Adobe Software Tutorial

 In this tutorial provided by Photoble I learned how to add a retro color effect to an image. Here is the Before image I used:

 

Here is my After image:

 

To achieve this look:

1. Open the image you wish to edit and duplicate the Background layer. You will now have a layer called Background and a layer called Background copy. 
2. Make sure you still have the copied layer selected and using the rectangle marquee tool, drag the tool across the left half of the image. 
3. Press "ctrl+backspace" to delete the image, and fill that space with a red color.
4. Now Choose Select>Inverse to select the other half of the image.
5. Repeat step 3, except fill the empty selection with a green color.
6. Choose Image>Adjustments>Match Color
7. Change the source to the original Background layer you started with, and choose the Background copy as the Layer option.
8. Now you can adjust the settings of Luminance, Color Intensity and Fade to achieve the look you want. (I mainly adjusted the Fade option.)
9. Now you're done! Save your work and have fun doing these effects to other images you'd like.

Tutorial link:
hhttp://www.photoble.com/photoshop-tutorials/retro-color-effect-photoshop-tutorial

Adobe Creative Suite Tutorial

I completed an Adobe Photoshop tutorial on how to mask layers with clipping masks. A clipping mask allows you to cover a layer with the one above it, but only show certain parts that you've drawn out to allow the image to show through.

Here is my Before image:

I will then add this picture with a clipping mask to make it look as though it is on one of the screens:

To create this clipping mask, first I had to cut out the screen that I wanted the flowers image to cover and paste in onto its own layer. To cut the image, I used the rectangle marquee tool, drew it around the single screen, cut the screen, created a new layer, and pasted the screen in place. So, the layers from top to bottom include: flowers image, the single screen (cut and pasted), and then the rest of the computers that the single screen was cut from.

You have to make sure that the image you want to show through is on top of the one you want to cover. To get your clipping mask to do this, simply press Option (Mac) or Command (Windows) and click the dividing black like that lies between the two layers in the Layers panel. You have now completed a clipping mask!

Here is the final image:

To use this image, save it as a flattened TIFF or EPS file and import it into InDesign. Make sure any image you import has a resolution of 300!

I completed this tutorial with this link.
All images used were obtained as copyright free images from iStock.com.