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Design a Sleek Website Interface in Photoshop

14. September 2010

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create a sleek & clean portfolio/blog Website interface design inside Adobe Photoshop. As we go through, we will deal with selections, layer styles, some basic typography, and so on…We’ll also use 960 Grid System to keep our layout nicely well-aligned. [...]

Design Process: Creating the Cover Art for Parachute Journalists

7. September 2010

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Design Process: Creating the Cover Art for Parachute Journalists

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I’m going to show you all how I went about designing the cover art for my band’s new single “24th of January.” Listen/Download for free here. If you aren’t aware, 2/3 of Parachute Journalists are members of Go Media: Jeff Finley (me on drums), and Adam Wagner who’s voice [...]

Iconic Poster Design Tutorial (with video)

17. August 2010

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Iconic Poster Design Tutorial (with video)

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hey I’m Jeff Finley and I’m going to show you how to make an iconic poster using the new Vector Set 18 from Go Media’s Arsenal. I sent out an email to all our Arsenal customers and the two things they wanted most were more tutorials and to show [...]

Create a Glossy RSS Feed Icon using Photoshop

5. August 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: In this tutorial you will learn how to create a glossy TV style RSS feed icon using the basic Photoshop functions like, Layer Styles, Layer Masks and Filters. Take a look at the image we will be creating in this tutorial. Step 1 Create a new document with 500px [...]

Photoshop CS5: Performance Tips

27. July 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So I recently jumped the gun and upgraded to Photoshop CS5 on the Mac. And I wasn’t too happy about it. Let’s just say that the performance levels were not to my liking. In fact, Photoshop CS5 performed worse than CS4. I was even more confused because Adobe touted [...]

Logo Design On A Budget

20. July 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I am frequently asked to put together logos or promotional materials for independent bands, which is fantastic, except they don’t have the budget of a signed or sponsored band. Through the years I’ve found ways to cut corners to limit design time without limiting the overall design quality. In [...]

Video Tut: iMac Illustration

6. May 2010

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Go Media contributor Andre Silva shares a detailed, 17-minute walkthrough video tutorial on creating an iMac in Adobe Photoshop. Here’s a preview of the final artwork, scroll down to watch the video in it’s entirety.

Create Glossy 3D Text using Xara 3D & Photoshop

16. April 2010

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Create Glossy 3D Text using Xara 3D & Photoshop

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I am going to show you how to create 3D text in Xara 3D and render it in Adobe Photoshop. I’ll share basic Photoshop key shortcuts that really help speed up production. As a final touch I’ll use the pen tool to draw lines that look like strings attached [...]

New Arsenal Release: Wacom Illustration Video Tutorial

1. April 2010

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New Arsenal Release: Wacom Illustration Video Tutorial

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Go Media owner and veteran illustrator Jeff Finley shares intimate details of his illustration and design process in his two hour video tutorial “Wacom Illustration Techniques”. You’ll learn the process for manipulation and compilation of photos for reference, secrets of illustration with a Wacom tablet, and techniques for adding [...]