Use Transparency Dithering When Placing a Transparent GIF or PNG-8 on a Patterned Background
Normally, when you save a GIF or PNG-8 file that has semitransparent pixels in its original image, those pixels are blended with your selected Matte color to become fully opaque. That's how you can fake a soft edge with a GIF or PNG-8 file by using a Matte color that's the same as your web page's background color.
Alien Skin Software Ships Eye Candy 5: Impact
Alien Skin Software today announced the release of Eye Candy 5 Impact (Impact), a set of 10 plug-in filters for Adobe Photoshop and other compatible host programs. Impact creates chrome, bevels, glass buttons, perspective shadows, and more. The third of three upgrades to Eye Candy 4000, Impact features three new filters Backlight, Brushed Metal and Extrude and seven reincarnated Eye Candy classics.
Alien Skin Software Announces Release Of Image Doctor 2
Enhanced set of five Photoshop plug-in filters provides one intelligent, easy-to-use toolset for photo restoration, compressed JPEG repair, object removal, blemish concealment, and skin softening for under 200 Alien Skin Software (www.alienskin.com), the award-winning developer of photographic and graphic design plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop and other compatible host programs, today announced the release of Image Doctor 2, the new version of its powerful yet easy-to-use software for photo...
Convert a Photo into a Line Art Drawing in Photoshop
Ever saw an identical sketch of a famous celebrity and wondered how that artist did it That artist could very well be a few smart filters, layers and blend modes in Photoshop. This article discusses how to use them in two tutorials. The Photoshop methods listed will convert a photo into a line art drawing and quickly too. They are simple, effective and can take anywhere from five to10 minutes to accomplish.
Put Your Pictures On The Big Screen With Shutterfly's Photoshow Dvd
Responding to customers' requests for more options to preserve and share memories, Shutterfly , Inc., the leading independent e-commerce company specializing in digital photo products and services, today introduced PhotoShow DVD, a product that enables customers to transform their favorite photos into an entertainment experience.
Use Dithering to Smooth Edges in GIF and PNG-8 Files
Dithering is a process in which a color is simulated because it is outside of the currently available color palette. This process causes colors to have a somewhat spotty or speckled appearance because it often requires two or more similar colors, placed next to each other in a checkerboard-style pattern, to approximate a color. You can use a type of controlled dithering when optimizing web graphics within Photoshop to specify how to handle colors not found within the active color palette. For...
Removing Camera (EXIF) Metadata
Digitally captured images include camera EXIF data that applications and plug-ins can use to process and correct images, such as autocorrecting distortion or vignetting. However, having made use of the data, you will have occasions when you do not want to impart this data to a client. That's when you discover Photoshop refusing point-blank to edit the metadata categories for Camera Data 1 and Camera Data 2 or to exclude the categories when you come to save the file.
Adobe Releases Camera Raw 4.6 And Dng Converter
Camera Raw 4.6 and the DNG Converter 4.6 has been posted to Adobe.com for Mac and Windows. This will be the last Camera Raw update for Photoshop CS3 customers and it includes support for raw formats from the following 15 camera models Canon 1000D (Digital Rebel XS EOS Kiss F)Canon 50DFuji FinePix IS ProKodak EasyShare Kodak Z1015 ISLeaf AFi II 6Leaf AFi II 7Leaf Aptus II 6Leaf Aptus II 7Nikon D700Nikon D90Nikon Coolpix P6000Olympus SP-565 UZPentax K2000 (K-m)Sigma DP1Sony A900 This update is...
Photoshop World Conference & Expo
For the first time ever, Photoshop World Conference & Expo is bringing three days of the most amazing and inspiring Photoshop and digital imaging education and training to the Northeast. Scheduled for Sept. 7-9 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Photoshop World is the main educational event for Photoshop users, graphic designers, and digital photographers eager to be on the cutting edge of Photoshop CS, CS2, and innovative digital imaging techniques.
Adobe Photoshop Cs3 Extended Crack Harvests Zombie Computers
A crack designed to activate Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 Extended brings to the table a tad more than the users have bargained for. When it comes to pirated materials, there is no such thing as free. This truism is reinforced by the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended keygen authored by macROSS. The Key generator is being offered as a free method to circumvent the activation mechanism of Photoshop CS3 Extended.
ERROR: '…USER NAME, ORGANIZATION OR SERIAL NUMBER IS MISSING OR INVALID…' WHEN YOU START PHOTOSHOP CS2 MAC OS
Issue Adobe Photoshop CS2 returns the error Your Adobe Photoshop user name, organization or serial number is missing or invalid. The application cannot continue and must now exit. when you start the application. Solutions Do one or more of the following solutions Solution 1 Run the installer, input the user information, and then quit the installer. 1. Run the Photoshop Installer from the CD, and proceed through the installation screens. 2.
ERROR: '…SERIAL NUMBER IS MISSING OR INVALID…' CS2 WINDOWS
Error serial number is missing or invalid occurs when you start Photoshop (CS2 on Windows) Source Photoshop Support Knowledgebase Issue When you start Adobe Photoshop, it returns the error, Your Adobe Photoshop user name, organization, or serial number is missing or invalid. The application cannot continue and must now exit. Detail Photoshop previously started without error.
Digital Film Tools Releases Ez Mask 1.0
Digital Film Tools (www.digitalfilmtools.com) announces the release of EZ Mask version 1.0, an easy to use interactive image masking tool. Masking is the process of extracting or isolating an object in a picture. EZ Mask extracts almost any object in an image even if you are dealing with fine hair detail, smoke, or reflections. This extraction process creates what is known as a mask essentially a black and white cutout.
Thumbnail Previews Of Camera Raw Images Do Not Display As Expected Adobe Bridge 1.x
Source Adobe Bridge Support Issue Thumbnail previews of Camera Raw images in Adobe Bridge 1.0 do not display as you expect them to. Details You selected Use Auto Adjustments in the Camera Raw Default Image Settings. Solution Deselect Use Auto Adjustments and save the settings as a new Camera Raw default. To deselect Use Auto Adjustments and save the settings as a new Camera Raw default 1. Right click (Windows) or Alt-click (Mac OS) an image in the Bridge and choose Open in Camera Raw. 2.
Hire an Illustrator Review
I signed up for a gallery at Hire an Illustrator several months ago. I'd heard a little buzz about it on the web, and I thought I would give it a shot. What is HAI Hire an Illustrator or HAI is a portfolio web site. You pay a fee to upload your art there and they promote it to art directors and other people looking to commission illustration work. The site was founded by Darren Di Lieto, originally an illustrator and web designer.
Slow Performance And Screen Redraw Problems In Photoshop Cs2 On Windows
You may encounter performance or redraw issues in Adobe Photoshop CS2 if you run it on a computer that has an older video card installed or that uses an older video card driver because of the increased demand in Photoshop for system resources. Older video cards use slower processors and less RAM than is optimal for processing screen redraws in Photoshop.
Memory Allocation And Usage Photoshop Cs2
How Photoshop allocates RAM When Photoshop starts, it allocates, or sets aside, a portion of RAM, the size of which is based on the amount that is designated in the Photoshop Memory & Image Cache preferences. While this RAM is reserved for Photoshop processes, it may be used by other applications when it isn't actively in use by Photoshop, and is released when you quit Photoshop. The default RAM allocation settings are 70 for Mac OS, and 55 for Windows.
Iview Mediapro 3.1 For Windows And Mac Macintel Native
Press Release iView Multimedia has released iView MediaPro 3.1, an upgrade of its award-winning, cross-platform digital asset management application. MediaPro is now a Universal application and runs natively on Intel-based Macs. Version 3.1 also features the new Notepad tool, designed to enable communication between creative professionals and their clients. Notepad ToolNotepad enables communication between a MediaPro user and his her client.
How to Control Gradient Fills in Adobe Illustrator
Gradient fills are used to create transitions between colors. Most often they are used to add volume to flat vector objects, creating light and shadow. Today we'll learn how to create gradients and control them. Adobe Illustrator has only two types of gradient fills. These are linear and radial gradients. Radial gradient can be transformed into an elliptical one. This kind of gradient has been available since the release of CS4.
Step 2: Unwrap the Legs
Next we'll move onto the legs and the pelvis region. The legs are symmetrical, but the items around Hick's utility belt are different on each side, so we'll need to create a separate mapping for the pelvis region. Let's start by getting the legs unfolded and stashed away. Here we have the option of symmetrically stacking the legs for texturing or texturing each one separately. For this character and Hicks' utility belt, we'll keep the legs separate. This uses up some of the precious texture...
How to Create the Star of Africa Diamond Using Adobe Illustrator and Astute Graphics' plugins
In this tutorial we will learn how to create a vector diamond. Every diamond has a complex shape, especially when it comes to the largest and most beautiful diamond which is the Star of Africa. In order to simplify the upcoming work, which really help when drawing geometric artwork. The Star of AfricaAll the diamonds of the world cannot be compared with the huge stone that appeared to world in the Premier mine in South Africa. Originally it weighed 621 grams (3106 carats).
How to create Queen Elizabeth portrait in engraved style with Width Scribe tools in Adobe Illustrato
Today we will create a portrait of the Queen in an engraved style. Three tools of WidthScribe plugin, such as Width Selector Tool, Width Stamp Tool and Width Brush Tool, will help us with that. In order to accelerate and facilitate the process of drawing, we will also use other unique vector tools from Astute Graphics. It makes your drawing easy Step 1To create a portrait, I'll use a photo of the Queen. Place the image into the new Illustrator's document (File Place ).
Bevel And Emboss Style
In this lesson, you'll apply the Bevel and Emboss style, then modify the Bevel and Emboss settings. You use the Bevel and Emboss style to add combinations of shadows and highlights to a layer and make type appear to have dimension and shine. You can use the Layer menu or the Layers palette to apply the Bevel and Emboss style to the active layer. Like all Layer styles, the Bevel and Emboss style is linked to the type layer that it is applied to. Understanding Bevel and Emboss Settings You can...
The Extract Filter
For extracting content that contains fine, wispy detail, such as glass or hair, the Extract filter is the ideal tool of all the extract tools in Photoshop. Using it requires a little more care, but by doing multiple extractions, you can achieve results that can surpass even some of the expensive plug-ins on the market (Figure 11-12). Figure 11-12 The Extract filter in action. Figure 11-12 The Extract filter in action. To extract content 1.
How to Close Paths Using Standard Functions of Adobe Illustrator
For a long time it's been discussed on the forums devoted to the work of Adobe Illustrator how to close paths quickly. The designers often face with the problem that the clients do not except the vector works because of the open paths. Search and closing of paths manually is a tiresome work. Today I will tell you how to close paths with standard Adobe Illustrator's means and about other ways of solving this problem with scripts and plug-ins.
Creating A Detailed Master Plan Rendering - Part 4 - 3dsmax and Photoshop
Welcome to the fourth session of Creating A Detailed Master Plan Rendering. In this session we will the following elements Creating The Orchard Area. Non 0 Site Grading. Non 0 Steps And Planters. Starting Some Post Production The focus of this rendering is based mainly off the site hardscape, planting and how it flows rather than the architecture of the buildings. *NOTE* The final image shown below will be changing slightly as this is currently a live project. Ryan W.
Create Realistic 3D Picture Frames in 3DS Max and Mental Ray
Welcome to this educational session of 3D Design. In this session we will create a realistic set of Picture Frames Wall Art in Autodesk 3dsmax and Mental Ray. Most of the educational aspects of this tutorial can be transferred to other 3D applications easily. Ryan W. Knope is a freelance 3D 2D Artist Consultant with 13 years experience in the 3D and 2D industry. His main artistic love lies with interior and exterior rendering although he takes on just about every type of graphics work.
How to make a Swirl Line in Adobe Illustrator
March 5, 2010 in Featured, Illustrator by admin Making a swirl line in adobe Illustrator is very simple and easy. It won't take too much time to finish it. I will be happy if you would show me your result from this tutorial. You know you want to see me happy Program Adobe Illustrator Version CS2 Difficulty Beginner onwards Open a new document or Ctrl + N. Adjust the setting like the picture below.
Creative Brochure Design Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop
Today with respect of users need just design an brochure with 2 pages (front + back page) where we shown an creative company brochure which is providing some services as technology and designing based roundups (Free PSD Source File), you may visit there also onling with the name of SmashingBuzz , hope you easily understand all steps of this Adobe Photoshop tutorial which is fully inspired and fulfill an professional design needs, you can use this source file for your personal and commercial...
Illustrator Beginner's Series 4: Symmetrical Objects
This is the fourth tutroial in the Illustrator Beginner's series. We've already covered placing sketches, using the Pen tool and tracing sketches with the Pen tool. This lesson is about making symmetrical vector files. The best way to make sure your file is symmetrical is to draw half of it and flip it. In the last tutorial, I traced over my placed sketch with the Pen Tool. Since the stem isn't symmetrical, I'll draw that later. Next, I want to use the Reflect Tool.
How to Create the Bevel & Emboss effects for editable text in Adobe Illustrator
Today we will talk about how to get the Bevel & Emboss and Letterpress effects for editable text using native Illustrator's features. Let's get started Creating Bevel effect using the 3D effectThe first thing that comes to mind is to apply the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect to create a bevel on the editable text. Type the text, select it, then go to Effect 3D Extrude & Bevel . In the dialog box, select the Front for Position preset, Classic Bevel, set the height and tick Preview option.
The Best Photoshop 3D Text Effects Tutorials
We all know that it is the time of exclusive presentations and decoration as you can see that each and everything available in the market is offered in a beautiful manner to attract the attention of the viewer in a very first glance. For this intention, various types of apps and software are utilized to give certain sort of looks to the presentations and media related things and among all these software, Adobe Photoshop is the best to add different kinds of editing and effects in the images...
Remove Glare And Reflections From Glasses
Lots of times the subjects in your photos have glare and reflections from light in their glasses. Could it be getting more common because of the aging of the baby boomers This is another problem that you can eliminate with Photoshop Elements. This fix will take a little more time and skill than some of the other problems. But because you will be working on a separate layer your original image will be safe from permanent changes. Just take your time and work at it until you get it just right.
Create Seamless Repeating Patterns with Ink Scribe and Vector Scribe
Final Image Preview There's a simple way of creating seamless repeating patterns like these. Let me show you how I created these shapes for geometric patterns using the Constrain Distance feature of the InkScribe plug-in together with the Protractor tool from VectorScribe Constrain distance with InkScribeDouble-click on the InkScribe icon in the Tool Panel or press on the Return Enter key after choosing the InkScribe Tool. This will open InkScribe's Preferences dialog box.
How to Create a Floral Seamless Pattern with Adobe Illustrator CS6 and Width Scribe
In this tutorial we will learn how to create a seamless pattern using Pattern Creation feature in Adobe Illustrator CS6, Width Gradient Tool and Width Selector Tool. With these tools, the creation of patterns has become much easier. Have you tried yet If not, download WidthScribe's 14 day free trial now Step 1We begin our tutorial by creating a base of the seamless pattern. Using the InkScribe Tool (DrawScribe) I created ten curved segments that represent uniform stroke paths.
25 Inspiring Poster Designs For Graphic Designers
Poster Designs are real way to connect your work with the customers. Mostly poster designs convey some sort of message in it. Some posters has more focus on design and shapes others are loud and take benefit of beautiful use of colors and a few take the period approach adding appealing textures to their designs.Some people habit to say that poster designs are a vanishing art, that they are not used any longer as a lot as they were before the internet age.
Why You Should Use Adobe Illustrator to Create User Interfaces
Final Image Preview Novice designers always come up with a question about which application to use to create user interfaces. Most choose a bitmap editor such as Photoshop. However, I believe vector editors are better suited for this purpose, especially when it comes to such a powerful application as Adobe Illustrator. Why Let's talk about this in detail. This article is an introduction to the series of tutorials that will be devoted to the creation of interface elements in Adobe Illustrator.
Tutorial Adobe Illustrator: How to Create a Realistic Vector Sand and Pebble Texture
In this illustrator tutorial we will learn how to create random vector sand and pebble textures. It is not difficult to do if you have Phantasm CS - plugin for Adobe Illustrator. Of course, it could not be done without some magic, but I will generously share all the secrets with you. Find out more Step 1Let's start our tutorial with creating the texture of sand. Firstly, this tutorial is based in the RGB color mode File Document Color Mode RGB Color.
25 Christmas Poster Design Inspiration
Poster design is a creative way of conveying a message to the people. It is a great way to communicate with the audience.It is an attractive way to advertise your product or event. For example if you are arranging a Christmas party and you want to invite people, you just need to print some posters and use them to collect people.Today, I have collected some amazing and beautiful poster design inspiration, if you like any of these posters, you can click it and buy it.
How to use Rasterino and Illustrator in web design
Many designers work with bitmap images when creating web layouts in Adobe Illustrator. Rasterino is a new plugin that provides a set of tools and features making the whole processing of bitmap images far easier and quicker These include Crop Image, Trim Image, Set Resolution, Re-link Embedded Images and In-line Edit Embedded Images. In today's tutorial we'll get acquainted with these main features and applications of Rasterino when creating a web design.
Illustrator and Photoshop Workflow with Rasterino
In-line editing of the Embedded images outside Adobe Illustrator in raster graphics editors like Photoshop using native functions is impossible. To do this you first need to unembed an image. Rasterino allows conducting in-line editing of the Embedded images in a much easier and faster way.
Quick Tip: How to Create a Watercolor Background Using Adobe Illustrator
Final Image Preview In this tutorial we will learn how to create Watercolor Background using a Gradient Mesh, tools of deformation and Blending Modes. The techniques which are described here allow the creation of complex textural backgrounds in a simple and effective way. You can read this tutorial on Vectortuts+ Tutorial Details Program Adobe Illustrator CS-CS5 Difficulty Beginner Estimated Completion Time 20 minutes Tutorial is Filled with Professional Creative Instructions.
Creating A Detailed Master Plan Rendering - Part 2 - 3DS Max and Photoshop
Welcome to the second session of Creating A Detailed Master Plan Rendering. If you missed Part 1 of this tutorial, please visit, Creating a Detailed Master Plan Rendering in 3dsmax and Photoshop. In this session we will the following elements Setting up the 0 grade hardscape (Walkways) and grass. Discussing area's that can be lower LOD (Level Of Detail). Building Place Holders. Setting Up The Main View.
Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Bug Tutorial
Below is a tutorial I've written for a cartoon character created in Adobe Illustrator. This is an alternative method from my other cartoon tutorial. I start with placing a scanned pencil sketch in Illustrator. Go to File Place and choose the sketch file. I usually use 72 dpi grayscale scans. Next, I use the pen tool to trace over my scan. I like to use a color stroked line because it is easier to see. I also close all my paths, so each piece is an individual complete shape.
Manga Background
One of the most important aspects of manga that greatly enhances the effect is the background. In this tutorial I will teach you an extremely simple method of achieving a great manga style background. This tutorial is relatively simple and only some basic knowledge of Photoshop will be necessary. Below is the result you should be able to achieve in under ten minutes. Open a new document (file - new or ctrl + n).
How to Create an Administrator Icon Using Adobe Illustrator and Vector Scribe Quick Tip Video
In this tutorial we will learn about the VectorScribe plugin - a perfect complement to Adobe Illustrator. VectorScribe plugin is a powerful tool for contour editing, creating dynamic shapes and corner rounding. Try it, you will like it Tutorial Details Program Adobe Illustrator CS3-5 + VectorScribe plugin Difficulty Beginner Estimated Completion Time 30 - 60 minutes Step 1Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and create an ellipse, now shift its upper point with the Direction Tool (A) horizontally up to...
Creating the Stitch Effect
In this tutorial you will learn how to create an awesome stitch effect using photoshop, and illustrator. This tutorial was originally written by Amir at LegitTutorials.com . Enjoy. Pre-Step A TextureBefore we begin, you're going to need to download a denim texture. You can download one here. Step 1 Illustrator DocumentWe will be using photoshop's sister, adobe illustrator, for the first part of the tutorial. Create a new document in illustrator.
Essentials of Designing a Perfect Newsletter
As the name says, newsletter is an essential tool of business communication alongside brochure, flyer and business card etc. A newsletter is more like a corporate bulletin that acts as a good source of information about the happenings in an organization. The target readers of a newsletter are company employees as well as its existing and potential clients. However, this post focuses on the importance of how a newsletter should look and which things should it contain the best.
Adobe Illustrator Tutorial: How to Create a Vector Character Using Draw Scribe plugin
Today we will learn a new drawing tool for Adobe Illustrator called the Dynamic Sketch Tool one of the tools of the new DrawScribe plugin. The Dynamic Sketch Tool has many convenient features that makes your daily creative work much easier. Mastering the new tool should not take you much time as it's easy to manage and its user-friendly features are quite understandable. Step 1In this tutorial I will be using the sketch of a Viking which was created by Catherine Dedova.
Kate Doesn't Like Photoshop - Digital Ethics
In a recent article Kate Winslet is described as not a fan of Photoshop, preferring to remain as natural and real as she is in the flesh . The most recent brouhaha is about a movie poster for the soon to be released film Romance and Cigarettes (note, the movie's web site currently redirects to MGM's site). Kate it seems, has a bit of a history with being excessively retouched. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say poorly-retouched. There is a difference.
How to Create Realistic Vector Leaves in Illustrator
Final Image Preview In this tutorial, we'll find out how to create a realistic vector leaf which can be always used in your future projects. This leaf is essentially universal, i.e. you can always change its color and form. It might seem to you that it's created with the help of the Gradient Mesh. But nope, it's not the case. I used plain gradient fills.
How to create a Music Theme Poster using Adobe Photoshop
Freelance graphic designer Cucu Tudor-Ionel is a student located in Bacau, Romania and currently writing tutorials based on personal projects. At the age of 13 he started to work in photoshop, continuing with tutorials about virtual-tuning, and then creating different chops and websites in his non-existent free time. Start by doing a new image (Ctrl+N) 1600 1200px . Fill it with black and select Pen Tool(P) using vectormask .
Be A Creative Designer using Corel Draw Tutorials
Graphic designer always face high-quality design assignments and always prefer some helping tools for create best graphic designs to make print in best quality output, one ultimate software is corel draw and in this post we have some creative corel draw tutorials as an helping effort to enhance your skills toward high quality print designs.
Resolving Out of Gamut Colors
Quality profiles yield very little color shift with the Relative Colorimetric rendering intent. But no profile can perfectly resolve the printing of unprintable colors that is, out of gamut colors. Out of gamut colors simply cannot be rendered by your print on the target paper - deal with it. If you take the trouble to print with profiles, you should work to resolve out of gamut colors manually 1 Display the out of gamut colors by selecting View gt Gamut Warning. As illustrated, pixels that...
Illustrator Tutorial: How to Create Vector Hatching and Embossed Pattern
Final Image Preview In this tutorial we will consider couple of ways of creating some hatching in Illustrator which include hatch cutting along the given path. Then we will apply this knowledge to create embossed pattern which consists only of paths. Illustrator Tutorial DetailsProgram Adobe Illustrator CS - CS6 Difficulty Beginner Estimated Completion Time 30 minutes Hatching CreationTo create hatching (i.e.
35 Horrendous Halloween Wallpapers to Make your Desktop Stunning
Halloween is a great event which provides our some different point of view to our thoughts a so, that's why here I have collect a fine account of free Halloween Wallpapers. So, Theses Halloween Walls provides a great touch of fear as you have in your mind about this event. However below you can see a fine account of 35 horrendous Halloween Wallpapers to make your desktop stunning.
Useful quizzes and on-line games for designers
Let's play a little bit today I want to say straight away that such games are not without benefit. By performing simple tasks you can test your eye, your color perception, improve your skills in Bezier's curves manipulation and test your knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Play with Bezier curvesBezier Game a game that helps you mastering the Pen Tool. By doing this test you'll need to repeat the forms of objects with the help of the on-line Pen Tool.
Mixing Colors in Adobe Illustrator
I've seen a lot of beginner work lately that could use a brush up on its color theory, so I thought I'd write a tutorial that deals with colors. For this tutorial, I wanted to focus on the overuse of black in mixing colors. For cartoons, you usually want bright vibrant colors and nothing muddies up colors quicker than adding black. When I used to paint, I would usually try to avoid using black.
How to quickly select multiple layers and sublayers in the Layers panel in Adobe Illustrator
Today we will review a few tricks that allow you to quickly select multiple objects in the Layers panel. I must confess that I recently had no idea about the existence of such opportunities. So far for me Shift + click has served as the only way to select multiple sublayers or layers in the panel.
Colorizing Old Movies with Photoshop Layers
Once you've stabilized and rotoscoped an old movie, you may want to give it a little character and modernization by tint colorizing. Instead of perfect colorizing in fine detail, this stylized process will result in something you may have seen in the fifties or sixties with tinted black-and-white movies. This process can be done easily by creating a few layers in Photoshop and animating them in AfterEffects on top of the black-and-white QuickTime movie. In this project, we'll use an old Los...
Creating A Detailed Master Plan Rendering - Part
Welcome to the fifth and final session of Creating A Detailed Master Plan Rendering. In this session we will the following elements Trees (Requires major planning, 3D trees are very high in poly count) Bushes And Shrubs (Requires major planning because of the latter) Rocks And Other Elements (Requires finding and masking) Road Patterns Adding Shadows Pavement Patterning Roof Top Overlays The focus of this rendering is based mainly off the site hardscape, planting and how it flows rather than...
HTML5 Techniques - Ultimate Collection of Tutorials
As my experience we always close to the latest technologies as we have one step ahead on web development techniques as HTML5 . HTML 5 is the advanced version of HTML . HTML 5 is giving new techniques and advanced features structure in designing. These new features and tags makes designing very easy to create a web page. CSS3 and HTML 5 are capable of revolutionizing the way we design websites.
How to Create Clothing Zipper in Adobe Illustrator - Part
In this tutorial we will learn how to make accurate vector constructions using Arc start-end direction Tool (SubScribe plug-in), Dynamic Corners Tool (VectorScribe plug-in), Dynamic Shapes Tool (VectorScribe plug-in), Line tangent to two paths Tool (SubScribe plug-in), PathScribe Tool (VectorScribe plug-in), Snap to Collisions Tool and Rotate At Collision Tool (ColliderScribe plug-in).
Why Consistency in Visual Metaphors is Vital for Graphic Design
In any graphic design project, the two most common elements that you are likely to come across are drop-shadows and gradients. When used correctly, these visual metaphors are attractive and useful but, when used incorrectly, they can make the whole project appear off skew and out of sorts. This article aims to outline what drop-shadows and gradients actually achieve in our designs and why consistency is vital for ensuring success.
Pixelate Your Photo
You've seen many shows where they pixelate part of an image to scramble it. Sometimes it's used to hide the more interesting parts in a nude shot. This technique is also used to conceal information like numbers on credit cards or license plates. In this tutorial you'll see how to easily achieve this effect with Photoshop Elements. This tutorial was inspired by a question from Sue. You can see the question and answer here. Let's get started.
Create a Vector Bottle in Illustrator
Final Image Preview In this Illustrator Tutorial we will learn how to create a glass beer bottle. Many designers-beginners experience some difficulties while creating glass objects. In my point of view, it is not a big deal, since glass objects have some glows and shades with sharp boundaries which can be easily created with the help of Illustrator. We will use the 3D modeling and some other simple vector techniques for the creation of a bottle.
Manage Auto-Open Panels for Astute Graphics Plug-ins
The respective panels of have always opened automatically when enabled. To disable this function, you previously needed to edit the Adobe Illustrator Preferences file, but this was for advanced users only and required Illustrator to be restarted. Now however, you can turn the automatically opening panels option on and off with DirectPrefs v1.0.2 Simply toggling the tick state of DirectPref's fly-out menu Auto Open Astute Graphics Panels will now make this change take instant effect.
Arc Tool in Adobe Illustrator
Once I saw a sketch that one artist draw in the pencil hatching style. Being impressed by the apparent casualness of path and zigzag strokes, I immediately wanted to try to imitate this technique in Adobe Illustrator. But it turned out that the tablet's pen with the selected Pencil Tool forms too many unnecessary anchor points while you draw, which are quite difficult to remove. And then I remembered a good old Arc Tool - a tool that I almost never used.
Effective Methods of Working in Adobe Illustrator Part
Today Natalie Ulrich will share with us some very interesting tricks. In this part we will consider tricks connected with selection, scaling and alignment of objects. You will know how to cut the objects in a straight line with the Knife Tool and how to distort the text and leave it editable. Personally, I found a lot of new and useful information in these articles.
How to Create Rays in Just a Few Minutes Using Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Preview
In this tutorial we will learn how to create vector rays simple and efficient way, using a Wave filter in Photoshop and Gradient Mesh Tool in Adobe Illustrator. This technique was developed by my friend Yemz. This Quick Tip will be published on Vectortuts+ this month Tutorial Details Program Adobe Illustrator CS-CS5 Difficulty Intermediate Estimated Completion Time 10 minutes This Quick Tip is Filled with Professional Creative InstructionsYou can view some key images from this tutorial below.
29 Awesome Armored Animals Manipulations
It is fun to see the photos manipulations thats shows awesome output. Photoshop is the tool that is use for photo manipulation. The expert designer takes a photo and change it totally into an awesome image. To do this awesome work we need to learn some techniques and creativity.Today we will share some awesome photo manipulations Armored Animals . These images are from different talented artists over at worth1000 .
Magnifying Glass with Photo Zoom Effect in Adobe Photoshop
This tutorial teaches us how to create a magnifying glass in Adobe Photoshop. It also teaches us how to utilize a zoom effect, so it looks like the magnifying glass is actually zooming in on the object beneath it. Open a new document (Ctrl + N). Create a new layer in your layers dialog by going to the main menu and selecting Layer New Layer . Select the custom shape tool icon in your Tool Bar. Select the Search icon in the custom shape tool bar.
Adobe Illustrator Tutorial: How to Merge the Text Blocks into One
Some designers often ask questions while working in Adobe Illustrator, namely how a couple of text blocks can be merged into one On the forums of the vector graphics the solution to this question is often discussed. The suggested variants are usually laborious and time-taking. Today I will tell you a simple and, what is important, fast way to merge a number of the text blocks into one. We will use the MergeText_AI script for that.
Corel Draw Tutorial: How to Master the Mesh Fill Tool or Create Flight Attendant in Pin-up Style
Mesh Fill Tool is the most powerful and multi-purpose tool for modeling of complex color transitions. Besides that, it can contain a variety of different colors, and gradients between them will have the most arbitrary shapes, any of the Blending modes can be applied to them. All this makes the objects of this group extremely useful and sometimes almost impossible to replace in creating complex realistic illustrations.
How to Create Simple and Professional Looks Financial Website Layout
Website designing always a tricky job and this is depends on client or company decision maker to final design for make live for visitors and related audience, we always try to create trendy and modern layout because mostly clients and company like to in-front as best business, product or services provider and we also make an effort accordingly.
Create a Recycle Bin Replacement Icon Bathtub in Photoshop
Aren't you tired of the same old Windows recycle bin icon Let's create a fun replacement a nice vintage bathtub complete with foam and plastic duck Program Adobe Photoshop Version CS2 or later Difficulty Intermediate Download Photoshop PSD HERE Create a new RGB document, setting the canvas size to 256 256 pixels (the maximum resolution for Windows icons). Put a guide right down the middle. We'll use it to ensure our artwork is symmetrical (1a).
Learn How To Create a Dreamy Surreal Scene - Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial, we will learn how to create an conceptual surreal photo manipulation . We are going to learn the process of creating depth of field using a few advance tools. We are going to learn how to blend images so seamlessly that it would look like a single image using the Brush tool, the Eraser tool and several adjustment layers. We will learn how to create light and darkness to make the background look seamless.
Painting a Happy Clownfish in Photoshop
The Clownfish is one of the most beautiful and iconic marine fish, having been immortalized by Pixar in Finding Nemo. In this tutorial you will learn how to paint a happy Clownfish using Adobe Photoshop's basic brushes and a keen eye for shape, color and lighting. Freelance icon designer and illustrator from Milan, Italy, currently living in Krakow, Poland.
Designing 2D Floor Plans for Residential and Commercial
Welcome to Designing 2D Floor Plans For Residential and Commercial Markets . In this tutorial I will be using Adobe Photoshop CS4. You should be able to follow along with just about any version of Photoshop. Those using other software have knowledge and concepts to gain from this tutorial as well, since most of the concepts are universal. Ryan W. Knope is a freelance 3D 2D Artist Consultant with 13 years experience in the 3D and 2D industry.
Drawing City Portrait Using Adobe Illustrator Tutorial
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to draw vector design of a city portrait using Adobe Illustrator Tutorial , this will be helping and useful for every graphic designer because in this illustrator tutorial we using some advanced techniques to get amazing drawing portrait, Not so difficult, just using basic tools.
Illustrator Tutorial: How to distribute different objects along the circle
In today's tutorial we will learn how to distribute various objects along the circle. This is a rather usual problem, let us recollect the face of a clock or the signs of zodiac. This technique was developed by my friend Igor Tchernitsyn. Step 1There are multiple objects to be distributed along the circle. Save each object as a new symbol in the Symbols panel. Step 2Remove all the objects except the one from the current document.
Ink Scribe Keyboard Shortcuts
The revolutionary InkScribe plug-in is designed to help you draw precise and calculated shapes in the easiest and quickest way. I hope you've already used this and if you haven't then try it now (download a 14 day free trial ). Today's guide shows how to speed up your workflow with InkScribe by using keyboard shortcuts.
Dynamic Sketch Keyboard Shortcuts
Imagine if you were able to draw more naturally and intuitively in Adobe Illustrator Well, anyone who has used the Dynamic Sketch plug-in will know that this has been specifically designed just for this I'm hoping that you have already experienced using this (if not, download a 14 day free trial now ) Today's guide aims to speed up your vector workflow with Dynamic Sketch by using keyboard shortcuts.
How to Draw Mooncakes in Illustrator
Mid Autumn is drawing near and I've got friends from the creative industry discussing if there is a possibility of drawing almost-real mooncakes on Illustrator. We have the same opinion that drawing a mooncake clipart is not going to work on a promotion brochure because it's food we are talking about. A cartoon food graphic is not going to be as enticing as the real photo of the dish.
Ok, At Least Madonna Likes Photoshop
We all know that virtually every ad in every magazine goes through Photoshop. Sometimes the retouching is good, sometimes, not so good (see Kate doesn't like Photoshop Digital Ethics ). But this is a case where the retouching was, well, shall we say useful The original poster, Iconique Joost, presumed to be Joost van Gorsel, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Iconique said Shots before they were airbrushed etc etc I thought it was nice to see how the industry manipulates images (including I at...
How to Crop Bitmap Images in Illustrator with Rasterino
Today we will take a look at interactive and numeric ways of cropping a bitmap image in Adobe Illustrator using the Crop Image Tool and Crop Image function of the Rasterino panel. You will also learn how to quickly remove extra white and transparent pixels on the edges of the image using the Trim Image function. With the help of the Rasterino plug-in, Adobe Illustrator gets tools that usually only raster graphics editors like Photoshop have.
How to Remove Gaussian Blur Limitation in Adobe Illustrator
When Gaussian Blur with a large blur radius was applied to the object, we can observe the cutoff of some part of the effect, as if Clipping Mask was applied to the object. In this short tutorial we will learn how to remove the restriction. Create any vector object and apply Gaussian Blur effect (Effect Blur Gaussian Blur ) to it with the blur radius of 50px. As you can see, the effect has sharp edges and this, I'm sure, is not what we want to have.
Illustrator Tutorial: Edit and Relink Embedded Images Using Phantasm CS
Phantasm CS Studio and Publisher allow editing of embedded images by opening them directly in Photoshop. You can also relink embedded images using this plugin. Find out more at the jump. Editing of Embedded ImagesEmbedded images can be raster images pasted into the working space of the current document (File Place ) and then embedded into it, and also raster effects that you used in the process of work.
Create a Space City Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial, we will be Space City Photo Manipulation in Photoshop . We show another space world in this photo montage tutorial. In this process, everyone can create such amazing photo editing using different images to get such amazing result. We will learn all the important techniques of photo manipulation and lightning. Badinstinct Stock 19 Badinstinct Stock Starry Night Texture incolor16 Sand texture sxc.hu fish AngelMoon17 fish mossi889 valve sxc.
How to Create a Vector Snake Using Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Mesh Tormentor
Final Image Preview In this tutorial we will learn how to create a vector snake using the Mesh Tormentor - Free Gradient Mesh plugin, which will make your work with the gradient mesh simple and enjoyable. I was trying to describe the creation of a complex object in order to reveal more features of this wonderful plugin, but believe me, it can do much more than I managed to describe. The matter depends on your imagination.
20 Exceptionally Well Written Icon Design Tutorials
In the past, I've shown you free icon sets that are immense for web applications, as well as icons that are extremely detailed. Even with all the free icons obtainable, you won't always be able to find ones that fit every need. That's why it's a excellent thought to develop skills that will permit you to create your own. In this post there are 20+ Exceptionally written tutorials that will teach you techniques for designing your own icons using diverse tools such as Illustrator and Photoshop.
How to Create Textures in Illustrator
Vector artworks containing textures always look more natural simply because all objects that surround us also have textures. The texture can show itself through surface roughness and color and irregularity of objects. Moreover, the vector with some texture always looks professional, that's why in today's tutorial we will check out several ways to create texture in Adobe Illustrator.
Illustrator tutorial: How to Create a Vector Cloud using Gradient Mesh Tormentor
In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial we will create a vector cloud using the Mesh Tormentor. We will also show you new functions of this great vector tool. The artwork, that took you hours before, now can be done by pressing on magic buttons in the Mesh Tormentor panel. Do you know how to paint all the nodes of the gradient mesh into necessary colors in the twinkling of an eye Find out at the jump Illustrator Tutorial DetailsProgram Adobe Illustrator CS3 -CS6 Mesh Tormentor Difficulty beginner...
How To Draw a Character of Chinese Boy Using Photoshop Tutorial
China is a nation with great traditions, with a long history of garments and ornaments. Bright colours are preferred for clothing in Chinese culture. The red color is always associated with happiness and good fortune . It is symbolic of fire with expansive energy and wards off evil spirits. The other color to be very special is yellow. Yellow is corresponding with earth and farming. With stabilizing energy, yellow signifies neutrality and is the center of everything.
Creative Showcase of Illustrator Comic Tutorials
We know comic character have a complete history even when I was kid like mickey mouse and pink panther yes that was great time to see them even for 5 minutes because there was no one specific cartoon channel and nowadays so many channels are on air that have all famous comic heroes for whole day I can watch and now in this three dimensions era we have amazing new comic characters and also have my childhood in amazing 3d illustrations.
25 Useful Cinema 4D Tutorials For Professionals
Cinema 4D is a 3D modeling, animation and rendering application developed by MAXON Computer GmbH of Friedrichsdorf, Germany and in this post we have awesome Cinema 4D Tutorials to get realistic results as we can present best ever renderings to follow below professionals trainings, it is proficient of practical and polygonal subd modeling, animating, lighting, texturing and rendering, we get awesome results in cartoon movies where 3d artist using Cinema 4D to create more imaginary graphics.
How to Create Inner Shadow in Adobe Illustrator
Final Image Preview In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial for beginners we will take a look at the technique of creating inner shadow. Unfortunately, unlike Photoshop there is no such function in Adobe Illustrator. But this fact is not going to be a problem for you after reading this vector tutorial. Let's begin Step 1Take a look at the creation of an inner shadow on the example of complex shapes. It can be a text located on the illuminated background.
50 Inspiring Animated GIF Photographs Or Cinemagraph
Today we are going to share a huge collection of animated GIF photographs, these GIFs also known as Cinemagraph.These GIF are not like regular GIF images that we use on websites, these animated images are made using modern photography, in these GIF only minor elements of photos are moving. This technique is not much impressive but moving a certain part of an image make it attractive and inspiring.Hope you will like this inspiring and unique collection of cinemagraph.
25 Striking Digital Artwork in GIMP - Tutorials
As my personal experience not much designer using GIMP tool for create valuable designs and photo editing but a number of designer using GIMP for some specific design assignments and may be due to free of cost availability of GIMP or due to some tricky tools, so we are helping them to get acknowledge some of new and latest way of designs using GIMP.
How to Create Interesting Text Effects Using Adobe Illustrator and Phantasm CS
Final Image Preview Phantasm CS is a plugin for Adobe Illustrator providing color adjustment, embedded image handling and essential pre-press tools. With the help of Phantasm CS, you can also create fully managed Halftone effect. Exactly this property of the plugin will be discussed in this tutorial. Tutorial Details Program Adobe IllustratorCS3-CS5+ Phantasm CS Difficulty beginner Estimated Completion Time 20 minutes Step 1Choose a bitmap image and paste it into your document workspace.
Using the Save For Web dialog box
The Photoshop Save For Web dialog box has all of the optimization capabilities of ImageReady. You can compare two or more versions of a file as you work, so that you can adjust optimization settings until you have the best possible combination of file size and image quality. 1 With the 14Start1.psd file open and active in Photoshop, choose File Save for Web. 2 In the Save For Web dialog box, click the 4-Up tab to view four versions of the image.
Using Adobe online services
Another way to get information on Adobe Photoshop or on related Adobe products is to use the Adobe online services. If you have an Internet connection and a Web browser installed on your system, you can access the U.S. Adobe Systems Web site (www.adobe.com ) for information on services, products, and tips pertaining to Photoshop. Adobe Online also provides access to up-to-the-minute information about services, products, and tips for using Photoshop and other Adobe applications.
Tools rarely used in Illustrator. The Knife Tool
We begin a new series of articles about the time-tested, but rarely used Adobe Illustrator tools. As far as possible, these articles will help beginners to reveal hidden potential in these tools. Let's talk about the Knife Tool. The tools panel is the most important interface in Adobe Illustrator graphic editor. It contains a lot of tools for creating and modifying images, vector objects, page elements, etc.
Some ways to simplify path or reduce extra points in Illustrator
In this article we'll check out a couple of ways how to reduce extra points on the Bezier curves or paths using Adobe Illustrator standard tools and plug-ins. You can easily compare the proposed methods, as I evaluated them qualitatively and quantitatively. Sooner or later, every graphic designer faces with the problem of path simplification. The fact is, extra points on the path increase the size of the vector file and make path edition very difficult (and even impossible).
Creating a Detailed Master Plan Rendering in 3dsmax and Photoshop
In this tutorial set we will cover the massive undertaking of creating a large site plan from sketches over about 5 sessions. I will be using Autodesk 3dsmax 2010 and Adobe Photoshsop CS4 in this tutorial, although many of the involved steps in the process can be transferred to other software. This specific rendering was created for EcoCentrix, a Landscape Architecture Firm based out of Los Angeles.
Drawing straight paths with multiple segments
So far, you've worked with two-point paths. You can draw complex straight-segment paths with the pen tool simply by continuing to add points. These segments and anchor points can be moved later, either individually or as a group. 1 Using the pen tool Q), click point E to begin the next path. Then hold down Shift and click points F, G, H, and I. Holding down Shift as you click restricts the positions along 45 angles. Note If you make a mistake while you're drawing, choose Edit Undo to undo the...
Illustrator Tutorial: How to Create Vector Sketch
Final Image Preview A good vector sketch is always in demand on microstock websites. That's exactly why today we will focus on its creation. I don't think that the creation of such vectors will take you more than half an hour. Have fun and enjoy our new Adobe Illustrator tutorial Illustrator Tutorial DetailsProgram Photoshop CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS - CS6 Difficulty Intermediate Estimated Completion Time 30 minutes Processing of a pencil sketch in PhotoshopStep 1I drew some simple six pencil...
15 Crisp Free Fonts for Every Designer's Toolbox
The Internet is full of free fonts for you to use in your projects. In fact one might say it is a jungle out there We decided to hunt down 15 really beautiful typefaces that you can download for free Please note that PixelTango does not license any of these fonts each font has its own license. The license may change in time, so read it carefully on each download page. GlideElegant custom font with rounded corners, great for logos, posters, motion graphics and t-shirts.