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Hmmm, well, let's see here... Some of my favorite effects:

-I like to copy the layer (or entire blend), put it as a new layer on top and set to "Screen" and desaturate a little (or a lot). Then duplicate this layer and set it to "Soft Light". Play around with the opacity and saturation of both layers

-Use lots of textures Good layer modes to put them on are Overlay, Soft Light, Multiply, and Lighten.

-Use sparkly brushes in white and set to overlay.

-Curves and Selective Color layers are THE BEST for adding color! (this will only work on Photoshop, I believe )

Some of my favorite sites for brushes and textures are:
The Magic Box, Hybrid Genesis, Gender, Ewanism, 77 Words, and Maquina

Also, if you see a particular effect you like, just ask the artist

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Get a layer of dark blue and set it t difference at around 30, that looks lovely on people I also like to duplicate the base layer, gausian blur it and set it to screen. And I adore tiny text brushes!

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On a lot of my graphics I add softlight* layers, then add lots of saturation.
It works well on programs that don't have selective coloring but desire a similiar effect.
* Using light colors works best!
For example, on this banner here

I used several softlight layers, as well as levels & saturation. Effects such as the border and black & white circle are something I use often too.
For the circle I use the Selection tool and simpy create the circle then desturate my selection. For the border I fill a layer with black and cut out with the selection tool.
Also, you can copy merged (or copy a single image) & paste it as a new layer setting to lighten.
I hope I made sense! And if I think of more stuff, I'll post it for you!

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