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Photoshop vs. Illustrator: Part 2

12. August 2009

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Photoshop vs. Illustrator: Part 2

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Photoshop Vs. Illustrator in a (continued) no-holds-barred battle to the death! WARNING! This blog post contains foul language and dirty underhanded insults. The (harsh) opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of Go Media Inc. or Adobe Inc. Please do not read further if [...]

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Photoshop vs. Illustrator: Part 1

5. August 2009

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Photoshop vs. Illustrator: Part 1

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Photoshop Vs. Illustrator in a no-holds-barred battle to the death! WARNING! This blog post contains foul language and dirty underhanded insults. The (harsh) opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of Go Media Inc. or Adobe Inc. Please do not read further if you [...]

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80’s Style Design Using Photoshop

29. July 2009

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80’s Style Design Using Photoshop

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The 80’s have always had an iconic impact on Pop Culture. I have been seeing a lot of 80’s inspired designs on the internet, but never found a tutorial. So, here’s a simple tutorial inspired by the 80’s. This is just a basic design to [...]

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Polishing Your PSD: 3 Friendly Reminders for Front-End Sanity

24. July 2009

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Polishing Your PSD: 3 Friendly Reminders for Front-End Sanity

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So you’re a visual designer who wants to suck up to a certain front-end hat guy. Wouldn’t it be a great gesture to clean-house and organize your file so the slicer doesn’t ’slip’ and accidentally butcher your brilliant work? Some firms carefully [...]

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Photoshop Tip: Sharpening with Photoshop’s High-Pass Filter

22. July 2009

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Photoshop Tip: Sharpening with Photoshop’s High-Pass Filter

Need to give an image a little boost? Whether it needs a bit more contrast, or needs to be sharper, Photoshop's High Pass filter can add a dynamic result without spending too much time.

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Create A Photoshop Tool Preset for Custom Text

3. July 2009

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Create A Photoshop Tool Preset for Custom Text

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I tag all my artwork posted online with a minimum of my website URL, and usually with copyright info. I wanted to set up an easy way to add this in Photoshop to each image without having to go to the Type tool, type the [...]

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Shading with Watercolor Textures

30. April 2009

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Shading with Watercolor Textures

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: This tutorial will try and show an alternative way of using the watercolor texture files (as most of you know, you can download Go Media’s watercolor texture pack here, or you can try and make some of your own by painting them and scanning them [...]

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Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together.

14. April 2009

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Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together.

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Part Seven of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Ok Folks, This is it; part seven of seven. I’ve hopefully convinced you to limit your use of colors and fonts, taught you to provide sufficient contrast, suggested that you properly space your elements and [...]

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Draw a Windy Sunset Illustration

4. March 2009

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Draw a Windy Sunset Illustration

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction I’ve always loved Asian art and particularly Japanese illustration. While Asian art is the main source of inspiration for my design, the point is not to create a traditional Japanese illustration, but rather to filter design inspiration such as this one through personal style and experience. Today, [...]

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