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• 14 Amazingly Eye-catching Designs by Piotr Buczkowski

  Photoshop Tutorials

  15 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Piotr Buckzkowski is a Graphic Designer/Illustrator from Poland. She creates simple yet eye catching designs with minimal use of lines and colors. She owns and designs for Heroes Studio, an interactive design studio that creates stunning designs. Get to know more about Piotr in this inspiring interview. Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/creative-inspirations/digital-art/14-amazingly-eye-catching-designs-by-piotr-buczkowski.html)

• 15 Vintage Marbled Paper Textures From Very Old Books

  The Photoshop Roadmap Blog

  Enrique Flouret

  30 Mar 2012 | 9:36 am

  This is a selection of some beautiful vintage marbled paper textures with a grungy look, scanned from very old books. Usage rights: These files are public domain and you can use them in any way you want, even for commercial projects. A link back to this site is really appreciated, though not an obligation. How to download these textures Click on each image to go to thedownload page. On that page you will have the chance to see the complete texture. Just click on that image to download the high resolution image

• 21 Free Bleached Paper Textures

  Lost and Taken

  Caleb Kimbrough

  10 Mar 2012 | 3:38 pm

  I've been playing around with a lot of experimental texture making processes lately. One of those involves pouring, painting, and splatter bleach on pretty much every surface I can find to see how it interacts. I've bleached concrete, wood, paper, and other surfaces on the last few days, all with interesting results. This is a set of bleached paper textures I've put together for you. I love the contrast of the textures, some of them remind me of old scratched up film negatives. They should prove very useful when using them in overlays in photoshop for anything from illustrations to…

• Photoshop Disasters: Best of April

  Photoshop Tutorials

  10 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Check out this month's top disasters from Photoshop Disasters. This month features images of mutants who've got extra hands and slimmed models! Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/creative-inspirations/misc/photoshop-disasters-best-of-april.html)

• Style Shining Text Effect Creation

  Photoshop Lady

  admin

  16 May 2012 | 3:01 am

  Here will show you skills to make a style shining text effect. It is mainly based on blending options setting. To enhance your text effect, you better start using a thick text, then your text effect can be easily stood out. (View This Tutorial)

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• CS6 Blur Tools

  Darrell Heath

  16 May 2012 | 9:34 am

  Using Photoshop CS6 to create selective softening effects using the new on-screen Blur Filters. Mix and match among the three filters for a variety of depth-of-field and tilt-shift effects. Step One: Open Choice Image Open choice image from the File > Open menu command. Note the Blur Filter effects do not operate as Smart Filters so to ensure the integrity of the original image Layer use precaution and apply the filters on a file copy or duplicate the target image layer. Step Two: Select Choice of Blur Filter With your image Layer active, go to the Filter > Blur menu command and choose any…

• High Roller 3D

  Corey Barker

  11 May 2012 | 1:19 pm

  This week Corey shows you how to take simple vector shapes and gives them life with 3D in Photoshop CS6. Using simple extrusions and lighting effects you can achieve a level of hyper-realism you never could before.

• Dark Edge Vignette

  lesa snider

  10 May 2012 | 11:08 am

  Make your subject of your photograph stand out using dark edge vignettes.

• Google+ Photographers Conference Gets Better & Better

  Corey Barker

  3 May 2012 | 3:21 pm

  This just in...every registered conference attendee for the Google+ Photographers Conference is getting a complimentary copy of onOne Software's Perfect Effects 3 as a bonus gift ($99.95 value). Perfect Effects 3 includes a complete library of over 300 professional quality photographic effects that can be stacked, blended, and previewed with ease. Sweet! Plus, a new conference promo saves you $50 off registration and gives you two free months of online training from KelbyTraining.com! Use promo code: GPLUSCOMM when signing up online. If you're a student, you can attend the conference for as…

• Content Aware Move Tool in CS6

  lesa snider

  2 May 2012 | 9:19 am

  Lesa explores the new Content Aware Move tool in Photoshop CS6.

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• It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Alex Koloskov!

  Brad Moore

  15 May 2012 | 11:01 pm

  Hello there, my name is Alex Koloskov, I am a studio product and advertisement photographer.When started to work as a commercial photographer many years ago, I was trying everything: from portraiture to architecture, but very soon I realized that I can be successful and “the best” only where is my passion, doing things where I can use my full potential.It appears that such place is a quiet studio, a place where I feel extremely comfortable working with still life and motion subjects.I love to perform technically challenging shots, where I have to engineer the lighting and light…

• A Few of My Favorite Shots of Cathedrals in Paris

  Scott Kelby

  14 May 2012 | 11:03 pm

  The shot above was taken inside the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. I had never been, and was really taken with the fact that it’s all stained glass (and tells a story, reading from left to right, bottom to top in each pane of the stained glass). While it’s looks really large here, I’ll bet it’s not 100 feet deep from end to end (but the ceilings are really high). NOTE: make sure you click on these to see a much larger version.Above: Here’s the view if you turned 180° around from where I took the other shot. Again, the same amazing stained glass, and shot hand-held…

• Oh, Hallelujah “Light It Magazine’s” Subscription and Download Thingy is Finally Fixed!

  Scott Kelby

  14 May 2012 | 11:01 pm

  Gees oh Pete that was a bear to get fixed, but finally the folks who have had a tough time getting Light It magazine’s subscription thingy to work now have a new free update that fixes the problem (I’ve been hearing from happy people all day who can now download their previously purchased issues, and the current issue as well). In a word: “Yay!!!!”Just hit the App store and get the just-released free update, and you’re home free. Thanks to everyone who was so patient as our developer played the detective game to find out exactly what was causing the problem (it…

• Back From a Week in Paris (and a new photo series emerges)

  Scott Kelby

  13 May 2012 | 11:02 pm

  Wow, what a week! We shot three online classes (including “A Week in Paris with Jay Maisel” plus my on-location class on shooting travel photography, and a class on Lightroom/Photoshop for Travel Photography). We taped starting at 9:00 am each day and went non-stop until after midnight every day. We literally fell into bed each night, but we still had loads of fun (it’s hard not to have fun in Paris, even when you’re working).Easier HDR My new Nikon D4 actually makes shooting HDRs a lot easier, because not only can I finally just take three bracketed shots (one two…

• Adobe’s Creative Cloud is Now Available

  Scott Kelby

  11 May 2012 | 2:03 am

  Mesdames et messieurs bonjour!Even though I’m still in Paris wrapping up our shoots here, I did see where starting today the Adobe Creative Cloud is now available, which ushers in a new era for Adobe, and a new opportunity for creative people all over the world (can’t you just hear that ELO song in your head right now? “All over the world-er-er-erld.”)If you’re not up-to-date on the Creative Cloud, I did a post here a few weeks back with a quick Q&A about it and you can read it right here. Also, Adobe is offering a pretty incredible deal for existing Creative…

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• Info about Creative Cloud subscriptions for groups

  John Nack

  16 May 2012 | 10:12 am

  I’ve gotten a bunch of questions about how customers can buy Creative Cloud memberships in bulk.  I could send you to a Web page and a PDF—but frankly I didn’t want to read through those any more than you probably do, so I asked around & distilled the highlights: Right now Creative Cloud membership (let’s call it “CCM”) is sold on an individual basis directly from Adobe & a couple of partners like Amazon & Staples. It’s not sold through volume licensing or reseller channel partners (e.g. B&H). There will be a way to buy CCM for groups…

• Ask A Pro: Adaptive Publishing for Tablets

  John Nack

  15 May 2012 | 3:54 pm

  Live demo/Q&A this Friday, noon Pacific, featuring Colin Fleming: InDesign CS6 includes exciting new features that will make designing for tablet devices more efficient than ever. You will learn about the new adaptive Design Tools—Adobe Liquid Layout, Alternate Layout, Linked Content, and how to export both horizontal and vertical layouts of a tablet design from a single InDesign file.

• The new video workflow in Photoshop CS6

  John Nack

  15 May 2012 | 10:10 am

  RC Concepcion from NAPP gives a quick tour of new Scene layers & more:

• Creative Cloud vs. Piracy

  John Nack

  14 May 2012 | 12:57 pm

  Some perspective from The Next Web: Adobe’s main competitor in this space isn’t competing products, interestingly enough; it’s Bit Torrent. Will $50/month convince the masses that are still pirating the software to go legit? My money’s on yes. A subscription works out to less than $2 a day. That’s less than the cost of a cheap sandwich. And with it you receive full, legal, supported access to all Adobe products with update requests that don’t make you sweat. Adobe has been listening all along and taken a huge but necessary gamble; it has completely revamped its pricing…

• Demo: Selectively Blurring Images in Photoshop CS6

  John Nack

  14 May 2012 | 10:57 am

  Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to soften select areas using the Tilt-Shift blur, uniformly blur your entire image and then sharpen a single focal point with Iris blur, or select multiple focal points and then let Field blur vary the blurriness between them. [Via]

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  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

• Video: Upgrading Lightroom 3 Presets to Lightroom 4

  jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)

  16 May 2012 | 10:18 am

  I’ve heard a lot of talk about what happens to presets that were created in Lightroom 3 (or LR2) and now used in Lightroom 4. I know a lot of people have presets that they absolutely loved in Lightroom 3 and they simply don’t seem to look the same in Lightroom 4. That’s because of the differences in sliders in the Basic panel. Sliders that were in Lightroom 3 simply don’t exist in Lightroom 4. So Lightroom does it’s best to “guess” what the should look like but you’ll see it’s not always right on the money. So today’s video goes over…

• News: Lightroom 4 Is On the Mac Store

  jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)

  10 May 2012 | 11:05 pm

  Adobe’s Lightroom Product Manager, Tom Hogarty, announced that Lightroom is now available on the Apple Mac Store (for North America only). I think overall it’s a good move for Lightroom. For new Lightroom users out there who are on the Mac store and may never have otherwise heard of Lightroom, this is just another way to get it into their hands. However, there area few, caveats, shall we say 1) It’s for Mac only (duh!). This probably doesn’t seem bad if you only own Macs. However, I can tell you from being on the road teaching Lightroom over the last few weeks,…

• Video: A Quick Make-Your-Photo-Better Setting in Lightroom

  jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)

  8 May 2012 | 11:05 pm

  After the last few stops in my Lightroom 4 Live Tour I realize there was a lot of questions on the Camera Calibration settings that basically, let you make your photo better with just one click. So I thought I’d take a minute to, not only go over the settings but also show you a couple of ways that you can have Lightroom automatically apply those settings to your photos so that you’re not left doing it manually each time. Also, here’s the link to the Lightroom seminar page that I mentioned in the beginning of the video. If you’re in Washington DC, Lansing, Richmond or…

• Presets – Spring Color, Flare & Haze

  jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)

  7 May 2012 | 1:27 pm

  This week, Laura (from Pretty Presets) was kind enough to donate some more free presets for me to give away. The images below show the before/after samples of the 2 presets included in the download below (from the Spring Color, Flare & Haze Collection). If you like ‘em, she’s got plenty more available over at at Lightroompresets.com so make sure you stop by and pay her a visit. The Spring Color, Flare & Haze Collection was designed to add a sun-kissed touch to your natural light images. They’ll work best on your RAW images and were designed for both Lightroom 3 and 4, as…

• Lightroom News and Stuff

  jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)

  4 May 2012 | 10:23 am

  A new date was just added to my Lightroom 4 Live tour. We’ll be in Lansing MI on June 12th. It also looks like we’ll be in Washing DC that same week and probably San Francisco the week after but I’ll keep you posted. Lightroom 4.1 Release Candidate 2 is on the Adobe Labs website. If you had any problems with Lightroom 4, it’s definitely worth downloading. Lightroom Product Manager, Tom Hogarty, has a great write up about some of the new Color Fringe Correction features in Lightroom 4 Moose Peterson’s BT Journal is now available on the iPad. Don’t forget…

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  Photoshop Tutorials

• 14 Amazingly Eye-catching Designs by Piotr Buczkowski

  15 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Piotr Buckzkowski is a Graphic Designer/Illustrator from Poland. She creates simple yet eye catching designs with minimal use of lines and colors. She owns and designs for Heroes Studio, an interactive design studio that creates stunning designs. Get to know more about Piotr in this inspiring interview. Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/creative-inspirations/digital-art/14-amazingly-eye-catching-designs-by-piotr-buczkowski.html)

• 27 Superbly Striking Digital Painting by Cowper Wang

  14 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  This interview features Digital artist Cowper Wang. He has a brilliant knowledge in ink brush painting and has integrated this skill in his digital artwork. A passionate artist, he built his own studio, Dosomething studio, which is a collaboration of various artists. This interview showcases some of his best works while he shares a little bit about his life and work. Enjoy. Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/creative-inspirations/graphic-design/27-superbly-striking-digital-painting-by-cowper-wang.html)

• How to Create this "Into the Wild" Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

  14 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Learn how to create this photo manipulation with this detailed step-by-step walkthrough. You'll learn how to combine a beautiful redhead model with a black raven in a mystical landscape scene. Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-manipulation/how-to-create-this-qinto-the-wildq-photo-manipulation-in-photoshop.html)

• Photoshop Disasters: Best of April

  10 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Check out this month's top disasters from Photoshop Disasters. This month features images of mutants who've got extra hands and slimmed models! Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/creative-inspirations/misc/photoshop-disasters-best-of-april.html)

• 20 Surrealistic Portrait Photography by Rob Woodcox

  10 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Our post for today is a very inspiring interview with Rob Woodcox, a talented photographer from Michigan. His work aims to inspire and give hope to its viewers. Rob is very passionate about photography and people, as can be seen in this interview. Read on and discover a fresh and very inspiring take on photography. Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/creative-inspirations/photography/20-surrealistic-portrait-photography-by-rob-woodcox.html)

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  PSD: Photoshop Disasters

• OASIS: SOLE SURVIVOR

  Scooter

  16 May 2012 | 12:49 am

  The bad news is that not only does Gabby have just a single right leg, but also a single left foot.  The good news is she qualifies for a 50% discount at nearly every pedicure salon in town. Yet another one of these fashion shots where you can’t help but wonder what is going on underneath that dress!  Because it doesn’t seem to be an optical illusion, and yet I would not be surprised if she lifted up that hem to reveal Penn & Teller and a crapload of mirrors skillfully placed to throw us all off track. Thanks Markus. You can see the original on the Oasis site.

• TEATRO BEBEDOURO: PARTIAL POSTER

  Scooter

  14 May 2012 | 11:57 pm

  When America’s Got Talent announced Howard Stern was to be the new judge, Pitty added an original twist to her standard “disappearing assistant” trick. Obviously, the only available photo of Gustavo for the GA to work with was his high school yearbook pic.  The decision to force that pic into this layout instead of simply eliminating Gustavo from the layout explains why there are always enough zebra lingering too long at the watering hole for the lions to target. Thanks Vinícius. This is an advertising piece for a stage play being presented in a small town called Bebedour.

• ROZMOWKI: LASSO LEMON

  Scooter

  13 May 2012 | 11:02 pm

  Olenka’s first gig as a fashion model in Warsaw was nowhere near as glamorous as she’d imagined it would be. Why does a translation dictionary need a photo on the cover?  Who does that?!  Well, whoever you are, I’m betting that’s your girlfriend, so I hope the reward she gave you for making her “famous” was worth all the ridicule we’re giving you now. Thanks Erin for the great find.

• Photoshop Round-Up: Links We Love

  Bev

  12 May 2012 | 8:09 am

  Welcome to the weekend!  As usual, we've been scouring the web every day looking for the most disastrous disasters, which is how in the past two weeks we've learned that the Pope is magical, the people at WonderBra think underwear should be painted on, and Victoria's Secret has a terrible case of potty mouth.  Learning is fun! Now it's time to look even further and link you to even more of the Photoshop news we love.  Here's the good, the bad, and the "Wait, what?" ways that photo editing has been making headlines recently. If you have ever wanted to see your face (or the face…

• Cycling Wellington: PATH-ETIC

  Scooter

  11 May 2012 | 10:45 am

  Upcoming games to be released this year include “Cyclist Tycoon 4,” which allows gamers to place bike paths in photo-realistic locations across the globe while computer-generated “sim-cyclists” traverse your creations with enthusiastic abandon.  Don’t forget to place restrooms and bike stands at regular intervals! Zoom in close on this beauty and you’ll be treated with all manner of PSD goodness!  Who loves the gigantic kid riding point for this entire group?  I DO! I DO! Thanks Ben. You can see the original on the Cycling Wellington site.

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  Photoshop User TV

• Episode 302

  Aaron Westgate

  15 May 2012 | 3:01 pm

  Corey shows how easy it is to make a 3D postcard with a reflection using the 3D tools in CS6. RC shares a tip for loading a group of files as a stack of layers in a single document. Pete has a tutorial on using the CS6 blur tools to create a tilt-shift effect. This Week's Sponsors: Wacom | On One Software | iStockphoto | Mpix Links Mentioned in the Show G+ Conference RC on G+ Matt on G+ Pete on G+ Corey on G+ Scott on G+ Photoshop World - Vegas Photoshop User TV Episode 302 is now playing! Download Episode 302 (In order to download this file directly to your computer, right-click…

• Episode 301

  Aaron Westgate

  9 May 2012 | 11:50 am

  A Brand New Season The Photoshop Guys are back for another season and the launch of the new version of Photoshop. Matt starts things off with a start-to-finish demonstration of post-processing a portrait in Camera Raw. Corey shares a tip for using 3D features in Photoshop CS6. Fashion photographer Lindsay Adler visits the studio and shares a technique for changing the color of a specific area of a photo. Pete wraps things up by talking up some of the new type features in CS6. This Week's Sponsors: Wacom | On One Software | iStockphoto | Mpix Links Mentioned in the Show Lindsay Adler Adobe…

• Episode 300

  Tommy Maloney

  21 Mar 2012 | 4:28 pm

  300th Episode We have finally made it to the 300th episode of Photoshop User TV. I think that means we get a box of shiny new set of steak knives! Tune in and join the Photoshop Guys for a special live episode with more tutorials, more prizes, and more fun than ever before! In this momentous episode will will also have a look back at some of moments that made the show one of the funnest ways to learn Photoshop. This Week's Sponsors: Wacom | On One Software | iStockphoto | Mpix Links Mentioned in the Show PhotoshopWorld.com Dave Cross Workshops Pete on G+ Corey on G+ LR4 webcast Photoshop User…

• Episode 299

  Aaron Westgate

  13 Mar 2012 | 10:51 am

  Prehensile Episode Corey shows viewers how to create a bullet hole brush. Pete talks about the basics of gradients and some tips on how to use them. Dave has a tutorial on using smart objects to work faster and easier. This Week's Sponsors: Wacom | On One Software | iStockphoto | Mpix Links Mentioned in the Show PhotoshopWorld.com Wacom Intuos5 special episode Dave Cross Workshops Pete on G+ Corey on G+ LR4 webcast Photoshop User TV Episode 299 is now playing! Download Episode 299 (In order to download this file directly to your computer, right-click (Control-click on Mac) on the Download…

• Wacom Intuos 5 Live Episode

  Aaron Westgate

  7 Mar 2012 | 11:03 am

  Intuos 5 Special Episode Corey is joined by Wacom's Wes Maggio to discuss the new Intuos 5 tablet. They discuss its new features, including multitouch functionality and wireless capability. Corey shows off some tips and tricks for working in Photoshop with the tablet. Corey and Wes are also joined in the studio by RC, Pete, and Scott. This Week's Sponsors: Wacom | On One Software | iStockphoto | Mpix Links Mentioned in the Show Wacom.com Wacom Intuos 5 Live Episode is now playing! Download Episode (In order to download this file directly to your computer, right-click (Control-click on Mac) on…

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  Photoshop Star

• Warm Colors on the Photo

  Photoshop Star

  15 May 2012 | 11:23 am

  In this Photoshop tutorial we are going to add warm colors to one photo playing with color settings and layer blending modes. Final Image Preview Resources Boys in the woods 3 Step 1 Open photo in Photoshop. Resize photo to 1000×664 pixels by going to Image > Image Size. Duplicate photo using Ctrl+J. On duplicated layer apply Image > Adjustments > Color Balance. Update layer blending mode to Multiply. Step 2 Duplicate background photo using Ctrl+J. Place layer above all other layers. On duplicated layer apply Image > Adjustments > Color Balance. Update layer blending mode to Lighten.

• Giveaway: Win 5 Accounts from Fotolia

  Photoshop Star

  9 May 2012 | 3:13 pm

  Photoshop Star and Fotolia have partnered to giveaway 5 accounts. About Fotolia Fotolia was founded in New York City in 2005 and is the first microstock agency to offer both crowdsourced and professional images on one site. Fotolia has over 17 million images and vectors to choose from, as well as over 280,000 video footage clips available to download. Customers can buy credits on as as-need basis or in bundles, or can take advantage of flexible daily and monthly subscription plans. Monthly subscription plans offer XXL download from $1.50. For more pricing information, visit www.fotolia.com.

• Photoshop Channels and Color

  Adrian

  8 May 2012 | 1:06 pm

  Before you can properly use Photoshop you have to understand digital color and how Photoshop deals with it. View Other Articles in This Series How to set up Photoshop Photoshop Interface Explained (Part 1) Photoshop Interface Explained (Part 2) Photoshop Channels and Color Photoshop Selections (Part 1) Photoshop Selections (Part 2) Resources Sunset Surf Fishin Tiger Modern display devices (LCD, CRT) use the RGB color model. This is an additive color model which means that in order to create a certain color, light has to be added. How digital color works Let me explain to you how digital color…

• Photoshop Selections (Part 2)

  Adrian

  2 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Welcome to Photoshop selections part 2. If you didn’t followed Photoshop Selections Part 1 then do so before reading this tutorial. View Other Articles in This Series How to set up Photoshop Photoshop Interface Explained (Part 1) Photoshop Interface Explained (Part 2) Photoshop Channels and Color Photoshop Selections (Part 1) Photoshop Selections (Part 2) Resources New York City Quick Selection and Magic Wand Tools The next selection tools on the toolbar are the Quick Selection and Magic Wand. Let’s talk Quick Selection first. Think of it as a brush not for painting but for selecting. You…

• Photoshop Selections (Part 1)

  Adrian

  30 Apr 2012 | 8:00 am

  Understanding Photoshop selection tools and how to the selection works is essential for a powerful Photoshop user. View Other Articles in This Series How to set up Photoshop Photoshop Interface Explained (Part 1) Photoshop Interface Explained (Part 2) Photoshop Channels and Color Photoshop Selections (Part 1) Photoshop Selections (Part 2) Resources The Earth seen from Apollo Police Cruiser Selection Tools Inner Workings Sure, you may use the software just to color correct your images with the various Adjustment layers, or maybe you just like playing with the Liquify Tool or maybe all you do…

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• Style Shining Text Effect Creation

  admin

  16 May 2012 | 3:01 am

  Here will show you skills to make a style shining text effect. It is mainly based on blending options setting. To enhance your text effect, you better start using a thick text, then your text effect can be easily stood out. (View This Tutorial)

• Techniques for Drawing a Nice Lady Portrait

  admin

  15 May 2012 | 3:01 am

  Many of you may have worked on human portraits and find process to be very difficult. Different designers have their own set of skills to carry out. Here will present you a bit of tactics and stages for drawing a nice lady portrait. (View This Tutorial)

• Manipulation Tutorial – Holding the Earth

  admin

  14 May 2012 | 3:01 am

  Photo manipulation allows you to create whatever is imaginative. As long as you have prepared right image to do, you can design any imaginative scenery for yourself. (View This Tutorial)

• Making a Style Text Effect using Photoshop

  admin

  11 May 2012 | 3:01 am

  This style text effect is made by latest version Photoshop CS6. Most of the steps are done in Blending mode settings and finalized by adding blur effect. Therefore, it is easily to be followed. (View This Tutorial)

• Making a Great Silver 3D Text Effect

  admin

  10 May 2012 | 3:01 am

  Variety of text effects can be applied to different scenarios. This nice silver 3D text can be simply formed using blending options settings. (View This Tutorial)

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• The Digital Photo Workshops: Page, AZ

  admin

  13 May 2012 | 10:15 pm

  This past week was full of photography, amazing scenery and Photoshop training. I taught with the Digital Photo Workshop gang in Page, Arizona, home to some of the most spectacular vistas in the Southwest. We came here from Mira Loma, CA (where the bus was parked for a few weeks) and stopped to visit friends in Lake Havasu City on the way. When we arrived, we parked at the Wahweap Marina Campground on Lake Powell, which is where we’ve stayed in the past while visiting Page. The Digital Photo Workshops are 4-day photography events run by Jeff Leimbach and Randy Van Duinen, and I was the…

• A week of re-routing

  admin

  7 May 2012 | 2:05 am

  For the third week in a row, I have been on the road in the vintage bus, driving it to the shop that will handle the next stage of its restoration. The only problem is that, for a good part of the week, I didn’t know where that shop would be. If the recent vintage bus saga is new to you, you might want to read the past two posts here on the blog where I describe the situation in detail. To make a long story short, though, my original plan was to drive the bus from Ft. Worth (where it got its engine/tranny worked on) to Nova Scotia (where the interior will be installed). This plan fell…

• The Vintage Bus Run: Shifting Gears

  admin

  30 Apr 2012 | 2:22 am

  This post is part two of the Vintage Bus Run saga. If you didn’t read last week’s post, you can check it out HERE. It will fill you in on the general status of my vintage bus project. I ended last week’s post in St. Louis, having driven all the way from Ft. Worth. As you know, my original plan for this trip was to spend 10 days driving from Texas to Nova Scotia, where the bus will get its interior fixin’s. Well, it’s amazing how much things can change in a week! This road has been filled with a lot of frustration and more drama than I care to deal with. Luckily,…

• The Vintage Bus Run Begins!

  admin

  23 Apr 2012 | 2:59 am

  We have lift-off! I’m excited to say that the “Vintage Bus Run” has officially begun. If you’re not familiar with my vintage bus saga, here’s the short version. In addition to the bus Karen and I currently live on, I also own a 1963 Flxible Starliner (the vintage bus) which I am completely restoring from the inside out. There are two main segments to the restoration: the engine/transmission part and the interior/living space part. After a very long and drawn-out process (the first mechanic delayed the process by over a year) the first segment of the restoration…

• A bus week

  admin

  16 Apr 2012 | 2:59 am

  This has been a very big week for both my current bus (the one we live on now) and my vintage bus (the one we’ll live on in the future). Let’s start with the current bus. After leaving Palm Springs I made what I thought was going to be a one-day appointment for the bus to get a front chassis repair. We arrived Monday morning at the Prevost shop and they took the bus in soon after. In order to inspect the underside of the bus, they raised it six feet in the air. Karen and I had to use a ladder to get in and out! The good news was that the components that I thought were in need or…

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• Download Three Absolutely Free Hand Drawn Fonts for Web and Print

  Enrique Flouret

  8 May 2012 | 3:04 pm

  Download three beautiful hand drawn typefaces for free, even for commercial works. @Font-Face kit for web usage and OTF Open Type Font are available for download. @Font-Face kit includes TrueType Fonts, EOT fonts, WOFF fonts, SVG fonts and Cufón fonts, plus css and html files. These fonts are free for commercial use, but read carefully the font license before using them in commercial projects. Architects Daughter Regular  |  Read License DOWNLOAD Architects-daughter Font Family  |  DOWNLOAD @font-face Kit HarabaraHand Italic  |  Read License DOWNLOAD…

• Create a Peter Max Cosmic Pop Art Style Artwork in Photoshop

  Enrique Flouret

  8 May 2012 | 2:30 pm

  From Cosmic Pop art in the 60′s to neo Expressionism today, the colorful artworks of Peter Max have become an important part of the popular American culture. This tutorial is inspired in his works from the late 60′s, know as the Cosmic style that made him famous worldwide. This is a quite long tutorial, and for the sake of simplicity I will avoid explaining the basic use of tools and commands. This tutorial assumes you have a basic to intermediate general knowledge of Photoshop. At the end of the tutorial you will find a link to download the complete .psd file. Create a new work…

• Beautiful Oil Painting Effect in Photoshop With Pixel Bender

  Enrique Flouret

  24 Apr 2012 | 2:32 pm

  Pixel Bender is an awesome tool from Adobe Labs that lets you create your own Photoshop filters. Basically it is both a programming language and a plugin. You can create your own filters and run them from inside Photoshop via the Pixel Bender plugin. The default Pixel Bender installation comes with a gallery of filters. A new addition to these filters is the Oil Paint effect. This filters lets you apply an artistic oil painting effect to your images. It is really fast and extremely easy to use. Let’s take a look at the options. First you have to download and install Pixel Bender. Just…

• 15 Vintage Marbled Paper Textures From Very Old Books

  Enrique Flouret

  30 Mar 2012 | 9:36 am

  This is a selection of some beautiful vintage marbled paper textures with a grungy look, scanned from very old books. Usage rights: These files are public domain and you can use them in any way you want, even for commercial projects. A link back to this site is really appreciated, though not an obligation. How to download these textures Click on each image to go to thedownload page. On that page you will have the chance to see the complete texture. Just click on that image to download the high resolution image

• 20 Nostalgic Retro Photoshop Brushes

  Enrique Flouret

  29 Mar 2012 | 9:55 am

  If you are into Retro Style then help yourself to some cool retro Photoshop Brushes created by talented Photoshop artists. Click on each image to go to the download page.

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• Using Paragraph and Character Styles in Photoshop CS6

  Martin Perhiniak

  16 May 2012 | 8:00 am

  In this past, working with a lot of text in Photoshop was a hassle. Global changes to text simply could not be made easily. In Photoshop CS6, Adobe has given us new ways to manage our text. This episode of our Introduction to Photoshop CS6 series will explain the new Paragraph and Character style panels. Let’s take a look!

• Create Storybook Illustrations Using Photoshop and Filter Forge 3

  Mark Heaps

  15 May 2012 | 11:45 am

  For many professional illustrators, Photoshop is the tool of choice to create hand-drawn digital artwork or paintings. With the right knowledge and skills, it can be used to create stunning works of art. With that said, we’re not all professional illustrators. In this tutorial we will explain how to achieve similar results by applying Filter Forge effects to quick hand-drawn sketches. Let’s get started! Filter Forge is a powerful third-party plugin that allows you to apply over 4,000 amazing effects to your images, and even create your own. To learn more about Filter Forge, you…

• Use Split Frequency Healing to Retouch a Photo in Photoshop

  Daniel Meadows

  15 May 2012 | 8:00 am

  Split Frequency Healing is a technique that you can use in Photoshop that will allow you retouch photos without affecting the photo’s respective tone or texture. In this tutorial, commercial retoucher, Daniel Meadows, who has worked for clients such as Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Chanel, and L’Oreal Paris, will explain this technique and how it can be used in your workflow. Let’s get started! Special thanks to Dubai Photographer, Sherif Mokbel for providing the photography for this tutorial. Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production…

• Create a Surreal and Dreamy Photo Manipulation in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

  Marcela Bolivar

  14 May 2012 | 3:30 pm

  In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Marcela Bolivar will explain how create a surreal and dreamy photo manipulation using atmosphere, lighting, masks, textures, and custom brushes. This tutorial is available exclusively to Tuts+ Premium Members. If you are looking to take your photo manipulation skills to the next level then Log in or Join Now to get started! View the Tutorial Tuts+ Premium Members can login now for instant access to this tutorial. Membership to Tuts+ Premium gets you access to hundreds of exclusive premium tutorials, top selling ebooks, in-depth courses, member forums,…

• The Photo Manipulations of Alla Mingalyova (AKA AllaD8)

  Grant Friedman

  12 May 2012 | 10:00 am

  In this article we will showcase the work of Ukrainian artist, Alla Mingalyova (AKA AllaD8). Mingalyova’s photo manipulations are fun, feminine, and beautiful. Let’s take a look! The Swan Princess I Need a Hero My Secret Friend Spirited Away 2 Waking Up Farewell Blonde Miss S. 2008

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  Lightroom for Digital Photographers

• Auto Importing Images into Lightroom

  10 May 2012 | 5:33 am

  Import images into your Lightroom catalog quickly and easily by using Auto Import. The Auto Import feature is easy to setup and use and will automatically import images you populate using a watched folder.

• Finishing Technique - Fade and Saturate

  25 Apr 2012 | 12:25 pm

  In this tutorial I'll be showing you a technique that I use on many of my portrait images. I call it fade and saturate and it just might yield the results that you've been looking for.

• How To Create Collections in Lightroom

  21 Mar 2012 | 7:25 am

  Creating a good set of collections has never been more important that it is right now, especially with the release of Lightroom 4. In this tutorial we'll be looking at regular collections and smart collections.

• How To Create Export Presets in Lightroom

  7 Mar 2012 | 11:35 am

  Are you tired of always having to choose the options you need when exporting an image out of Lightroom? Watch this tutorial and see how easy it is to create an export preset.

• Learn The Secrets To Using Auto Sync

  22 Feb 2012 | 5:30 am

  Would you like to speed up your workflow? Have you ever used Auto Sync? If not you'll greatly benefit from watching this Lightroom video tutorial.

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• Article :: How to Communicate on Your iPad Using Mail and Messages

  14 May 2012 | 7:00 pm

  Jeff Carlson shows you how to use the Mail app on the iPad so you can quickly read and reply to messages and dash off notes you may have otherwise ignored because of the hassle of doing it on the computer. He also covers the Messages app, which brings instant messaging to the iPad.

• Article :: Use Symmetry to Improve Your Photographs

  14 May 2012 | 7:00 pm

  Symmetry is all around us and has always been associated with beauty, so why not use it? Depending on how you are holding the camera and how much of a scene you choose to show, you can strengthen or weaken the symmetric properties of an object or scene. Roberto Valenzuela shows you how.

• Article :: Working with Paragraph Composers and Tabs in Adobe InDesign CS6

  8 May 2012 | 7:00 pm

  This excerpt from Adobe InDesign CS6 Classroom in a Book shows you how to apply the Adobe paragraph and single-line composers, set tabs, and add a rule above a paragraph.

• Article :: How to Use the Field Blur Filter in Photoshop CS6

  8 May 2012 | 7:00 pm

  This excerpt from Photoshop CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide shows you how to use the Field Blur filter, which is handy when you need the most flexibility and control in blurring specific areas of an image while keeping other (more important) areas in sharp focus.

• Article :: Creating and Applying Paragraph and Character Styles in Adobe InDesign CS6

  8 May 2012 | 7:00 pm

  This excerpt from Adobe InDesign CS6 Classroom in a Book shows you how to create and apply paragraph and character styles.

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  Photoshop For Digital Photographers

• Using the new perspective crop tool in Photoshop CS6

  15 May 2012 | 7:00 am

  There's a new cropping tool found inside of Photoshop CS6 and that tool is the perspective crop tool. Easily fix lens distortion problems by using this new crop tool.

• How To Control A Drop Shadow

  10 May 2012 | 7:22 am

  If you use the layers style panel to create a drop shadow you can't fully control it unless you perform this one important step. Watch this tutorial to see how you can get control of your drop shadows.

• The New Tilt Shift Blur Filter

  24 Apr 2012 | 7:10 am

  In this tutorial we'll be looking at a new filter that was added to Photoshop CS6 called the Tilt Shift Blur filter. Add multiple Tilt Shift blur effects for a unique look.

• Automating Photoshop Using A Droplet

  4 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am

  In this tutorial we'll show you how to create a droplet which will automatically run a specified action on a single or group of images. Droplets are a great time saver and can really help speed up your workflow.

• The Iris Blur Filter in Photoshop CS6

  30 Mar 2012 | 4:24 am

  There are some new blur filters found inside of the new Photoshop CS6 beta that are worth experimenting with. In this tutorial we'll take a look at the Iris Blur.

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• Composite True 3D Text Into A Scene With Photoshop CS6

  16 May 2012 | 7:38 am

  This tutorial will show you how to composite real 3D text into a photograph without ever leaving the Photoshop CS6 interface.Advertise here via BSA

• Design a Dark Textured Portfolio Template in Photoshop (Free PSD)

  16 May 2012 | 6:38 am

  Learn how to create a professional Dark & Textured Portfolio Template using Adobe Photoshop. To create this layout we'll be using patterns, creating textures, shape elements and the text tool. This Portfolio Template is great if you want to show off your work in style!Advertise here via BSA

• Create a Dark Vintage Style Motorcycle Poster Design

  16 May 2012 | 6:38 am

  My absolute favourite style of motorcycle is the custom “bobber”. I love the stripped down appearance and the raw vintage styling. It’s my plan to chop up a bike of my own one day, but for now I have to settle with designing custom motorcycle posters instead. Follow this step by step Photoshop and Illustrator tutorial to combine photography and typography and create a dark vintage style motorcycle poster design.Advertise here via BSA

• Creating A Bubble Brush In Photoshop

  16 May 2012 | 5:38 am

  In this tutorial, you will learn how to create your very own customized bubble brush tool. This should produce realistic bubble effects.Advertise here via BSA

• How to Create a Sci-Fi Giant Tortoise Shelter Photo-Manipulation

  13 May 2012 | 5:38 am

  Learn how to create this sci-fi giant tortoise shelter photo manipulation.This tutorial will show you how to create giant-sized objects and other photo manipulation techniques for combining images.Advertise here via BSA

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• Photographer Giveaway: Win The New iPad + StickyAlbums

  MCP Guest Writer

  16 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Do you want to win The New iPad (AKA iPad 3)? Thank you to StickyAlbums for putting together a prize package you won’t want to miss. StickyAlbums is relatively new to the scene, but is creating quite the buzz.  They offer an easy way to create custom mobile photo albums for each of your clients – then your customers can save them right to their iPhones and iPads. To celebrate their latest release, StickyAlbums founder Nate Grahek  is giving away The New iPad to one lucky reader. In addition the grand prize winner and four others will get a $100 voucher to Sticky Albums. The iPad…

• 10 Essential Tips for Successful Newborn Photography

  MCP Guest Writer

  14 May 2012 | 9:00 am

    Do you ever wonder how newborn photographers get their newborns posed so nicely that they look peaceful? Here are 10 tips for a successful newborn photography session. 1. Keep the baby warm: Newborns have a difficult time regulating their own body temperature. To keep them comfortable with no clothing on it is important that you keep your studio warm. I keep my studio at 85F. I also warm my blankets in the dryer or with the heater fan prior to placing a newborn on them.  If you choose to use a heater fan be sure to keep it far away from the baby so you don’t hurt their sensitive…

• Project MCP: Highlights for May, Challenge #2

  Project MCP

  12 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Hello and Welcome to the May, Challenge #2 Highlights post.  The highlight of a sunflare photo, is, of course, the sun, so I hope everyone has had plenty of sunny days to shoot! The sun is definitely shining in the MCP Flickr gallery this week. Here are some of the Project MCP team’s favorite sunny day photos: Submitted by austin GG Submitted by StudioNineProtraits Submitted by LadyLyn Submitted by Jillustrated SSubmitted by Elev8Photography Next week’s challenge is to capture the concept of “friend” in a photo. We cannot wait to see what you come up with; real or…

• The Quick Clicks Preset Collection is Now Available for Lightroom 4

  Jodi Friedman, MCP Actions

  11 May 2012 | 8:00 am

  Introducing the Quick Clicks Collection for Lightroom 4! We’ve completely re-worked our Quick Clicks Collection presets so you can enhance your photos in Lightroom 4. The best news is that the LR4 version works on both RAW and JPG images. Going forward, when you buy, you will get the presets for LR 2-4 with every purchase at no additional charge. Additionally, you’ll have all the tools you need to edit every photo, regardless of file type.     Because we value customer service, we are offering our Lightroom 4 presets as a complimentary upgrade to anyone who bought Quick…

• 10+ Tips for Photographing People in Glasses and Avoiding Glare

  Jodi Friedman, MCP Actions

  9 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Have you ever tried taking pictures of someone wearing glasses? When my daughter Ellie got her first pair of glasses in early 2011, I found a new photography challenge.  Since she wears glasses all the time, it is important for her self-esteem to photograph them on her.  Since it is harder to photograph someone in glasses than without them, I had to learn how to avoid and embrace glasses glare. I had no idea how challenging it would be until I started taking snapshots and portraits. The light reflects off the glass and hides the eyes. It sometimes creates odd green colors on the surface or…

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• Members Area Tutorial: Create An Emotional Sunset Scene Photo Manipulation

  Jenny Le

  16 May 2012 | 3:24 am

  Create An Emotional Sunset Scene Photo Manipulation In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a beautiful emotional sunset scene. We’ll work with manipulating techniques, blending, masking, painting and more. Final Image As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating: Resources Used In This Tutorial Model Meadow Sky Rose 1 Rose 2 Book Balcony Step 1 Create a new document and fill it with white ( or any color you like). I use the size of 1000×1200 px. Open sky stock. Move it ( press M to active Move Tool) into the white canvas, resize ( use Cmd/Ctrl+T to do…

• Featured Artist: Bram Vanhaeren

  Tom

  15 May 2012 | 7:56 am

  Featured Artist: Bram Vanhaeren Bram Vanhaeren is an awesome digital artist from Belgium. His work centers mainly around photo manipulations, wallpaper designs and typography. He has a very unique mixed media approach, often bringing in elements of drawing and illustration into his digital designs. This results in a rich array of designs and styles, and a diversity that hints beyond his 20 years. Bram’s work is often sleek and glossy, whilst combining hand-drawn elements. His compositions scream life and energy, often featuring twisting dancers, party girls and sports figures. Bram…

• Applying Photoshop Adjustment Layers to Multiple and Specific Layers

  Tom

  14 May 2012 | 1:39 pm

  Applying Photoshop Adjustment Layers to Multiple and Specific Layers Today I have a quick video tip for you. Have you ever struggled when working with adjustment layers, and needed to make one set of adjustments effect a range of multiple layers (but not your entire canvas)? This is an issue that used to really frustrate me, and I know some of you still struggle with this same problem. Check out the short video below and I’ll walk you through how to apply a single adjustment layer to multiple layers (but not your entire document).

• Win a Copy of Filter Forge 3.0 ($149 Value)

  Tom

  14 May 2012 | 5:20 am

  Win a Copy of Filter Forge 3.0 ($149 Value) Filter Forge is a leading Photoshop plugin that lets you create stunning, professional grade effects with ease. Today we’re lucky enough to be giving away a copy of Filter Forge 3.0. Before we get to the juicy details of how to win, I want to share some details of this awesome plugin with you. At PSD.FanExtra we only want to give away the most awesome resources and products to you through our contests. That’s why I’m so excited to be offering this copy of Filter Forge 3.0. Filter Forge is one of the leading Photoshop plugins,…

• Artist Breakdown #1. Alexis Marcou: Bad Panda (Source File Available)

  Tom

  11 May 2012 | 7:56 am

  A Behind the Scenes Look at the Work Processes of World Renowned Artists At PSD.FanExtra we believe that the best way to learn is from experts in your field. That’s why we employ some of the best tutorial writers and bring you regular quality content. Tutorials are great, but I often find myself looking at work from some of the world’s top digital artists and wondering about the thought processes, techniques and workflows used to create such incredible art. I always think ‘if I only I could get my hands on their original Photoshop files I’d be able to break down…

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• Canon 7D Tips – Spring is Perfect for Shooting Landscape

  photoframd

  15 May 2012 | 12:00 am

  After two weeks of steady rain, we finally had a nice weekend!  May is such a beautiful time of the year on Long Island.  Everything has that new green look.  The color is more light with a yellow cast.  The foliage is still growing and not to dense. In shots like these, depth of field is very important.  And, with plenty of light, there is no reason not to push the f-stop to f/8.0 and still use a shutter speed which makes hand-holding possible.  Play it safe and experiment with a few different settings.  If necessary, you can push the ISO as well.  The landscape is not going to…

• It finally looks like Spring on Long Island!

  photoframd

  3 May 2012 | 12:00 am

  The weather in New York has been very inconsistent. One day, it was in the 30s and then a few days later, it was in the 60s. Of course, by the weekend, it rained. Thankfully, I finally had a free weekend with nice weather! All photos taken with the Canon 7D and the Canon 17-55mm EF-S lens Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Google • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

• Birds at Dusk on Long Island

  photoframd

  29 Apr 2012 | 8:59 pm

  In addition to the Little Brown Bats, I actually did photograph some real birds this weekend.  Take a look at a Brown-headed Cowbird, a Downy Woodpecker and a Black-capped Chickadee. All photos take with the Canon 7D and the Sigma 50-500mm lens Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Google • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

• Bats on Long Island, NY

  photoframd

  29 Apr 2012 | 8:38 pm

  Have you ever been out around dusk and saw a funny looking bird dart in front of you?  Chances are … you just saw a bat. I spent some time in a preserve on Long Island this weekend photographing birds.  It was pretty quiet all afternoon and was now approaching dusk.  All of a sudden, I noticed this odd looking bird.  It reminded me of a large hummingbird the way it darted around so erratically.  Since I was birding, I had my Sigma 50-500mm lens and tried to get a glimpse of the creature.  Sure enough, it was a Little Brown Bat! These small bats are very common on Long Island.  In…

• New York International Auto Show 2012 NYC – More Photos

  photoframd

  9 Apr 2012 | 12:15 am

  This is just a small sample of the photos that I took. I have over 40 photos in my gallery on Facebook. Please take a look. All photos shot with Canon 7D, Canon 17-55mm EF-S f/2.8 IS. New York International Auto Show 2012 NYC – New Matte Finish Trend New York International Auto Show 2012 NYC – More Photos Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Google • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

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• Learning Photoshop Tutorial Series 5-8 Videos

  BoxedinDesign

  12 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  This is the next 4 videos in the series for learning Photoshop fast. Whether you’re a beginner with Photoshop or a you think you know it all, this guy goes through these tutorials fast and precise. I think his style is cool, and if watch then you will pick up some good pointers. Especially good

• Learning Photoshop Tutorial Series 1-4 Videos

  BoxedinDesign

  8 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Whether you’re a beginner with Photoshop or a you think you know it all, this guy goes through these tutorials fast and precise. I think his style is cool, and if watch then you will pick up some good pointers. When I first watched these videos, I was thought to myself that I was too

• Movie Poster Designs – Cabin in the Woods

  BoxedinDesign

  30 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am

  I’ve never done a post on movie posters, but I recently went to the movies and saw Cabin in the Woods. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a must see IMO. After leaving the theater (theatre :)) I wanted to do some research on the cast and behind the scenes fun of the movie. Coming

• Ikea to Produce Integrated TV in Furniture Design

  BoxedinDesign

  24 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am

  I love furniture design just as much as the next guy, but you throw in a TV and subwoofer and you really got my attention! At around $1000 USD it’s not ridiculous since you get both, furniture, TV and nice sound, all while hiding those ugly cables. If you’re wondering how you get one of

• Top 10 Google Logo Doodles Part 3 – Festival

  BoxedinDesign

  17 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am

  These are my Top 10 Google Logos based on worldwide designs. - - - - - - - - - and plus 1 BONUS image:

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• A Little Birdie Told Me About Adobe Photoshop CS6

  23 Apr 2012 | 5:22 am

  First, a word of explanation.  Back in February I did "something" to my right wrist.  Using the mouse, the pen and tablet or just typing was so painful it would bring tears to my eyes.  I thought I'd give it a little rest and not blog for a few days.  Well, "a few days" trued out to be a few months.  Just this little bit has caused me to start rubbing my wrist just to get it working a bit, but nowhere near the pain I would have had eight, or six, or four weeks ago.That said, it's time to break out the bubbly.  Adobe Photoshop CS6 was announced today.  No…

• My "New" Favorite Toy And It's Not Even For My Camera

  17 Feb 2012 | 9:33 am

  First things first, the Eye-Fi Connect X2 card was introduced almost two years ago.  So, it's not exactly new on the market.  It's not even new to me.  I bought it sometime last year, probably about nine months ago.  Why did I buy it?  To use Eye-Fi's Direct Mode with my wife's camera going to the iPAD.  Why am I blowing the horn about it now?  Because it works, finally.  When I first got it I spent about a week fiddling with it, trying to get it to work.  After throwing up my hands, I called Eye-Fi tech support.  They were as patient and…

• Calling Out The Photoshop Guys

  15 Feb 2012 | 8:03 am

  I am a Photoshop Guys fanboy.  I hang on every word from Scott, Matt, Dave, Corey, RC and , occasionally, Pete (the jury's still out on him).  I read their blogs, I watch Photoshop User TV, and D-Town, and Killer Tips, and Planet Photoshop.  I buy their books, I subscribe to Kelby Training.  I spend enough to pay somebody's salary (or least it seems like it).  But, make a suggestion for a twist they put on the web by leaving a comment and the comment never gets posted.  Lately I've offered alternate ways to accomplish the topic of discussion posted by…

• Crop, Crop Again And Then Crop Some More In Photoshop CS5

  10 Feb 2012 | 7:50 am

  There's a couple ways today's image could have been made.  One would be to zoom in closer, turn the camera to vertical, take three or four shots and stitch a panorama.  The advantage to this method is greater detail.  You're zoomed in, so the leaves on the trees become a larger piece to each of the images.  If you're using Adobe Photoshop CS5 (or CS4), or Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 (or 9) you have excellent stitching ability.  It's basically a pushbutton function.  You just say, take this, this and this image.  Click on Auto and let CS5 do all the hard…

• Treading Lightly With Photoshop CS5

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:53 am

  What you see on the left side of today's image is a finished product.  What's on the right side is a "work in progress" using about twenty Layers in Adobe Photoshop CS5.  On the right I've gone back through the image and made most of the Blend Modes Normal.  Except where you see the very black and very white shading marks.  Those Layers had to be left in Overlay [or Soft Light] Blend Mode to be able to "see through" the Layer to show how it was done.  The first thing to say is that I didn't do all the touching up and then, at the end, changed all the Blend…

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• Horizontal tilt in Producer 5

  davro

  14 May 2012 | 9:15 am

  In this video we look at using the horizontal tilt in ProShow Producer 5 and how it can be used to change slides. Keyframes along with many other great tips and tricks are used to create this effect     Members can download the full size video without ads or banners on the link below   [Content/download protected for members only Please login to download] davrodigital Photoshop tutorials - Photoshop Lightroom Elements video tutorials

• Snapheal

  davro

  11 May 2012 | 5:10 am

  If you have an older version of Photoshop or Elements that doesn’t have the spot healing brush or content aware fill, perhaps you don’t even having image editing software and want to remove unwanted items from your images. This amazing app from Macphun, Snapheal could be the answer. Try Snapheal, available from www.snapheal.com Mac only   Enter Snapheal Giveaway to Win the NEW iPad and FREE product copy! - 4 Winners will be selected each week that will WIN the Snapheal Mac app - 1 Lucky Winner will be selected on June 12th, 2012 that will win the New iPad! More details on…

• Tenby colours

  davro

  6 May 2012 | 4:36 am

  I think there are all times when we are influenced by pictures, paintings or posters that we have seen. For me the area around Tenby harbour is one of those places, every time I see it I think of the style of paintings by Lowry. In this 2 part video we take a look at transform a photograph into a Lowry style picture with a splash of added colour Reordered in CS6 but easy to follow in all version of Photoshop and Elements Members click the thumbnail to view the videos click images to view larger     davrodigital Photoshop tutorials - Photoshop Lightroom Elements video tutorials

• Photoshop CS6 Blur Gallery

  davro

  4 May 2012 | 3:43 am

  The new blur gallery in CS6 allows you to give a natural looking blur to your images, ideal if you don’t have the right camera or lens. The gallery is made up of Field Blur, Iris Blur and Tilt Shift and in this video we will be taking a quick look at how each of the blur filters works and how one or more of the blurs can used together.   click image to view larger Blur only   Blur with mask vignette     davrodigital Photoshop tutorials - Photoshop Lightroom Elements video tutorials

• Tenby – Selective Adjustment

  davro

  30 Apr 2012 | 7:33 am

  This picture was taken in Tenby West Wales, one of my favourite places. In this video we take a look at how we can get the best out of the picture using selective adjustments in Photoshop Elements 10. Some of the tools used include: Crop tool Shadows and Highlights Selection Adjustment layers Easy to follow in all version of Elements and Photoshop click images to view larger     Members can download the full size video on the link below [Content/download protected for members only Please login to download] davrodigital Photoshop tutorials - Photoshop Lightroom Elements video…

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• Coloring With Photoshop – Skin Pt. 2

  Janine Smith

  16 May 2012 | 12:27 am

  When last we saw our heroine she was looking a little, well, colorless. Today we’re going to perk things up a bit with a little help from history. First, we need to ask ourselves a couple of questions; what era is our image from and what era’s style do we want to borrow from? Of course, you can color your images any way you like, but personally, I like to borrow styles from the era the image was taken in. For the really old images that may mean striving for a watercolor or pastel look of a hand tinted image and portraits taken in the 40’s may call for the more saturated, glamorous style…

• 3D Text Video Animations in Photoshop CS6 (pt. 2)

  Michael Hoffman

  14 May 2012 | 11:05 pm

  Last week, in part 1 of this two part set, we created some reflective text in Photoshop CS6, using Image-based lights as a tool to provide some interesting reflections. In part 2 today, we take the 3D text and animate it – adding zooms, rotation and a flash of light. Enjoy!   Bookmark It Hide Sites

• Photoshop Color Range Selections

  Dan Moughamian

  11 May 2012 | 1:03 am

  One of the best ways to make selections in Photoshop CS4, CS5 and CS6, is with the Color Range command. This is especially true for photos that have areas of contiguous color that are “sandwiched” between other colors. Color Range makes it very easy to select and initial area of color and then intelligently expand that to include similar areas of color in other parts of the photo, using the Localized Color Clusters control. Below we have an image where we might want to select all of the orange-like colors on the building without selecting anything else (or very little else), so…

• Give Someone a Barcode Tattoo With Photoshop

  Simon Rudd

  9 May 2012 | 1:00 am

    This month I thought I’d show you a twist on the classic Barcode tutorial. Step 1. To create a barcode with Photoshop is child’s play, first we create a new canvas (File>New>) I chose a 1024 x 768 at 300ppi sized document but you really can use any size you wish. Step 2. Create a new Layer above the Background Layer and using the Rectangle Marquee Tool create a fair sized rectangle, fill this Rectangle with White using Edit>Fill>White. Step 3. We now fill the Rectangle with Noise, we do this by going to Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Set Amount to 400%,…

• 3D Text Video Animations in Photoshop CS6

  Michael Hoffman

  7 May 2012 | 6:21 pm

  This will be a two part tip, and in today's video we will focus just on creating the reflective text, using image-based lighting. Stay tuned for next week's follow up, in which we'll learn how to animate the text and add even more lighting effects, all with the new power of video editing in Photoshop CS6.

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• Design a Quick and Easy Indie Rock Gig Poster

  Nathan Brown

  10 May 2012 | 11:37 am

  Gig posters are great fun for a designer. Typically you have the band’s music for inspiration, and beyond that, anything goes. These posters are often abstract and can often be incredible expressions of art. But, more often than not, you are working with a limited budget and limited time. So you need to create something incredible, quickly and inexpensively. Lets take a look at how that can be accomplished. A lot of times gig posters will be illustration based. But since we don’t have the time to create a custom illustration, our poster will be photo based. Lets gather some…

• Create a Dark Knight Rises Style Wallpaper in 3 Easy Steps

  Nathan Brown

  1 May 2012 | 2:50 pm

  I’m a long time Batman fan, and I love the look of these newer films. The textured metal bat symbol is great eye candy. Using that basic look of the film logo, lets see if we can create something similar in just a few simple steps.First up, here’s a look at what we’ll be creating. Step 1 – Drawing the Bat Symbol I used the pen tool in  Illustrator to draw my bat symbol. If you’re an Illustrator guru, jump in and draw a similar shape, or feel free to embellish it a bit with your own creative flare. If you’re not familiar with drawing in Illustrator, you can…

• A Closer Look at Bello: A Free WordPress Theme from WeGraphics

  Nathan Brown

  23 Apr 2012 | 4:40 pm

  Last week we released a free WordPress theme title Bello. For this theme we set out to make something simple and elegant. The theme is intended for designers or photographers, but could easily be converted for use with small business or personal sites. In this post, I’m going to walk through some of the awesome features available with Bello. If you haven’t seen Bello yet, you can download the theme here.  Bello features a clean and simple design. It’s meant to be open and easy to read. The main menu includes 2 levels of slide drop down menus, as well as a space to display…

• How to Create Dynamic Prototype Style Video Game Art

  Nathan Brown

  17 Apr 2012 | 2:42 pm

  I’m not very good at video games, therefore I don’t play a lot. But I do pay close attention to video game art and design. I take a lot of inspiration from these dynamic illustrations and incredible graphics. I recently came across a promo poster for a game called Prototype 2, and fell in love with the design. I was curious to see if I could create something similar with a touch of my own style and design. Below is a walk through on how I created my own Prototype 2 promo art. Here is a look at my finished piece. Here is the promo artwork that inspired the tutorial. Gathering…

• Turn a Photo into an Engraved Illustration Using Photoshop

  Nathan Brown

  12 Apr 2012 | 2:57 pm

  I have a collection of old books that I’ve never read. I have them because I love the look of the engraved style illustrations found within the pages. There’s something about that look that is incredible. The cross hatched lines that go from thick to thin to make up the shadows and highlights. It’s a very distinctive style that has a vintage appeal. I recently set out to see if I could mimic this look in Photoshop using a photograph. What I found was that with the help of Adobe Illustrator, the look can be achieved very easily. Lets take a look. Here is what we’ll be…

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• How to Create a Beautiful Abstract Artwork using Light Effects in Photoshop CS5

  admin

  24 Apr 2012 | 8:11 am

  Today, I’m going to show you how use custom brushes and some cool post editing techniques in Photoshop CS5 to create a beautiful abstract artwork. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started! Final Image Preview Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop CS5 with the size 1280px by 1024px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill with black color the new background layer. On the next new layer we’ll select the Soft Round brush from Brush Tool (B). Use this brush to paint the background as it is demonstrated next…

• How to Create a Colorful Abstract Photo Manipulation in Photoshop CS5

  admin

  19 Mar 2012 | 7:23 am

  In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create a Colorful Abstract Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS5. We will apply some basic Photo Manipulation techniques such as layer blending and masking, we will also practice some drawing techniques with Pen Tool and Elilipse Tool. Final Image Preview Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1280px by 1024px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill with #856D55 color the new background layer. Create a new layer and take again the Paint Bucket…

• How to create Abstract Wormhole Background in Photoshop CS5

  admin

  26 Feb 2012 | 6:05 am

  Today, I’m going to show you how using brushes and different adjustment layers in Adobe Photoshop CS5 you can create abstract wormhole background. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started! Final Image Preview Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop CS5 with the size 1920px by 1200px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill with #1E1B24 color the new background layer. Create a new layer and select the Soft Round brush of white color. Use this brush to represent many dots of different diameter. Click on Add a…

• How to create Festive Background for Valentine’s Day with Abstract Hearts in Photoshop CS5

  admin

  6 Feb 2012 | 9:37 am

  In this tutorial I will give you some tips on how to create Festive Background for Valentine’s Day with Abstract Hearts in Photoshop CS5. You will learn how to add a Layer Style, draw hearts with Pen Tool, apply brushes etc. Layered PSD file included. So let’s get started! Final Image Preview Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop CS5 with the size 1920px by 1200px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay. Click in the color bar to open the Gradient…

• How to create Abstract Colorful Valentine’s Day Card with Beautiful shiny hearts in Photoshop CS5

  admin

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:13 am

  We have another great tutorial available for our readers today. If you want to learn how to create Abstract Colorful Valentine’s Day Card with Beautiful shiny hearts, using simple shapes, brushes and gradients in Adobe Photoshop CS5, then this tutorial is for you. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started! Final Image Preview Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1000px by 1000px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill with black color the new background layer. Create a new layer and…

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• Neon text photoshop tutorial with cinematic effect

  Aaron Chua

  14 May 2012 | 8:23 pm

  In this neon text photoshop tutorial you’ll learn how to give text a neon glow, and create cinematic lighting that compliments the effect. By the way, if you are interested in creating text effects with photoshop, here are older articles that you might be interested in: fire text effect and 3D flower text effect. There’s nothing too complicated here, but you are expected to have a good grasp of the basics in Photoshop in order to use this tutorial. Step 1: The Background For the background we will use a brick wall texture from cgtextures.com. It can be downloaded here:…

• 1000 Free business cards from 1800postcards.com

  Aaron Chua

  3 May 2012 | 8:44 pm

  1800Postcards.com is offering you the opportunity to win 1000 custom business cards! The Giveaway Winning the 1000 Free Custom Business Cards is easy… Just click on the “Participate” widget below and leaving a brief comment on this post tell why you should win. 3 winners will be selected. Only US residents are eligible. Winners will be announced May 19th. Step 1: Participate by Clicking on This Link and Entering Your Info http://www.1800postcards.com/widget/designergiveaway.aspx?giveaway=99 Step 2: Leave a comment telling us why you should win. Step 3: If you tweet @1800Postcards a pic…

• How to blur the background in photoshop

  Aaron Chua

  23 Apr 2012 | 9:34 pm

  In this beginner photoshop tutorial I am going to explain the process of applying blur effects and fake lighting effects to make the whole picture look nicer. Step 1: I open up a photo of my choice in photoshop and I duplicate the layer. Having the first layer selected, I press “L” for lasso tool and at the same time I make sure that the feathering value is “250px” before making the selection like the pic below. ( The value of the feathering depends on the resolution of your photograph, the bigger the photo the higher feathering value you should set ) Then I press shift+ctrl+I to…

• Fantasy photoshop tutorial to create awesome effects

  Aaron Chua

  3 Apr 2012 | 9:59 pm

  In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use stock photos, adjustment layers, and blending tricks to compose a dark fantasy photo manipulation in Photoshop. There’s nothing too complicated here, but you are expected to have a good grasp of the basics in Photoshop in order to use this tutorial. For those who are just starting, I am afraid this is not part of the photoshop tutorials for beginners. Step 1: The Background So let’s begin by opening a 1900 x 2500 document in Photoshop. First we’ll create the background for our image. Click on the Adjustment Layer button at the bottom of your…

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• Flare Brushes 4

  12 May 2012 | 7:50 pm

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• 12 Strings And Bubbles Brushes

  7 May 2012 | 8:18 am

  <p>12 Strings And Bubbles Brushes.<br /><br />They have a high Resolution so the download could take some time.<br /><br />Hope You like them and Have fun.</p>

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• Free Halftone Photoshop Brush Set

  14 Apr 2012 | 8:13 am

  <p>This a popular effect used within the the design industry which is a halftone Photoshop brush. The brush can&nbsp; be used within commercial and non commercial design projects, the sky&rsquo;s the limit therefore i hope you enjoy the Photoshop brush set.</p> <h2 class="fullHdr4">License Details</h2> <p>The vector set can be used within commercial and non-commercial design projects. The vector set CAN NOT be redistributed on any other website without permission from the Creative Nerds team.</p>

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• Free Texture Tuesday: 5 Vintage Paper Textures

  Dustin Schmieding

  15 May 2012 | 8:30 am

• Freebie Friday: 7 Script Handwriting Brushes

  Dustin Schmieding

  11 May 2012 | 8:30 am

  These brushes are each 2500px and will be a versatile addition to your toolbox, allowing you to add subtle antique writing effects to your work. Preview Download .ZIP

• Free Texture Tuesday: 5 Beach Stone Textures

  Dustin Schmieding

  8 May 2012 | 8:00 am

• How Web Developers and Designers can Work Together

  Jake Rocheleau

  7 May 2012 | 9:11 am

  Within any field of application production you often find the workload split between design and development. It’s a simpler process to let the designer handle creating the user interface while the developer codes it into reality. This is the case for desktop applications, mobile apps, and especially websites. In this article I want to share a few ideas for how web designers and developers can work together with each other in harmony. It can be a struggle to keep everyone on the same page. Especially when you’re sharing documents and graphics between a group of 4+ web…

• Freebie Friday: 5 Cardboard Brushes

  Dustin Schmieding

  4 May 2012 | 8:00 am

  These varied brushes are the maximum resolution of 2500×2500. Each one has different characteristics, so this set will suit many different needs. Preview Download .ZIP

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• FlightCheck Professional 6.8

  David Creamer

  16 May 2012 | 1:13 pm

  Preflight Digital Files Most printers are familiar with FlightCheck, a standalone preflight application; however, with less-experienced users doing more work in-house, the need for proper preflight – a checklist of inspection points that must meet certain criteria – increases every day. Designers and production artists have always used checklists to make sure something important wasn’t overlooked, but FlightCheck was the first software to automate the process. FlightCheck Professional 6.8 has a large array of customizable settings, and supports many native applications,…

• Nikon J1

  Laurie Excell

  15 May 2012 | 12:12 pm

  Compact, Mirrorless Digital Camera Nikon has entered the mirrorless camera market with a strong start by introducing their new Nikon 1 system, which includes the J1 and V1 cameras. They did not, however, take the same route as other manufacturers with a 4/3 system but came up with their own sensor size, which they call CX format (slightly smaller than the 4/3 and APS-C format cameras). The CX-format CMOS sensor has a 2.7x magnification/crop factor, providing users with a range of 27-297mm with four lenses to choose from: Their 10mm, 2.8 is an ultra-compact, fast lens; the 10-30mm and 30-110mm…

• Using Story Editor in InDesign CS5

  A.J. Wood

  14 May 2012 | 10:12 am

  InDesign’s Story Editor is a useful tool for editing text copy directly without the page design getting in the way. Use Story Editor to open your text copy in a separate window where the text flows in an easy-to-read, linear view.

• Perfect365

  bruce bicknell

  10 May 2012 | 2:52 pm

  Instant Face Lifts and Makeovers Beauty in a box? Believe it or not, here’s an interesting program that really allows you to do complete makeovers on your images with the click of a button and Intensity sliders. Perfect365 allows you to see results quickly with standard tricks such as face reshaping, teeth whitening, and blemish removal. But it’s really more, so let’s take a look. Some cool features in Perfect365 make this a fun and creative tool. Options allow you to apply colored contacts and one-click styles let you select from templates that include Natural, Red Lips,…

• Illustrator Symbols, Part 3

  A.J. Wood

  8 May 2012 | 2:52 pm

  In this third video on working with Symbols in Adobe Illustrator CS5, AJ Wood shows how to move those Illustrator symbols into Photoshop and Flash.

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• 14 Free Vintage Film Textures

  Caleb Kimbrough

  8 May 2012 | 9:40 pm

  This is a set of 14 free, high-res vintage film textures that are incredibly useful for adding texture to almost any design or illustration. I sourced them from 19th century Daguerreotype photographs that are available in the public domain and simply went through and removed all of the subjects from the images to leave behind the great texture of the old film and prints. The last couple sets of film textures I've released have been some of my most popular ones to date here on L&T, I really hope you enjoy these just as much and can find some great uses for them in your work. Click on the…

• Eight Seamless Book Cover Textures

  Caleb Kimbrough

  7 May 2012 | 10:43 am

  Today I've got a great set of eight high-res, seamless book cover textures for you guys. They were kindly provided by the guys over at Designpanoply.com. The textures can be used for many applications, including website backgrounds, seamless patterns in Photoshop, and more. They measure 3000px square, so they should be big enough for any way you choose to apply them. A little more about the folks who made them: Design Panoply is a resource for designers of all skill levels, offering a magnificent array of tips, tutorials, and downloads. Their high quality vectors, textures, patterns, and more…

• 13 High Contrast B&W Textures

  Caleb Kimbrough

  12 Apr 2012 | 4:49 pm

  This set of high contrast black & white textures should prove useful for many different applications. They're perfect for giving your designs or illustrations that vintage worn look that is so popular today. I created them by mixing paper, concrete, and various other textures in different blending layers in Photoshop. I hope you guys can find some great uses for them! Click on the textures below to download the high-res version or download them all in a zip file at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!

• The Ultimate Texture Collection is back for a limited time!

  Caleb Kimbrough

  13 Mar 2012 | 6:20 pm

  Last fall I ran a deal in collaboration with MightyDeals called The Ultimate Texture Collection. It's a premium collection of 100 high-quality textures for the low price of $15. Many of you were gracious enough to purchase it then, but I've had dozens of requests to make it available again. So, for a limited time you can now pick up this awesome set of textures just in case you missed it the first time. The set contains many highly useful textures, include the ever popular vintage wallpaper and subtle grunge sets. A portion of every sale will go directly to helping keep Lost & Taken up…

• 21 Free Bleached Paper Textures

  Caleb Kimbrough

  10 Mar 2012 | 3:38 pm

  I've been playing around with a lot of experimental texture making processes lately. One of those involves pouring, painting, and splatter bleach on pretty much every surface I can find to see how it interacts. I've bleached concrete, wood, paper, and other surfaces on the last few days, all with interesting results. This is a set of bleached paper textures I've put together for you. I love the contrast of the textures, some of them remind me of old scratched up film negatives. They should prove very useful when using them in overlays in photoshop for anything from illustrations to…

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• Scrabble Tiles Text Effect

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• Fit Text Frame to Content Script

  Rype

  15 May 2012 | 8:55 am

  Nathaniel Kelso created a couple of really handy scripts to fit text boxes to their content. This might seem like a really basic problem, but these problems are usually the most annoying. There is a script for a text box’s Depth and a script for the text box’s Width. If you work with a bunch of typography in Illustrator I’m sure they will come in handy. Thanks to John Wundes for pointing it out. Download the script here (you need to scroll down a little ).

• Weekly Vector Inspiration #170

  Rype

  11 May 2012 | 9:59 am

  This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group. M Magazine, C’est une maison verte by LA TIGRE M Magazine, C’est une maison verte by LA TIGRE M Magazine, C’est une maison verte by LA TIGRE IL #40, Cover + Coverstory Design by LA TIGRE IL #40, Cover + Coverstory Design by LA TIGRE IL #40, Cover + Coverstory…

• Anchor Points: John Duvengar

  Rype

  10 May 2012 | 8:57 am

  You might recognize some of John Duvengar’s work from recent Weekly Inspiration posts. His Bigfoot illustration is one of my favorite illustrations I have come across lately. John’s attention to strokes and subtle textures give his strong vector shapes character and a slight non-digital feel. John has some great replies to the Anchor Points questions, so read on! The Chat Hey John, thanks for chatting with Vectips! To start, could you tell us a little about yourself? Hi Vectips crew and community. It’s a great pleasure and honor to be part of Anchor Points. My artist name is…

• Illustrator CS6

  Rype

  8 May 2012 | 9:04 am

  Illustrator CS6 is shipping! I’m sure most of you know and have already downloaded the the trial version, but if you haven’t, go and get it already! In the following post I breakdown some of the new features in CS6 and it’s not quite a review, just an overview at what is new. I want to use CS6 for a solid month in production work before I put up my review. Adobe Mercury Program The most significant change in Illustrator is the the Mercury Performance System. With the Adobe Mercury Program, Illustrator has native 64-bit support on Mac OS and Windows. You can access all the…

• Weekly Vector Inspiration #169

  Rype

  4 May 2012 | 8:47 am

  This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group. Daniel Ting Chong Daniel Ting Chong Pharos NoteBooks by Daniel Ting Chong Twist & Curls by Daniel Ting Chong Konstantin Shalev Konstantin Shalev Characters and Typography by Konstantin Shalev Characters and Typography by Konstantin Shalev Alexander Kostenko Alexander…

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• Illustrator Tutorial: Draw a Realistic Mango With the Mesh Tool

  Diana Toma

  14 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Follow this Adobe Illustrator tutorial if you want to learn how to draw a realistic mango. Everything here is made using the Mesh Tool therefore if you want to master this tool better, this is your chance. Let’s get started! Draw the Shape of the Mango 1. Open a new document. First, take the Pen Tool (P) and draw a mango-shape like in the image below. If you believe that it is easier, you can search for a photo with a mango fruit and use it to trace the outline. Before you continue, make a copy of the shape because you will need it later. Now, take the Mesh Tool (U) and click somewhere…

• Premium Tutorial: Gradient Mesh Car

  Dinesh Kumar

  7 May 2012 | 8:50 am

  I am writing this advanced car tutorial for intermediate illustrator users who want to attain an expert level. In this tutorial, I will reveal lots of secret tricks on gradient on how to draw objects with photorealism in Illustrator. This is a great car tutorial not to be missed! Difficulty: Intermediate – Advanced tutorial Requirements: Adobe Illustrator What will you get? Instant download of PDF e-book (89 pages, 249 steps) Comes with Ai file for easy reference Detailed step by step tutorial to create a gradient mesh car Tutorial Screenshots: [The article is for Premium Members only.

• ThinkStock Coupon Code

  Tony Soh

  30 Apr 2012 | 9:59 am

  ThinkStock Coupon Code and Promotions ThinkStock is catching up with the market of stock photography today. Where else can you find the most beautiful photos with hue quality? This is the newest site where you can actually get photos at affordable prices. ThinkStock Coupon for May 2012 CRWPC46NGet 10% on all image packs. Expires on 5/31/2012 ThinkStock Review There are millions of premium images to choose from at Thinkstock. There are also image packs which you can download. Here, you can download one image and use it again and again. You can choose the flexible billing for a year which is…

• Photos.com Coupon

  Tony Soh

  24 Apr 2012 | 9:47 am

  Photos.com coupon promo code gives you more savings on image packs! Photos.com is a co-company of Getty Images. Since 2003, they have been a resource of images that made impact on the viewer. They offer royalty-free photos which area affordable. There is flexible photo subscription or plans like single images packs in very attractive prices. Choose from millions of photographs taken by professionals. Photos.com Coupon Code for May 2012 FMFPC46NGet 10% Discount When You Buy a New Image Pack. Expires on 31 May 2012. GRKPC46NGet 15% Discount When You Buy a New Subscription. Expires on 30 June…

• Premium Tutorial: Vector Headphone

  Chinthaka Sandaruwan

  16 Apr 2012 | 9:00 am

  This tutorial will take you through the process of creating a classy headset step by step. Most of the process is based on Gradient Mesh tool. And this tutorial will show how to use the Gradient Mesh tool effectively and also some tips on creating raster effects like Gaussian blur. Difficulty: Intermediate – Advanced tutorial Requirements: Adobe Illustrator What will you get? Instant download of PDF e-book (34 pages, 13 steps) Comes with Ai file for easy reference Detailed step by step tutorial to create a photorealistic headphone Tutorial Screenshots: [The article is for Premium…

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• Quick Tip: How to Create Metal Chair Using Gradient on Strokes in Adobe Illustrator CS6

  Iaroslav Lazunov

  16 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Adobe Illustrator CS6 has a new feature which is called Gradient on Strokes. It is the first time since Adobe Illustrator’s creation we have an opportunity to apply the gradient fills to the strokes. There are two more types of the gradient fills beside the linear and radial gradient fills. I think this feature has lots of creative potential. Let’s examine the gradient on strokes in more detail and figure out how to use it. Step 1 Create a path without a fill but with the stroke wide enough for our experiments. Apply a black-and-white linear gradient to the path. Open the Gradient…

• Kickstart Guide to Breaking into Freelance Illustration

  Sharon Milne

  16 May 2012 | 8:51 am

  A career in freelance illustration is much more than drawing pretty pictures. As much as you’d like to spend the entire day sitting in front of Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, you’ll also need to learn about selling yourself, keeping your portfolio fresh and, all the admin work we love to hate. Join us over at FreelanceSwitch as we introduce you to five talented freelance illustrators, sharing the incredibly useful advice they have about the industry!

• Create Your Own Leather Texture Using Adobe Illustrator

  Andrei Marincas

  16 May 2012 | 7:00 am

  In this tutorial I will show you how to create a leather texture of different colors using Adobe Illustrator. This is a basic tutorial to follow and will take around thirty minutes to complete. You can use this vector texture in your artwork when you need to add a leather texture. Let’s get started. Step 1 Create a new document with File > New (Command + N). Step 2 Use the Rectangle Tool (M) to create a square with the settings shown below. Set the stroke to none, color it with RGB (R=255, B=255, G=255) and position it to center. Step 3 Go to Effect > Texture > Stained…

• Workshop: Creative T-shirt Project, Round 3

  Kate McInnes

  15 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing the third and final round of the Vectortuts+ Creative T-shirt Project. Check it out at the jump! Create Your Own T-shirt Design, Round 3 The designs are posted in no particular order, but we thought it would be fun to kick things off with some cuddly animals and dinosaurs by Andres! Great work everyone, it’s been fun to see what you’ve come up with. Thankyou to everyone who participated, if you missed the previous designs, check them out in Creative T-shirt Project Round 1 and…

• Interview with Illustrator Tom Percival

  James Andrew

  15 May 2012 | 7:00 am

  Tom Percival is a writer, illustrator and animator who is based in the United Kingdom. He has created the illustrations for the successful Skullduggery book series and his own picture books, Tobias and Home for Mr Tipps. During the following interview, Tom shares his knowledge and experience on working within the creative and publishing industry. Q How did you enter into a career of illustration and what education/experience did you have? I made a conscious decision during 2004 to become an illustrator. Prior to this I was working in a web-based design agency in London. The work that I did…

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• (video) Game of Thrones – Opening Animation

  Ad@m

  1 May 2012 | 9:28 am

  By far, one of the most interesting series to capture attention is Game of Thrones. I wanted to see what all the hype was about, so I started watching Season 1. All I can tell you is that it’s grabbed me right out of the gates. Well written and superb acting. Take a look at [...]

• (video) LEGO – Augmented Reality Retail Displays

  Ad@m

  1 May 2012 | 9:19 am

  Toronto, Canada Yesterday, my daughter pulled me into a Lego Store to show me this incredible retail display that had me playing like a kid. So smart. So innovative, and a perfect match for a product that is anchored in our memories as a brand who believes in creativity. Well done Lego. Basically, you just [...]

• Vectorvault Vector Flickr Group – April 2012

  Ad@m

  23 Apr 2012 | 9:23 pm

  The Vectorvault Flickr Group is on fire. We’re closing in quick on almost 1000 vector artist members from around the world and over 8000 works of vector art! Wow. Every day, the Vectorvualt team tiptoes through the tulips looking for vector artists to feature. Here are just a few works of vector magic that have [...]

• JouJou: A Curious Boutique for Toys and Treats

  Ad@m

  20 Apr 2012 | 3:30 pm

  The Grand America is a luxury hotel in Salt Lake City, UT. With 775 rooms, the 24-story hotel is one of the select few to earn the title of AAA Five Diamond Hotel. Apart from fancy rooms with “Murano crystal chandeliers, handcrafted Richelieu furniture, English wool carpets, Carrera Italian marble, and the finest fabrics,” the [...]

• It’s not checkers. It’s chess.

  Ad@m

  18 Apr 2012 | 10:08 pm

  How you gonna handle it? One of the things that I have learned about my life’s “little disasters”, is that most of the time things are not as bad as the seem. You just have to wait it out. Let things play out. I used to get upset when things didn’t go my way. I [...]

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• The one pager.

  19 Apr 2012 | 1:02 pm

• Improving the setup experience, step-by-step

  13 Feb 2012 | 9:07 am

• Handmade get's the eCommerce treatment

  2 Feb 2012 | 10:04 am

• Time for some Action!

  25 Jan 2012 | 6:16 am

• The new Obox theme prices

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• Montana photo workshop: last chance to register

  Nat Coalson

  10 May 2012 | 2:58 am

  Join us for a summer photo workshop in Montana http://bit.ly/big-timber My only workshop in the US this year.

• New Abstract Photograph: Woodhouse Eaves

  Nat Coalson

  3 Apr 2012 | 6:17 am

  New abstract image from Woodhouse Eaves, England. I’ve produced many new works lately… more online soon!

• Lightroom 4 Book

  Nat Coalson

  9 Mar 2012 | 6:35 am

  My new book on Lightroom 4 is available on Amazon http://amzn.to/lightroom-4-book

• Next photo tour in Montana!

  Nat Coalson

  30 Jan 2012 | 8:50 am

  My next photo workshop is at a working cattle ranch near Big Timber, Montana July 22-28. Details at http://www.BigTimberPhotoAdventures.com/

• New Bocci Lighting

  Nat Coalson

  2 Dec 2011 | 9:56 am

  Today on the Design Milk blog I came across this amazingly beautiful system for designing lighting installations. As an artist and designer, I find this truly inspiring! The Bocci web site is here