Pimp My Text: Bling Bling With Photoshop » Web Design » SitePoint Blogs Last week I was watching the opening credits of “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here” and I noticed the titles consist of bling bling text getting dropped into the jungle. I’ve also noticed quite a few ads on TV using bling text as Christmas approaches. So today we’ll have a look at how to produce some sparkling silver and diamonds (or diamante) text in Photoshop using layer effects, blending modes and filters. 1. Start off with a new canvas (size 600 x 300 pixels in this example) with a dark gray background. I’m going down the gangsta route here and pimping out SitePoint using a Blackletter font called Divine set in white. 2. 3. 4. Double click on the Gradient to open the Gradient Editor, then choose Silver from the list of gradients. So that’s our silver text in place. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Click OK and your new fancy diamonds will be added to the layer. 11. 12. (Optional). This is one way to produce the bling effect.
Photoshop Tutorials from PhotoshopCAFE -free Photoshop training If you are wanting to learn Photoshop, then you have some to the right place. This is where you will find all our original tutorials written exclusively for PhotoshopCAFE. Rather than focus on abstract things, we focus on core principles and techniques that are practical and can be reused for your day to day work. All the tutorials listed on this page are completely free. Photo Tutorials | Special Effects | Text Effects | Textures | Web Design | Misc Newest Tutorials In this free photoshop tutorial, Colin Smith shows you how to change the color of eyes in a photograph. Changing eye color in Photoshop retouching tutorial In this tutorial, Patrick LaMontagne shows you how to create a custom hair brush in Photoshop, You will learn how to paint real;istic looking hair and fur using these brushes. Painting hair and fur In this tutorial, Colin Smith shows you how to add different types of motion to a slideshow in Photoshop. Add movement to slideshows Create a Cast Shadow in Photoshop Tutorial
Poser tutorial 3D Portraits Photoshop/Bryce 4/5 model/texture For this tutorial you will need a fair understanding of Poser, Bryce 3D and Photoshop, PSP or another painting program. You will also need a UV Mapper from Steve Cox' which you can download free from his Website at: A note to intermediate and advanced users: I tried to make this tutorial as comprehensive and detailed as possible for new users. Please bare this in mind when the explanations seem a bit mundane and repetitive. Selecting the Hair UV Map.Next- Part 2 "Utilizing Photos and Painting in Adobe Photoshop" 1000 Free High Resolution Photoshop Brush Sets - Noupe Design Blog Oct 15 2008 Hundreds of thousands of incredible Adobe Photoshop brush sets are all over the web. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of Photoshop brushes available, you can now add patches of dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artworks and photos to give them an aged, damaged, dreamy or any look you want. Without further ado, we present 1000+ high-Resolution Adobe Photoshop brush sets that will be perfect for any project you may happen to be working on. Important: Licenses of every brush set varies, so be sure to check that information before using them. 1. 1.1 Sidewalk Series Vol. 2 Oil Stains 10 high resolution grungy concrete stains inspired by all the cracks, stains, and spots on the sidewalk and in the street. 1.2 Sidewalk Series Vol. 1 Cracks 6 Excellent high resolution sidewalk cracks to give you a nice grungy texture. 1.3 Cracks Part III 15 brushes made with Photoshop 7.0. 1.4 Urban Decay Photoshop Brushes 1.5 QuadGrunged 1.6 Cracked Brush Set 2. 2.4 Autumn Glory
Photoshop Actions: How to Use them, and how to create your own by Adrienne Cleveland (all rights reserved) This Tip is intended to be a very basic introduction for people wanting to learn how to use actions in Photoshop. We offer Photoshop actions, including some freebies, and this tip will tell you how you can record your own. Using Photoshop actions can make your life easier and help you edit your photos more quickly. Basically, actions are nothing more than a series of normal Photoshop operations recorded so you can run them in sequence quickly, without having to remember just what steps to do, and in what order. The Actions Window Loading Actions There are several methods of loading actions, but we'll talk about two: Using the Photoshop Actions Menu (Windows or Mac) Drag and drop (Windows) Drag and drop (Mac) Running Actions Let's assume that we want to run one of the frame actions from ACsFlexibleFrames. Recording/Creating Actions Re-recording a Step to Change the Default Values A Simple Example
Selections In Photoshop Using Channels By Andrea Michael Using channels is a great way to make precise and intricate selections in Photoshop. There are other ways to make selections, such as the lasso, marquee and paths, but I prefer using channels for two reasons: its easier than the others once you know how to do it, and I feel there is more control over which parts you want to select. Making Selections: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Lighting Effects and Channels Using the above method to make a channel, we can now use it in a fun and easy exercise that can create some very interesting effects. 1. 2. 3. 4. Here is an example of the type of effect that can be created using the process I just detailed. Back to the FARP main page. The collection of art and writing tutorials in the Elfwood Fantasy Art Resource (F.A.R.P.) is a part of Elfwood.The FARP logo was created by Miguel Krippahl (The muscular guy in the FARP-logo) and Thomas F Abrahamsson (The text and general graphic design). All rights reserved.
Useful PSD Files For Your Creativity - Noupe Design Blog Mar 02 2011 PSD files can be used to create beautiful, stunning, vibrant and very creative business cards, icons, characters, website layouts, photo manipulations and much more. With Adobe Photoshop’s convenient interface, even newbies can understand how to work with some of the basic tools and options that this fantastic program has to offer. Please note that all of these files listed below are free of charge, however not all of them are available to be used for both commercial as well as personal use. Magnifa Pro – Zooming Glass PSD Here is a useful PSD file that could be used for peviewing images for zooming some special parts of it: Renders PSD A PSD that contains a collection of free randers that can be used for some abstract design work: Brush Icon PSD This high-quality PSD can be used as an icon for your blog or webpage but as well as an application icon it will also work great: Gas Can PSD This high-detailed gas can PSD can be used just for some specific websites or design works:
Removing Transparency with Brushes Photoshop Tutorial Compatibility: Photoshop 7, CS-CS6, CC Some of ObsidianDawn.com’s older brushes are “image based.” The tutorial has been made with Photoshop in mind, but these principles are all very basic. 1. Once you have it open, make a new layer on top of that background layer. 2. Load the brush set of your choice. 3. 4. This is the layer that we’ll be adding color to. 5. What you’ve done here is selected the leaf brush’s shape. 6. Now choose the paint bucket tool. 7.Select > Deselect to deselect (or CTRL-D on PC, CMD-D on Mac). So, choose the magic wand tool and click anywhere outside the leaf area on the “Colors” layer. 8.Much better, right? But, notice those see-through areas at the base of the leaf, where the leaf’s “vein” is? That’s because of how Photoshop brushes work. Knowing this, all that you have to do now is go back and fill in those holes with white or a color very close to it. 9.To do so, let’s make a new layer beneath those the Color layer. 10.This is what mine looks like now.
The Complete Guide to Creating Photoshop Filters FEBRUARY 07, 2002The Complete Guide to Creating Photoshop Filters I realized some time ago that it's simply too difficult for new readers of our publications to go hunting through the tutorials archives here to find all of the parts to our Filter Factory tutorial series. To date there have been six parts--two specific tutorials on generating 3D effects, one on customizing the interface of completed filters and three general pieces on working with the Filter Factory's expressions, functions and operators to generate effects. To this we now add our seventh and final part and conclude the series. Why conclude? Well, as you may or may not know, the Filter Factory is a dying technology. It's certainly a lamentable end. For purposes of organization, I've broken this compendium into several sections, each accessible by clicking on section names at the bottom of each page or by simply clicking the "Next" button at the bottom of each page, if you prefer to read it through from the beginning.
60 Most Wanted Photoshop Tutorials, Brushes, .PSDs and Resources - Noupe Design Blog Jan 04 2009 For months, we have been bookmarking interesting, useful and creative Adobe Photoshop tutorials and Resources, so you can now rest assured that you will have the necessary tools to get the job done. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of textures, brushes, patterns available, you can now add dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artworks and photos to give them an aged, damaged, dreamy or any look you want. So in today’s post, you’ll find an assortment of top-notch tutorials, brushes, patterns, textures, actions and .PSD downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community for making your next photoshop effect. Don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS-Feed and visit my twitter page : nourayehia if you want to keep track of our next post. To make your job a little bit easier, we have categorized this post into 7 section, the links below will get you to your desired section. Photoshop Tutorials - 40 Spine-chilling Horror Photoshop Effects
Casting Shadows From Complex Shapes <a href=" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src=" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="Bookmark and Share" /></a><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'PixelHive';</script><script type="text/javascript" src=" Category: Adobe Photoshop Tutorials Added: 06/24/2007 Views: 60,762 Tutorial Goal To learn a simple and versatile method of casting a shadow from any complex object in Adobe Photoshop. Resources Needed A graphic to cast the shadow. Step 1 : Preparation & Document Setup Open Adobe Photoshop and Create a new Image: Size: 380 x 300px (This is the size of the example background image) Step 2 : Separate the Object from the Background If your object is already on it's own layer skip this step. Select the Magic Wand Tool, Step 3 : Create a Shadow Version of the Object
Turn an Ordinary Day Scene Into a Magical Night Scene Final Image This is the final image that we’ll be creating: Intro I’ve had a couple of requests for some tutorials aimed more at beginners, so I’ve tried to come up with a slightly simpler tutorial than normal. However, hopefully people of all abilities will find it interesting how to turn an ordinary day scene into a magical night scene with just a few steps. Step 1 Open up a new document (600X600px) and fill it with black. Step 2 Paste in an image of the sea. Step 3 Go to image>adjustments>desaturate to grayscale your image. Step 4 Now go to image>adjustments>color balance and apply the settings shown below. Step 5 Now create a new layer and make the shapes shown below. Step 6 Now go filter>distort>ripple and apply the settings shown below: Step 7 Now create a new layer below your red shapes layer but above your photo layer called ‘black cover’. Step 8 Now duplicate your ‘black cover’ layer. Step 9 Now make your duplicate visible and apply the gaussian blur settings shown below. Step 10 Step 11
Photoshop There are essential features that you can incorporate in your web page that can make a difference to its visual appearance and functionality. A particular feature or element is the… Share Aside from textures, there is a design element which a graphic artist or web designer can use to add detail and fill the background layer of a graphic, website or… In this tutorial we’re going to create a nice animation that you can use in your videos as an intro or credits. Graphic user interface elements are essential in enhancing the design of mobile platforms and web-based applications. In this tutorial we’re going to create a 3D video games controller based on the Wii U design. In this article we’re going to focus on how to combine effectively separate shapes (elements) in order to create one complex object/scene. It is just a few days away from the so called Valentine’s Day thus for our season of love treat, we are showcasing several sets of high resolution brushes which…
Creating a Stunning Old-World Look in Photoshop In this tutorial, we are going to create a sort of old-worldy composition featuring a compass and making use of some awesome vector artwork from Arsenal. As always there is a PSD file at the bottom of the tutorial. In this instance, I would highly recommend downloading it as this is quite a complex composition. Be warned this is a LONG tutorial! Oh and in case you're wondering, inspiration comes from a really neat set of books, one of which is called the Golden Compass (actually they are making the book series a movie now!). Assets To do this, we're going to need a few assets to work with. Additionally I needed a compass image which I got from iStockPhoto for $1. Part 1 - the Banner I've split this tutorial up into two sections, then at the end we bring them together to form the final image. Step 1: So first of all, we start with a background gradient. Foreground color - #35444b Background color - #1a2023 Step 2: Now the next thing to do is paste in the first of our vector images. Step 3: