Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, May 2005
Learn a few Photoshop basics while making this tech styled box that can be used for a play list, among other things.

1) Create a new document, pick any size you want. I used 300 x 100 for this tutorial.
2) Make a new layer. Now use the Polygonal Lasso Tool and make a shape like below.
3) Make another layer and make a rectangle selection...

1) Create a new document, pick any size you want. I used 300 x 100 for this tutorial.
2) Make a new layer. Select the Rectangular Marque Tool and make a nice rectangle selection and fill it in with black:...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, May 2005
To achieve this stunning cracked glass effect, you need only fire up your 1 pixel Paintbrush Tool and be prepared to click a few hundred times to duplicate your work.

1. New document. 200x300 pixels. White background. Too easy? Carry on...
2. Using the Pen Tool (Press P), draw a basic shape for your menu.
3. Open the Paths Palette, right click on Work Path and select Make Selection...

1. Start with a 400x100 image, or another size if you see the need for it. Set background to white (#FFFFFF).
2. Now for the background. The easiest way (but yes, it is cheating) is to use a set of grunge brushes. There are a few nice sets of brushes here on Tribe Radio...

1. Start with a new image. Mine is 380x120 with a background colour of #666666.
2. Set your foreground colour to #000000.
3. Using the Text Tool, type your text in the centre of your image. Preferably in a big, fat, plain font. Something like mine will do just fine...

1. Starting off you will need 2 things. A photo of the car you want to do up and some nice rims that you would like to add. Here are my two starting images.
2. Starting off with the new rims you would like to add to your car. Using the Pen Tool (press P) carefully select around the wheel...

1. Start with a new canvas, 450x350 is what I am using, and a background colour of #999999.
2. Using the rounded rectangle tool, draw the shape filling most of your canvas. I had the radius set to 10 and foreground colour set to white...

1. New document in Photoshop, I am using 340x200, but you can make yours a little larger. Also, add a black background.
2. Create a New Layer.
3. Using the Polygonal Lasso tool and make an interesting shape like mine, and fill it with a midgrey like #7F7F7F...