Business Card Design Project Walkthrough. This post was originally published in 2009 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. I recently worked on a business card design project and thought it would be a great opportunity to use the work as a base for a walkthrough of the design process. The project was for James Clarkson; a driving instructor working out of Tadcaster near York with his business, Visibility Driving Tuition. I really enjoy working with James, and with a high level of creative freedom on his projects the design process is really fun! Let’s look back at my process for creating the final concept of his business card, resulting in the finished printed product.
This business card project follows on from the initial logo design that was created a couple of months back. A new Illustrator document was created at the size of 88mm by 55mm, the standard size of business cards at the print firm I use. Before placing any text or content on the card, a set of guides were placed. Each file was then saved as an EPS. 40 Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting and Abstract Effects | Vande. 35 Photoshop Tutorials Inspired by Apple. Apple and its innovative products and marketing are the focus of some excellent design tutorials for Photoshop.
Since I kept seeing tutorials inspired by the iPhone and iPod, I decided to compile the best tutorials of this kind that I could uncover. Here are 35 for those of you who can’t get enough of Apple. Looking for hosting? WPEngine offers secure managed WordPress hosting. You’ll get expert WordPress support, automatic backups, and caching for fast page loads. Visit WPEngine. Photoshop Tutorials - Adding Sunlight Through The Trees. Written by Steve Patterson. In this Photoshop Effects tutorial, we’re going to learn how to add beams of sunlight through trees, which is not only a great way to make an image look more interesting, it’s also a lot easier to do than you might think, as we’ll see. We’ll even finish things off by making the sunbeams appear to be shining on the ground after they pass through the trees, which adds more realism to the final effect.
Here’s the image I’ll be starting with in this Photoshop tutorial: The original image. And here’s what it will look like after we add our sunbeams: The final result. Let’s get started. Step 1: Find The Color Channel With The Highest Contrast With our image open in Photoshop, the first thing we need to do is find out which of our three color channels (Red, Green and Blue) contains the highest amount of contrast. The Channels palette in Photoshop. Click on the Red channel first and you’ll see your image turn black and white. Step 2: Make A Copy Of The Channel.