Use Photoshop to create a photo-realistic card or other object inserted into a flat surface. Handy effect seen all over websites lately.
Part II: Creating a card with a gromet which is then inserted into the page.
12/23/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
Use Photoshop to create a photo-realistic card or other object inserted into a flat surface. Handy effect seen all over websites lately.
Part I: Creating a vertically shaded slit in a flat surface in which we’ll then insert an object. (YouTube)
12/22/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
Rainlendar’s got a Mac version, and I didn’t know about it until LifeHacker mentioned Rainlendar as their number one calendar application. Looks like Rainlendar’s got every platform covered now, with Windows first, Linux second, and finally the Mac OS X frontier. Looks like I’ve got some skinning to do!
09/11/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
Short tutorial on my method for creating a faded smeary reflection using Photoshop CS3. Same method should work for earlier versions of Photoshop. This technique contrasts with “Apple-style” reflections, which are sharp and crisp, instead creating a short simple reflection that’s not as distracting.
09/01/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
This is part 2 of a 3-part series in which we’ll be generating a super-glossy shape, sticking a super-shiny dent in it, and then creating a luminous gem in the dent for a 3D UI feel. Part II demonstrates the creation of smooth dent on the surface of the glassy object using multiple shines, some layer-styles and a Gaussian blur filter. Tutorial requires Photoshop CS3 and makes generous use of layer-styles. (YouTube)
08/28/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
This is part 1 of a 3-part series in which we’ll be generating a super-glossy shape, sticking a super-shiny dent in it, and then creating a luminous gem in the dent for a 3D UI feel. Tutorial requires Photoshop CS3 and makes generous use of layer-styles. Be sure to click the link for watch in high quality (YouTube)
08/19/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
Remember when footers in websites used to be tiny text with links to XHTML and CSS validation and some legal disclaimers? It seems lately that more and more sites are switching a decent chunk of site navigation to expanded, multi-column footers. They range from banal, minimalistic, functionalist (musiciansfriend.com) to highly graphical. In many cases the footer becomes a graphical signature of equal importance to the site headers at the top (webdesignerwall.com and blog.spoongraphics.co.uk, notably), stylistic punctuation to your browsing experience.
08/13/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
Generating images that tile easily by using Photoshop is a time-consuming process, no matter which method you use. Corel’s Painter X, although geared for traditional-media artists, contains a fantastic tile-making tool that could not be easier to use. Here’s how to do it.
07/22/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
Creating radial symmetry of rotated and aligned objects is a cinch in Photoshop, if you’re restricted to 90° angles. Illustrator’s the way to go for these kinds of things, but if you’ve just got Photoshop, here’s how you can mimic the effect easily.
YouTube Video Tutorial.
07/09/2008 | [0] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
Haxer gave me the great idea of committing tutorials to video + audio for your learning benefit, so here’s my first: a tutorial on how to use layer knockouts (both Shallow and Deep knockouts) in Photoshop CS3. This technique works as far down as version 7.0, however.
06/24/2008 | [3] Comments | Filed under: , Articles
