The simple logo- small, pretty and simple. But nestled somewhere in those few pixels lies the power to make or break a business. That’s some heavy weight for such a little guy.
Having just finished working on an identity for a project my agency is involved with, I thought documenting the evolution of the logo from conception to completion along with how I personally go about designing logos would make a pretty sweet blog post.
Tagged in: Design Tutorials Photoshop
This Airbrush and Touch-Up tutorial covers one of my favorite Photoshop tools; the Heal tool. We are about to demonstrate the power of the healing brush using a photo of an old cracked statue, but you can gain the same effect on a human face, covering spots, blemishes, lines and wrinkles.
Often under used, it is one of the most powerful tools available to you in Photoshop and has been getting better and better with every new Photoshop release. Not only is it extraordinarily powerful, its extremely simple to use (as you are about to find out).
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This tutorial shows you how to create amazing photography lighting effects using a maglite torch and your camera.
I’m about to show you one of the simplest – but most fun techniques for creating amazing photographic effect.
There isn’t even any need for computer editing!
Tagged in: Design Tutorials Photography
Another tutorial request, this time for an iPhone style icon!
This simple tutorial covers the basics of using Photoshop CS4 to create lighting effects to give your graphics depth and shine.
We’ll also show you how to use your new iPhone icon in your iPhone application project.
Tagged in: CS4 Design Tutorials Photosop
This tutorial was requested by blog reader Matt – who wanted to create the effect of an exploding planet which didn’t look like a cartoon. We’ll show you how to go from a photo of some cracked ground, to a planetary fireball.
This tutorial will make use of Photoshop CS4’s clever polar coordinates tool, combined with a distortion technique explored over at tutorialwiz.com – but with our own tweaks here and there.
Tagged in: CS4 Design Tutorials Photoshop
This tutorial will take us back to basics using some of the simplest yet most effective Photoshop CS3 tools available to us. The Burn, Dodge and Sponge tools.
Using these tools, we will turn an otherwise dull image into something far more beautiful.
Although they are examples of ‘destructive’ Photoshoping, when dealing with small areas of images, especially photos, it is far easier and more effective to ‘paint in’ these effects rather than using masks to create similar results.
Tagged in: CS3 Design Tutorials Photoshop
If like me you are a bit of a Mac enthusiast then you’ll no doubt be a sucker for their graphical styling as well. This tutorial aims to give you of one possible way to emulate the Mac OS X desktop background style.
In this tutorial we will be using vector paths, blend modes, gradients and effects. Its a must read to see the many ways Photoshop can handle colour.
Tagged in: Design Tutorials Mac Photoshop
Remove or disable Windows Search Indexer: If like me you are unfortunate enough to have to work on a machine with Windows Vista from time to time – then you may also be annoyed with Windows Search Indexer which will happily munch up your RAM and CPU whenever it feels like it!
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A fantastic Mosaic effect that can be achieved with Photoshop. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a mosaic from a photo and then fade between your photo and the mosaic to achieve a really great looking transition that can be used on headers or other web graphics.
I used CS3 for this tutorial but the method can be replicated in lower versions.
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The following Photoshop Tutorials describe some of my favourite techniques for creating and modifying both photos and graphics for web use.
During the series the Photoshop Tutorials will cover; Touching up photos, Use of light and shadows, The wonders of the Burn, Dodge and Saturate Tools, Warping, Blending and Liquefying. Along the way i hope you will pick up some useful ideas to help inspire your own Photoshop creations!
Tagged in: CS3 CS4 Design Tutorials Photoshop
