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Advanced Glow Effects. In this tutorial, we're going to create some really sharp-looking glow effects using a combination of layer styles, the Pen Tool and Color Blending.

Advanced Glow Effects

Mastering Photoshop Techniques: Layer Styles - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Layer Styles are nothing new.

Mastering Photoshop Techniques: Layer Styles - Smashing Magazine

They’ve been used and abused again and again. Despite their ubiquity, or perhaps because of it, many designers do not yet realize the full potential of this handy menu. Its beauty lies in our ability to create an effect and then copy, modify, export, hide or trash it, without degrading the content of the layer. Below we present, step by step, several practical techniques to help you refine your designs, increase productivity and reduce layer clutter.

Download the source files (.zip, 1.6 Mb). The Bump Map Effect “Wait, what?” This technique requires two images: one for texture and color, and the other to serve as a depth map. Step by Step We’ll start by creating our bump map pattern. Painting a mask to increase the appearance of light in the background. Useful Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Abstract Backgrounds - Noupe Design Blog. Apr 29 2011 An attractive and compelling background adds depth to your graphics, banners or ads; and for this reason is of great importance.

Useful Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Abstract Backgrounds - Noupe Design Blog

Sure there are some people who might not notice backgrounds, but the role they play in making the entire artwork look more interesting and visually alluring is paramount. They really do help to tie the entire piece together, no matter how simply or aggressively they are employed. Here, we are showcasing some of the web’s truly amazing Abstract Background Design Photoshop Tutorials for our readers. Be you a PS enthusiast or junkie, you will surely want to take a look at the offerings we have compiled. Abstract Backgrounds Tutorials Abstract Kaleidoscope Poster – Photoshop CS5 This tutorial lets you learn how to create an attention-grabbing kaleidoscope type poster in Photoshop CS5 by combining basic colors, shapes and brushes. Easily create planetary ring via cloud and twirl filter in photoshop. (rb) The Ultimate Illustrator Toolbox. Nov 01 2010 In case you have missed them, recently we have been going through the Adobe Creative Suite and putting together posts that would assist our readers in creating their own personal toolbox of resources.

We hope we have managed to help you get a handle on the various programs and get the most out of them through hundreds of helpful add-ons. With two down, we are moving right along to the next installment, the Ultimate Illustrator Toolbox. Given the popularity of the Adobe’s two main powerhouses, Photoshop and Illustrator, we felt it was about time that we offered up the illo side of the coin and put the AI builder together. Below are the proverbial fruits of our labor, categorized and ready to go for all of you Illustrator enthusiasts and junkies out there, so that you can easily sort through the findings to get any and all of the goodies your arsenal is currently lacking. Related Posts Websites. My Illustrator shortcuts habits.

Not sure about you, but I have this habit of using shortcuts all the time when I work in Illustrator (or in Photoshop).

My Illustrator shortcuts habits

I thought it could be interesting to share some of those, and then ask the question what your typical methods are or shortcuts you can't live without. My most used shortcuts Let's start with the typical shortcuts, ignoring the ones like cut, copy and paste or save and open etc. Here are my shortcuts, divided into common and less common ones: Common shortcuts These are very common shortcuts that I use a lot when working in Illustrator. Cmd/Ctrl + U switching between enabling and disabling Smart Guides Cmd/Ctrl + G and Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + G to Group and Ungroup items Cmd/Ctrl + F and Cmd/Ctrl + B Paste In Front or In Back Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + V to Paste In Place Cmd/Ctrl + Y to switch between Preview and Outline mode The shortcut I really use a lot is Cmd/Ctrl + U which turns the SmartGuides on/off.

Less common shortcuts. Living Tuts : Tutoriels de qualité pour apprendre Photoshop, le webdesign, le développement web, le digital painting, etc... RayFranco (aka François) entre en scène pour nous expliquer brièvement sa petite astuce pour réaliser un fond bruité !

Living Tuts : Tutoriels de qualité pour apprendre Photoshop, le webdesign, le développement web, le digital painting, etc...

On voit de plus en plus sur la toile, des webdesigners utiliser des textures de grain pour le design de leurs interfaces. Cet effet peut donner un aspect plus « travaillé » à l`interface, surtout couplé à un subtil dégradé. Il faut croire que la mode du « glossy » a fait son temps ! Dans ce quick tip, je vous donne une méthode rapide pour appliquer cette texture à tous vos dégradés, ainsi qu’à d’autres surfaces. Voici d`abord, quelques exemples où l`on peut apercevoir ces textures : Art in my coffee Atebits Dribbble Une méthode très simple Pour réaliser ces textures, il suffit de créer un calque que l`on nommera « texture grain » et que l`on positionnera au dessus de notre dégradé (réalisé au préalable). Ensuite, on réduira à -100 la saturation, afin d`éliminer toute la couleur de notre texture (Image > Réglages > Teinte/Saturation ou Ctrl+U.

Différentes façons de travailler. 15 Best Logo Design Tutorials. Branding is very essential for any organization to survive in today’s industry and when we consider it, first thing comes in our mind is the logo.

15 Best Logo Design Tutorials

I would say company’s credibility highly depends upon the logo. A logo helps in creating visibility by contributing to your business’s likelihood so that it will help in growing and achieving success. Logo designing is not an easy job for designers as they would have to explain the concept of client’s business in their designs with immense creativity. Keeping that in mind I thought of listing 15 best logo design tutorials that can improvise your expertise to its optimum level. Please take a look below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.