Friday, June 5, 2009

Creative Photo Composition: Get More Out of What You’ve Got Photoshop Tutorial



View The Tutorial At Photoshop Wisdom-It would be lovely if every client gave you perfect photos to work with, but all too often this isn't true. When you get photos that are too small, not visually interesting, or of poor quality you have to get creative. In this tutorial, I'll take you through an instance where I had to make an A4 magazine cover out of a snapshot from a cheap camera.

Applying a Realistic Tattoo Photoshop Tutorial



View The Tutorial At Photoshop Wisdom-There are lots of tutorials on the Web that claim to achieve a realistic tattoo effect. Usually these tutorials instruct the user to import an image they want to use as a tattoo and to set it to overlay. Out of experience I can say that this does NOT look like a tattoo. It looks like...well...an overlayed image.

Making a Print-Ready Business Card Using Only Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial



View The Tutorial At Photoshop Wisdom-In this tutorial, we are going to design up a simple business card in Photoshop and get it ready for print with crop marks and bleed. Normally you'd do some of this with a tool like InDesign, but it is in fact possible to get by with just our trusty old Photoshop.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Creating an Old-Collage Effect Poster Photoshop Tutorial



View The Tutorial At Photoshop Wisdom-One of my favorite 'looks' is the sort of old-collage feel of old photos and old paper. It's a favorite because it lets you work images and text together really easily. In this tutorial we'll put together a poster where there is a main photograph and a lot of text using the old-collage feel.

Making a Message Strip in Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial



View The Tutorial At Photoshop Wisdom-In this tutorial, we're going to make a little message strip in Photoshop that you can place in the top-right corner of a design. These little strips look very trendy and Web2.0-y, particularly in Web designs! It's quite an easy effect to do, and in this tutorial we'll add some shadow and light to make it pop!

Icey Styles in Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial



View The Tutorial At Photoshop Wisdom-In this tutorial, we're going to create an icey-cold effect using layer styles and that you can apply to different objects.

Photoshop Button Maker Photoshop Tutorial



View The Tutorial At Photoshop Wisdom-In this simple tutorial, we're going to create a clever little way of making little buttons using a couple of layers and one interchangeable image layer.