How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D In this tutorial I will walk through the steps I used to create this illustration to bring alive the word “collide.” While you may not find yourself needing to recreate the word “collide,” I hope you will find useful the techniques I will cover: - extruding text in Cinema 4d - using displacement maps in Cinema 4d - using the explosion deformer in Cinema 4d - exporting to photoshop from Cinema 4d - unique color enhancing techniques in Photoshop - various layer modes applied in Photoshop for great light effects (A basic knowledge of Cinema 4d and Photoshop is required) STEP 1: Creating 3d text I created a new document in C4d and added some text with the built in text tool. I typed the word COLLIDE in the Attributes manager. I applied Extrude Nurbs by making it a parent of my text. Parent/child relationship shown above in my Objects Manager. There’s a small problem at this point: The word “collide” is treated as one object and I want to manipulate the individual letters.
Cinema 4D Tutorials and Tools for Motion Graphic Designers Congratulations to Michael Rinnan for winning the Five Second Project for March. His entry had a great concept and was outfitted with excellent lighting, atmosphere, camera movements and sound design. We wanted to know a little bit more about Michael’s entry, so we asked him a few questions regarding his workflow and the process for creating his winning piece. Where do you work? What is your title? I am a 3D generalist at NFL films in Mt. How did you come up with your concept for the Bright Lights Five Second Project? For my concept, my goal was to come up with a quick story I could tell in 5 seconds. What was the most challenging thing about your project? The most challenging part of this project was honestly the lighting. Tell us a little about how you achieved the zolly (push-pull zoom) effect. To achieve the zolly, I initially mapped out the motion of the motorcycles with a spline and then dropped a camera onto that motion path. What renderer was used?
83 Nightclub Flyer Samples for Design Inspiration | UPrinting Design Blog by admin | October 25, 2009 | Design Looking for ideas to create a hot and chic flyer that’ll pack your next party? Designing nightclub or party flyers is a challenging project. Every weekend, your events will be competing with dozens (if not hundreds) of others! You need an impressive flyer design to edge out the competition. We put together a massive collection of the hottest nightclub flyers on the Internet to inspire your creativity! Disclaimer: The images on this page are not owned by UPrinting and are used solely as design examples. Once you’ve created your flyer design, check out our nightclub flyer printing. Tagged as: Nightclub Flyers This post was written by admin+ Leave a Comment
Chooser - Dropbox The Chooser is the fastest way to get files from Dropbox into your web app. It's a small JavaScript component that enables your app to get files from Dropbox without having to worry about the complexities of implementing a file browser, authentication, or managing uploads and storage. This tutorial will guide you through everything you need to do to add the Chooser to your app and customize it to suit your use cases. Demo Click the button below to see the Chooser in action. Setup The first step in adding the Chooser to your app is to create a Drop-in app. When you create a Chooser app for the web, you'll need to provide the domain names where your app is hosted. Once you've created a new app, add the following JavaScript snippet to your HTML. Sign in to see your apps or create a new app. Generic embed code (insert your app key) Triggering the Chooser from JavaScript There are two ways to trigger the Chooser on your website. Dropbox.choose(options); Handling the response File types Desktop Mobile
Design a Paint Splashing Effect Into Your Image Create this sophisticated looking design with this step by step tutorial with the help of Media Militia’s awesome paint tossing pack. Yes, its easier than you think! This particular design was featured and printed in the recently held Graphika Manila 2010 as one of the design contribution of Team Manila. About Artist: Heinritzh Sales Time: 1-2 Hours Software Required: Photoshop Resources Used Base Photo Courtesy of Ms.Camille Cordero(Must be used for non-commercial purposes only) Additional Credits: Model: Yas Neri Make-up and Styling: Jaime Bautista-Garcia, Pearl Romano, Rem Lucio Hair: Jay Wee Paint Tossing Pack by Media Militia *I will be using PC here, so just change all Ctrl to Command and Alt to Option if your using a mac. Final Preview Part 1 Open the “base-image_by-camille-cordero.jpg” image and name this layer “Base Image”. Part 2: Body Painting Create a new layer (Shift Ctrl+N) and name it “Body Paint”. First select the brush tool and choose a soft rounded brush. Download the PSD Yeah!
How to make a catalog photoshop mockup tutorial | Psd Tutorials In this tutorial we will look into how to make a photoshop catalog mockup with smart layers to drag and drop your designs. A mockup is ideal to showcase your design whether to present it on your portfolio or for your clients. To make our catalog mock-up we will create the general shape, apply shadows and light effects, and insert smart layers as placeholder for your pages designs. You can download the final result of the catalog mockup here. Step 1: Open a new document in Photoshop using the settings in the screenshot below: Starting with a simple shape we will make the diferent pages of the catalog. Next we need to give the shape a curved page form with the “Convert Point Tool” working on the vector points of the rectangle until getting a shape close to that of the screenshot below: Once we have the desired shape, we make two layer copies of that shape and position them as below (you can create more shapes according to the number of pages and size of the mock-up you want to create) Step 2:
21 Advanced Photoshop Tips, Tricks and Tutorials Roundup Even if you are really familiar with Photoshop, you’ll always find ways to master and evolve your skills further. I’ve compiled a ton of Photoshop articles which will give you different tips on how to use and improve your Photoshop skills, as well as teach you some new techniques that you may not know. In this article, you’ll find several simple but effective photo enchancing techniques on topics such as how to choose the best image format for web or how to create croplet for repeatedly image editing process. You can never stop improving your web and graphic design skills, you can always find something new and handy as you’ll see in the following collection. 1. 10 Steps to Improving Your Photoshop Skills Ten useful tips that will improve your Photoshop skills such as subscribing to galleries and forums and reading magazines. 2. 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design 3. 6 Photoshop Tips and Tricks That You Probably Don’t Know About 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20. 21.
Illustration tutorials for technical and automotive illustrators and art students Updated: December 29, 2014 This illustration tutorial site is designed to provide helpful information related to computer graphics, automotive illustration and technical drawing. Listed below are detailed tutorials and step-by-step drawing lessons for all skill levels, from the beginner art student to the intermediate and advanced professional technical illustrator or automotive illustrator. The illustration tutorials on this site are updated, revised and added to periodically. If you have any technical questions or comments regarding these tutorials please don't hesitate to contact us through the Facebook links below. This tutorial website has been color-proofed using calibrated monitors set at a Gamma of 2.0 and a 5750° K Target White Point. Home|Automotive Illustration|Line Art Illustration|Car Stock Images|Illustration Tutorials
How To Make Digital Photos Look Like Lomo Photography A Post By: Darren Rowse The following tip on getting digital images to look like Lomo Images was submitted by DPS reader – Frank Lazaro. You can see his photography at his Flickr page and see some of his Lomo shots here NB: most of the shots in this post can be enlarged by clicking them. update: once you’ve read this tutorial and had an experiment with the technique head to our Forum to share some of your results. From the first time I saw a photo that looked like this, I wanted to shoot one of my own. But, for the longest time I couldn’t figure it out how people took photos look like this. Then one day searching the web, I realized I needed a Lomo LC-A camera. Low and behold I went out and bought 2 of these babies. I searched and searched and after trying several different Photoshop methods, I finally came up with my own using a mix of different techniques. Get Free Weekly Digital Camera Tips via Email Here is my step by step on how I take a digital photo and make it Lomoified.