Photoshop actions are one of the best ways to instantly enhance your work. It's almost like borrowing the workflow of a famous professional and using it on your own files.
This tutorial will teach you the basics of downloading,...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2014 in Design, Photography, Tutorials
Whether you're looking to enhance the natural beauty of your subjects eyes, change them to a completely different color, or add a rainbow iris effect to an image, you can follow the same basic steps to get there.
This tutorial...
Product photos on a plain white background are an industry standard, but they can sometimes look a little bland, especially if you need to use them in an advertisement.
This tutorial will teach you how to added a glossy,...
Two of the most important resources a designer can have are textures and vectors. There are plenty of ways to use them together, but few as are simple or effective as using a photo-based texture as a layer mask.
Learn how to...
Posted on Jul 08, 2013 in Photography, Tutorials, Roundups, Inspiration
High dynamic range photography can produce images with colors and contrast closer to what we see in reality, or give your photos a supernatural look.
The different HDR styles are not for everyone. Sometimes the best HDR comes...
There are plenty of times where I go looking for a font, only to be let down when I find something close, but not quite perfect. It's been a long time goal to fill this void and design some fonts of my own that other people would...
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 in Quick Tips, Tutorials, Articles
I've been working with Photoshop since version 4, so you might think I know all there is to know about every single hidden function within the software. I wish that were the case.
Every week I learn something new, and not just...
If you've ever watched American Pickers, you know that vintage tin signs are a hot commodity. Lucky for us, we can recreate this retro effect in Photoshop — without the fear of a possible tetanus shot.
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Posted on Jan 03, 2013 in Web Design, Tutorials
It's 2013! There's been a lot of rumblings within the design community about learning web design as a New Years resolution. Every day that passes where you don't know how to build a website brings you one day closer to...
Posted on Nov 20, 2012 in Photography, Tutorials
You might be familiar with some of the standard sharpening methods that Photoshop offers, including Sharpen, Sharpen More, and Unsharp Mask. But have you ever stopped to consider whether these sharpening filters are the best way...