I’ve been writing tutorials inspired by skateboard deck designs for a few weeks and today it’s not going to be different. I’m very addicted to that, I love the ideas some of the designers have and for this tutorial I will recreate a really nice effect with lines forming a star. However I will go a little bit further and I will transform it in a light effect and add a nice pattern overlay. Everything using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. ... [Read More]

Fire text is one of the most classic technique that you can see in Photoshop tutorials. I am trying out another version here using some real fire images, mix with filters and blending methods. Here we go! Create a document of a reasonable large size with black background. Using Type tool, with size 280pt and Trajan Pro font, type a number “1″. You can download the font here. Otherwise you may also use other fonts of your preference. Right-click... [Read More]

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how I used several floral stock images and Photoshop brushes to compose a fantastic abstract composition. [Read More]  Read More →

Learn in this tutorial how to make a nice looking aurora borealis. For the beginning let’s create a new file (File>New) of 1600×1200 px and 72 dpi. Using the Paint Bucket Tool (G), fill the new file with black color. Next we need to select the Gradients Tool (G) and fill the new file from its top to the bottom with a transparent gradient. Choose on the top panel the same option, demonstrated below: After that enter the filters’ palette... [Read More]

In this tutorial I will show you how to create abstract Windows 7 wallpaper using Adobe Photoshop basic techniques. Let’s get started! Let’s create a new file (File>New), having 1920×1200px/72ppi with white background. Then choose the Rectangle Tool (U) and represent a rectangle as shown: Set Fill to 0% and go to Layer Style by clicking on this layer on the layers’ panel: Styles>Gradient Overlay Gradient Editor: Using the same tool,... [Read More]

Learn how to create a very colorful waves element with light effects in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Create a new file (File>New) that would have 1920×1200 px and 72 dpi. Using the Paint Bucket Tool (G), it’s possible to give the new file black color. Select the Rectangle Tool (U) to draw a colored ornament like the one from below: Set the next demonstrated parameters for the layer by making a mouse click on it on the layers’ panel: Blending Options>Gradient... [Read More]

Our goal for this tutorial is to draw a realistic leather briefcase entirely from scratch. We’ll use Photoshop’s amazing layer styles and incredible brush engine to create textured leather, convincing stitches and gold-plated locks. Let’s get started! Step 1 Let’s start by creating a new RGB blank document, choosing a 512 px square canvas. Activate Snap from the View Menu (Shift + Command + Semicolon key). Set up two guides... [Read More]

In this tutorial we will knew how to Create A Glassy Button in photoshop. Come, lets go to create a photoshop Document 430×430 with a Black background. STEP-01 Create a new layer name it “box”. Use the Rounded rectangle tool (U) create a rounded corner box. Press ctrl+enter make it a section and then fill in the selection with white colour. STEP-02 Now you need to apply Blending Options: Gradient overlay, Inner glow and stroke styles to the... [Read More]

In this tutorial i will show you how to Create A Dramatic Rain Scene in photoshop. This tutorial can be used on almost all pictures. First we will create some rain on top of the pictures using some different filters, then we will create a gradient layer on top of the rain layer for the dramatic effect. I used Photoshop CS4 to create this tutorial. Lets take a look to what we will make in this tutorial. or STEP 1 Lets start of by opening the... [Read More]