May 28, 2005 | Pen Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
1. Here’s a detailed look at how to achieve an Open Magazine Effect. Some basic shapes, a photo, some ‘Pen Tool’ manipulation and the Liquify Tool helped achieve this. So follow along to see how. 2. In a new document, set the foreground color #C1C3C0...
May 28, 2005 | Pen Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
Here’s a detailed look at how to achieve the Polaroid Effect. Some basic shapes, a photo and some ‘Pen Tool’ manipulation which help achieve this. So follow along to see how. 1. In a new document, foreground color #D9D9D9 then select the...
May 28, 2005 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Picking up from the previous lesson, I added more vector components and more transition tween’s to beef up this animation. As noted in the previous lesson, the premise of creating these animations as compact as possible relies solely on Vector shapes within...
May 28, 2005 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here are a few ways to create rounded/cornered graphic panels in Photoshop. Rounded Rectangle Tool (U)The easiest method is found in the ‘Rounded Rectangle Tool (U)’ on the Toolbar. Set your desired Foreground Color. Option One Activate the Rounded...
May 28, 2005 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here is a great way to create compact animations exported as Flash files via ImageReady CS. The premise of creating these animations as compact as possible relies solely on Vector shapes within Photoshop or ImageReady. These include Text Layers and Shape Layers (with...
May 28, 2005 | Photoshop Tutorials, Type Tool Techniques
Here’s simple star bust gradient text effect using just the ‘Stroke’ style from the ‘Blending Options’. For this example I chose a Handwriting Font just to reveal the curves a little more. In the ‘Layers Palette’ Right...
