The BIGGEST ever list of design resources! - ProofHQ Following the huge success of last year’s “World’s Biggest Ever List of Graphic Design Blogs”, we’ve decided that we should turn it into an annual event – after all, more people than ever before are blogging and the talent pool continues to grow. This year, we’ve added in some additional categories including typography and image sourcing sites to help you along your way. The list is at least 40% larger than last year and is the one stop shop for all that you could need in terms of inspiration, reference material or tools for you to use. So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen…. drum-roll please! Graphic Design 1stwebdesigner Blog by Dainis Graveris in Latvia covering all things design and freelance. 2expertsdesign A blog filled with tips – whether it’s graphic design, logo design, web design, advertising, branding or typography. 456 Berea Street Blog from Roger Johansson containing articles and tutorials on web standards, accessibility and usability. 72dpi Graphic design inspiration.
Photoshop Quick Tips #3 - Enhancing Photos with High Pass Filter Following our series of quick tips, I will show you how to enhance a regular photo in Photoshop and make it look better. Of course you can change the presets in order to make it look more subtle, my idea was to exaggerate a bit. Also we will use the Shadows/Highlight adjustments showing how you can easily simulate a sort of HDR style. Step 1 Open a regular photo in Photoshop. Step 2 Duplicate the layer and go to Filter>Other>High Pass. Step 3 Duplicate the High Pass layer. Step 4 Duplicate the original photo and change its Blend Mode to Screen. Step 5 Group all layers and convert them to Smart Objects, Layers>Smart Objects>Convert to Smart Objects. Conclusion This is just one way to enhance your photos, you can use the Unsharp Mask filter as well. Click Here for Full Preview
The Ultimate Photoshop Toolbox 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.
Designing a Retro Flyer with Photoshop Designing a Retro Flyer with Photoshop Creating retro designs is pretty easy when you’re using Adobe Photoshop. Here, you will learn how to do this yourself based on a primary image. We will start with setting up a proper print-ready design then proceed to image processing and finish with the right design details for our flyer. Open Photoshop and create a new document (CTRL+N). a. b. c. d. The next step is to add margins and guidelines. a. b. c. d. We then add an additional guideline set for the bleeds. a. b. c. d. Finally, to make the bleeds visible, go to Image -> Canvass Size… add 0.25 inches to the width and height values. This sets up our flyer template correctly. Now, we create a new layer by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+N. Continue doing this until you have the whole design filled out with the appropriate background. Next, using the rectangle shape tool we create three color strips for a design accent. Next, with all the rectangles selected, we press CTRL+T. Great!
70 Of The Best Photoshop Actions For Enhancing Photos - Creative Nerds The compilation consist of 70 of the best Photoshop actions collected from all around the web from photo effects to actions for even creating photo borders, An essential design resource for all designers weather your an expert or an beginner. Photoshop actions consist of a series of menu commands such as i.e. filters, image adjustments etc which can be recorded and played back this process is called a Photoshop action. Photoshop actions are perfect for novices to Photoshop simply because it allows you to apply multiple different photo effects to an image within a few seconds without having knowledge about the ins and outs of Photoshop. Photo Effect Actions 1) Double sketch effect action for Photoshop This action offers a “double” sketch effect, just like if you painted the sketch twice, once from left to right, and once from right to left. 2) Photoshop Action – Bright Eyes A Photoshop action to enhance the appearance of the eye but only works with blue eyes. 3) Pencil Draw Photoshop Action
Top 50 Stunning Text Effect Photoshop Tutorials Under Articles Sometimes, you may find it difficult to look for some of the highest quality photoshop tutorials using search engines. As most of time, almost all tutorials would label themselves to be good, high quality or even the best photoshop tutorial you can find. When searching through all these tutorials, your time is wasted. In order to save your time, Photoshop Lady come up with Top 50 Stunning Text Effect Photoshop Tutorials. Under Photoshop Tutorial, Text Effect One of the best features in Photoshop is the Layer Styles. It uses a little Illustrator for the text and a lot of Photoshop to burn up the screen! In this tutorial we’ll be creating a smokey night effect on text to give it an eerie supernatural sort of feel. In this tutorial we are going to take some very basic principles of light and shade to make a rather impressive looking text effect. In this tutorial, the type-effects shows how to create the above image. The tutorial will show you to create matrix effect.
How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation In this tutorial, we'll manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by using simple techniques and tools such as the Brush tool and Warp command. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and try it with your own stock imagery. Editor's note: This tutorial was originally published on Psdtuts in January 2009. Step 1 For this project, I used two nice images that suits for the manipulation; image1, image2. Step 2 Let's start with image1, open and duplicate this image by using the Image > Duplicate command from the menu bar. Step 3 With the "PassionFire" image active, duplicate the "background" layer. Step 4 Reactivate "Layer 1," then press Command + Shift + U to apply desaturate command. Step 5 Duplicate "Layer 1," then apply the find edges filter from Filter > Stylized > Find Edges. Step 6 To give the white line more contrast, duplicate the "Layer 1" copy then change the Blending Mode to Screen. Step 7
35 Creative Portrait Effects Photoshop Tutorials Portrait effects are no longer constrained to vignettes or simple stencil effects. This area has vertiginously evolved to an unbelievable level of creativity and complexity. So, don’t expect to find your average two step special effect. Turn a photo into a pencil sketch Two color technicolor effect Dreamy mystical effect Complete beauty retouching Andy Warhol pop effect Natural skin smoothing Photo to Illustration effect Give your photos a color ink sketch effect Give your photos a retro comic look effect Creating an unique profile image Snow queen Underwater portrait effect High contrast artistic portrait Abstract lighting effect Pop portrait effect Turn a face into a stone statue Creating a smoke fading effect Color effects with alpha channel Retro pop art in Photoshop Good and evil photo effect Create a vexel image in Photoshop Polaroids effect Ghosting an image Andy Warhol pop art effect Cross processing effect Create a text portrait in Photoshop Turn a face into a flower Dave Hill look Weave photo effect
Massive Collection of Best Photoshop Tutorials from 2010 Dec 14 2010 Photoshop has given new pinnacles to creativity of designers all around the globe. They are free to create astounding effects that can accomplish almost anything one can imagine. Photo Effects & Color Abstract Photo Manipulation Here we’ll learn how to create an abstract photo manipulation that looks like you’ve just painted the subject; the artist has included lots of useful techniques for creating impressive abstract pieces. Playing with custom brushes to create magical scenes In this tutorial the artist will show you some powerful features of brushes. Apply a Vintage Effect to Several Images Using Actions In this tutorial the artist will demonstrate how to create an action and apply it to several images using Photoshop’s batch process function. Giving your Photograph an Antique Look In this tutorial the artist will show you how to make a photograph look aged. Different Ways to Remove Color Cast in Photoshop Color cast is a very common problem in digital photography. Drawing
Create a Vibrant Conceptual Photo Manipulation in Photoshop So, in this tutorial we are going to create a poster design. This means you should be able to print it in the end and to be able to do so we have to work with high quality graphics and photos. Some of the resources used in this tutorial are premium and you can get them here. Stock photos Please note the license posted next to each image. Be sure to check out Giveaway: Premium Stock Photos Worth $150 if you are looking for quality resources like those listed above! Textures All textures are from cgtextures.com and can be downloaded for free. Grass (Image 2 and Image 3 only)Ivy (Image 1 only)Flower 1 (Image 1 – Alpha-Masked)Flower 2 (Image 1 – Alpha-Masked) Setting Up the Document Since this will be a printable poster, we will make this document fairly large in a standard format. Walls And Ground Open the Metal overpass photo in Photoshop (new document). I wanted a kinda unreal look for this image (duh), so we will play with the perspective a bit. Hide the Background layer. Cloudy Background Google+