With the new version of Photoshop, you also get a new cropping tool called Perspective Crop Tool which will change the perspective on a image. Check it out, it really is a cool tool.
You will learn how to manipulate a photograph in a way it will look like an object, melting snowman in my case, is sticking out of a photo using Photoshop CS5.
Due to work flow optimization guys at Adobe decided to hide some of the filters in Photoshop CS6, if you are missing some of them, you can easily make the visible again.
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.