May 28, 2004 | Pen Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
Here’s simple technique to create interlocking rings without the need to delete any portion of your objects. A ‘Layer Mask’ and a little known feature in styles (‘layer Mask Hides Affects’) will help achieve this. So follow along and see...
May 28, 2004 | Pen Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
. Start off with a Background Layer set to Black (#000000). Set the foreground color to the one of your choice, I used #4873AE for the main tube Shape. Now select the Ellipse Shape tool on the toolbar and draw in the shape as i have captured. Exact...
May 28, 2004 | Pen Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
. Set the foreground color to the one of your choice, I used #85CC32 for the main Ball Shape. Now select the Ellipse Shape tool on the toolbar and draw in the shape as i have captured in step #3. 2. Also, Pay attention to all the options that are selected on the...
May 28, 2004 | Pen Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
1. Select the Shape Tool option (Press the letter U on the keyboard). Hold the mouse click and the drop down option reveals six different Shape options. 2. Once you have selected a basic Shape tool, at the very top of Photoshop’s menu area, a new ‘Options...
May 28, 2004 | Pen Tool Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
1. Select the Shape Tool option (Press the letter U on the keyboard). Hold the mouse click and the drop down option reveals six different Shape options. 2. Once you have selected a basic Shape tool, at the very top of Photoshop’s menu area, a new ‘Options...
May 28, 2004 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here’s how to do image rollovers as quite common with menu items created in Photoshop and then completed in ImageReady for final output. I’ll begin with four simple Rectangular shapes as the buttons background layer, and four Text items as the buttons...
May 28, 2004 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here’s a useful web design element tutorial on how to create and reuse the ‘Info Panels’ you see throughout my site. (ie, as in the below example)The great thing about this is, when sliced properly and with the right html code manipulation, I can...
May 28, 2004 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here is a few simple things to watch out for when using ‘Slices’ for your web designs/layouts. Click here to Preview the Mock Layout. Organization and Naming Conventions The above is an example of a single page layout. Iv’e got all my layers...
May 28, 2004 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Start with the Pen Tool from the Toolbar, and work your way across. (Hold Shift Key to constrain to a straight line) Define the shape of your Menu Box as I have done, working your way around to connect to the initial Pen Anchor Point. Once you have made the connection...
May 28, 2004 | Photoshop Tutorials, Type Tool Techniques
1. Here’s a detailed look at how to achieve the Rings Around Text affect. Some basic shapes, Layer Masks and a slight trickery within blending styles will help achieve this. So follow along to see how. 2. Here’s the starting text I’ll be using....
