May 28, 2005 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here are a few ways to create rounded/cornered graphic panels in Photoshop. Rounded Rectangle Tool (U)The easiest method is found in the ‘Rounded Rectangle Tool (U)’ on the Toolbar. Set your desired Foreground Color. Option One Activate the Rounded...
May 28, 2005 | Photoshop Tutorials, Web Techniques
Here is a great way to create compact animations exported as Flash files via ImageReady CS. The premise of creating these animations as compact as possible relies solely on Vector shapes within Photoshop or ImageReady. These include Text Layers and Shape Layers (with...
May 28, 2005 | Photoshop Tutorials, Type Tool Techniques
Here’s simple star bust gradient text effect using just the ‘Stroke’ style from the ‘Blending Options’. For this example I chose a Handwriting Font just to reveal the curves a little more. In the ‘Layers Palette’ Right...
May 28, 2005 | Pattern Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
Here is a few simple steps to create nice Bump Map Textures utilizing Blending Modes. First create a Custom Preset document of your choice. I used 400×400. Then, create a new Fill Layer by selecting it’s icon on the bottom of Layers Palette , and from the...
May 28, 2005 | Pattern Techniques, Photoshop Tutorials
Here’s a few simple steps to create a realistic fire/inferno effect.First, start a new document, I used 640×480 preset. Then choose an orange color variant for your foreground (I used #DF853B) and Black (#000000) as the Background color. Create a new empty...
