Not your average pixel effect tutorial, let me show you a nice little trick where you apply the normal square pixelated effect and turn it into checkered, diamond looking photo pixels.
In Photoshop CS6, the new version of Photoshop, you can use special cropping tool and you are done, but that doesn't mean you cannot achieve the same result with older versions.
A simple Photoshop tutorial, where you may learn how to expose an object by leaving it in color while turning the rest of the photo black and white or sepia.
If have been using Photoshop for a while now, you must had also notice the Mask Tool. But do you know what exactly it does and how and when should you decide to you use it?