What it does

Care to spice up your photos? With Luxa, you can. Luxa is Photoshop stripped down and unveiled. All the clever tricks and secrets to becoming a Photoshop pro are nicely assembled within the Luxa web. This slick, little compendium provides you with tutorials and design articles submitted by the Luxa community. Yes, Luxa is part-social bookmarking, as well. You can vote and rank your favorite articles. Members register and create profiles. Once registered, show off your Photoshop prowess, search for tips, scan the tag cloud for specific categories, submit videos and articles, flip through the gallery to find some inspiration or download some new brushes—choose from Blood, Trees, Clouds etc—all brushes are free.

In their own words

“Luxa is a social learning site for Photoshop artists providing new tutorials and design articles, as voted and suggested by your fellow users.”

Why it might be a killer

Photoshop amateurs and professionals alike will appreciate Luxa. It’s an informative website that allows you to interact within a community. The videos are comprehensive and more than what you can get in any book.

Some questions

Photoshop artists generally don’t make beaucoup bucks. What’s Luxa’s business model and how do they compare against competitors? Can they garner enough users to make it successful?

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