Spruce up your graphics
Setting Document Dimensions
Preparing a new layer for blending use
Layer options
The Blending Options Menu
More Blending Options

From here, you can adjust all your layer blending options and go as crazy as you want. I would suggest playing with the Glowing options, Satin Options, and your Gradient Overlay options. These perhaps conduct 90% of my best work. Other than that. I have made my psd available for download so you may have a peak at what i've been doing to get my image to look like this:

Click here to download the .PSD file

Dustin Diaz
www.polvero.comDustin is an active member of the Christian-web-masters.com Forums. He enjoys building web sites, and doing graphic design work. Please check out his Sacramento InterVarsity website where you can read Christian articles for College students