How to Make Slicing Suck Less: Tips and Tricks for Slicing a PSD I have a dirty little secret, I hate slicing Photoshop files. By that I don’t mean that I hate turning PSD comps into websites, I mean that I hate Photoshop’s slicing tools. The whole process makes my PSD look busy, cluttered and overly complicated so I usually skip it altogether and instead opt to manually crop and save out images individually as needed. In order to fight this tendency and attempt to see the true usefulness of Photoshop’s slicing tools, I embarked on a mission to learn all the intricacies of how slicing works. Below is a collection of tips and tricks that resulted from this journey. There are Three Types of Slices in Photoshop Three types of slices!? The three different kinds of slices are User Slices, Auto Slices and Layer Based Slices. As you know, to slice a PSD you start by grabbing the Slice Tool (C) and drawing a box around the area that you want to export as a standalone image. When you perform a slice, you should get something like the result seen below.
Realizzare un'intervista doppia Il gatto ha nuove code e art attack presentano: ovvero: le magie di Final cut Un'intervista doppia (nello stile di quelle delle Iene) è una trovata non molto originale ma sempre divertente per presentare una serie di contenuti in maniera veloce e leggera (come si addice ad un video destinato al web). Ci sono molti modi per realizzarla tecnicamente. Il più efficace sarebbe quello di fare le riprese con il Green Screen e poi lavorarle con After effects. Ma vediamo nel dettaglio quali sono i passaggi da fare: 1. Ripresa video 3 2. 3. 4. 5. Registrare il suono 6. 7. Montaggio video 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Vuoi imparare ad usare Final cut?
Top 70 Adobe Illustrator Icon Tutorials Icons aren’t the simple little things that were a few years ago. Nowadays they look more like tiny illustrations and they are pretty complex things. Although that sounds a little bit overwhelming, designing icons in Adobe Illustrator isn’t a difficult process once you’ve mastered the common techniques. In this article you have the best 70 Adobe Illustrator icon tutorials, top tutorials to help you be the icon master you deserve to be. How to Create an Open Book with Illustrator’s 3D Extrude & Bevel Tool In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to create an open book mostly with Illustrator’s 3D Extrude & Bevel Tool. How to Make an Icy Cocktail In this Illustrator tutorial, I will explain how I draw a refreshing cocktail drink in Adobe illustrator. Creating a Toaster-Popping Illustration With this tutorial, learn how to apply some effects not often used in Illustrator, like the Chrome effect, which is used to create metallic look with a realistic aspect. Create A Briefcase Icon The new O.S.
30 Free Photoshop Tutorials for Graphic Designers With the increasing demand for these effects, there are lots curious minds that are eager to learn these techniques. Since these techniques are very interesting with thrilling effects so the number of people who want to be a part of this process is enhancing day by day. That is why experts nowadays even teach these techniques online. We all know the fact that magical effects can be done in images with Photoshop. While we are talking about Photoshop tutorials, there are lots of tools and options in it. Along with other technical matters, the use or color and the fine techniques of painting are taught through these tutorials. Create a Mini Planet Using Photoshop’s 3D Capabilities Create an Action Packed Movie Poster in Photoshop Create a Studio Sports Portrait Flaming Car in Photoshop by Lincoln Soares Create a Chaotic Disintegration Effect on a Face Create a Powerful Human Disintegration Effect in Photoshop Create an Exploding Light Text Effect in Photoshop Making Of ‘Soul Hunting’
Vector Resources Part 7 – Snow Flakes Winter is here, and with winter comes plenty of snow! The latest collection of Vector Freebies features a selection of snowflake patterns for use in your designs and artworks. Download Vector Resources Freebie 370kb 1 x EPS | 1 x JPG Join the mailing list to have every new post hand delivered to your email inbox. Every subscriber gets a FREE bundle of 40+ icons, vectors, brushes & textures!
Illustrator CS6 Tutorials: 30+ Superb Tips & Tricks It has been three months since my last post on Illustrator tutorials titled: 30 Very Useful Illustrator CS5 Tutorials. Since then I have been scouring the web in search of fresh new Adobe Illustrator CS6 tutorials for you to try out. I am confident that these 30+ excellent Illustrator Tutorials will guide you in creating some of the most amazing Illustrations for your next project. Create a Retro Folded Text Effect in Illustrator (+ Source Files) How to Create a Neon Text Effect Using Adobe Illustrator How To Create a Cosmic Abstract Shards Poster Design How To Create a Grainy Abstract Lines Poster Design How to Create Infographics in Adobe Illustrator How to Create a Simple Google Chrome Icon in Adobe Illustrator Quick Tip: How to Design a Beautiful Water Drop Logo Quick Tip: How to Create Glowing Progress Bars Create a Set of Detailed, Vector Rating Stars How to Create UI Toggle Switches Using Adobe Illustrator and Astute Graphics’ Plugins Create An Aperture Style Camera Lens Icon
Photoshop 30 Christmas Holiday PSD & AI Flyer Templates The success of any event, being it a show, a sale, a party or a simple get-together, often depends on how well you can promote it. These flyers are diverse and eye-catching examples of promotional materials created for events that take place during the holiday season. 45 CV Resume Templates That Will Get You Hired You could make your resume in Microsoft word. 24 Really Cool Photoshop Actions To Enhance Photography Photoshop actions are the best — they save time and make you more productive during post-processing. 110 Free PSD Web Design Elements Looking for some nice and high-quality web design elements? 80 Helpful Photoshop & Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials In this article we have gathered 80 Best Photoshop & Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials that will teach you the techniques you will need for designing your own icons using mainly Photoshop & Illustrator. 80 Random Best Photoshop Brushes 100 Adobe Photoshop Wallpaper Tutorials
8 Free Snowflake Vectors for Your Winter Designs It’s now over four years since I posted my first set of vector snow flakes. I remember the original pack proving pretty useful for a bunch of designers so I thought I’d revisit the topic and produce another set of free snow flake vector graphics. Download this free vector pack of detailed snowflakes for use in your Winter designs. Once Winter is over you could even use them as deadly ninja death stars! Download the snow flake vector pack 1mb Join the mailing list to have every new post hand delivered to your email inbox.
70+ Excellent Fresh Adobe Illustrator Tutorials When it comes to web and graphic design, Adobe Illustrator is usually the primary option to consider. However, the software package itself is a quite hard to learn — and extremely hard to master. Why I need to look any Illustrator tutorial? Out of many reasons there are three reasons for simple explanations. It’s been months, since we have been Rounding-Up interesting, useful and creative Illustrator Tutorials which can help you to create great designs. For those, who don’t know what is Adobe Illustrator? Creativity means a lot in any kind of presentation. You may be interested in the following related articles as well. Feel free to join us and you are always welcome to share your thoughts that our readers may find helpful. Don’t forget to and follow us on Twitter — for recent updates. Excellent Round-Up of Fresh Illustrator Tutorials Quick Navigation Character Related Tutorials Page Layout Related Tutorial Objects Related Tutorial Logo, Symbol or Icon Related Tutorials Text Related Tutorials 01.
How to Create a Soft Grunge Photoshop Brush The use of soft or subtle textures in web design is very common right now. Extremely grungy designs with heavy textures are still used in some situations, but a more subtle use of textures has become much more common. These softer textures are ideal for website backgrounds or for applying to specific elements within a design. One of the easiest ways to use textures in your designs is with the help of Photoshop brushes. In this tutorial we’ll go through the process of creating a soft or subtle grunge brush. Here is a preview of the texture that will be created by this brush: To get started, you’ll need a few texture photographs. Here is a look at the 3 photos that I’ll be using: Create a New File The maximum size for a Photoshop brush is 2500 pixels x 2500 pixels, so that is what we will be working with. Working with the Textures The first layer will just be the first texture that you paste in. Then do the same thing with the third layer to set it at “overlay” and 100%. Adjust the Levels
About | Line25 Line25 is a weblog based around the topic of web design, created and maintained by Chris Spooner. It’s the home to a range of posts that aim to give ideas and inspiration to web creatives, ranging from roundups of cool website designs and tutorials to help you learn new skills and techniques. No matter whether you’re a seasoned web professional or someone learning the basics of web design you’ll find regularly updated content to feed your creativity. Join the mailing list New articles, tutorials and roundups of inspirational designs are posted every week. Don’t worry, I hate spam too so you can be sure I’ll never share your details with anyone else. The posts here on Line25 are split into three categories: Articles In the articles category you’ll find in-depth overviews and observations of web design trends, roundups of useful resources and interviews with some of the most prominent figures in the web design community. Inspiration Tutorials Line25 was built by Chris Spooner.
Popular Adobe Illustrator Tutorials January 2013 In today's post we have posted Adobe Illustrator Tutorials Released in January 2013. Check out all tutorials after the jump. Also check previous Tutorials From the links Below: Bring a fluorescent transparency to life in Illustrator Although a lot of Illustrator tools are fairly simple to grasp, using them with finesse and perfecting the finer details can take further practice. Create a Retro Badge/Emblem Logo in Illustrator Retro and Vintage Logos is a popular trend these days, the Badge/Emblem Logo style is especially popular and looks great! Create a Vector Diamond Using 3D Software and Illustrator In today's tutorial, I want to tell you about some unusual topic for many illustrators - 3D graphics, as well as need to implement 3D editor in the pipeline vector artist. Drawing City Portrait Using Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Easy Bomb-Omb In Illustrator How to Create a Greeting Card for Valentine's Day from Rose Petals In this tutorial we will create a vector rose petals using gradient mesh.
30 Great Photoshop Tips and Tricks to Help Your Computer Graphic Skills Photoshop is a powerful, but complex, graphics program that can be difficult to learn and frustrating to use. We have published many articles about tips and tricks for using Photoshop and how to fix annoying issues you may encounter. This article compiles 30 of the best tips and tricks we have documented to help you get the most out of Photoshop. 10 Common Photoshop Frustrations (and How to Fix Them in Five Minutes) Do your cursor or panels in Photoshop keep disappearing? 10 Common Photoshop Frustrations (and How to Fix Them in Five Minutes) Remove Backgrounds Automatically with a Free Photoshop Action Photoshop actions are recordable programs you can create and save without any knowledge of programming. Remove Backgrounds Automatically with a Free Photoshop Action How to Make Hundreds of Complex Photo Edits in Seconds With Photoshop Actions The previous tip provided you with a ready-made, downloadable Action file for removing backgrounds automatically. RGB? RGB? Do you like pixel art?
Blog.SpoonGraphics Design Tutorials: Greatest Hits 2011 It’s that time of year when I reflect on another year’s worth of design tutorials here on Blog.SpoonGraphics and check over the stats to see which posts ended up proving the most popular. Here’s a roundup of the most popular tutorial posts from 2011 based on the number of StumbleUpon ‘thumbs up’ votes. If you compare them with last year’s figures you’ll see a dramatic decrease in the number of likes per post, but at least traffic figures are still going strong. I wonder if this suggests a decrease in the use of such social sharing sites? Let me know if there’s any particular tutorial from 2011 that stands out to you. How To Create a Beautiful Vector Portrait in Illustrator View the tutorial 14,000 likes How To Create a Cool Abstract Radial Pattern Design View the tutorial 12,000 likes How To Create a Retro Badge/Emblem Style Logo View the tutorial 9,810 likes Retro Style Geometric Lines Poster Design Tutorial View the tutorial 2,661 likes How To Create a Cute Vector Mushroom Character