How to Make an Abstract Photo Effect in Photoshop

In this “Three Minutes Max” video, Nigel French shows off a quick way to create an abstract look from a photo. As he says, he uses “no artificial intelligence at all” in this old school trick. It may be a simple operation, but it can create a visually interesting—and often quite colorful—finished image.

Three Minutes Max comes from a fun—yet very competitive—session at our annual CreativePro Week conference. Speakers have three minutes (max!) to wow the audience with the tip and win a prize for a lucky conference attendee.

Nigel French is a graphic designer, photographer, and design teacher, based in Lewes, UK. He is author of InDesign Type (now in its 4th Edition), The Type Project Book (with Hugh D’Andrade) and the Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide (with Mike Rankin) from Peachpit Press. He has recorded more than fifty titles in the LinkedIn Learning online training library.

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