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in Photoshop Articles
An Intro to Actions and Photoshop Automation

Have you tried actions yet? Perhaps you still have some questions as to what the hype is about, or have no idea what I mean by ‘action’. Truth to tell, Adobe has not devoted much documentation to the subject. Actions are simply a means to record all the commands used to generate an effect in Phot...

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Texturing Your Way to 3D
in Miscellaneous Photoshop Tutorials
Texturing Your Way to 3D

Here's the new image specs: Width= 8 in Height= 8 in 150 DPI RGB Background= White This image is going to be large, so I'll only be displaying the pertinent areas for the examples. First, let's fill the background with black. Create a new layer and, with the circular marquee tool, cr...

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Billiard Ball
in Drawing Techniques
Billiard Ball

Creating billiard balls in Photoshop. 1) Create a new image, 5 inches x 5 inches, RGB, 100 DPI with the background set to transparent. 2) Create a new layer. With the Elliptical Marquee Tool (or as it is commonly know up here -'that roundish dotted thingy') and make a circular selection in...

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The Channel-Bevel Trick
in Special Effects
The Channel-Bevel Trick

Let's take a look at using channels to help with an effect. Here we go! To begin with, create a new image and enter some type or drop a shape on it's own layer. Command/CTRL+Click the layer to create a selection. Go to the Channels Palette and create a new Alpha Channel. Fill the selecti...

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Festive Effects
in Special Effects
Festive Effects

To begin, here's my image set up: Create a new image 9 inches wide 5 inches high 200 dpi RGB White Background Select 2 opposing colors. For my example I'm using red and green. Create a new layer, and select the Reflected Gradient tool set to difference mode. Start filling the new layer se...

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Molding Type: Adventures in Liquid
in Text Effects
Molding Type: Adventures in Liquid

Let's set up the image: Width= 9 in Height= 5 in 150 dpi RGB Background= White Create a new layer and enter your type with the type mask tool. I'm using a large font set to 130 pts called Flat Iron. I found it on a free font site online... that is where most of my fonts come from, and if y...

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Placing the Boy into the Bubble
in Photo Editing
Placing the Boy into the Bubble

To begin, I have an image I would like to put in a bubble. I also have an image I will use for reflections: We will use the latter image later in the tutorial/ Before we can make my son float away, we need a bubble to place him into. Here comes the fun part! Create a new image. Her...

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Metal Mayhem
in Text Effects
Metal Mayhem

To begin with let's create a new image, 72 dpi with a white background. Create a new layer, enter some large text with the type mask tool, and fill it with black. Duplicate this layer, and with your selection still active we are ready to begin. I hope that you are starting to grasp using Lay...

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Single Layer Style
in Miscellaneous Photoshop Tutorials
Single Layer Style

To start, create a new image and fill the background with a pattern. Try using a rusty metal or some such, but make sure it is seamless and saved in the loaded pattern set. If not, define the pattern before you continue. Here's one you can use (I'll be using it through this tutorial): Creat...

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Actions, Paths, and Custom Shapes in Photoshop 6.0
in Photoshop Basics
Actions, Paths, and Custom Shapes in Photoshop 6.0

If I can turn picture into a shape, a shape into a path and a path into a selection, why couldn't I then run my actions on that selection? Any of you who have used my text effects actions knows that I use the type mask tool for 99.9% of my actions. Since the type mask tool is a selection, and I can...

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