Photoshop Patterns (Loading)

Here is how to load, ready to use, downloaded Pattern .pat files within Adobe® Photoshop®. Go to the downloads page and grab any of the available Pattern files and follow along with these simple procedures. Option One Close Down Photoshop. Download a Pattern file....

One Click Transparency Trick

Here’s a neat trick to apply a single click transparency trick straight inside the ‘Save For the Web’ control panel. This works best if its’s an indexed image, if your working to create a transparency to a flattened file, a pasted or imported...

Type Tool (T) Tips & Tricks

Here’s a number of interesting things you should know and can do to enhance productivity and design work flow when working with Photoshop’s ‘Type Tool (T)’. Toggle ItFirst things first, select the ‘Type Tool (T)’ (or press the...

Various Tips & Tricks

CTRL/Command + Click on any given layer to Select it. You just about finished your layout design and you realize it requires a new Object and so your layers require rearrangement. Here’s what to do, in your Layers Palette ‘Link’ all the Layers that...

Galactic Orbs

A simple method of creating fairy or galactic orbs using varying gradients and blend mode combinations. To begin, I created a new document using Background Color of White and width/height dimensions of 345×435, then created a Color Fill Adjustment Layer using...

Simulate Water Bubbles

Using the ‘Creating Surface Water’ tutorial image, I’ll show you how to add bubbles effect, as captured below. Download the zipped .psd file here. Create a Gradient A. Select the New Adjustment/Fill icon and choose ‘Gradient Fill’. B. Set...

Retro Art Style

A few simple vector layers to make compelling retro art, such as the one below Start with a new Solid Color Fill to represent the background sky. A. Select the New Fill Layer icon and choose ‘Solid Color’ from the list. B. In the ‘Pick a Solid...

Animated Menu’s

Follow these steps to create animated menus. This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of creating animations. Mouse over the below menu items for a preview. Download base file here. Create Menu Shapes A. Select the ‘Rectangle Tool U’. B. Activate...

Multiple Animations on Remote Rollovers

As you probably realize ImageReady only allows for a single active animation. However, there is a method to utilize multiple animations within a single document through the use of Remote Rollovers. Note: Remote Rollovers is a feature for CS & CS2 users. This...