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How to Color Inked Line Art in Photoshop. In this Photoshop tutorial, I’m going give you a general overview of how I digitally color an illustration. We’ll go over scanning, cleaning, flatting, coloring, rendering, and texturing techniques. There’s just as many ways to coloring a drawing digitally as there is to painting a picture. This tutorial won’t focus on any specific way to blend or choose colors; we’ll assume you have knowledge of the basics.

Preview Click the image below to see it in full size. Step 1: Scanning Your Inks In this tutorial, I’m going to use my own illustration. Make sure you are scanning in black and white. Step 2: Isolating the Line Art Now that we have our image scanned, open it in Adobe Photoshop. Press Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/Option + 2 (for Photoshop CS4 and up) or Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/Option + ~ (for Photoshop CS3 and below). Tip: I encourage you to know and use Photoshop shortcut keys; it saves a lot of time. Then press Delete to remove the selected white areas, leaving us with just the line art on this layer. 30 Worth Learning Text Effect Tutorials in Photoshop. There are a lot of new and spectacular text effects tutorials created every now and then. Many people found text effects as one of the most interesting thing to do in Photoshop.

We have decided to collect those best tutorials that could help and inspire you to create your own text effects techniques. For those who like text effects, this collection is a great guide to create your own and learn some tips. There is no limitation of creativity in terms of presenting your own text effects or Typography.

Here some of the best and most recent Tutorials on Text Effects in Photoshop that we found on the web to help you stay up to date on the latest trends and techniques.. How to Create an Abstract Wireframe Text Effect This tutorial is good for beginners wherein you will know how to create an abstract wireframe text effect. Create Creepy, Branch Based Typography This tutorial demonstrates how to create some creepy typography created out of winter branches. Create Animal Textured Typography. Playing with Displace Filter in Photoshop.

I have been playing a lot with the Displace filter in Photoshop and I still get impressed with how powerful it is. Even though I have written some tutorials using it, I decided to try to recreate a different effect that I saw in one of the images submitted for the Daily Inspiration. It was a brick wall deformed like it was made of cloth. So in this tutorial, or a quick-tips I will show you how to create a curtain made of bricks or how to deform a brick wall as it was a curtain. To do that we wil use a few stock photos, layer adjustments and the Displace filter in Photoshop CS5.

The technique is pretty simple and the tutorial won't take you more than 30 minutes to go through it. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. Step 2 Let's import another image, now of a girl opening the curtains. Step 3 With the Lasso Tool (L) or the Pen Tool (P) select the empty white. Step 5 Now select the hands/arms of the girl and the curtains. Step 6 Step 7 Go to Layer>Layer Mask>Hide Selection. Step 8. 100+ Free High Resolution Photoshop Brush Sets.

May 26 2011 Designers all over the world are on a constant search to find useful Photoshop brushes. This is because they know having a good collection of Photoshop brushes can save them in their time of need. Although there are countless brush sets are available for Adobe Photoshop that make finding Brush sets an easier task. But to find high quality brush sets, you have to browse through tons of web pages – a tedious task. So, here we are showcasing a beautiful collection of 100+ high-quality Photoshop Brushes that every designer must have. Speak your mind… Tell us what you think about this post. Your comments are always more than welcome! Light Effect Photoshop Brush Sets These particular types of brush sets let you add lighting effects to your designs such as streaks and flares. Fantasy Lighting Brush Kit Light Swirls Brushes Galactic Brushes Unreal Brushes Nova Equinox Brushes Beser Brushes Light Streaks Brushes Vander90 Abstraction Party Brushes Glow Brushes I Abstract Photoshop Brush Sets Trees.

External Tip – 10 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials You Should See. In this category we want to give you an advice to other great sites, where you can get a lot of very useful information, inspirations and materials. Here I collected 10 great Photoshop tutorials, which can help you to expand your skills. Create a Devastating Tidal Wave in Photoshop Create Quick Particle Effect on Photo via Custom Brush Options in Photoshop Create a Surreal Upside Down Mountain Painting in Photoshop Business Man – Awesome Black & White Tutorial Create A Human/Robot Hybrid In Photoshop Create a Vintage Memorabilia Poster Design a Awesome Supernatural Dark Scene with Fiery Effect in Photoshop How to Create Cityscape Concept Art Create a Water Girl Photo Manipulation Mixing with Splatter Brushes in Photoshop Create a Nebula Cosmolady in Photoshop – Tutorial. 50 Photoshop Tricks for a Fast-Paced Work Environment.

Are you a designer on a deadline? If you are, then I’m sure you can recall the last time you thought to yourself, “if I had a little more time, I could…” what? Polish that button? Find a better hero image? Reevaluate that color palette? Take some time to do a little more QA? The truth is, however, that we designers will always be looking for more time to polish the one pixel that got away. Of course, since our go-to design tool in the office is Photoshop, we thought we’d share with you 50 simple Photoshop tricks and shortcuts we love using that can help trim excess spent time in your workflows.

Important Note: The following require Photoshop CS5 and a Mac OS X. The Usual Keyboard Shortcut Suspects Memorize these shortcuts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.Keyboard shortcuts for flipping foreground and background (X): Use this to switch between your current foreground and background colors located in your toolbar. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Customized Must-Have Keyboard Shortcuts 11. 12. 13. Photoshop, the Word Processor. Making Complex Selections in Photoshop. Free Photoshop Brushes - Brushes | FBrushes - Part 16.

Best Collection of Adobe Photoshop Tutorials. Photoshop. 30 Christmas Holiday PSD & AI Flyer Templates The success of any event, being it a show, a sale, a party or a simple get-together, often depends on how well you can promote it. These flyers are diverse and eye-catching examples of promotional materials created for events that take place during the holiday season. 45 CV Resume Templates That Will Get You Hired You could make your resume in Microsoft word. Draw a few columns, write the text you need, hit tab a few times and press enter a few times.

You’re finished. Now you can relax and send your resume to all the employers you wish to work for. 24 Really Cool Photoshop Actions To Enhance Photography Photoshop actions are the best — they save time and make you more productive during post-processing. 110 Free PSD Web Design Elements Looking for some nice and high-quality web design elements? 80 Helpful Photoshop & Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials 80 Random Best Photoshop Brushes 100 Adobe Photoshop Wallpaper Tutorials.

25 Mind Blowing Text Effects Photoshop Tutorials. Laurie McCanna's complete list of Photoshop tutorials.