Photo Effects Film Inspired Photo Borders In this Photo Effects tutorial I'll show you how to extract a photo border from it's background and make it infinitely more versatile for your photography projects. High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos – Part 1 In this Photoshop Tutorial I'll take you through my process for creating stunning High Dynamic Range (HDR) Images with tonal ranges just not possible to achieve with a single photograph. 2 Step Grunge Photo Effect In this tutorial I'm going to show you a quick and easy 2 step process grunge photo effect that I stumbled upon while attempting to accomplish something completely different. Grunge Photo Edges In this Photoshop tutorial I'm going to show you a quick and effective way to create a cool photo edge effect using a single Photoshop grunge brush and a series of clipping masks. Artistic Sepia / Colorizing Effect Calculations And Colorization High Contrast Black And White Ad It seems like cool black and white photo effects are all the rage lately.
10 things to expect from a designer Choosing a designer can be a daunting decision for a client. After all, the visual identity of his/her business depends on the choice. Here are a few important attributes to expect from a graphic designer. 1. An informative website A client should expect to learn something from the designer before paying a penny, and the designer’s online presence should do the job. Informative websites help because… Trust can be built through the chat in blog commentsAttention to detail can be seen in project case studiesPositive references will reinforce the buying decision 2. There’s no excuse for typos. The client’s reputation is in the hands of the designer, but just as the client makes a hiring choice, design studios also judge potential clients on their communication skills, and can readily say no to a large budget. 3. Changing the smallest detail can greatly alter the impact of a brand identity. 4. How fast can clients expect a response to their questions? What about after the design handover? 5. 6.
25 Cool Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials Published on Mon, Aug-10-2009 by Dainis With Photoshop Photo effects you can modify your usual image to professional and interesting photo artwork. Designers and amateurs, who wants to become designer love Photoshop tutorials that can help to learn new techniques and tricks and give them new skills to design more interesting and amazing artworks. In Web you can find hundreds of Photoshop photo effects and it is hard to find best of all. For you we collect best 25 newest Photoshop photo effects that will help you create amazing photos. I hope with theses Photoshop tutorials you will learn new Photoshop techniques. You May Be Interested In The Following Posts Creating an Abstract Watercolor Wallpaper There are plenty of ways to create a Watercolor Effect in Photoshop. Creative Photoshop Animal King Photo Manipulation Tutorial In this Photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to mash up a series of photos in a highly creative poster based on a famous painting from the 1800’s. Glamour model
Creating a Vintage Typography Layout in Adobe Illustrator Vintage style typography is classic and remains popular still today. There’s something about the hand drawn and hand placed feel of these types of layouts that is appealing and draws your eye. Lets take a look at how to create a vintage style type layout in Adobe Illustrator. Here’s a look at what we’ll be creating. Before getting started I found a great inspiration piece to use as reference for the steps will be working through in this tutorial. When putting together a design like this there are a few very important factors to consider in order to achieve that vintage look. - Fonts – You have to put in the time to seek out the right fonts. - Shapes – Shapes and elements were drawn by hand, so keep that in mind when putting together your design elements. - Symmetry – Most vintage layouts such as this one contain some degree of symmetry. Step 1 In Illustrator, on a new art board, lets start with the basic shape of our layout. Fir the background we need to create a series of wavy lines.
27 Excellent Digital Photography Tutorials To improve and modify digital photographs is very interesting and a fun part. Lots of digital photography techniques and tutorials are available on internet, you can create same digital effect in different ways. The best technique to create effect is which take less steps. In this post i have listed 27 excellent digital photography tutorials to help you create different effects and manipulate your digital photographs. I hope you will enjoy these tutorials and don’t forget to mention the tutorial which was an add on in your experience. 1. In this tutorial designer will show you how to create a post apocalyptic manipulation using adjustment layers, vector masks, and some special effects. 2. This tutorial uses a different method than either of CMYK curves adjustment layers. 3. In this tutorial designer will show you how to spice up a fairly dull and flat photograph. 4. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a fantasy landscape using some simple and easy techniques. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Illustrator Quick Banners – The Design Playbook Need to create a really flexible vector banner for use on all sorts of projects? Follow this tutorial for a quick, bullet-proof technique for great banners. Video included! Tutorial Details Software: Adobe Illustrator CS5Difficulty: BeginnerTopics: Strokes, Transform Palette, MoveEstimated Completion Time: 15 minutesProject Files: quickbannersart.ai (Downloaded 5,638 times) Step 1 Create a new Illustrator document 460 px wide by 230 px high. Step 2 Create a new rectangle by selecting the Rectangle Tool (M) and clicking anywhere on the artboard. Step 3 Set the fill color of your new rectangle to white and add a 2 pt black stroke with rounded corners. Step 4 Cut off the Scale Strokes & Effects setting in the Transform Palette. Step 5 Select your new rectangle and copy it. Step 6 Pull up the Transform Palette and set the transfer reference point to middle-left. Step 7 Select the top rectangle and set its width to 80 px with the Transform Palette. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Step 15
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displace-filter I have been playing a lot with the Displace filter in Photoshop and I still get impressed with how powerful it is. Even though I have written some tutorials using it, I decided to try to recreate a different effect that I saw in one of the images submitted for the Daily Inspiration. It was a brick wall deformed like it was made of cloth. So in this tutorial, or a quick-tips I will show you how to create a curtain made of bricks or how to deform a brick wall as it was a curtain. To do that we wil use a few stock photos, layer adjustments and the Displace filter in Photoshop CS5. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. Step 2 Let's import another image, now of a girl opening the curtains. Step 3 With the Lasso Tool (L) or the Pen Tool (P) select the empty white. Step 5 Now select the hands/arms of the girl and the curtains. Step 6 Move the brick wall layer so it will be in front of the girl layer. Step 7 Go to Layer>Layer Mask>Hide Selection. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13
Create a Crystallized Water Girl Figure with Disintegration Effect in Photoshop Create a Crystallized Water Girl Figure with Disintegration Effect in Photoshop In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create a Crystallized Water Girl Figure with Disintegration Effect in Photoshop. I will introduce a few tricks with quickly combine texture with stock image to create great looking effect, plus a few lighting techniques to give your work a great finishing touch. Have a try! Sponsor: business cards This is an intermediate tutorial so some steps can be tricky – if you’re having difficulty with it, I suggest you go to the basic section of PSD Vault and practice those tutorials first, then come back and do this one. Here is a preview of the final effect I have for this tutorial: (Click to Enlarge) PSD File Download You can download the PSD File for this tutorial via the VIP Members Area for only $6.95/Month (or less)! Ok Let’s get started! To complete this tutorial, you will need the following stock: Model - by =PersephoneStock Water Splash Brush OK let’s get started!
Water Elemental Tutorial I am going to run you through a tutorial on how to take a regular picture with a person in it and make them look like a water elemental. First download this picture of a woman in a bathing suit. Next download these 2 images of splashing water Now that you have your supplies for the image we will get started. So open up your picture of your woman in a bathing suit, resize it to your liking. I resized mine down just a little from its original size so it would fit in my screen better. First thing you need to do is select the girl in the picture, I am going to use the pen tool for this task, you can use the tool that is best for you. Now with your selection made copy her with ctrl+c and paste her back in the image with ctrl+v. Next I am going to use the plastic wrap filter on her by going to filter>>artistic>> plastic wrap. Use these similar settings: Ok now she should already look a little liquefied Then fill in the selection with any color because we are going to add a gradient overlay to it.
25 More Most Incredible Photoshop Tutorials Elite By Design Web Design & Photoshop Inspiration Follow me on Twitter blog > 25 More Most Incredible Photoshop Tutorials 25 More Most Incredible Photoshop Tutorials After the astonishing success of our first installment of 23 Most Incredible Photoshop Tutorials, I’ve decided to make a much needed update to features some of the newer tutorials that have been released over the last month or so. Like I’ve said before – it’s all about the process, not the end result. Creating The Windows Vista Lighting Effect Golden Sunsets With Gradient Maps Turn Day Into Night Create A Sleek, High-End Web Design From Scratch The 5 Essential Photoshop Reflections Loading Interface Design A Cartoon Grunge Website Layout Part I: How To Add Flaming Decals To A Modern Car Design Part II: How To Add Flaming Decals To A Modern Car Design Create Cool Neon Effects Making A Crystal Ball Create A Stunning Wallpaper Design Create A High Gloss Graduation Hat Icon Design The Firefox Logo In Photoshop Super Retro Game Cartridge Design