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Creating Sparkly New Year Text in Photoshop

A beautiful Tutorial and a heartwarming congrats to the world, for the Happy New Year to come. Stay fine, everyone. More »

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Create a Surreal Scene with a Cool Snail that Flies

Learn how to create a surreal mother nature photo manipulation. This Tutorial will show you how to create a completely surreal scene by combining stock photos and blending them seamlessly. You’ll also More »

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How To Design A People & Stars Web Layout

This new Tutorial for Photoshop is useful once again to help you to create a layout for your website. This template is dedicated to websites regarding stars and showbiz. You are now More »

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How to Create a Mysterious Floating Box in a Desolate Land

Create a mysterious floating box in the middle of a desolate land. This though-provoking image can be created using a variety of texture photos and a few Photoshop brushes – and we’ll More »

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Create an Amazing Surreal-Style Treehouse in Photoshop

Create this beautiful treehouse artwork using a combination of photo manipulation and painting techniques. Find out how to easily draw a surreal-looking tree easily using the Brush tool, clouds from scratch, and More »

Quick Tip: Create a Complex Pattern by Nudging Smart Objects

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The offset filter is a great tool to use to create a repeating pattern for a website background. Unfortunately, for us, the offset filter only works for a flat, one layer image and doesn’t work under all situations. In today’s Tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a repeating pattern using smart objects and the nudging technique with your arrow keys.

Quick Tip: Quickly convert CMYK to Pantone

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Have you ever found yourself rushing a file for the printer but your client hasn’t specified a spot color for their design? Finding a spot color equivalent to CMYK can be difficult. What your client sees is often different to what you see. Here’s a quick way to find the Pantone© equivalent for a CMYK process color without the use of a color book. This tip is perfect for designers who need to use professional offset printing.

Quick Tip: Working with SharedObjects

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In this Quick Tip, I’ll show you how to store and access SharedObjects (the Flash equivalent of cookies) so that you can save and load user data between sessions.

Quick Tip: Stretch Your SWF with Stage.ScaleMode

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What happens when a website crams your SWF into an area where it doesn’t fit? In this Quick Tip, you’ll find out how to take control of how your SWF scales.

Quick Tip: Create a Wood Panel Texture in Photoshop – Screencast

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In today’s screencast we will revisit a quick tip Tutorial by Bree L. that demonstrates how to create your own wooden panel texture in Adobe Photoshop. This Tutorial shows how to use the liquify tool and noise filters to create a realistic texture.

How to Create a Photo Realistic Camera

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Photoshop is a great tool to work with both vector and pixel shapes. In this Tutorial we will demonstrate a powerful combination of vector shapes, layer styles, and manual drawing to create a photorealistic camera. So realistic you’ll think it’s just an ordinary photo.

Create a Detailed, Vector-based iPhone Illustration, Part 2

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In ‘Create a Detailed, Vector-based iPhone Illustration, Part 1‘, we made our iPhone and the first five icons. Now we will finish the remainder of the icons and add the final touches to the iPhone. You will learn many useful tips and tricks for icon design and how to create a realistic iPhone complete with side view and stylistic drop reflection.

Quick Tip: Create a Barcode Sticker in Photoshop – Screencast

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In today’s screencast we will revisit a quick tip Tutorial by Alex Painsi that demonstrates how to create your own barcode sticker in Adobe Photoshop. This Tutorial shows how to create custom brushes and apply custom settings to your brushes.

How to Draw a Glossy Yo-Yo Icon using Adobe Illustrator

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Entertain yourself with this Tutorial on creating a glossy yo-yo icon. You will learn how to combine different gradient and object effects to make a hyper realistic and shiny plastic surface. The result is a perfectly rendered and appealing icon that can be made in just one hour!