Web 2.0 Glossy Gradient Box Photoshop Tutorial. Web 2.0 Button/Box This very sleek box can either be used to place in content or as a website button. 1. First, create a new 266 x 150 canvas2. Next, click on your custom shape tool (for a short cut, click "U")( )3. 5. 6. Exact information as below: This is what you should get: 7. . - Size: 10 px - Position: Outside - Blend Mode: Normal - Opacity: 100% - Color: White 8. Fill in the same properties: This should be your result: 9. ) and draw an arc similar to the one below (make sure you connect the font so it fills). 10. End result should look like: Try adding a background for a nicer look: Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop. This past Friday was the Abduzeedo meetup here in my hometown of Porto Alegre. It was really cool, we had a lot of fun and a lot of beers! When I was leaving I noticed the neon sign outside the pub and it really inspired me to create a tutorial on how to acheive that type of effect in Photoshop.
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a nice light effect in Photoshop. We will use Layer Styles and Blend Modes to simulate a neon text effect. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. Step 2 With the texture layer selected go to Image>Adjustments>Hue and Saturation. Step 3 Add a new layer and go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Step 4 Import the logo you want to use for the neon effect. Step 5 Follow the images below for the settings of the Layer Style. Step 6 This will be the result you will get after the layer style. Step 7 Duplicate the layer with the layer styles to make the effect a bit stronger, but reduce the opacity to 50%. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Conclusion Download the Photoshop file.
Remove White Using Channels | Photoshop Basics. This tutorial works really well for anyone into photo manipulation because in this tutorial we are going to take a photograph with a white background and turn it into a transparent background without having to trace all around the object with the pen tool. So ok we start off with a photo that was taken with a white background as I have below. We will select the hold image by clicking Ctrl + A, then Ctrl + C to copy the image. Now we will go into the Channels bar located in the pull down menu under windows on the top of Photoshop if you don't already have it up.
Then click on the click on the Create new Channel at the bottom of the channels bar and click Ctrl + V to paste the image info this new channel layer. Now click Ctrl + I to invert the black and white image. This will make it so the colored parts of the object are selectable with you will see further down. Brush Set Three: 45 More Subtle Grunge Brushes. Product/Business Style Layout. Web 2.0 Professional Blog Layout Tutorial. Design A Minimalist Designs in Photoshop by Aaron Nichols. Your ads will be inserted here by AdSense Now!. Please go to the plugin admin page to paste your ad code. I am proud to be releasing this tutorial for the readers today! I will be walking you through the simple process of creating a minimalistic profile design in Photoshop.
Just to be clear I am using Photoshop CS5 so a few of the steps may not work exactly the same. As always here is what we will be creating: Resources Zrnic Font: Android Icons: Getting Started Start out by creating a new document that is 1100×1150. Now, we will set up our top area, and focus on the space before our first guide for a little while. Create a new layer and fill it with black. Alright, grab the font we downloaded earlier. Top Menu Alright, that’s it for our simple logo. We will be setting up another quick guide for our naviagation. Grab your rounded rectangle tool and set its radius to 15px, with white selected as your foreground color. Slider. Awesome digital bokeh effect in Photoshop. Our last Wallpaper of the Week was an image I had created using Pixelmator, and I really liked the outcome. The best part about it was that it was pretty easy to accomplish in Pixelmator, but I decided for perspective's sake to create the same effect in Photoshop.
The process is easy as well, but with a few extra steps. As in the previous tutorial, I will show you how to create a digital bokeh effect, but this time in Photoshop. The process is very easy and we will be using the super powerful Brush Engine, one of the coolest things in Photoshop. Step 1 Create a new document in Photoshop. Step 2 Select the Ellipse Tool (U), and create a circle. Step 3 Select the ellipse and go to Edit>Define Brush. Step 4 Go to Window>Brushes (F5). Step 5 Before we start painting our bokehs let's create a new layer and fill it with a colorful gradient.
Step 6 Let's create a new Folder in our Layer Palette. Step 7 Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Step 8 Create another layer and paint more brushes. Step 9 Conclusion. How a Simple Layout Can Be Mixed ‘n’ Matched with Patterns, Photos and Backgrounds. It's pretty amazing how much colour and background can change the look and feel of a website. In this tutorial we're going to put together a quick, simple but effective layout and then create variations using backgrounds, photos and patterns. We'll also look at how to make seamless tiled backgrounds out of a photo, methods for ending a single photo and simple ways to create pixel patterns.
In short it's a jam packed tutorial! Step 1 - Creating the Basic Layout So our first task is to design a layout for our page. Now I should point out in reality I didn't actually draw out this set of boxes quite like this. Step 2 - Fleshing it out So that layout is our bones, now we need to flesh it out with some dummy content and a colour scheme. As you can see I haven't done anything really amazing here, just placed the elements on the page fairly neatly and evenly.
Note that these are just rough guides and I actually just work by eye until things look right. Step 3 - Polishing and Adding Some Style. How to Make a Creative Blog Layout. In this tutorial, we'll make a creative blog layout using mostly simple shapes, a few brush techniques, some images, and a dose of Photoshop ingenuity. Creating web design layouts is easier than you may think. You can learn to build attractive designs rapidly.
Creating this design will take less than two hours and you'll learn some professional tips along the way. Let's get started! Final Image Preview Take a look at the image we'll be creating. Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Photoshop CS4Difficulty: IntermediateEstimated Completion Time: 1.5 hours Resources To complete this tutorial you need to download the 960 Grid System. Step 1 Open the "960_grid_12_col.psd" template in Photoshop. Step 2 Select the background layer and press Command + J. Step 3 Now hide the Grid because to see the design better. Step 4 For this navigation bar add the following layer styles. Step 5 Using the same tool (Rounded Rectangle Tool) create another shape and fill it with the color: #001424.
Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9. How to Create a Highly Detailed Hi-Tech Power Button. With this tutorial we will create a hi-tech style button that can be used in splash pages, applications or Powerpoint presentations. We will use Illustrator to create complex vectors and Photoshop to develop realistic effects. Step 1 Using Illustrator we create a rectangle with the size shown. With the Rectangle tool we click on the work area and a window will appear that will allow us to determinate the exact sizes for the object.
I recommend to set Illustrator preferences using pixels as measure unit. Step 2 We place a guide as a reference for horizontal alignment. Step 3 Now we select this new anchor point and take it higher than the line and we separate the lower anchor point from each other to obtain an object with this approximated shape. Step 4 With the anchor point handles we use the upper point as an axis for a soft curve. Step 5 Now we have to get two more objects that will integrate a three point object. Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 We unite these objects into one. Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12. How to Turn a Texture into a Seamlessly Tiled Background. Tiled backgrounds are great for both website backgrounds and in all kinds of Photoshop work.
They are particularly useful when working with textures where you need a larger overall background than the small image you have to work with. In this quick tutorial I'll take you through taking a texture and turning it into a background image ready for seamless tiling. It's a useful little technique that's been around forever. We need this technique for today's other tutorial - How a Simple Layout Can Be Mixed 'n' Matched with Patterns, Photos and Backgrounds. Why you can't just tile any old photo So in this tutorial we want to create a tiled background of a grass texture. Which we can use. Step 1 So the first step is to grab the main image and then crop into a section that doesn't have the really dark corner patches. Step 2 Here is our segment. So just grab the Dodge Tool (O) and with a large soft brush, just gently brush over the left and right edges to lighten them up a shade. Step 3 Step 4.
9 Photoshop Editing Tips Web Developers Should Know. There are quite a few reasons why having basic Photoshop skills beyond slicing PSD’s to XHTML/CSS is essential to any web developer. I have discussed some of those reasons in this article on my blog, but to make a long story short, there are times when you just need to do minor image editing tasks but don’t want to hassle your web designer for it. Here are common tasks and processes that web developers often need to deal with when working on a web design/web interface using Photoshop. 1. Changing the background color of an icon As a web developer, one of the most common tasks I encounter is changing the background color of an icon or making its background transparent.
Let’s take an RSS icon for example. When you finally find the "perfect” icon, you sometimes need to modify it. If the image is in GIF format, I recommend converting it to PNG because they’re similar, but PNGs will usually be smaller in file size. (See a guide on how to save images for the web.) 1. 2. 1. 2. 2. 1. 2. 3. 3. 4. 1. 30 Brilliant Photoshop Lighting Effects Tutorials. A current trend in design is adding lighting effects to enhance your digital art. In this article, you’ll find 30 dazzling lighting techniques that you can use to add a bit of sparkle into your work. Expressive lighting effects Engulf photo subjects with glowing lights by following along this top-notch tutorial. Adding Light Streaks to A Photo Add light streaks to photos using Photoshop’s Pen Tool and some simple Layer styles. Super Slick Dusky Lighting Effects in Photoshop Enhance your photos with a surreal light effect via this excellent tutorial.
Lighting Effects in Photoshop Enhance your photos by using the Liquify and Gaussian Blur Filters to lighting effects. How to Create Intense Light Streaks in Photoshop In this tutorial, you’ll learn how introduce light streaks around your artwork’s subjects. The Ocean Girl Photo Effect Learn how to create a brilliant and dreamy scene in this excellent Photoshop tutorial. Luminescent Lines Add Another Dimension A Cool Lighting Effect In Photoshop. 40 Useful Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials. Adobe Photoshop is the industry-standard when it comes to creating web page layouts. Photoshop’s versatility, robust set of tools, and excellent workflow management make it the web designer’s preferred application when creating designs for the web.
In this collection, you’ll find 40 high-quality tutorials on creating web layouts from scratch using Photoshop. This article contains a copious variety of tutorials to help you learn and master the various techniques involved in creating beautiful web layouts. 1. Corporate WordPress Style Layout Create a dark, clean, and usable blog style layout. 2. Learn how to create an elaborate and decorative design with paper textures. 3. In this tutorial, you’ll see how to make a clean/grungy layout. 4. This tutorial goes over how to create a dark-themed, classy web design. 5. Learn how to create a simple and modern web layout using Photoshop. 6. In this tutorial, you’ll read a detailed discussion on creating a grungy web design. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. How to Create a Clean Web 2.0 Style Web Design in Photoshop. In this Photoshop web design tutorial, you’ll learn, step-by-step, how to create a stunning and clean web layout. You’ll be using some basic to intermediate-level techniques to build your very own sleek "Web 2.0" style web design that uses the 960 Grid System.
This is a two-part series that will teach you how to create the layout in Photoshop, and then how to convert it to a standards-compliant (X)HTML web design. Final Result Clicking on the image below will take you to the full-scale version of the web layout that we’ll be designing in this tutorial. Setting up the document 1 Create a new document in Photoshop with the dimensions 1200px x 1050px.
Creating the background 2 Now, we will be creating the background. Placing the Grid System into the document 3 On a new layer, create a 960px wide grid – 12 bars, each bar at 60px wide. Making containers for the logo and navigation items 4 We will now be creating the containers for the logo and the navigation items. 9 Duplicate the separator. How to Create a Sleek and Textured Web Layout in Photoshop.
In this Photoshop web design tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a full web page layout that combines the sleek and textured look-and-feel using a combination of beginning to intermediate Adobe Photoshop techniques. Final Result Here’s what you’ll be working to create. You can view the large version here. Download You can download the source files of this tutorial (PSD and stock photos). photoshop_sleek_textured.zip (ZIP file, 9.3 MB) Setting up the Photoshop document and background 1 The first thing we want to do is to create a new document with the dimensions of 1024×1050. 2 The next step is to go ahead and change your background color. 3 Next we want to add a image to our background. 4 Once you have the image on your document, go ahead and lower its opacity to about 82% and it will look something like this: Creating the layout’s header 5 Now lets go ahead and get started on our header. 8 The next step is adding a logo to our header.
Creating the navigation: background Header complete! Tutorials & Articles. Create a Simple Vibrant Light Effect in Photoshop. This post was originally published in 2009 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. Starting away from the computer, we’ll use a few household objects to create some photographic resources. Then follow this Adobe Photoshop tutorial to manipulate the images with various tools and techiques to produce a vibrant design made up of intense light streams effect. My previous How to Create Intense Light Streaks in Photoshop article turned out to become the most popular tutorial here on Blog.SpoonGraphics, so it seems to be quite a hot topic! It makes sense, therefore to take another look at the intense light effects area of design and experiment with a range of techniques to produce our own vibrant artwork. In this article we’ll be starting from scratch, working away from the computer to gather together the resources which we’ll be manipulating later.
To begin, you’d need a couple of items, namely a digital camera some kind of torch. Create a new 4px by 4px document. Create a Vibrant Modern Blog Design in Photoshop. Tech Hosting Layout.