Intermeditate Photoshop

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Guest Justin Seeley – Tilt Shift Video Tutorial

Ok, so I was supposed to write a blog post for my friend Firgs’ blog… Well, unfortunately I’m somewhat tapped out right now in the creative writing department, so I decided to simply release a special episode of Photoshop Quicktips, exclusively for the readers of this blog. This tutorial takes you through how to quickly [...]

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Sketch Art Tutorial – By Landailyn

This tutorial is presented to you by Janine Smith who is also known as Landailyn on Twitter.

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Setting The Stage – Part Two

This tutorial will teach you how to create two stage lights in the on and off positions from scratch. It is part two of a tutorial series. Part three will include taking your lights and the curtain from part one and putting them together for animation. This tutorial is compatible with Photoshop versions CS2 and [...]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Setting The Stage – Part One

This tutorial will teach you how to create a red curtain that might resemble one that you would see on a stage. It is part one of a tutorial series. Part two will include stage lights and how to create them from scratch. This tutorial is compatible with Photoshop versions CS2 and higher. Ok, let’s [...]

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Making Flowers Pop

Having your flowers silhouetted on a black background can be a very dramatic effect. It is also one that is quite popular as it really makes the details pop out at you. But who has time to make all of those detailed masks and selections? With this quick trick, you’ll be able to get this [...]

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Between the Tween – Explaining Animation

  Animation is becoming more and more popular. And the simplest form of animation is something you can achieve in Photoshop. But although lots of people try their had at this, very few people get it right. So for this tutorial we’re going to talk about what goes into the basics of animation and I [...]

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Color Correction Quick Fix

I love color correction. It is one of the most challenging tasks and can quite often be difficult to master so I am always looking for ways to make is simpler. This "quick fix" is not an exact correction, but it’s a great start and works wonderfully for when you’re in a rush. And I’ll [...]

Monday, March 30th, 2009

“Posterized” Custom Shapes from Brushes

Turning a shape into a brush is a trick that is often used by many designers. But in this tutorial I am going to show you how to do the reverse by taking a brush and turning it into a custom shape that has that cut-out poster feel to it. For this tutorial I am [...]

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Crushed Velvet Texture

EDITOR’S NOTE: This tutorial is aimed for CS3/4 users as part of it contained the Warp tool. However, there are also instructions included how to mimic a similar effect with the tools found in lower versions. Here is how to simulate a crushed dark velvet, fabric texture. First set up your canvas according to the specs you [...]

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Working with Typography II

Typography is one of the hardest elements of design to master. But with this short PDF you will learn not only the rules of working with fonts, but also how to combine different fonts to your advantage. The PDF has been compressed for web and therefor some graphics will show some minor pixellation. This is [...]