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The Patch Tool
in Photo Editing
The Patch Tool

To start, let's open a picture of many faces. Here's one of 3 ladies - let's see if we can't create triplets. Select the Patch Tool from the toolbar. In the options bar, you will see a couple of radial buttons that allow you to set the patch selection you are about to make as the s...

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Aging Steel:  Great Interface Effect
in Drawing Techniques
Aging Steel: Great Interface Effect

Let's create an ancient axe that could have been used by warriors of yore. (Look Ma, I found an excuse to use 'yore' in a sentence!) To begin with let's set up the image. I am going to work on the blade of an axe, so I need a good battleaxe shape. With the circular marquee I am making my sele...

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Photo Frames Never Easier!
in Photo Editing
Photo Frames Never Easier!

I'm going to duplicate the image in a new layer before I begin. Hit Control/Command>A to select the entire image. I'm then going to Select>Modify>Border, and create a border 16 pixels wide. That didn't quite give me as thick an edge as I'd like, so I'll just repeat the process, modifying th.......

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Variations in Plastic
in Text Effects
Variations in Plastic

To begin with, create a new image with a transparent background. Then create a new layer. My image for this tutorial has the following states: 9 inches wide 5 inches high 150 dpi Transparent Background RGB Select the type mask tool. In the new layer enter your type. Now choose 2 shades ...

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Power Effects
in Web Layout
Power Effects

To begin exercise, I've used the Rounded Rectangle Tool to create a simple rectangle with 'the Create New Workpath button depressed (the second selection in the options bar). Under the paths palette I converted my path to a selection and filled it with 50% gray. Then with the Circular Marquee I se...

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Curved Type Reflections
in Drawing Techniques
Curved Type Reflections

1) Create a new image. Fill the background with Black, and create a new layer. 2) Select the Type Tool. Using a large font with the color set to white/light gray, type your text. 3) Create a copy of the type layer by dragging the layer to the new layer icon on the bottom of the layers palette...

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Custom Textures, Killer Text
in Textures & Patterns
Custom Textures, Killer Text

Photoshop 6 provides many texture/pattern sets, but these may not provide the realism you are looking for in your work, so we are going to look at creating and saving your own textures for application to your design projects. Plus we will make something cool to boot! First I want to find a few im...

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Embedding in Stone: Intro to Industrial Effects
in Special Effects
Embedding in Stone: Intro to Industrial Effects

To begin with, open a rock texture of some sort. Go to Edit>Define Pattern. We will use this a few times for both our buttons and background. Open a new image and fill it with the pattern. Create a new layer and, with the Shapes tool set to make your shape a path, then convert the path to a selectio...

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The Fastest Glass Sphere in the West
in Drawing Techniques
The Fastest Glass Sphere in the West

1) Create a new image. Make it perfectly square, say 600 pixels x 600 pixels, 100 DPI. For those people accustomed to working with ruler measurements, that works out to 6 inches squared. Set your mode to RGB, and the background to transparent. 2) Fill the image with Black, 100%, and duplicate...

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