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Jun
02

Creating Flaming Playing Card

This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to create a realistic playing or poker card using premade vector shapes and the rounded rectangle tool in PS. Also, we will be creating a popular Marvel mutant skill of the pinkish flaming cards of Gambit.

Via: testking

Mar
08

40 Tutorials for Outstanding Text Effects in Illustrator

Fuzzy, sketchy, bubbly, viscous, sleek, shiny, retro, futuristic: you can do it all in Adobe Illustrator.

In this showcase, we have collected 40 tutorials that show you how to create awesome typographic effects in Illustrator, step by step. Some of these tutorials require the use of Photoshop for finer details.

[Source: webdesignerdepot]

Dec
14

Massive Collection of Best Photoshop Tutorials from 2010

Photoshop has given new pinnacles to creativity of designers all around the globe. They are free to create astounding effects that can accomplish almost anything one can imagine. Many artists have shared their creation process through quite a number of tutorials and articles. Today we present to you the best Photoshop tutorials from categories of abstract, animatation, automation, photo retouching, digital painting, poster design, brushes and buttons (and the list goes on!) to help you increase your knowledge and skills.

[Source: noupe]

Oct
13

Photoshop CS5 Tutorials: 70+ Creative Tips

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials from around the web from the month of September 2010. You’ll find everything from Creating an Airport Time Table Type Effect, to Designing a sexy mechanical pinup in Photoshop. So what are you waiting for…why not try one out?

[Source: designrfix]

Oct
05

100 Best Illustrator Tutorials of All Time

Adobe Illustrator is the most powerful vector software on the planet, and whether you’re using it alone, or in a workflow with other tools such as a 3D program, Photoshop, InDesign, or something else, it can be a great asset to any designer’s arsenal. However, Illustrator is also one of the most daunting programs to learn how to use, with a vast array of tools and features at your fingertips.  Some high quality tutorials will go a long way to easing the process, and get you up and going on your own vector creations.

[Source: creativefan]

Sep
29

AE Tutorials: 50 Superb Must Have Effects

It has been almost six months since my last post on After Effects tutorials titled: After Effects Tutorial: 60+ Kick Ass Effects. Since then I have been scouring the web in search of fresh new Adobe AE tutorials for you to try out. I am confident that these 50 superb AE tutorials will guide you in creating some amazing motion graphics  for your next project. Now the hard part will be deciding which of these amazing tutorials you will use in your next creation. Hope you enjoy!

[Source: noupe]

Sep
22

Useful Adobe Photoshop Techniques, Tutorials and Tools

As web designers, we always have something new to learn. Over the last decade our workflow has changed dramatically — it’s become more sophisticated and highly diversified. Not only do we have a much larger variety of improved tools to use; there’s also an endless stream of new techniques emerging and spreading within the web design community via social networks.

[Source: SmashingMagazine]

Sep
03

Bokeh Effect in Web Design: Examples and Tutorials

Bokeh effect is the blurred or out of focus part of the image. This effect has become very popular recently, and is normally seen in photography mostly around the light sources. Many designers have made use of this effect in web design to bring the object into sharper focus while making the background visually appealing.

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Aug
16

Photoshop Tutorials: 60+ Hot New Tips

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of July 2010. You’ll find everything from creating awesome text made of 3D blocks in photoshop, to designing a beautiful cosmic space scene. So what are you waiting for…why not try one out?

[Source: designrfix]

Aug
12

Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials from 2010

Web layouts are crucial for every web design. Whether it is a simple design or an advanced one, Photoshop can often come handy in creating such layouts. We have collected some really creative and helpful recent tutorials that display the process behind creating web layouts in Photoshop.

[Source: noupe]

Aug
09

35 Fresh and Wanted Photoshop Tutorials

Photoshop needs no introduction; everyone knows it — even those who do not have any design background. Knowing your tools inside out really counts. If you really know Photoshop, you can do almost everything with it — be it photo retouching, photo manipulation, creating fantasy scenes or creating wild and wicked text effects. And in this post we have collected some fresh Photoshop tutorials that will help you learning it inside out. Browse through this collection and polish your Photoshop skills!

[Source: noupe]

Aug
09

Inception Poster with Repousse in Photoshop CS5

So in this tutorial I will show you how to create the effect of one of the Inception posters, the one with the word Inception made of buildings on an aerial photo of a city. To create this effect we will use the new 3D tool in Photoshop CS 5 called Repousse and an aerial photo from Pixelcase.

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Jul
29

Brilliant Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorials From 2010

Adobe Photoshop CS5 is a new, but experienced kid on the block. With its new powerful features, it provides designers with a flexible tool for printing, making a video or designing for the Web. Some of the features added in Photoshop CS5 are Puppet Warp, 3D extrusions with Adobe Repoussé, smart radius feature, Content-Aware Fill and Raw Image Processing, to name a few. In this post we showcase Adobe Photoshop CS5 tutorials from which you will learn a lot about different features of Adobe Photoshop CS5.

[Source: noupe]

Jul
27

40+ Best Cinema 4D Tutorials that You’ll Love to Learn

Most of us are quite familiar with 3D technology – what with the latest movies and games that have been released in the market today. We can’t hide the fact that 3d animations and graphics have been so outstanding. Today, we give you a various tutorial resource on one of the most powerful 3d application used these days, the Cinema 4D. Cinema 4D is a 3d graphic application (developed by MAXON Computer GmbH) that can do modeling, animation and rendering in one.

[Source: Naldz]

Jul
23

70 Photoshop Tutorials For Text Decoration From 2010

Photoshop is such a robust tool that every day is a new learning with it. Today we are featuring fresh tutorials on one of its embellishing feature in form of Text Decoration. You can give any style to text you like. It can be a jungle effect or a flowery or musical effect or just a mix and match of two different styles. Enjoy!

[Source: slodive]

Jul
20

50+ Awesome Must See Photoshop Tutorials (Part2)

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of May and June 2010. You’ll find everything from creating a photoshop battle poster in illustrator, to designing a brilliant website layout in photoshop.

[Source: designrfix]

Jul
15

50+ Awesome Must See Tutorials (Part1)

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of May and June 2010. You’ll find everything from creating a distressed vector typographic poster design, to creating  an adrenaline filled car chase scene. So what are you waiting for…why not try one out?

[Source: designrfix]

Jul
13

Design a Beautiful Cosmic Space Scene in Photoshop

Ever since I saw the recent Star Trek movie I’ve been itching to create a gorgeous sci-fi inspired cosmic space scene. I eventually found the time to do so and created a piece of artwork named ‘First Light’. Follow this step by step walkthrough of its creation in Photoshop, from the making of the planets, to the vibrant nebula and bright lens flares.

[Source: spoongraphics]

Jul
08

15 Cool and Interesting Photoshop Tutorials

Photoshop tutorials have emerged almost everywhere on the web and everyone who has the Photoshop software can learn these readily available tutorials. In this article, we’ve consolidated a list of 15 cool and interesting Photoshop tutorials to help you brush up on your current skills and learn some new techniques. This featured Photoshop tutorials collection includes photo manipulation, typography effects, interface design and more.

[Source: inspiremonkey]

Jun
11

30 Useful Abstract Photoshop Design Tutorials

Abstract works have many uses in design: they can serve as a vibrant desktop background, a mysterious webdesign header or they can be beautiful art pieces by themselves. What’s more, abstract design has many forms, and not too many limitations. You can always come up with new shapes and compositions with combination of various color schemes. You can create them using computer algorithms, putting it on the canvas from pure imagination, or just following a simple pattern you made up in your spare time.

[Source: noupe]