May 28, 2006 | Other Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
Transform this sky photo into a rustic scenery. Below is the image I took while on a vacation in August 2004. To begin, lets duplicate the ‘background’ layer & set its Blend Mode to ‘Overlay’. Next, at the bottom of the layers...
May 28, 2006 | Other Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
Transform this seemingly dull photo and recreate your own version of a night sky. Below is the image I took while waiting at an intersection in my sisters car. To begin, lets duplicate the ‘background’ layer & rename it to...
May 28, 2006 | Other Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
A quick guide load, ready to use, Custom Shape .csh files within Photoshop and ImageReady. Go to the downloads page and select one of the Custom Shapes and follow along with this simple procedure. Option One Close Down Photoshop. Download any one of the available...
May 28, 2006 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Simulate professional studio backdrops for your products with ease by following these few steps. To begin, lets use an product image sample (captured below) of a leather chair courtesy of AbsolutVision Photo Gallery. Click image to download starter file. AbsolutVision...
May 28, 2006 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here is a simple way to create small flash ticker animation. Download the base (zipped) .psd file to get started with this tutorial. Once downloaded and unzipped, open the ticker.psd file in Photoshop and observe the contents as I have captured in the layers palette...
May 28, 2006 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here is a simple way to create small tillable background images for your web pages using Photoshop and ImageReady. This tutorial assumes you are using Adobe Creative Suite and the fonts bundled with it. For those not using the Creative Suite, substitute D below with...
May 28, 2006 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Picking up from the previous lesson (II), I’ll show you how to tie in this nifty flash animation with multiple links without having to resort to slices. The key to adding multiple links without slices to a flash animation is to use Image Maps. Note: Output to...
May 28, 2006 | Photoshop Tutorials, Type Tool Techniques
A new feature to the designers world (though some features were introduced as earlier as Photoshop 6) is the OpenType font standard jointly developed by Adobe & Microsoft. This tutorial will just be an introduction to some of the great features and benefits to...
May 28, 2006 | Photoshop Tutorials, Type Tool Techniques
A handy feature in Photoshop is the Spell Check option for type layers. It can be used for a single type layer, a single word, but also for multiple type layers at once. Below is an example of two separate Paragraph type layers and in each paragraph is an intended...
May 28, 2006 | Photoshop Tutorials, Type Tool Techniques
A follow up from the Type on a Path introduction, here is a simple way to add text to a spiral path. Start a new document. Your preset choice. Select either the Custom Shape Tool from the Toolbar. Then go to the Options Bar and select the ‘All’ Palette...
