Drop Shadows in Photoshop
Dropshadows add contrast to objects, and add depth to an image. They can increase visibility, and improve readablility. However, if used inappropriately drop shadows will look cheesy...
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Creating Grid Lines
Creating grid lines with photoshop is easy, and can be used to make your imagery look tight and froody...
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Rounding Shapes
These steps can be used for rounding shapes or anti-aliasing a jagged layer.<br/> 1. Create a new image, and on a new layer, fill in the shapes you want rounded, or use the Type tool to draw a letter...
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Awesome Matrix Effect Design
Here we will make the Matrix code. Step-by-step instructions proceed.<br/> 1) Let's open up a new image, 250x250...and let's immediately apply a Grain texture. So, go to Filter>Texture>Grain and apply these settings:...
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Lightning Effect in a Few Steps
You all know what lightning is so I can skip this introduction. Lightning can add some electrifying =) touches to a banner. You can overlay it on top of your background and it'll look nice. But I know you don't wanna read this so I'll let you get to that tutorials below...
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Stunning Steel Text
1. Make a new image with a resolution of 72 dpi. The size should be big enough to fit your text.<br/> 2. Select the gradient tool (Alt + Click on the paintbucket tool). Click the "Edit Gradient" box in the options bar and make sure the silver gradient is selected...
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Plastic Button Design
Stuck on some ideas for your interface? Looking for a nice, subtle background for your navigation buttons that is both eye candy and subtle to other parts of your layout? Well, look no further, because now you can learn how to create a nice plastic-like background to those buttons...
read moreTutorial - FLA Deconstruction
Through the next few issues we are going to take this FLA and deconstruct the file showing you exactly how it's made and how you can make a similar-style site. I have always been a fan of this FLA because of it's clean design and load time. This FLA File is actually made up of several FLA'...
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Crystal Ball
1) Create a new document around 512 by 512 and then hit " D " to reset the colors.
2) Go to Filter --> Render --> Clouds.
3) Go to Filter --> Distort --> Polar Coordinates...
Realistic Looking Fire Explosion
1) Make a 400x400 document. Now press "D" on your keyboard to reset the foreground and background colors to black and white.
2) Now apply Filter>Render>Clouds. Now we want to make the clouds a bit darker, we do this by going to Image>Adjustments>Auto Levels...
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