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Photoshop CS5 Tutorials: 70+ Creative Tips

Photoshop CS5 Tutorials: 70+ Creative Tips
Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful Photoshop and Illustrator cs5 tutorials from around the web from the month of September 2010. You’ll find everything from Creating an Airport Time Table Type Effect, to Designing a sexy mechanical pinup in Photoshop. So what are you waiting for…why not try one out? Want more articles on useful tutorials? Check out some of my previous post: Amazing Collection Of Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials Photoshop Tutorials: 60+ Hot New Tips 50+ Awesome Must See Photoshop Tutorials (Part1) 60+ Useful Tutorials From Around The Web After Effects Tutorial: 60+ Kick Ass Effects Quick Tip: The Real Deal on Creating Chrome! Quick Tip: The Real Deal on Creating Chrome! How to Make a Wooden Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator How to Make a Wooden Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator Quick Tip: Create an Airport Time Table Type Effect Related:  Photoshop

Blank polaroid frame background Two XXL resolution images of a blank polariod frames. The first one is a three frames group with a soft shadow. And the second one, image of a single blank photo frame. All are on a white background. Can be used as a design element in your design. Resolution: 5000×3750 px Size: 400 KB Format: JPG Color theme: grey, black Keywords: photo frame, empty frames, polaroid frame License: Free for personal use Author: PSD Graphics Download psd source file:

How to create a mysterious poster design with 3d text Today we will learn together how to realize a marvelous poster design using Photoshop and Illustrator. I’ll show you some useful IIlustrator tricks to create the 3D text effect of the piece, then we will switch to Photoshop to complete the scene with textures and color corrections. This tutorial is very simple to follow, so I suggest also to beginners to give a try. Preview: Click on the image for a larger preview Become a Premium Member and get unlimited access to source files and premium resources for only 7$/month. Support resources Step 1 Let’s start from Illustrator. Step 2 We have to duplicate the text “lost” many times horizontally and vertically; a trick for you: go to Effect>Distort&Transform>Transform, enter 20 copies and move the text horizontally for 46pt. Step 3 At this point we need to duplicate the entire line of text vertically. Step 4 Write again the word “lost,” this time increase the font size (around 200pt). Step 5 Step 6 We are ready to give depth to the grid. Step 7 Step 8

Achieving a Vintage Look Through Color Tones in Photoshop CS by Guest Contributor Anna Gay Photographers are often striving for a “vintage” look in their photos, and even though there are endless ways of achieving a vintage look, there are a couple of characteristics to keep in mind. First of all, the color tones in a vintage photo often lean towards either a blue or a red hue, or a cross-processed look. Vintage photos also have an element of noise or grain that can be achieved through textures, and also a certain amount of vignetting around the edges of the photo. In this tutorial, we will look at adjusting color tones and adding vignettes. This photo is the result of adjusting the color curves, adding two vignettes, and a color fill, which we will walk through step-by-step. First, open your photo in Photoshop and make sure your foreground color is set to white in your side tool bar. You will see the above dialogue box. As you can see here, there should be three layers – your Background image, then your two gradient layers.

40 Creative Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials Fonts and typography are the things that can make your site look special and unusual. Fonts play a great role in attracting visitors to your web site and it is very important the way you present the text messages on your pages, especially if you need to highlight some information. And here, using your imagination and Photoshop skills you can achieve really awesome effects. Create a Realistic Emboss/Deboss Effect in Photoshop In the following tutorial, we’ll show you how to use a simple Photoshop technique to create embossed and debossed effects that look so much like the real thing, nobody will be able to tell the difference. Crumpled Paper Textured 3D Text Effect In Photoshop CS5 This tutorial will explain how to create a 3D text in Photoshop CS5 step by step, and will guide you through the many details involved in creating the final result. Leather Text Effect Learn to Create Party Text Effect Create Space Style Text Effect Creating Cardiac Rate Effect with Photoshop Download Download AndrewG

Cool Photoshop Abstract Effect Tutorials « PixelDetail Photoshop is a powerful tool that belongs in any designers toolbox. Abstract works is a mysterious of web design header, beautiful photo effects, vibrant desktop backgrounds or it can be beautiful art. One of the most unique and creative things you can accomplish with Photoshop are abstract effects. In order to save your time, I have collected some of the best Photoshop abstract effect tutorials of all time. 1. In this tutorial, you will learn a simple technique for creating brilliant light streaks. Create Brilliant Light Streaks in Photoshop 2. In the tutorial, writer will show you the steps I took to create this glowing Floral Pattern in Photoshop. Simple Glowing Floral Pattern in Photoshop 3. In this tutorial you will learn that how to create a beautiful and extraordinary effect with some simple steps. Special Purple Lighting 4. This Vista Lighting Effect, sometimes referred to as the Aurora Effect, can really transform an ordinary wallpaper to something extraordinary. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

100+ Must Check Tutorials for Creating a Logo in Photoshop Photoshop is nowadays a must have application for every PC. Photoshop can help you build any type of Typography or digital piece of art. In todays post I’ve focused my attention on creating logo designs for your company or website. It is a pretty simple thing to do and actually it can be realized in a short amount of time. All you need to do actually is to know some few basics in Photoshop designing. The today’s article contains lots of tutorials which were created by top photoshop designers and you will see lots of 3D Typography , classic and minimalist logo designs, creative vectors, popular brand logos and also tons of colorful and modern Photoshop logo designs. I almost forgot to tell you that this is our 100th article posted on W3Mag. 12 Cool HQ Fractal Photoshop Brushes 37 Great Online Photoshop Alternatives A very well designed logo created by Adobe Tutorialz dot com website. A great looking soramedia logo created using transparency. Designing a Ying Yang Logo in Photoshop.

The Ultimate Collection Of Useful Photoshop Actions Creating the Sky Logo In this tutorial, I will be explaining a very simple and straightforward way of creating Sky's latest logo. We will be using layer styles and adjustment layers to achieve a transparent glass effect, which will come in handy for many other graphics too. I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 to create the outcome to this tutorial, but certainly earlier versions of the program will also be entirely suitable. This tutorial requires no advanced knowledge of Photoshop, and should be easy for everyone to follow. The outcome of the tutorial is shown below: If the Sky Logo isn’t what you are looking for have a look in the Sidebar or follow this Photoshop Logo Tutorial link for some more logo tutorials Step One: Firstly, you will need to download the font that is used to create the sky logo. Step Two: Create a new document with a white background at a size measuring 500 x 300 pixels. You should now have something that looks like this: Step Three: This is where the fun begins! Depth: 225% Size: 4px Step Four:

50 Free Photoshop Brush Sets for Modern Design By Jacob Gube Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross were right when they sang, “the best things in life are free”. There are many talented designers out there who choose to help the community by providing free and useful Photoshop brush sets that you can download and use on your artwork. In this collection, you’ll find over 50 free Photoshop brush sets for current design trends and styles such as vintage, retro, grunge, hand-drawn, swirls, and nature-inspired. Note: It’s important to read the fine-print – some designers require attribution or have special requirements for commercial use. Vintage and Retro Darger-esque Download (Volume 1) | Download (Volume 2) (downloads no longer working). Girls in Trouble & Rebel Teens Download Transportation Part 1 Download Vintage Stamps Download Old Photo Frame Brushes Download Vienna Brushes Download Alex Dukal Photoshop Stamp Brushes Download Newspaper Ads From The 60’s Download Rusty 80’s Arcades Download Dot Splatter Download 36 Vector Brushes Download Download Grunge Doodles

Create a Vibrant 3D Pixel Type Treatment In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a fun 3D pixel font type treatment. Using a free font, gradients, and Illustrator 3D filter, you will easily create a type treatment that you can apply to many other fonts. Video Tutorial The VECTORTUTS editor Sean Hodge has created this video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Step 1 Download the 04b_03 font from Dafont and install it on your system. Step 2 Create a new document and type out some text with the Text Tool (T) and apply the 04b_03 font. Step 3 Change the color of the type to an orange so we can see the shading effect when we use the Extrude and Bevel Filter, but we will be changing the color later. Step 4 With the outline text selected go to Filter > Effect > 3D > Extrude and Bevel to open up the 3D Extrude & Bevel Options dialog. Step 5 With the 3D text selected, go to Object > Expand Appearance. Step 6 Use you Magic Wand Tool (Y) and click on the lightest orange color. Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13

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