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50 Stunning Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials - Smashing Magazine. Photoshop’s text and layer tools can be used to create some really awesome effects. We’ve put together a list of 60 of the best tutorials we could find to help you stay up to date on the latest trends and techniques. You’ll find some really cool grunge and glass styles (plus a few surprises!) And learn how some of the best designers create their unique effects. Courtesy: LemonDesign1 Instead of listing 100 plus tutorials that you’ll bookmark never to come back, we’ve decided to take you through the basics of typography, hopefully inspiring and then teaching you.

Typography is an art just like any other. You may want to take a look at the following related posts: Introduction to Typography Link Typography is the art of arranging type, designing type, and modifying type glyphs. Here are some resources to give you further insight: The Wisest Mind Has Something Yet to Learn Link And we, too, never stop being inspired, learning and creating: How to Choose the Right Type Link Go Crazy with 3D Link. 50 Most Impressive Photoshop Tutorials of 2011. Photoshop has the ability to read and write raster and vector image formats. Photoshop has ties with other Adobe software for media editing, animation, and authoring.

Photoshop’s primary strength is as a pixel-based image editor, unlike vector-based image editors. However, Photoshop also enables the creation, incorporation, and manipulation of vector graphics through its Paths, Pen tools, Shape tools, Shape Layers, Type tools, Import command, and Smart object functions. There are thousands of thousands of Photoshop tutorials created by talented designers around the world every year.

Here we have collected the most impressive and most useful Photoshop Tutorials of 2011. I am sure you guys will find them useful too. Create a Super Running Motion Scene It is difficult to present motion scenes in a picture because it is not like movie. Create a Fantastic Batman Symbol in Sky If you are batman fans, you will be interested in this tutorial. Design a Fabulous Science Fiction Movie Poster. 50 Really High Quality Photoshop Navigation Menu Tutorials. While waiting our SEO series to come out, I showcased for you pretty huge and comprehensive navigation, menu and button tutorial article.

All of those tutorials are selected carefully just featuring here, the most high quality ones. Navigation is very important aspect in every web-design, because it is usually the place where people will click the most as well as notice creative and usable buttons. Really all we need is to get visitor remember our site! To complete and sharpen you need to use Photoshop here, actually version doesn’t matter, I am sure everything can be completed in any of PS previous versions too! Let’s get started and learn how to create shiny, clean, stylish, glossy or even 3D navigation menus! Hope you will enjoy this article! 1.Content Box With Orange Banner Heading In this tutorial you will learn how to create a content box similar to the ones used on this site, where the corners are rounded and the heading has a 3D effect. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

High-Detailed Plastic Navigation Bar | Photoshop Tutorials - Photoshop Effects - Tutorial Park. Photo Strip (Photoshop Tutorial) This is a Photoshop tutorial on how to create a beautiful photo film strip, as seen in Apple's iLife package design ('06 version) and DigitalMash website. The warp tool will be used to create the twisting effect (so, you need Photoshop CS2 or above to complete this tutorial). With the completion of this tutorial, you will be able build a photo strip with your own photos or artwork. Don't miss out this fantastic feature!

View Final Image Download Photoshop File 1. Create a Strip (Vector Shapes) First, create a strip with the Pen tool (either in Photoshop or Illustrator). 2. Choose 3 photos of your choice and stack them together. 3. Adjust the layer opacity to 40 or 50% so you can see the guideline underneath. Repeat this step for the rest of the strip. 4. Organize the layers into groups (ie. strip 1, 2, 3, 4). Load selection from the shapes you created in step 1 and add a layer mask for each group (so you get a perfect smooth curve). 5. In masked group 1, create a new layer above the strip. Create a Fiery Face Explosion. Final Image As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating: Images Used The following images were used in the making of this tutorial: Step 1 Go to and save the image to your computer.

Go to Image and then Image Size and enter 1400 in the Width box. Step 2 Duplicate the original layer and go to Image, Adjustments, Hue/Saturation and enter these settings. Step 3 Go to and copy and paste this image into your document and name this layer fire. Set the Layer Style for this layer to Screen. There are a couple of imperfections on the fire image so select the Eraser and use a small, soft edged brush to get rid of these areas. Before: After: Step 4 Grab the Lasso Tool and select this area of the flames. Now go to Edit, Transform, Warp. Step 5 Step 6 Change the layer style to Screen. Step 7. Tutorial photoshop - Photoshop tutorial - Fire Lines Photoshop Tutorial | Anothera™ Creating Smoke. Electrifying Energy Beams - Luxa - Photoshop Tutorials, Videos, Brushes, Tips & Tricks. Here's a great effect that will bring some energy to your subject. We'll be wrapping this singer's arm with a glowing beam of light, adding sparkles, and adjusting the colors to make it all seem magical.

Firstly, create a new layer, then grab your Pen Tool (P) and draw out a spiraling path, as if you have a snake wrapped around the arm. Now you need to delete the parts you want hidden behind the arm. With your stroke layer selected, choose "Add layer mask" at the bottom of the Layers Palette. Right click on your stroke layer and choose Blending Options. Make a copy of your stroke layer and right click on the Layer Effects icon. We're now going to make a secondary stroke to create another level of motion.

Our energy beam is nearly there. For the last part of this effect, we'll add one more layer of shimmer. Now select your background photo layer and apply a Plastic Wrap filter, found in your Artistic filters. Back Home.