Archive for February, 2008

Zend Framework 1.0.4 is now available!

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

It is our pleasure to announce the release of Zend Framework 1.0.4! You can download this new mini-release now from the ZF download site. With this mini-release we bid a fond farewell to the 1.0 branch as we move on to the 1.5 release.

Via: Zend Developer Zone

How to Photo Comp up a Killer Room Full of Objects

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

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Abstract shine animation

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Tutorial from: http://www.ekhoury.com/2008/01/08/abstract-shine-animation-with-photoshop-and-imageready/
Step 1
Open Adobe Photoshop and press CTRL + N to create a new image:

Step 2
Set the background color to #000000 (black) and the foreground to #122c52.
Step 3
Filter > Render > Clouds to get something like the following:

Step 4
Select the Pen Tool, make sure the “Paths” option is selected in the toolbar. Draw […]

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Photoshop tutorial “Abstract 2″

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Tutorial from: http://photoshopfan.com/tutorials/abstracts/abstract2/abstract2.html
1. Create a new document (Ctrl+N) with a black background.

2. Go to Filter/Render/Lens flare. Repeat filter

3. Go to Filter/Sketch/Chrome. And run Datail: 2, Smoothness: 7.

4. Go to Image/Adjustments/Hue and Saturation.

5. Dublicate layer and change layer mode to Screen. It’s done.

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Ecommerce web hosting layout

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Tutorial from: http://www.talk-mania.com/showthread.php?t=35017
Hello
Today i am going to make Tutorial Number 135 from 500 Tutorial Marathon
I will show you how to create a e-commerce web hosting layout
This is my final result:

All layer styles , and gradients are included in this Package : Talk-Mania big-pack
Let’s start with a new document
size : 760 x 770 pixels
background color : […]

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Zend_Form Tutorial from Rob Allen

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

I’m not sure how I missed this but last week, Rob Allen posted a great tutorial on the new Zend_Form. (Which Matthew assures me is now in the core.) If you’ve been looking for a good tutorial and you don’t know to automatically go to Rob’s site then I’ll point you in his direction.

Via: Zend Developer Zone

Edge Sharpening

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Tutorial from : http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-retouching/edge-sharpening.html

Open a photo you would like to edit. Or, you may use the photo used in this tutorial (from iStockPhoto).

Duplicate the layer and apply your desired sharpening technique on the new layer. Some basic sharpening tools are available in the Filter> Sharpen> menu. Keep in mind that converting image modes back […]

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Morning Glow

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Tutorial from: http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-effects/morning-glow.
Step 1: Open an image

This is the image that will be used for this Photoshop tutorial.

First, open a photo into Photoshop. To do this, open the File menu and select Open. If you do not have a photo to work on, you may download the photo used in this tutorial and […]

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Star Diffusion

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Tutorial from: http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-effects/star-diffusion.html
Step 1: Open a photo into Photoshop
Begin by opening a photo into Photoshop. To do this, choose File> Open, browse for the file, and click OK.

Step 2: Create a duplicate of the layer
Press Ctrl+J or choose Layer> Duplicate Layer to create a duplicate of the Background layer. You should now have a new […]

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Photoshop up your own money

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Via: PSDTuts - Photoshop Tutorials and Links