25 Photoshop Tutorials for Web Designers - Six Revisions Adobe Photoshop is the tool of choice for most web designers. From creating a website template to objects and components such as content boxes and buttons, Photoshop doesn’t fail to deliver. In this collection, you’ll find 25 excellent Photoshop tutorials geared towards web designers. If you know of a good Photoshop tutorial for web designers – why don’t you share it with all of us in the comments.
Nicu's How-to - Jump Out in GIMP This is an easy and nice GIMP trick, so easy that anyone can follow it just with a bit of patience, and I try to present it in to the very detail for beginners. Basically we will do this: [click to enlarge] Follow those steps:Add a transparent layer on top of your image and if you want a background another layer at the bottom: [click to enlarge]Make a rectangular selection on the transparent layer about the size of the desired frame and fill it with white: [click to enlarge]Shrink the selection (Select - Shrink, I used 15 pixels): [click to enlarge]And clear the content (Edit - Cut): [click to enlarge]Make a rectangular selection around the frame and use the perspective tool (Shift+P). Deform it as you like: [click to enlarge]Delete the parts of the frame which cover your subject, the result should be like this: [click to enlarge]Erase the background of the photo (use what you like: mask, eraser, lasso, magic wand, just make sure the photo layer has an alpha channel): That was all!
DIY Turban – HonestlyWTF We’ve recently received several requests for a turban DIY and so, your wish is our command . . . Before you start, tie your hair in a bun or ponytail. Fold a large square scarf in half into a triangle. Lay the scarf on your head with the center point of the triangle facing forward and the sides hanging down each of your shoulders. Once you’ve twisted the ends twice into a knot, bring both sides together to the back of your head and tie it tight. Voila, you’ve just made a turban! (top image from here, rest of images by Honestly…WTF)
30 Most Incredible Textures for Vintage Style Design | Web Desig One of the most important aspects of a good vintage style design is the use of authentic looking textures. Since most of you probably don’t have time to browse the local antique shop, and your grandmother’s attic is miles away, we’ve put together a list of some of the best vintage textures we have ever seen. All of these are free, but make sure to read the terms before using. You are sure to find a use for these textures, but if you want more, check out the best texture packs from 2008. Vintage XIII +texture Vintage Musk Vintage V Simple Vintage vintage strip texture Vintage Grunge map texture 1 Vintage IV Victorian grunge V vintage polka dot texture Victorian grunge IV Vintage Musk 3 Grunge Wallpaper 1 Use This 52 Beauty 96 Beauty 95 Vintage Texture II Art Nouveau Pattern Texture Antique Script Texture music texture 4 vintage diamonds Vintage II Vintage XV Vintage XVII Vintage Wall Paper Texture Grunge Wallpaper 2 Cracked Wallpaper Victorian Wallpaper Vintage XII About the Author Related Posts 501 shares Read More
Twitter Background Design How-To and Best Practices | Blog.SpoonGraphics This post was originally published in 2009 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. With Twitter quickly becoming the hottest site to be seen on, everyone wants to stand out from the crowd. There has already been a range of quality designs showcased on various sites, which has shown an emergence of trends such as the ‘sidebar’. Let’s take a look at some of the best practices around Twitter background design and get to work creating our own. We all recognise the default blue Twitter background right? It’s not a bad design, it’s clean and trendy but it doesn’t stand out when the majority of Twitter users also have the same look. Generally speaking, there are three main approaches when it comes to creating your Twitter background (other than a boring solid colour!) 1. The repeating background pattern is the age old website background effect, create a repeating graphic and upload the file to your account. 2. 3. Sidebar or No Sidebar? Let’s Design Our Own
Tutorial King - Photoshop Tutorials 35 Basic Tutorials to Get You Started with Photoshop - Six Revis Adobe Photoshop is a very powerful and versatile image editing/graphics creation application that is the industry standard in its category. Though Photoshop’s interface is intuitive enough for an absolute beginner to learn basic image editing tasks such as cropping and resizing, to be able to fully master and utilize all of its tools takes a considerable amount of time. If you’re interested in honing your Photoshop skills to create spectacular compositions, this is for you. In this article, you’ll find 35 basic Photoshop tutorials for getting started with Photoshop. General tutorials 1. If you’ve never had any experience with Photoshop, this tutorial from SitePoint will get you up to speed with Photoshop’s basic features. 2. This tutorial outlines Photoshop CS2′s interface. 3. This wildly popular and humorous screencast on Photoshop techniques by (probably) fictional character Donnie Hoyle is an excellent Photoshop series to follow if you like laughing and learning at the same time! 4. 5.
Fashion 100 - The Definitive List of the Most Influential Bloggers It’s no secret that here at Most Wanted we’re big fans of fashion blogs. They come in all shapes and sizes, formats and styles, but all of them are bursting with inspiration! As the humble fashion blog becomes bigger in influence and reach we were inspired to create a list that identifies and collates the cream of the crop. The Definitive List Our goal was simple, to cut through the hype and hubris to prepare a comprehensive survey of the essential Fashion blogs publishing today.Over last few months, our editors have painstakingly scoured the Internet to find leaders in each category, with a view to identifying those bloggers defining the future of fashion publishing online within their respective category: The 10 Categories The VoucherCodes.co.uk Fashion 100 2010/11 is different to other fashion blog lists out there as we've put out own unique spin on things. The Influencer Score charts the reach of each blog, mapping a series of key factors to define their influence online. The Results
Dark Wood by ~zygat3r on deviantART Beautiful Fluffy Clouds in Photoshop - Christmas Tutorial | Abdu A few days ago I was watching a movie and I saw the Dreamworks logo. It's very well known and incredibly beautiful; that little kid sitting on the moon fishing. But what caught my attention was the clouds on the logo. They were so dramatic, and I thought that it would be a nice idea try to replicate the effect in Adobe Photoshop CS4. The first thing I did was search on the web for references, and to see if there was already a tutorial showing how to accomplish the effect. I found some, not showing exactly what I wanted; but they gave me a nice idea of what I would have to do. In this tutorial I will show you how to create fluffy clouds in Photoshop. Step 1 Create a new document in Photoshop. Step 2 Add a new layer and create a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool (U). Step 3 For the Clouds I created a brush. Brush Tip Shape: Round shape, 500px Diameter, 0% Hardness, 25% Spacing. Step 4 Now add a new layer and select white for the color. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12
Photoshop Tutorial: Apocalyptic Christmas Card | Crestock.com Bl The first thing I do when creating a digital composite is organize my thoughts on what the final outcome should be. By this I mean I draw it out. Most importantly, I look over the deadline and break it down like this - This is very important! Day 1: Pre-visualization and planningDay 2: Gathering the materialsDay 3: Principle PhotographyDay 4: Post ProductionDay 5: Post ProductionDay 6: Post ProductionDay 7: Finalizing, last minute changes and submission The programs I used for this was Adobe Photoshop CS3 (mac) w/ Primatte plugin using a MacBook Pro. I found it rather fascinating that this file ended up close to 1 gigabyte in size - currently, the biggest Photoshop file I've ever worked with! Once the concept has been established and finalized, I proceed by gathering materials and commencing with principal photography. 1: With the help of my Wacom 6x11 graphics tablet, here's a rough template of what I worked with. 5: .... instant snow!!!!! 7: Next was the sleigh for Santa. 10: Santa Jr.'
Health Health Benefits of Honey and Cinnamon Combo The magic mixture of honey and cinnamon is known for hundreds of years for their miraculous curing power. If we look back into the history we can see both these items used by different countries and cultures across the world for different medicinal purposes.You can find references for this wonder combination in medical streams like Ayurvedic, Yunani etc. And the best part is that it does not have any side effects and most of the times can be taken parallel with any other form of medicine. Diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon Take one part honey to two parts of luke warm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. For hair loss or baldness, patients may apply a paste made out of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of luke warm water and drink it.
Inspiration Twitter Backgrounds O Twitter permite que seus usuários personalizem o background. Por esse motivo há vários criativos e com design inspiradores. Hoje na internet podemos encontrar sites que disponibilizam gratuitamente patterns ou mesmo o fundo para o Twitter. Selecionei 26 backgrounds customizados que poderão servir de inspiração para você.