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Semitransparent Amorous Text Effect

Posted by admin at 5:41 am on March 10 2009
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I’m going to write for you a tutorial on how to make semitransparent amorous text effect by using some layer styles. Ok, let’s start by making a new document in Photoshop. I created a new document sized 1000×500 px. Now time to bring some background to our canvas. For this you can use some abstract or whatever! A good place to start is Google Images. Read full tutorial here

Gradient mesh tool in illustrator.

Posted by admin at 4:51 am on March 10 2009
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One of the most amazing and confounding tools in Adobe Illustrator is probably the Gradient Mesh tool. Working with this feature allows the user to divide almost any shape into a mesh. Each intersection of two lines (horizontal/vertical) can be colored with a solid color. This tutorial will help you work with the Mesh tool better. In this tutorial, we’ll show you some tips that will improve your...

Realistic Chrome and Glossy Plastic Text Effect

Posted by admin at 4:43 am on March 10 2009
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Are you in the mood for some glossy plastic and reflective chrome text effect? I bet you do. Chrome effects are very difficult to create because chrome has no color at all. It’s all about reflections. Glossy plastics are a bit easier, but tricky as well. So, let’s learn how some advanced Photoshop Layer Styles tricks to create some stunning chrome and plastic text effect. For this effect I used...

smoke typography effect with adobe photoshop

Posted by admin at 4:39 am on March 10 2009
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In this tutorial the author will show you how to create a smoke typography effect playing with some brushes and adjustment layers. It’s a very easy tutorial and you will be able to do the whole process in 5-10 minutes. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document, I used 1920×1200 pixels. Then apply a gradient, you could fill it with a gradient or apply a Layer Style. I used the layer...

Designing College Rock Band illustration

Posted by admin at 11:11 am on March 05 2009
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Learn to create your very own rock band wallpaper with a grunge theme.For the beginning we need to find a texture representing the wood boards, having 1280×1024 px and 72 dpi. Create a new layer where we need to apply the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill the new layer with #C5853A color. Read full tutorial here

Hotkey X-Ray View

Posted by admin at 11:06 am on March 05 2009
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In this tutorial we will create hotkey for X-ray view. To start the tutorial open script editor. Window > General Editor > Script Editor or click script editor icon on your right bottom screen. Read full tutorial here

Creating a grasshopper using illustrator

Posted by admin at 10:55 am on March 05 2009
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In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to create a create a grasshopper based on an image. We’ll review how to trace the needed parts and alter them in order to make the little guy look good in all his vector glory. To make life a little easier for us, I went and picked a photo over at stock.xchng. You can download the photo here. Open a new document and place the image onto the artboard (File...

Create an Angry-Clean Bar Soap

Posted by admin at 10:51 am on March 05 2009
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In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to create a bar of soap and give it a retro look. This isn’t just any soap though, but vector soap that has a stylistic nod to Fight Club. Open up a new document and draw a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool (M). Fill it with a pink color or any other color of your choice. Then apply rounded corners in Effect > Stylize > Rounded Corners. Choose a fairly...

Create a Watercolor Vector Flower Illustration

Posted by admin at 10:47 am on March 05 2009
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Illustrator is great for creating sharp flawless lines and elements, but sometimes you want to create an illustration with some texture and depth. Watercolor paintings have great textures and depth, but when coupled with Illustrator it seems counterproductive to what the program was built for. You might think “Why not just do this in Photoshop?” Then you will miss out on all the wonderful...

Iphone Light Beams

Posted by admin at 9:47 am on March 05 2009
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In this tutorial the author will show you how to create light beams coming from within an iphone. Before continuing with the tutorial you need the image of an iphone which can be downloaded. To start with create a new document 600×650 pixels OR however big you want the effect to be, i shall be using the pixels specified. Select the color #393939 as your foreground and the color black for your background....

Creating a Dark Surreal Illustration

Posted by admin at 5:39 am on March 03 2009
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In this tutorial we are going to create a dark surreal illustration using a few techniques and a handful of images. In the end, we will apply stylish color settings and give the illustration that extra polish it needs to give it that finished look. Read full tutorial here

Rendering Animations

Posted by admin at 11:20 am on March 02 2009
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There are a few things that you must be aware of when rendering animations, that relate to the Mental Ray global illumination system. You will probably be using final gather (FG) and global illumination (GI) when rendering your animation(s). You can use ‘cache files’ that store FG and GI information between frames; this will save you significant amounts of render time, as well as reduce...

Manipulating a WW2 Fighter Aircraft

Posted by admin at 11:15 am on March 02 2009
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In this tutorial we will be learning some indispensable techniques to use for any type of photo-manipulation. We will be doing this by taking a photograph of a model plane and editing it to to look like a photograph of a WW2 spitfire which has just been shot down and is on fire. The techniques used here are the same for any type of ‘destruction’ photo-manipulation. Below is the image you...

Design ‘Mystic Dancer’ scene

Posted by admin at 11:00 am on March 02 2009
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In this tutorial, the author will show you the processes he used to create this really cool “Mystic Dancer” scene by using natural grass texture in Photoshop. He combined a photograph with some natural pattern and texture and created this cool mystic dancer scene. Together we can explore various image adjustment tools, filter effects, layer blending mode, dynamic brush settings and more. Read...

Floating icons

Posted by admin at 10:52 am on March 02 2009
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In this tutorial the author will show you how to make your icons floating in the air. This simple technique be explained in few steps. To start with open a new project with the dimensions that you want, here the author made his 600*600 pixels. Create a new layer, select the Rounded Rectangle Tool or press U and set the settings as you see in the image then click and drag to draw your capsule. Read...

Falling coins

Posted by admin at 1:26 am on February 28 2009
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In this 3DS Max tutorial, the author is going to do a coins stack. It’s hard to keep accuracy when we want to do that manually because of lots number of objects. So it is quite smart to do some simulation. Read full tutorial here

Parametric Walkway

Posted by admin at 1:19 am on February 28 2009
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Parametric Walkway is a 3DS Max video tutorial explaining how to make copies, references and then using modifiers to store modeling procedures. This tutorial covers * Spline Based Modeling * Referencing Geometry * Referencing Modifiers * Shell, Edit Spline, Extrude, Edit Poly Modifiers Read full tutorial here

Wire parameters

Posted by admin at 1:08 am on February 28 2009
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Wire parameters is a simple video tutorial covering the basics of how to set up and use wire parameters as well as use expression controllers in 3ds Max. Please note that there is no sound in this tutorial View the tutorial here

Photomation: Photoshop & iMovie Tutorial (Part 3)

Posted by admin at 12:56 am on February 28 2009
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Third part of photomation: Photoshop & iMovie Tutorial.

Photomation: Photoshop & iMovie Tutorial (Part 2)

Posted by admin at 12:53 am on February 28 2009
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Second part of photomation: Photoshop & iMovie Tutorial.