Archive for December, 2007

4 High-Res Paper Textures

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Yes… yes… yes! Just found some absolutely beautiful paper textures on Bittbox, be sure to check these out, these can be a great help for spicing up a sometimes bland piece of artwork. Trust me, I know

Free High Res Grungy Paper Textures via Bittbox.

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Filter Forge: Free Metal Plugin

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Are there any metal-texture-loving-photoshoppers here? If there is, you’ll definitely be interested in checking out Filter Forge’s free Photoshop plugin that generates realistic metal. Some examples are: diamond plate metal, tin foil, and ‘alien metal.’

In my honest opinion, this is and absolutely awesome tool! I especially like the diamond plate texture. Did I say […]

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Create An iPod Shuffle

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

This Photoshop tutorial will acquaint you with the shape tools, dealing with paths, applying layer styles and dealing with shadows and lighting.

Find A Reference Image
Apple’s website has high resolution photos of the iPod Shuffle to reference when creating you own Photoshop layered document. Using a reference image will help make sure the measurements & proportions […]

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*Bling Bling* Simple Gold Text Effect

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Ok, ok, I know I’ve already written a tutorial or two on how to make a nice, golden text effect. But again, I’m going to write for you a tutorial on how to make a simple gold text effect by using some layer styles, namely the Gradient Overlay layer style!

I was inspired to […]

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Recreate the ‘Bee Movie’ Text Effect

Friday, December 28th, 2007

In this quick Photoshop tutorial we’ll be recreating the ‘Bee movie’ text effect, you know, the one you’ve seen all over the place over the last few months?
You can see what we’ll be designing with this tutorial in the below image.

You can see the original text over at the Apple trailers page.

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Getting the Ball Rolling Again

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Well what do we have here? Looks like PhotoshopStar has gotten a facelift! What do you all think of it? I hope the majority like it
Personally I love the new one, much more cleaner, easier to look at, more accessible, etc. If anyone has any suggestions, or comments, please leave a comment using […]

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How To Create Icons for Mac OS X

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Ever wondered how to make your own Mac icons? Have you ever created an icon and had trouble making the icons fully transparent? If you answer either of these questions with a yes, then this tutorial is for you.

To complete this tutorial, you will need Adobe Photoshop (or any other image editor that will export […]

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Tutorial: Extreme Sports Branding

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

In issue #142 of Computer Arts Magazine (should be in stores now) you can find Oliver’s tutorial on how to design a logo and print ad for a fictional extreme sports brand. The brand he chose to invent was Yellow Snowboards. So head out to your local bookstore and pick up a copy […]

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