Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text Take typography one step further by having text falling from the sky in a burning inferno. Yes, this is the text-on-fire tutorial to end all tutorials. It uses a little Illustrator for the text and a lot of Photoshop to burn up the screen! In previous tutorials you've seen two smoke effects that I've created, but let's face it, you can't have smoke without a fire somewhere. It's always a good idea to keep your eyes open for inspiration for effects and designs no matter what you are doing. Step 1 First create a new document and fill it with a dark grey. Step 2 Create a new layer, call it "Clouds," and using the Lasso Tool (L), make a selection similar to the one I've shown below. Set your background color to a 50% grey and the foreground to a dark grey. This layer will be on top of the others. Step 3 Create another layer and repeat Step 2, but this time just change the background color from 50% gray to a blue or green color. Step 4 Now we'll switch to Adobe Illustrator to create some text.
Creating a Touching Story Scene in Photoshop - Psdtuts+ I worked on this illustration especially for you with Ciursa Ionut, he is the founder of PSDBURN where he writes Photoshop tutorials. He started working in Photoshop many years ago when he began to utilize this great tool all the time. In this tutorial, you are going to create a story scene using photo manipulation and a lot of color adjustments. Final Image Preview Before you get started, let's take a look at the image you'll be creating. Also, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the photographers for giving me permission to use their images. Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created this video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Step 1 First of all, download the Land image and open it in Photoshop. Step 2 Now you are going to delete the sky and later you will replace it with a more beautiful one. Step 3 You need a higher contrast between the sky and the rest of the image. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 a. b. c. d. e. f. a.
How to Create a Dark Surreal Illustration in Photoshop - Psdtuts First of all, I would like to thank Toma Alin Gabriel for collaborating with me in creating this wonderful piece. In this tutorial we are going to create a dark surreal illustration using a few techniques and a handful of images. In the end, we will apply stylish color settings and give the illustration that extra polish it needs to give it that finished look. Also, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the photographers for giving me permission to use their images. Final Image Preview Take a look at the image we'll be creating. Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created this video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Step 1 First, open up the desert image created by Nikola M. Step 2 Next, we need an image with really nice grass. After you import the image into the document you will see that the width of the image is smaller then the width of the sand image so you will need to duplicate the grass image a few times and then blend each piece together.
Create a Divine Angel Montage in Photoshop - Tutorial9 First of all I would like to thank Cucu Tudor for collaborating with me in creating this tutorial. The final image is an Angel that lights his way in the dark forest. You will create this photo manipulation using stock images provided by some really great artists, which I would also like to thank a lot. Materials Needed: Step 1: Create a new document First of all open a new document in Photoshop (Dimensions: 1019×1219 px). Step 2: Apply Vegetation Now import the first image “Vegetation1″ that we’ll use to create the background. Step 3: Reduce Saturation Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and reduce the yellow saturation and grow up a little bit the yellow lightness. Step 4: Complete the background Fill the background with black color and erase slowly the bottom part of the image you added so that it will blend in with the black. Step 5: Add the main character Import the second image “Female” resize it and fit it in the centre of the image like below. Step 6: Selecting the model Step 9
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Best Of - Smashing Magazine Royalty Free Textures and Backgrounds - texturevault.net 20 Beautiful Vintage Photoshop Brush Sets Vintage designs has gotten very popular over the past years, and it seems the trend keeps on going. In this round-up, you’ll find 20 vintage Photoshop brushes you can download for free. There are over 300 individual vintage brushes here, so you will have a broad choice of brushes to apply onto your designs. Each brush set was first tested, and the images you see below are previews of what to expect from each brush pack. 1. 2. 1920s ladies by 500ml brushes (7 brushes) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1940 Cosmopolitan brushes (48 brushes) 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Related content About the Author
44 Must Learn Web Design Layout Tutorials in Photoshop | Naldz G Most Web Design Layouts are normally done in Photoshop and since its the most overused application on creating web layouts, I list down some of the most helpful and nice photoshop tutorials on how to make a good web design layout to enhance your experience and ideas. Here is a collection of 44 Web Design Layout Tutorials in Photoshop to teach you create your own layout for your website. Check them out, learn and enjoy the tutorials. Design a Cartoon Grunge Web site Layout Learn how to add a worn look that works well with cartoon-style graphics. Online Photo Portfolio A tutorial that will show you how to create a clean looking layout for your portfolio. Design a Unique Grungy Website Layout A tutorial that will teach you how to design a cool grungy website layout. Full Photoshop Web Design – Journal In this tutorial you will be going through a full photoshop design of journal/personal type website. Create a Magic Night Themed Web Design from Scratch in Photoshop Design Lab TV Styled Layout Ads
Sites Tutorial (45) Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is the most popular program, when it comes to graphic design. Great tutorials always become handy – You can look how other designers get his job done, and there are tons of different ways how to do the same job. I saw many people creating different tops with different kind of tutorials, but I wanted to do something different and summarize different Photoshop tutorial sites. 1.PSDtuts The biggest Photoshop TOP tutorial site created to showcase and publish different tutorials. 2. Huge list of tutorials, every new tutorial site or creator submit his articles here, so if You know this site, You can easily follow all newest tutorials not only Photoshop – also CSS, 3dsMax, Flash, Illustrator etc. 3. Awesome tutorial site, offering very unique Photoshop tutorials. 4. One more great site maintained by Ross Aitken, pretty new one but already offer many great quality tutorials and articles. 5. Also very new site keeping updated very regularly with tutorials, interviews,freebies. 7. 8.
Design a High Impact Gig Poster Suitable for Screen-Printing - P Screen-prints are a great way to exhibit artworks or advertise a gig. Creating a high impact poster suitable for the screen-printing process can be achieved relatively easily. In this instance, we're going for a stylized and coarse effect, rather than a photo-realistic halftone interpretation of a design. Final Image Preview Before we get started, let's take a look at the image we'll be creating. Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created a video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Step 1 For this tutorial, set up an A4 canvas at 300dpi. Step 2 Download then open this image of a girl. Step 3 Select the Burn Tool from the Tools palette, then set the Range to Shadows and the Exposure to 9%. Step 4 Use a smaller brush to burn in smaller details, in this case her chest area. Step 5 Finally, use a much larger soft-edged brush (around 300 pixels) and set the Burn Tool to Midtones. Step 6 To start degrading the image apply a Noise Filter and a Gaussian Blur. Step 7 Step 8  
Psdtuts+ | Adobe Photoshop tutorials, from beginner to advanced. Huge List Of Highly Extensible Photoshop Plugins | 1stwebdesigne Let’s face this fact: Photoshop is still the number one design tool that a designer should master. I consider Photoshop as the mother of all Adobe and web deisgn software. Everything you need (well, almost all) is in there. You just have to stretch your creativity a wee bit. But being imperfect too, Photoshop has its limits at times. Sometimes, it cannot seem to perform the way we want it to be. Designers often have problems with Photoshop functions that are non-existent. Now, you, as a designer have two choices: Either you get rid of Photoshop and look for a more versatile software (which I think would be very difficult, if not impossible), or look for solutions that could make Photoshop better. Plugins are extensions that you can download and install within a program. Because I love Photoshop very much, I looked for plugins that might help designers in their design needs. 1. 2. 3. Adobe’s Kuler is simply the cooler color picker tool. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 17. 18. 19.
Create an Unbelievable Surreal Abstract Artwork with Photoshop In this Surreal Photoshop tutorial, you’ll see how to create an incredible surreal abstract artwork with stylistic influences from traditional artistic masters combined with modern, digital and 3D techniques. You’ll see how to analyze a light source and identify where to place highlights and shadows, as well as how to use the pen tool, burn tool, dodge tool, liquify tool and others. Additionally, you’ll see how to implement a stylistic concept and execute an image around a specific theme, as well as working with depth of field and other ideas. Let’s get started! Tools Used: PhotoshopA few stock imagesWacom tablet (not required) Final Image Preview: Step 1: Document setup and Beginning manipulation So first off you will need to find a stock image for the background. My stock image is from Shutterstock and looks like the below screenshot. Once you have your background image its time to take a look at it and figure out your light source. My isolated face looks like the below image.