Stencil Text Effect
Download a stencil style font, I used StockStill Solid, which you can download here. Start a new document and type your text in the centre, and leave some white space around the text...
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Foliage - Creating Leaves and Flowers in Photoshop
Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, February 2005
This tutorial goes through the steps of creating some basic natural elements as the basis for a web page layout.
Making a Glass Bar
For this tutorial, I am going to show you how to create a nice looking bar with a glass-reflection effect to it.
Step 1: Create a new 600x100 document, it doesn't matter why type of background it is as we'll be changing it. Now, select the gradient tool and choose any 3 color gradient...
Design Ice Text Effect
1. Start a new document, and set the foreground colour as #336EA7. Now type your text in the center (in #336EA7), leaving some space at the top and bottom.<br/> 2. Right click on your text layer and select Rasterize layer...
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How to Create a Plastic Button
Plastic buttons are great for using on web site interfaces, so now you are going to learn a very simple way of creating a nice looking button!<br/> Step 1: Create a new 100x100 document with a transparent background...
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Transform Multiple Shape Layers
Normally, with rastered layers (non vector), linking multiple layers and applying a 'Ctrl + T' (Mac: Command + T) Transformation works like a charm. However, this simple method does not always apply when the linked layers are solely vector shaped. Here is a simple work around...
read moreAutomate crop straighten from scans
Here's a few simple steps to automate crop and straighten from scans. To begin place a few images on your flatbed scanner. My scanner is a HP Scanjet 3570c...
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Creating Text Style Presets
Here's a great way to create and reuse text presets to have in storage without having to manually set the text parameters each time. To begin, open a new document and select the 'Type Tool (T)' from the toolbar...
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Straighten Images with the Measure Tool
Here's a simple method to accurately straighten images using the Measure Tool. The below image was taken with a slight angle and will require some adjustment. We could simple Ctrl+T and manually transform the image into place, but often without accuracy, and is pure hit and miss...
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Share Notes in Designs with multi-user layouts
Here is a great way to share design element notes between multiple users of a single design. (Or reminder notes for a single user). Begin by selecting the 'Notes Tool (N)' on the Toolbar, as I have captured below...
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