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Ultimate Photoshop Design Resources

There's no doubt that I like to design. Next to coding, I also love to edit photos, designing websites etc. My personal favorite tool to achieve this, has to be Adobe Photoshop. Next to a good tool, you'll need some good resources. Fonts, Plug-ins such as Brushes and Textures, Stock photos can help you tremendously when designing. Here's a list of my personal favorite photoshop design resources. Fonts, Stock Photos, Patterns, some Textures and Inspiring sites do not require Photoshop. If you think that there's a top-source missing from the list, share it with us by posting them in the comments. Fonts The standard fonts on a PC are really boring and just created to read. Dafont Personal FavoriteGreat website, huge amount of fonts. Photoshop Brushes One of my favorite tools in Photoshop has to be the brush tool. VBrushOld site with Photoshop 7 brushes. Photoshop Textures If you want a little bit more depth or relief in your images, than textures can help you out. Patterns Photoshop Plug-ins

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22 Best Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials, Part I Typography means a lot in any medium kind of presentation. Whether it’s a logo, banner or just a title; being able to inject creativity into it not only help in delivering the message across, it also leaves solid impression on the viewer. Good typography design is not easy, or should I say getting the type match and speaks for the product is often a very challenging job. Here are some of the best Photoshop text effects tutorials on the web, and as usual it’s the creativity that counts. Full content after jump.

Top 50 Free Photoshop Brushes Resource Sites Please note this post is almost 3 years old. For an up to date list, you should try these posts: 50 Photoshop Brush Collections – 1000s of Brushes → 40 Amazing Photoshop Brush Directories and Collections → 1. Photoshop Brushes on deviantART 2. Photoshop Roadmap Achieve Brilliant Lighting Effects in Photoshop Lighting effects can make or break any digital artwork. When done properly, lighting can add visual impact, draw the viewer’s eye, convey depth and emotion, and tie together all the elements of the piece for a quality finished result. However, achieving brilliant lighting is not always an easy task, particularly for newer digital artists. Perfecting contrast, color variation, sharpness and depth will help make your digital art more enticing.

DzineBlog Learn how to earn $125 or more per hour as a freelancer - Click Here There are a few methods for setting up a custom e-mail newsletter and not all of them are equal. You have the option of setting up custom scripts on your server, such as Interspire Email Marketer. But there is also the option of using web services like Campaign Monitor. For somebody who has never done email marketing it can feel a little overwhelming. But for this article I’d like to focus on MailChimp which has been gaining attention over the past few years. 50 Photoshop Brush Packs The demand for high quality Photoshop brushes are huge, every designer needs them. The problem may be that there are far too many of them, resulting in it is nearly impossible to find that particular brush that your design needs. There are certainly no shortage of Photoshop Brush Directories, and there are certainly no shortage of blog posts showcasing the best and latest brushes. What there isn’t though, is a good and reliable source of brushes were you can filter and search by category, style or even shape. And that is what I had hoped to achieve with this post.

Gunshot Through a Glass Gunshot Through a GlassReviewed by Denny Tang on Mar 9Rating: Preview of final results Rollover the image below to see the before and after effect. It may take a few seconds for the image to load when you first rollover the image. Stock photos You will need a photo of a person pointing a gun and a photo of a window with a bullet hole on a dark background. 50 Typography Tutorials Photoshop’s text and layer tools can be used to create some really awesome effects. We’ve put together a list of 60 of the best tutorials we could find to help you stay up to date on the latest trends and techniques. You’ll find some really cool grunge and glass styles (plus a few surprises!) 3 Ways to Make Paper Beads Steps Method 1 of 3: Making Beads with Patterned Paper <img alt="Make Paper Beads Step 1 Version 2.jpg" src=" width="670" height="447">1Cut your paper. Cut long triangles out of magazines, coloured construction paper, wallpaper, etc. The base of the triangle will be the width of the bead and the longer the triangle is, the fatter the bead will become.

Photoshop resources : Brushes Create Pearl necklace or any other pearl jewelry with these brushes. The collection contains both free and premium pearl Photoshop brushes that you can use to stroke paths or to draw any shape. You can use the color white for the brush or any other light color tone. You might have to also add some extra layer styles to make the pearls more realistic.

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