In this tutorial you will learn to create an awesome bokeh effect using Photoshop. Basically the Brush Tool (B) is what you need in order to create this beautifully ethereal effect, and it is very easy to do. These are the tools you will need to create your custom brush: Ellipse Tool Field Blur Gaussian [...]
Vector portraits take little effort to make from a photo and when completed it can be awe-inspiring. You can easily tweak the image without losing its quality. This tutorial by Daniel Caballero at Digital Arts Online UK shows how to create a simplified vector portrait with Photoshop. His technique is even easier to do if you [...]
In today’s feature, we bring you Jim Hoskins’ great technique on how you can create vector masking using HTML5 canvas. First, set up the canvas tag: <canvas id=”c” width=”200″ height=”158″></canvas> Next, get the canvas and its drawing context in JavaScript: // Grab the Canvas and Drawing Context var canvas = document.getElementById(‘c’); var ctx = canvas.getContext(’2d’); [...]
This tutorial will show you how to apply a realistic sketch effect to your photos in Photoshop. Unlike other photo-to-sketch tutorials, this one makes use of Photoshop CS6′s Colored Pencil filter, and Pencil Width and Stroke Width attributes to create an image that closely resembles an organic hand-drawn sketch. You’ll also use the Shadow/Highlights and [...]
Greek visual designer Charis Tsevis has created some visually stimulating graphics for Yahoo!’s coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games. These images are geometric styles met with brilliant color to fully show the spirit and movement of this year’s participants in 3 illustrations each for diving, gymnastics and running. Each image features Tsevis’ signature mosaic [...]
Here’s a quick and short tutorial shared by Damien Oh from WPBDailyBits that shows you how you can change the font in WordPress’ HTML editor. Follow the very brief instructions below to find out how. Open your theme’s functions.php file. Copy/paste the following code below: add_action( ‘admin_head-post.php’, ‘wpdb_fix_html_editor_font’ ); add_action( ‘admin_head-post-new.php’, ‘wpdb_fix_html_editor_font’ ); function wpdb_fix_html_editor_font() [...]
Today’s feature is a Photoshop tutorial on how you can create a smoke text effect. Tom of PSDFAN has updated his previous tutorial on creating Smokey Typography, where the effect is more realistic than before and uses an updated workflow of Photoshop’s non-destructive tools which you can edit any time. To start it up, create [...]
Graphic designer Ainsley Bevis of Tutorials Share gives you a nice text tutorial which you can use in your design projects. Using Photoshop, you can create this sleek grunge, metal and sci-fi text effect. The techniques she used are textures, brushes and shapes with the following resources - metal resources and N-Gage font. Create a [...]
Never underestimate the power of a good label. You see labels everywhere on virtually every product you can use. More importantly, they play a huge role in making you purchase the brands you use. They’re usually the first thing to catch your eye, and can be the main reason why you want to keep a [...]
Brochures are designed to perform two main functions: the first is to attract the attention of new customers, and the second is to provide more extensive information to an interested market. The first type of brochure usually has a louder design and speaks of the product or service in broad strokes. The second type contains [...]
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