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Let's start with a new image, white background. Create a new layer, enter some large text with the type mask tool, and fill it with black. Leaving the selection active, duplicate this layer. Here's where we begin:...
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We will walk through the creation of a layer style next time, but for this article I want you to become familiar with styles by looking at those included with Photoshop 6. Here's a snapshot of the Layer Styles Default setup:...
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One of the primary techniques used by interface designers and text manipulators to achieve the 'WOW' effect is to use Layers to generate the illusion of depth. To take a word and fill it with a color or gradient is fairly easy...
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This week I'm going to take some black text and see what we can do with it using a few of these third party plug-ins. I will be using 2 of Alien Skin's products (Eye Candy 4000 and Xenofex),and Flaming Pear's Super Blade Pro...
read moreIf you have surfed the internet for very long, you have probably ran into what is referred to as a "traffic exchange". These programs can be designed in many ways, with many different functions. In this article we are going to cover what they are, where to find them, and how to use them...
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Page layout programs, such as InDesign, and illustration programs, like Illustrator, can easily handle "bleeds" and can automatically place crop marks. In Photoshop, you can use Print with Preview's crop marks and bleed options, or you can create the crop marks manually...
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It's easy to see individual channels in color in Photoshop's Channels palette--simply select "Color Channels in Color" in Preferences> Display & Cursors. But what if you want to print the channels in color, say as samples for a screenprinter? That takes a few more steps...
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Macintosh OS X includes a nifty utility called DigitalColor Meter that can help you determine how accurately your monitor is producing color. You'll find it in the Applications> Utilities folder...
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Using layer blending modes is a quick and easy way to composite images. Copy one image over the other and change the upper layer's blending mode and/or opacity, and you've got a great image! But you can finesse the appearance of the composite by using multiple blending modes...
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Here's a technique for producing that absolutely, perfectly, flawlessly smooth skin. It's not appropriate for all images, but when you need perfect skin, give this trick a try...
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