dark lens

*Edit this it tutorial #4, the banner says 3 I know, I just don't feel like making it right :P
*Edit: I fixed the link


I have seen many icons that look like a camera took them giving them black edges and a blur.

I have been trying for a while to do this WITHOUT a brush. And I have found a way! Believe me once you get the hang of this it becomes so easy you won't ever need a brush to do this effect again!

This was made with Photoshop CS

And example of an icon is this :

(cut to my graphic journal)