Adobe Illustrator Shortcuts. If you liked my previous article on Photoshop shortcuts, you’ll probably find this post useful. Here are 26 Illustrator shortcuts that can help you to speed up productivity. I use most of them (in fact, I can’t work without them). Most of shortcuts listed in this article aren’t documented in the software, so keep reading and you’re sure to find at least one new trick to put up your sleeve.
Enjoy! Note: this article is written in Mac Illustrator CS3 format. If you are using PC, Cmd key = Ctrl key and Opt = Alt. Change the Unit Setting You can quickly change the Artboard unit measurement setting by right-clicking on the ruler. If you are interested in learning more Illustrator stuffs, try my Illustrator tutorials. Complex and Sophisticated Lettering Designs Photoshop Tutorials. Lettering design is probably the area in which artists have most noticeable pushed Photoshop to the limits. Designers such as Tony Ariawan, Alex Beltechi, or Nik Ainley have been contributing lately to the Photoshop community with tutorials explaining how they create their excellent work of art.
This is a compilation of the best of lettering design tutorials created using Photoshop with the assistance, in some cases, of other illustration and 3d software. Photoshop Lettering Design Tutorials How to create a richly ornate typographic illustration Design a Refreshing Natural Text Effect with Leaves and Wood Texture in Photoshop Awesome milk typography in Photoshop 3d text and paint effects in Illustrator and Photoshop Cool Neon Text Effect Create Destructive Black and White Lettering with a Dramatic Splash Effect Text effect with pattern overlay Create smoke text in Photoshop Smoke text effect in Photoshop A new way to create 3D text Create a dream design 3d typography 3d type using only Photoshop.
25 Tutorials to Build Up Your Design Skills - Designer Blog Designer Blog. One of the best ways to improve and build upon your design skills is by using tutorials — short, instructional guides that teach techniques so you can craft great designs. We’ve collected 25 of our favorite tutorials from across the web to help you practice your skills. These skills include: Programs: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesignLogo, Web, App, Icons, Print and Packaging, TshirtTypography, Grids, 3-D, Opacity, Gradients, Masks, Patterns, Layout, Color Management, Brushes, Meshes, Textures, Bleeds and Margins, and more. Logo Create Isometric Grid-Based 3D Lettering Programs: IllustratorLevel: IntermediateSkills: Typography, Grids, Creating 3D Objects Simple Organic Shapes the Illustrator Way Programs: IllustratorLevel: BeginnerSkills: Opacity, Duplication, Masks Creating a Crazy Cool Logo Programs: IllustratorLevel: IntermediateSkills: Typography, Shading, Gradient, Transformations Create a Clean Retro Badge in Adobe Illustrator Web Watercolored Design Studio Blog Layout App Icon Print.
60+ Creative Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials. The use of text effect is a very crucial aspect of designing no matter what you are designing a logo or a banner. Beautiful text effects always attract onlookers’ attention and deliver the message in a better way. In this post, we are featuring some very useful and creative Photoshop text effect tutorials that will guide you step by step on how to create visually alluring and appealing text effects using Photoshop. It is the time to see for yourself how easy these tutorials are to follow. Enjoy! Smooth Glass Type Design a Golden Flame Text Effect in Photoshop How to Create an Ice Text Effect with Photoshop Create Smoke Text Ridiculously Realistic Scorching Fire Effect!
Colorful Plexi Text Effect Floral 3D Text Effect Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop Advanced Glow Effects Create Colorful Ornamental Text Swirl Text Logo Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text Colorful Light Burst Text Design a Skin-Textured Typography Scene Incredible Typographic Illustration Bling Bling text. 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. Separating Complex Objects from Background. Welcome to PhotoshopStar.com! If you find this site useful, you might want to subscribe to our free newsletter for updates on our new Photoshop Tutorials and Articles. You can find a lot of tutorials how to separate complex objects from the background. But I would like to invite your attention to another one unique simple tutorial how to achieve the desired effect in just a few steps. I got this method by experimenting. In the beginning you should find some appropriate picture to work with. You can use Google Images or also feel free to use mine picture. Apply Filter > Extract with similar settings to these: This is where we start to extract the image first of all zoom into the image with Zoom Tool so you can clearly see the outline and set the brush size to a suitable size and then simply draw around the outline of the woman’s hairstyle with Edge Highlighter Tool.
After that create a new layer under and fill it with color of #aed2da. Now, move to the next step. Advanced Day-to-Night Photoshop Tutorial. In this tutorial I will teach you how to edit in photo in Lightroom and Photoshop to dramatically alter its appearance and mood. We’ll change a broad daylight scene into a night-time one, lit by a street lamp. I’ll also take the opportunity to describe some non-destructive editing techniques in Photoshop. Below you can see the ‘before’ and ‘after’: Day to night conversion: before and after The original, straight from the camera image is mind-numbingly dull; it’s the very definition of dullness. The overcast day had the advantage of decreased contrast and a complete lack of shadows, allowing me a wide range of editing.
Creating the light/dark versions First thing, I created two Virtual Copies in Lightroom: Same image with different WB settings As you can see above, the altered versions are already better — especially the “night” one, dark and moody. Mixing light and dark Having exported the two versions as 16bit TIFF (for maximum quality), I opened both of them in Photoshop. Adding the glow. The Ultimate Photoshop Toolbox. Sep 07 2010 For years now, whenever designers have been asked about their go-to program for image editing and creation, one of the top answers that comes back, is Adobe Photoshop.
Its generations of evolution has centered around the growth of any number of digital imaging professionals and has made this software giant a staple in the graphic design community. Since so many of us find this tool in our design arsenals, we thought we would put together a post that would have you get the most out of this dynamic imaging program. Below is a collection of invaluable Photoshop resources from the online community that runs the proverbial gamut of available PS content. From toolkits full of templates, shapes, gradients, brushes, and so much more, to individual resource downloads of informative PDFs, usable PSDs, and other content galore, this post has everything you will need to amp up your Photoshop toolbox. Websites Web Designer’s Toolkit is a valuable resource for Photoshoppers indeed. Brushes. 100 Best Photoshop Tutorials From 2009.
If your anything like me i use Photoshop near enough every day weather I’m cropping images or designing a poster for a client, i’m always on the hunt for new Photoshop tutorials in order to help expand my knowledge and to learn new Photoshop techniques. This is a compilation of 100 best photoshop tutorials from 2009. The collection of tutorials feature text effects, illustration, web designs, photo effects and much more every aspect of Photoshop every designer should look into learning showcased all within one post.
The Creative Nerds team also run another blog called Design Chair which features the best Photoshop tutorials, illustrator tutorials and resources for designers worth checking out if you have some spare all want to search for a specific design tutorial. I hope you enjoy this article and let us know in the comments which is your favourite tutorial featured within this post. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 3D Typography in Photoshop 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.