Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

Christmas ornaments design

Adobe Photoshop » Designing » December 5, 2008
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Learn how to design blue and red Christmas balls with ribbon of the same color over white background in Adobe Photoshop.

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Photoshop: iMac

Video Tutorials » Designing » December 5, 2008
Source psdtuts »

In this tutorial, Howard demonstrates how to create an iMac from scratch in Photoshop.

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Artistic Christmas wallpaper

Adobe Photoshop » Photo Effects » December 5, 2008
Source eyesontutorials »

Today the topic of our tutorial will be the holidays that are coming very soon. So enjoy the process thinking about Christmas time. We will do a lot of experiments with the brushes.

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Create a Crispy-Crust Text Effect with Flower Texture

Adobe Photoshop » Text Effects » December 5, 2008
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In this tutorial, it will show you how to create the Crispy-Crust text effect with flower texture in Photoshop. This tutorial is simple and nice. Most of the steps are processed in “Layer style”. Surely, you will get familiar with the adjustment after complete this. Have a try!

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Online Advertising And Its Impact On Web Design

Web Tips » Inspiration » December 5, 2008
Source smashingmagazine »

In recent years, advertising has become a major revenue source for many websites. Not too long ago, online ads were often met with disapproval from visitors, and advertisers were unsure about their value or effectiveness. Today, most visitors have come to expect ads on commercial websites, and advertisers have recognized the potential of various online ad opportunities. Ads have long been a part of print publications, such as magazines and newspapers, and now they essentially have the same role in online periodicals and publications. Although advertising is a concern for website owners and those pushing products or services, it is also has an impact on Web designers, because they have to be able to design and develop websites that can produce ad revenue and still meet the needs of visitors. Clients with websites that depend on ad revenue need a design that provides the necessary screen space and a proper layout for selling ads, and advertisers need placement that will get them the exposure they seek. While advertisements are hardly the primary concern of Web designers in general, not accounting for them will result in a very awkward layout that can either detract from the flow of the website or put the ads in a spot where they will not receive enough attention from visitors. In order to maximize ad revenue for the client, with minimal interference in the appearance and usability of the website, the designer must take advertising needs into consideration throughout the design process.

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Designing The Holy Search Box: Examples And Best Practices

Web Tips » Inspiration » December 5, 2008
Source smashingmagazine »

On content-heavy websites, the search box is often the most frequently used design element. From a usability point of view, irritated users use the search function as a last option when looking for specific information on a website. If a website’s content is not organized properly, an efficient search engine is not only helpful but crucial, even for basic website navigation. In fact, search is the user’s lifeline to mastering complex websites. The best designs offer a simple search box on the home page and play down advanced search and scoping. In practice, websites tend to grow over time, adding new content and, more importantly for us, adding new navigation options, such as additional content sections. However, these new content islands do not necessarily fit the whole information architecture that was well-designed and thoroughly structured when the website was initially designed. The consequence is a poor navigation scheme that is more irritating than helpful, because the content appears to be scattered all over the place instead of contained in separate, very distinct folders (in fact, this is a problem we encountered here at Smashing Magazine a couple of weeks ago). When content organization appears to be a mess and it seems nearly impossible to find information, users are very unlikely to decide to browse the available sections of the website. They are more likely to either leave the website (hitting the “Back” button and returning to Google’s search results), or turn to the only escape hatch they (hopefully) have: the holy search box. Although the back-end process of searching a website is very important, we shouldn’t neglect the front end, the design, either. Below you will find a few, but important, guidelines to keep in mind when creating search box designs. All of the examples shown below are linked to the pages from where they were taken.

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Drawing a feather

Adobe Photoshop » Drawing » December 5, 2008
Source eyesontutorials »

In this tutorial we'll study how to picture a feather, its shadows and how to change its color in Adobe Photoshop.

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Innocent Invaders Photoshop Brushes Set

Web Tips » Brushes » December 5, 2008
Source smashingmagazine »

Today we are glad to release Innocent Invaders Photoshop Brushes Set, a set that features a curious cast of characters who are ready to infiltrate your creative projects. Inspired by designer vinyl toys, this high resolution set includes a collection of 15 different creatures accompanied by 10 background illustrations.

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Photoshop Paper Texture from Scratch then Create a Grungy Web Design with it

Adobe Photoshop » Textures and Patterns » December 5, 2008
Source psdtuts »

This year has seen a big increase in grungey / textured / hand-drawn styled website designs. By nature I tend to design a cleaner look myself, but I thought I'd try my hand at grunge today and write up a tutorial on creating a simple paper texture from scratch in Photoshop then marrying it with a web layout to create a neat design.

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Tutorials added on December 5, 2008