September 22, 2011
Occasionally, we all do something that’s a little fun with Photoshop that may or may not have a purpose on the future. So right now, I’m providing something that everyone can sit back, chill, and say “hey, I’ll try that!” So today, I’m going to teach you a little trick that I learned in high school while I was on newspaper staff.
August 23, 2011
Basic graphic design tutorials are all pretty universal whether you are using Photoshop, the GIMP, or even Pixelmator. For instance, the ability to adapt to your image editor is going to be very flexible in this particular tutorial on YouTube, so aspiring graphic designers, have no fear if you do not own a full-blown Adobe image [...]
August 3, 2011
Tilt Shift is that wonderful effect that makes your photographs look like model dioramas, and we’ve covered a few utilities to achieve the effect before. This time though, I want to show how you can do the same thing in Photoshop – and apart from giving you more freedom in the overall process, it’s a [...]
July 25, 2011
Maybe you’ve already tried out Twitbacks, or perhaps you just don’t like limiting yourself to an app such as PrettyTweet. You’re ready for the big dogs, and you want to design your own Twitter background in Photoshop. This how-to goes into the details of creating your very own Twitter background with the help of Photoshop.
January 23, 2011
There are several options on how to watermark your images online, but using an online service can have its drawbacks. They sometimes impose certain limitations, such as capping the image file size, and there is also the obvious inconvenience of not being able to watermark your images unless you have an internet connection. The most [...]
September 28, 2010
There are a vast number of free icon sets online, but if you want to roam beyond pure particular use, there are also a score of problems connected to them. Licensing and the lack of branding are just two of them. Even if you’re not a software developer, learning to create your own icons is [...]
August 19, 2010
A stereo what? Don’t feel low if you don’t know what stereographics are. It’s just a fancy name for a unique kind of panoramic photo, like the one you see in the image on the right. The photo almost always resembles a planet, so these are also commonly known as planet or globe effect/photos. The [...]
August 13, 2010
The problem with exceedingly better cameras is that, besides every beautiful detail, they also manage to catch every blemish. The time when you could get away with sunburn, or even something as small as a mole is long past. Those details will be engraved in virtual stone as well. Nowadays, everyone realizes that movie stars [...]
August 9, 2010
We have covered 20 Photoshop Tips and Tricks You Should Know About, but in this Photoshop how-to we’re going to delve into what is called layer styles and effects such as drop shadows, bevels, color overlays, and textures; used in nearly all graphic design. Many of the graphic ads posted on MUO, for example, make [...]
July 26, 2010
Photoshop is a wonderful tool. Expensive, but wonderful. With it you can smooth out Gran’s chin, hide your ex or bring shame upon a local politician. Photoshop’s forte however is fixing photos. As a generation of photographers, we’ve accepted Photoshop as an “always there” resource for salvaging shaky shots but to really improve as a photographer, it’s [...]
