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Let's start with a new image, black, 72 dpi. Mine is set to 6 inches wide and 5 inches high, RGB. Create a new layer and, with the circular marquee, make a nice, fat, round selection in the middle of your image. Fill this selection with gray. In the past when we've made spheres, I've use t...
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Let's have some fun dabbling with gradients. First let's take a look at our options in Photoshop, then well do a little creative applying. To begin with, you select the gradient tool from the toolbar. With Photoshop 6 we are given a gradient Options Bar, similar to other tool selections lik...
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Let's start out by creating a new image. I'm setting mine up as follows: Width: 8 in Height: 4 in Resolution: 150 Mode: RGB Background: White Since we are basically doubling the 72 dpi, you can view this at 50% and still have a fair rendering of what the full-blown image looks like. N...
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To start, I have a 2 layer image (white background, 50% gray text). I hope that you are becoming familiar with Layer Styles in Photoshop 6, as we will use these to turn our type into some form of plastic or glass. I'm going into this with little idea what the end result will be… it m...
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First, let's just create a few styles using a single layer and a line of type. When developing styles, I generally begin with the bevel and build from there. The last style element I apply is the drop shadow, primarily so I can get a feel for the color the shadow should be. I usually don't ...
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1. Let's start with a new image. 2. Create a new layer. 3. Select a light brown/tan for the foreground color, and a darker brown for the background. 4. Select the Reflected Gradient and fill the new layer from the center to the bottom. 5. Let's add a bit of noise: 6. Now ...
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Just for fun, let's make a quick, cool text style: 1) Open Photoshop. I'm using PS 7 for this tutorial. 2) Create a new image. If it isn't already, fill the background layer with white. 3) Create a new Layer. 4) On the new layer, enter some large type with the Type Mask Tool. ...
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