaper Background Texture

Satin Cloth Texture (video)

How to Add Scan Lines to Your Photo

Creating Plaid Patterns

Stone Texture