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Inner Shading for Great Glass
in Special Effects
Inner Shading for Great Glass

This week I want to cover a nifty little trick for bringing out depth in glass and plastic. I'm sure you've seen the inner shadow effect applied throughout the web. It is the primary tool for making text or an image appear 'behind' the foreground...

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The 88x31 Button Resolution Trick
in Web Layout
The 88x31 Button Resolution Trick

If you have surfed around graphics-related websites for awhile, you have certainly come across those fancy little 88x31 pixel buttons. They are the standard for linking websites these days, as they are functional, stylish and save space over those huge banners of yesteryear...

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Ones and Zeros: Creating Quick Circuits
in Special Effects
Ones and Zeros: Creating Quick Circuits

This week I'm going to show you a snappy little way to create circuit patterns. So without further ado, here we go.
1. Create a new image. Make the dimensions square, just in case you like the pattern and want to make it seamless.
2. Fill the image with Black...

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Water the Easy Way
in Special Effects
Water the Easy Way

1. To begin, have an image open. I've borrowed a piece of stock photography from the Goodies folder in the Photoshop directory.
2. Duplicate the image in a new layer.
3. In the toolbar, click on the Elliptical Marquee Tool. Up in the Options Bar, enter a feather radius of 5 px...

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Actions: How did they do that? Revisited
in Photoshop Basics
Actions: How did they do that? Revisited

Ok, say I have found an action online or etched on a CD that came with some ancient tome I purchased from Joe’s Online Ancient Tome Emporium. This incredible little script allows me to take an everyday photograph and convert it to a creepy yet intriguing seamless background...

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Text Stenciling
in Text Effects
Text Stenciling

I’ve been doing a lot of Photo-effect and alteration tutorials for www.photoshopuser.com lately, and occasionally it feels good to get back to where it all began for me... type effects...

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