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This tutorial is a brief look at how to use ImageReady to create a navigation bar to use in your web site. ImageReady has many tools that make the whole process of preparing images for the web easier. 1. Open ImageReady and create a new document. Make the dimensions 580 x 80 pixels. 2. First...
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1 Open an image, something you have created or a photo to use as the background. Duplicate the layer. 2 To make buttons, select one of the following shapes, then rasterize it. Put several down and make sure to keep them on separate layers. To create a STYLE for the button, follow the screen...
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Light and fluffy clouds are easy to create in Illustrator and I'll show you one way to create them. This tutorial introduces you to a few of the Pathfinder filters and will familiarize you with the Drop Shadow stylize effect in Illustrator 9 and above...
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Infuse your work with a high-tech, yet organic look by learning how to make this relatively easy shape. By learning how to create the shape in this tutorial, you can go on to create illustrations like this; with the help of some Photoshop filters...
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Perhaps you're hooked on the "Aqua" look and are just aching to use it in your work. Look no further Trend Boy and/or Girl! Requires Adobe Illustrator 9+. This tutorial teaches you how to create Opacity Masks that lend a photorealistic touch to your work...
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1. Create a drawing as I have done...
2. Select the Direct Selection Tool.
3. Select and over over the upper-right corner of the bounding box until the cursor turns into a double-ended arrow (it can be any corner you want)...
When you import vector artwork into a pixel-based program such as After Effects or Photoshop, its edges are determined by the outmost edges of the art. Sometimes, you want to extend the image area to allow new possibilities in your designs...
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Tracking creates an even spacing between multiple characters in a line of text, widening it out, or tightening it up. Kerning adjusts the width of the space between two characters in a line of text. Generally, you first track your text, and then make kerning adjustments...
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1. Select a brush from one of the various brush libraries available from Illustrator 9 or make your own. I chose the star pattern and changed the color.
2. Make sure the stars are selected then open up Edit>Expand Appearance...
Do you ever need to combine areas of different layers to construct a composite image? Use an opacity mask in Adobe® Illustrator® to mask an area of a layer to transparency and reveal the layer right below it. You can even apply feathering to the mask to smoothen its edges...
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