Create a Shiny Earth with Photoshop 3D Layers In this tutorial I'll show you how to create a shiny planet icon using the 3D features of Photoshop CS4 Extended. This will cover basic information about 3D layers and texture maps. Let's get started! Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created this video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Step 1 Create a new document which is 1000 pixels wide and 500 pixels high at a resolution of 300 pixels/inch, with a name of "Home." Step 2 We'll be using some texture for our planet. Step 3 Now go to 3D > New Shape From Layer > Sphere. Step 4 The "Earth" layer is now a 3D layer and a cube icon is displayed in the Layers Palette. Step 5 Grab the 3D Rotation Tool, click on the canvas, hold and drag to rotate the sphere and adjust it as you wish. Step 6 The edges of the sphere look aliased at the moment. Step 7 Now click on the Global Ambient Color box and set the color to R:100, G:100, B:100 and hit OK. Step 8 We'll now add a bump map to our planet. Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13
40 Incredibly Inspirational Retro & Vintage Photoshop Tutorials The memories of yesteryears invoke in us a sense of nostalgia as we long for the days gone by when life seems so much simpler. Technology was not as advanced as it is today, and things were changing at a slower pace. Retro and vintage years usually refer to the decades before our present day, up to the last century. Images of the early 1900s to the 1980s comes into mind as we think about the designs of this era. Even though retro and vintage designs, as the names suggest, are technically outdated, many of us still turn to them for inspiration. These designs are still very much appreciated today due to its nostalgic value. For this very reason, we have combed the web for a number of Photoshop tutorials on retro and vintage designs. Old Fantasy Map via Vile Works Abstract Retro-Pop Wallpaper via Tutorial 9 Realistic Burnt Parchment 3D Retro Strip via Photoshop Tutor Creating the New Retro via Computer Arts Awesome Retro Collage via 10 Steps Retro Pop Art Stunning Old-World Look Old World Wax Seal
Realistic Smoke Effect Photoshop Tutorials Adobe Photoshop, as we all know is rightfully regarded as the Swiss knife of designers all around the world. With Photoshop, you can literally create all kinds of illustrations that you previously only dream about! With this fantastic tool, you can virtually create any effect you want. It’s like an infinite canvas of your dreams. Pin it Smoking is damaging to health they say, indeed, but with Photoshop who needs real smoke? Below the promised showcase of awesome smoke effect Photoshop tutorials. Create Smoke TextMixing type and a smoke image to create a really nice abstract wallpaper. Smoke EffectHow to create smoke effect in 30 seconds. Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-Real ImagesLearn to apply the Warp Tool effectively and a few other tricks to make smoke look like a skull. Creating Smoke Like EffectsHow to create subtle smoke-like effect. Smoke Fading EffectSmoking hot girl with smoke fading effect. Photoshop Smoke Tutorial Smokin’ Hot Babe Tutorial Creating Smoke Quick smoke tutorial
How To Render a Dramatic 3D Wood Cup in Photoshop In this basic tutorial, you'll learn how to create a 3D cup from scratch in Illustrator, how to apply some texture to it in Photoshop, and also how to use the Vanishing Point filter to mock-up a scenario and apply realistic shadows. Final Image Preview Before we get started, let's take a look at the image we'll be creating. Step 1 This is a beginners tutorial, for this we're going to use two of the most popular filters Displace and Vanishing Point. Let's get it started. Step 2 Revolve our shape to make it spin from the left or right side, you can see a detail tutorial about using this technique over at VECTORTUTS: Working with 3D Objects and Transparencies to Make a Vector Cola Bottle Design, but as this is a Photoshop tutorial I'll keep it simple. Go to Effect > 3D > Revolve, in the popup dialog click on More Options and set the following values: Angle at 360º, Offset 0px from the Right Edge, Surface of Plastic Shading, and Blend Steps set at 100. Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9
Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step Guide What is BitLocker Drive Encryption? BitLocker Drive Encryption is an integral new security feature in the Windows Vista operating system that provides considerable protection for the operating system on your computer and data stored on the operating system volume. BitLocker ensures that data stored on a computer running Windows Vista remains encrypted even if the computer is tampered with when the operating system is not running. This helps protect against "offline attacks," attacks made by disabling or circumventing the installed operating system, or made by physically removing the hard drive to attack the data separately. BitLocker uses a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to provide enhanced protection for your data and to assure early boot component integrity. This helps protect your data from theft or unauthorized viewing by encrypting the entire Windows volume. BitLocker is designed to offer a seamless user experience. Who should use BitLocker Drive Encryption? In this guide
Photo Transfer Edge Effect | Photo Effects Step 1 Welcome back my naughty little monkeys! I was up most of the night with this nasty flu that’s been going around, it’s not even noon and already I’m on my third can of Dragon, so if my writing’s a little off kilter, you’ll understand why. Did I just use the word kilter? Lets get this party started with a visit to iStockPhoto where I found a cool looking stock image of an old medium format film border. There are tons of these available for free as well if you’re willing to put in the time to search. Here’s the image I got from iStockPhoto. Step 2 Since I ultimately want to use this image as a mask, lets go ahead and invert the tones by choosing Image>Adjustment>Invert from the main menu, or by simply pressing Command-I (PC: Ctrl-I). Step 3 What I really want from this image is a true black to transparent mask, but what we’re currently working with is a black and white composite. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 HERO! Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Here’s my Photo Holder layer after all the distressing.
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GooBing Detroit A garage in northeast Detroit deteriorates. Lady waving to the street view car in the first image, c. 2009. Nearby the Heidelberg Project, and in the style, though not sure if a Tyree or not. Why Don’t We Own This? This block is incredible. The New York Times visited this block during the Motor City Mapping survey: "Blight, as Karl Baker, one Detroit resident, has seen, tends to spread. Most of the houses nearby are standing but abandoned, and visitors have clearly passed through — empty liquor bottles lie along debris-covered floors near broken windows and doors, every memory of a metal appliance or gutter seems to be gone from some of the homes, and two old couches that were dumped along a lawn are now blanketed by a thick layer of snow. The last neighbor left six months ago, he said, and the single streetlight overhead has not worked for months. That’s a lotta washing machines… Just east of Osborn, in “Burbank”… if anyone actually calls it that. Source: Why Don’t We Own This?
Finding more mobile-friendly search results Webmaster level: all When it comes to search on mobile devices, users should get the most relevant and timely results, no matter if the information lives on mobile-friendly web pages or apps. As more people use mobile devices to access the internet, our algorithms have to adapt to these usage patterns. In the past, we’ve made updates to ensure a site is configured properly and viewable on modern devices. 1. Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. To get help with making a mobile-friendly site, check out our guide to mobile-friendly sites. If you want to test a few pages, you can use the Mobile-Friendly Test. 2. Starting today, we will begin to use information from indexed apps as a factor in ranking for signed-in users who have the app installed. If you have questions about either mobile-friendly websites or app indexing, we’re always happy to chat in our Webmaster Help Forum.
Future Gadgets: Hottest concept tech of 2014 1. Typed: A Better Blogging Platform We've mentioned Real Mac Software products before, whether it's Clear for iOS or the simple text editor Typed for Mac, but the latest product from the Brighton based team is something a little bit different. Again going with the Typed name, this time around though it's a web based blogging platform that aims to give you a beautiful writing experience plus all those typical blogging features, like tags, scheduling, additional pages and plenty of callaboration tools. Indiegogo With the smart home actually becoming a ‘thing’, the next problem we’ll no doubt face is how to control all our separate components, without juggling a 100 different apps. 3. What we love most about Indiegogo and Kickstarter is there ability to give people a platform to take an everyday product and haul it in to the modern day. Bluesmart 4. If you though there would be little to reinvent on the toolbox, you’d be wrong. Coolbox - Advanced toolbox 5. Moment 6. Luna bed 7. RideOn 8. Prynt
NETLAB Professional Edition - Login NETLAB Professional Edition - Login Photoshop Tutorial: Master Polygons Part 1 Download some of the tutorial files here Thanks go out to Ryan Barber for this tutorial. See more of his work at Step 1 The first phase involves tracing a series of triangles on top of a photograph, in Adobe Illustrator. Create a new file at 6.66 inches x 10 inches. Step 2 You can lock the image in one of two ways. Step 3 Now that your image is locked you are ready to apply the Pen tool, so activate this now. Step 4 The next step is to set up the weight of our Pen tool’s stroke. Step 5 It is now time to start mapping out a series of adjacent triangles on top of the base photo. Step 6 Select the first triangle and then copy it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl+C. Step 7 Activate the Direct Selection tool by pressing the A key. Step 8 Copy the second triangle by pressing Cmd/Ctrl+C. Step 9 Most triangles will share one common side with another triangle, but some triangles will only share a portion of another triangle’s side. Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 To be continued…