The Ultimate Photoshop Toolbox - Noupe Design Blog 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. Websites The websites that have been gathered below are the first place that you should go when you are setting out on a path of beefing up your proverbial toolbox of Photoshop resources. Web Designer’s Toolkit is a valuable resource for Photoshoppers indeed. Photoshop Tutorials is a site whose name slightly undersells the place.
30 Useful Photoshop PSD Templates and Resources Design templates, such as the Photoshop PSD templates, help designers do their design fast and easily, because they do not need to repeat the same task again and again. Using design templates does not mean you are not creative, but the templates help you to save big part of your project time that you can use to focus on real creative tasks. There are many free Photoshop PSD templates for different design tasks, such as iPhone templates, iPad templates, web templates and printing templates. Related posts: The following resources include different types of Photoshop PSD templates that I hope you will find useful. Here are some useful Apple Photoshop PSD files for different Apple products, such as the iMac, Apple Macbook Pro, and Apple Macbook Air. Apple Mac iMouse Photoshop PSD File iMac Photoshop PSD Template iPhone 3G PSD Full Layered MacBook Air & MacBook Pro PSD Template These are very useful iPhone and iPad PSD files with various types of iPhone and iPad UI elements. iPad GUI PSD
66 Excellent Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials When it comes to Image editing or photo enhancement, Adobe Photoshop is usually the primary option to consider. However, the software package itself is a quite hard to learn — and extremely hard to master. Display beautiful images is a potent element in web and graphic design, where there is less concern for readability and more potential for using images in an artistic manner. Photoshop is useful for both creating and editing images to be used in print or online. Not too easy to use, but full of high-quality features, Photoshop is the best choice for any image manipulation job. Below, you’ll find some of the Best Adobe Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials which might help you to get inspired and learned a tip or two by the end of this presentation. For those, who don’t know what is Adobe Photoshop? The next generation, representing two decades of excellence. You may be interested in the following related articles as well. Don’t forget to and follow us on Twitter — for recent updates. 01.
Awesome Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop This is a list of the most useful default Photoshop keyboard shortcuts that you can use them to speed up your workflow. Some of them are rarely mentioned, some are more common and some are only available in Photoshop CS5. I hope everyone will find some new and useful shortcuts in this article. 1. Command/Ctrl + Space + Click and Drag Left or Right. 2. Alt + Shift + Right Click (Win) or Control + Option + Cmd + Click (Mac). 3. Hold Down H + Click, Reposition View and Let Go of the Mouse to Zoom Back). 4. Ctrl + Alt + Right Click (Win) or Control + Option + Click (Mac). 5. Hold Down Shift. 6. Hold Down Command/Ctrl. 7. Shift + Ctrl + Space (Win) or Shift + Command + Space (Mac). 8. Hit Tab. 9. Space and Then Arrow Keys. 10. Command/Ctrl + Shift + . or , you can use it for selected text. 11. Command/Ctrl + Shift + K. 12. Alt/Option + Left and Right Arrow Keys. 13. Alt/Option + Up and Down Arrow Keys. 14. Alt/Option + Shift + Up and Down Arrow Keys. 15. 16. Alt/Option + Click on Cancel.
Photoshop 101 – Working with Slices Working with slices in Photoshop can sometimes be a pain. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use the slice tool and show you some easy methods of slicing up your designs. Download the example photoshop file we will be working with: Slices.psd.zip Using the slice tool First lets talk about the slice tool. You can select individual slices by using the slice select tool. Right clicking on slices with the slice select tool gives you several options: Slice options include renaming, linking and adding alt text. Aother handy feature is the divide slice option. Now that we have learned about some of the options and how to use the slice tool I’m going to show you a super quick and easy way to create slices. Creating Slices from Guides Guides in Photoshop can be easily created by clicking in the ruler space to the top and left of the document and dragging a guide onto the document. Drag your guides to the appropriate places. Next click on the slices tool in the tools pallet. What do you think?
28 More Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts A Post By: Darren Rowse This guest post was submitted by Brian Auer from Epic Edits Weblog. The last article I wrote for dPS titled “18 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts” was taken in very well by all the wonderful photographers here. Darren had the idea of creating a follow-up article that outlined additional shortcuts and keyboard commands in Photoshop, and naturally I was more than happy to whip something up. There were so many comments that brought up additional shortcuts on the last post, that 80% of the following tips came from all of you. Again, I’m using the commands for Photoshop CS3 running on Windows, but most of these should also work with Photoshop CS2 and some versions lower. SPACEBAR (Temporary Hand Tool) — Hold down the spacebar to temporarily bring up the hand tool so you can move around while doing those zoomed-in edits. Essential Photoshop Shortcut Commands Useful Photoshop Shortcut Commands Handy Photoshop Shortcut Commands What are your Top Photoshop Shortcuts?
27 Must-Have Starter Kits For Web Designers Starter kits are great timesavers for web designers and they are particularly useful for those who often create mock-ups for project pitching on daily basis. If you are a designer-cum-programmer think of it as your code snippets So what’s in a starter kit? We think it varies – depending on what each designer routinely worked with. For GUI designers, keeping a copy of form elements (buttons, checkboxes, tab, drop down menus, etc) helps speed up the process of creating screens and layouts; on the other hand, browser (IE, Firefox Safari) templates with web safe area keep web designers reminded how/where they should prioritize their contents. Experienced designers will usually customize and keep a personal version of starter kit, some might have few too! In today’s article, we attempt to show you some of the best design starter kit we’ve come to know. GUI, Form Elements and Web Components Yahoo’s Design Stencil Kit Probably one of the most complete kit for designers. Browser Screens Templates
15 Hand Picked Color Palette and Color Scheme Generators When it comes to online color palette and color scheme generators, the choice can be hard, as there are many tools out there that offer such functionality. At one point, I was tempted to list the 50+ generators that I know about, but then thought, this isn’t about making another "ultimate" list, what matters most are the tools that offer the functionalities required to unleash your creative juices. Color is the most significant factor that affects our mood and perception of any visual element, and making the right choice of a color combination is considered a priority, regardless where it will be used. This roundup is about the online tools that will help you accomplish that, 15 to be exact, packed with features to make the process of generating color palettes, schemes, and themes a smooth, pleasant, and creative experience. 1. ColourLovers has always been a favorite destination for designers, not only because of its vibrant community, but also for the great online tools they provide.