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When you see it... Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline. Fortunately, it isn’t required to go to design school in order to be a graphic designer.

Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline

A good foundation in graphic design history, theory, and practical application will help you hit the ground running. Make Your Amateur Photos More Professional. With everyone and their grandmother having a digital camera you can make almost anybody look like a professional photographer, well, better-than-amateur at least.

Make Your Amateur Photos More Professional

You can use this simple process on almost any photo you take. Let’s start with our regular, old, point-and-shoot photo. This one was taken with a little higher-end camera, but it can still use a lot of work. First, we’re going to sharpen our image a bit using the Unsharp Mask [Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask]. We don’t want anything too drastic, so I used some low settings. Now we’re going to add a Levels Adjustment layer [Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels]. Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority: Exposure Lesson #1. Computer Graphics. Digital Painting 101: The Complete Guide. 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.

The Ultimate Photoshop Toolbox

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.

From toolkits full of templates, shapes, gradients, brushes, and so much more, to individual resource downloads of informative PDFs, usable PSDs, and other content galore, this post has everything you will need to amp up your Photoshop toolbox. Websites. 10 Tips for Designing Presentations That Don’t Suck: Pt.1. Powerpoint has produced more bad design in its day that perhaps any other digital tool in history with the possible exception of Microsoft paint.

10 Tips for Designing Presentations That Don’t Suck: Pt.1

In this post we’re going to address the epidemic of bad presentation design with ten super practical tips for designer better looking and more professional presentations. Along the way we’ll see a number of awesome slide designs from Note & Point along with some custom examples built by yours truly. 100 Helpful Photography Tutorials for Beginners and Professionals. Photography as both a profession and a hobby is an incredibly expansive topic that covers a remarkably vast range of subjects from science and art.

100 Helpful Photography Tutorials for Beginners and Professionals

No matter where you lie on the professional spectrum, there is simply always more to learn. We spent countless hours scouring the web for the best content we could find and share with you, and today we'll help you expand your knowledge with 100 photography related tutorials! "There are many composition guidelines which can be applied in almost any situation, to enhance the impact of a scene. Below are ten of the most popular and most widely respected composition rules.

" Beginner's Guide Tutorials and Training. 100 Awesome Art Lessons on YouTube. Whether you’re getting your bachelor’s degree in painting, graphic design or sculpture, there’s so much to learn about art — from its lush history to materials — that it can sometimes feel overwhelming.

100 Awesome Art Lessons on YouTube

Yet art students shouldn’t fret. There’s a whole lifetime ahead to learn and numerous resources both in the classroom and outside of it for expanding your knowledge. One great place to seek out help with becoming a better artist is on YouTube. There, other artists, teachers and experts share their lessons on just about everything you could want to know. How I made: Me, Myself & I. Laurie McCanna's complete list of Photoshop tutorials. Tutorials. 32 Awesome Photoshop Photo Effects - Top Web Resources.

30+ Nicest Photoshop Photo Tutorials to our previous entry, you have over 70 ways to enhance photos taken with digital camera Using Ink Drops in Your Digital CompositionsThis tutorial demonstrates techniques to creatively work ink drops into your compositions.

32 Awesome Photoshop Photo Effects - Top Web Resources

Fairy Night EyeHow to correct the photos’ colors, change the eyes color, work with the layers, applying ready brushes and designs, create your own design and to picture the stars. Make your image look awesome with a few light effects Compositing with Adjustment LayersCreated a dark and mysterious scene with a young girl paused in an eerily calm storm.

Top 10 Photography Tips - StumbleUpon. Compose in Thirds To use the rule of thirds, imagine four lines, two lying horizontally across the image and two vertical creating nine even squares.

Top 10 Photography Tips - StumbleUpon

Some images will look best with the focal point in the center square, but placing the subject off center will often create a more aesthetically composed photograph. When a photograph is composed using the rule of thirds the eyes will wander the frame. How to Write Articles and Essays Quickly and Expertly - StumbleUpon. Translations: Belorussian Introduction: Four Types of Discursive Writing From time to time people express amazement at how I can get so much done.

How to Write Articles and Essays Quickly and Expertly - StumbleUpon

I, of course, aware of the many hours I have idled away doing nothing, demur. It feels like nothing special; I don't work harder, really, than most people. How To Draw. Easy wrinkles and folds by ~puppy-dangerous on deviantART. 2442954_700b.