3D Glass Ball using Layer Styles
By: Rebecca Fryer In this tutorial it’s my aim to take you through the process of creating a convincing 3D Glass Ball using basic layer styles and gradients. Step One: Basic Shape & Fill [More]
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Tuesday Top Tip – Make A Layer From Layer Effects
This week I am going to revisit one of my all time favourite tips in Photoshop. I first posted about this a while back before the website became the daily post thing it is now, so this time [More]
Shading vectors in Photoshop
Over the last couple of tutorials we have been gently introducing ourselves to vectors, firstly adding the lines then some colour. Today we are going to work on details. Step 1. Firstly download the [More]
Magazine Wrap Around
When BBC Wildlife magazine came out I was intrigued by the cover. Everything was standard except that it looked like there was an added cover. I’m sure there is name for it. Anyhoo, on [More]
Filling In With the Pen Tool
Last week we worked on line art using the pen tool, this week we will work on filling it in. We will be using our old friend the pen tool again. Step 1. Download the source file we created last [More]
Tuesday Top Tip – Centre
When you’re moving things around the screen there are going to be times, maybe lots of times, that you want various elements to be in the centre, or have centres lined up. Here’s a few [More]
Stroked Art
In this tutorial you are going to learn how to create a “stroked” picture from a photo, for this you will need to know how to use the magic wand, stroke & pen tool/lasso tool. We [More]
Make an Easy Web Button
When I say Easy – I really mean it – easy easy easy easy! 😀 Buttons are cool and can be very effectively used on websites. So lets begin. Step 1 New 1024×768 72ppi document [More]
When Inner Shadow Just Won’t Do
There are times when an inner shadow looks like thats what I’m after but it doesn’t quite do what I want. That’s when I like to turn to inner glow. To use inner glow as a shadow is easy, [More]
Creating an Eye in Photoshop.
Summer holidays are hard, you’re expected to go out all the time and wander around parks and shops 🙁 this has impacted my finances far too much, as such I’m thinking about selling some [More]
Brush Stroke a Path
Here’s where I’m going to end up today using the easy stroke path command. So first off I need a path, now I could use the pen tool and the what-not, but I’m not going to. [More]
Serif vs Sans Serif
The Typography Starting Point. written by: Firgs of DesignByFirgs.com A lot of beginning designers seem to skip over the typography lessons until they get further into doing actual design work. About [More]
