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.
Pretty cool Photoshop tutorial, where we will add two text layers, one will be placed behind and the main at front. And I think you might really enjoy the final result, go for it and have fun!
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.
