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Jan 12, 2005 in Drawing Techniques

Wireframe Sphere

This tutorial illustrates how to create a wireframe sphere, by creating a grid texture, and then using the Sphereize filter.

Jan 11, 2005 in Special Effects

Starbursts

This is a beginner's Photoshop tutorial. It illustrates how to create a eye-catching starburst with Polar Coordinates, in 3 easy steps.

Jan 11, 2005 in Color Management

Adjustment Layers

Imagine the ability to apply an effect to a group of layers in Photoshop, and then have the power to edit that effect later, while preserving the original layers. Adjustment Layers allow just that.

Dec 30, 2004 in Special Effects

This is a moderately advanced Photoshop tutorial. The effects in this lesson are very flexible, so you must be creative to achieve unique effects. For this tutorial, save the hoopy water image I rendered, on the left side, and open it in Photoshop...

Dec 30, 2004 in Text Effects

ePlastic

This is an advanced Photoshop tutorial, which will show you how to create a plastic texture on text, buttons or icons, using a combination of lighting effects, and the Screen blending mode...

Dec 30, 2004 in Textures & Patterns

Make Adorable Stone Texture

Step 1: Start with a new image, 500x500 pixels. Select a dark gray as the foreground color, and a slightly desaturated orange as the background color. Filter > Render > Clouds...

Dec 30, 2004 in 3D Tutorials

Lathe

A Lathe works the same way a carpenter's lathe works in reality. Lathe wraps a 2D spline around a center point to make it a 3D shape which is perfectly round on the harmonizing axis on which it was spun. (3.1) 1. Create an open spline reflecting what you want your lathe to look like...

Dec 30, 2004 in 3D Tutorials

Spline

Splines are lines going anywhere in 3D space, used to create paths for modifiers and other renderable, or animatable objects...

Dec 30, 2004 in 3D Tutorials

Bevel

Creating cool Text effects in 3D Studio MAX is relatively easy. 1. In the Create Tab, click Shapes. Select the Text button, and place your text in a viewport by clicking where you want it. 2. Edit the Parameters of your text object to your liking...

Dec 29, 2004 in Miscellaneous Photoshop Tutorials

A Photoshop Anti-Aliasing Tip

Use these techniques when you've drawn an un-antialiased mask and you want it to be smooth. Here is an example of what this tutorial can do for you:...