How To Choose Colors For Websites

Color schemes Although I will be criticized for skipping the basics, it is better to skip writing about why RGB is for web and CMYK is for print and other similar notions. Instead, I will jump directly to things that not everyone knows. For example, color schemes. In color theory, a color scheme is the… Continue reading How To Choose Colors For Websites

Top Free Photoshop Watercolor Brushes for Designers

Design styles can be created with free resources like icons, vectors, custom illustrations, and notably brushes. Free brush packs are available all over the web dating back to Photoshop 7. There are now thousands of brush packs online made specifically for digital designers. This collection of free Photoshop watercolor brushes can be perfect for anyone… Continue reading Top Free Photoshop Watercolor Brushes for Designers

Add Gold/Silver Effects in One Click

Add Gold/Silver Effects in One Click 5.00/5 (100.00%) 3 votes Download this free set of Gold and Silver textures by SparkleStock. These Photoshop styles let you add gold/silver/rose-gold textures to your layer in one click. They’re a great way to make text look fancy without doing much. Examples How to Use After downloading the file, extract the… Continue reading Add Gold/Silver Effects in One Click

11 CSS3 Animation Tools For Developers

This post showcases 11 best and most amazing CSS3 animation tools that will be extremely helpful for the developers. CSS3 has got excellent reputation among designers and developers. It is here to help them create amazing results. With these animation tools, you can create breath taking animations in a hassle free manner. These resources will… Continue reading 11 CSS3 Animation Tools For Developers

How to Create a Raindrops Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Using Photoshop’s filters and alpha channels is a great way to create and play around with selections. This tutorial will show you how to use a simple technique to create droplets, and then style them and add in a couple of textures and adjustment layers to create a raindrops text effect.  Take inspiration from Envato… Continue reading How to Create a Raindrops Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Philter – Control CSS Filters with HTML Attributes

Philter provides an easy way for almost anyone to post-process their content in the web. Using Philter is as easy as writing an attribute in HTML. Philter also supports hover effects. This nice effect of grayscale transition was created by Philter with one simple attribute. And some drop shadow, of course. Have you ever wanted… Continue reading Philter – Control CSS Filters with HTML Attributes

New Course: Surreal Digital Painting

What You’ll Be Creating What story would you like to tell the world? Surrealism is a style that allows you to express your feelings and thoughts on the world through your art.  In our new course, Surreal Digital Painting, you’ll learn how to create a symbolic painting inspired by real-life events.  What You’ll Learn First… Continue reading New Course: Surreal Digital Painting

Pointy Slider In CSS and jQuery (tutorial)

Pointy Slider is a slideshow with sliding-in panels that unveil new, fixed background images.Pointy Slider is simple, responsive slider, with a sharp design and an interesting motion effect: with each new slide item, a sliding-in block of content covers the old one, and unveils a new image. It ‘s been created by Codyhouse using CSS… Continue reading Pointy Slider In CSS and jQuery (tutorial)

How To Create Impressive Websites

Image source: reuters.tv[2] As we already mentioned, ‘wow’ is the word we want our users to say when they open our website. It shows that they are amazed by what we’ve done and that our work was successful. You could appreciate them liking the site or addressing it as nice, but it is much better… Continue reading How To Create Impressive Websites

Quick Tip: Don’t Forget the “noscript” Element

JavaScript is a powerful language which brings websites to life with interactivity, until that dreaded moment when JavaScript is disabled in the browser, out of the blue. In this quick tip we’ll look at providing fallbacks with the <noscript> element. No JavaScript Users might disable JavaScript for a number of reasons. They might be doing so to… Continue reading Quick Tip: Don’t Forget the “noscript” Element

100+ Logo PSD & Vector Mockup Templates

Elegant Logo Mockup Pack This fantastic logo mockup pack includes 6 different styles for your logo, 3 different front view backgrounds, 2 different perspective view backgrounds, and is fully layered for use in Photoshop. Mix Branding Logo Mockups A beautiful assortment of 14 branding logo mockups, handpicked from multiple logo mockup categories. This bundle gives… Continue reading 100+ Logo PSD & Vector Mockup Templates

How to Create This Eerie Floating Island Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will create an eerie floating island photo manipulation by using your vast imagination and the mighty power of Photoshop. I will introduce you to  some simple editing techniques, smart objects and adjustment layers. Let’s begin! What you’ll be creating This is a classic floating island scene with a touch of funny… Continue reading How to Create This Eerie Floating Island Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

How To Create a Text Portrait Effect in Photoshop

In today’s Photoshop tutorial we’re going to create a cool portrait effect using a long passage of text that bends and deforms around the contours of the face. Known as a Calligram, this effect is particularly powerful when used to present famous quotes or speeches by depicting the author/speaker with the actual words. Photoshop’s Displace… Continue reading How To Create a Text Portrait Effect in Photoshop

How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique

How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique 4.38/5 (87.50%) 8 votes Many people struggle to replicate color grading and end up creating an excessive amount of layers. The two-layer color grading technique is a simple way to create photo effects with a minimal and understandable set of layers. This technique can also be used in other… Continue reading How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique

20 Superb Christmas Photoshop Tutorials

To continue our Christmas Spirit we decided to share some awesome photoshop tutorials. These will teach to how to design Christmas Trees, snow globes, Christmas Cards and much more. So let’s begin!   Merry Christmas Greeting In this very detailed tutorial, you will learn how to make a Merry Christmas greeting card using Photoshop. This… Continue reading 20 Superb Christmas Photoshop Tutorials

50 Best Text Effect Tutorials

Best Text Effects Tutorials 2015 Photoshop and illustrator are simply amazing tool for creating Photo Effects and Text Effects from simple to advanced makeovers and for fixing, editing great shots where the light, color balancing and sharpness need a bit of adjustment or where some elements need to be removed. Create a 3D Retro Text Effect Using Layer Styles… Continue reading 50 Best Text Effect Tutorials

Card Expansion Effect with SVG clipPath

View demo Download source Today we are going to create a experimental grid layout with “cards” where we’ll animate the card expansion with a morphing effect on the cover image and follow its motion with a delightful animation of a low-poly pattern used as the background of the page. We are using Trianglify by Quinn… Continue reading Card Expansion Effect with SVG clipPath

Create Mysterious “Energy Flow” Rock Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this Mysterious “Energy Flow” rock text effect in Photoshop. We will use a rock texture, river flow stock image, and cloud brushes to achieve this effect. The rock texture will form the foundation of the text, whereas the river stock will be used to… Continue reading Create Mysterious “Energy Flow” Rock Text Effect in Photoshop

Create 3D Star Light Text Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this 3D star light text effect in Photoshop. We will use a number of manipulation techniques such as layer blending, adjustment layers and various tools such as brush, eraser and free transform tools. Note: The Photoshop tutorial is done in Photoshop CC – therefore some… Continue reading Create 3D Star Light Text Effect in Photoshop

WP_Query Arguments: Status, Order, and Pagination

In this part of the series on Mastering WP_Query, you’ll learn about some of the arguments you can use with the WP_Query class, namely those for status, order, and pagination. You can use these arguments to fetch scheduled posts from the database, to query attachments, to amend the way posts are ordered and what they’re… Continue reading WP_Query Arguments: Status, Order, and Pagination

Create Rocky Face Manipulation with Abstract Lighting Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this Rocky Face Manipulation with Abstract Lighting Effect in Photoshop. You will learn some interesting methods of creating nice-looking abstract line effects and some fancy colouring technique with adjustment layers. Have a try! This is an intermediate level tutorial and some steps can be tricky.… Continue reading Create Rocky Face Manipulation with Abstract Lighting Effect in Photoshop

Create Dark Text Effect Inspired by “Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor” Game in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this dark text effect inspired by the action game “Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor” in Photoshop. This is a beginner to intermediate level tutorial. Note: The Photoshop tutorial is done in Photoshop CC – therefore some screenshot may have slighting different layout as in the… Continue reading Create Dark Text Effect Inspired by “Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor” Game in Photoshop

Zombie Effect Tutorial in Photoshop

Good day, artists! In light of the Halloween season, we are here to present you a terrifying zombie effect Photoshop tutorial. Let us turn an image of a beautiful woman into a horrifying walking dead in 15 simple steps. Before we start, click the Download button below to access the resource folder that contains everything you’ll need for this tutorial.… Continue reading Zombie Effect Tutorial in Photoshop

Create 3D Snow Text Effect Using Cinema4D and Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will walk you through the steps to create this 3D Snowy Text Effect Using Cinema4D and Photoshop. We will render the 3D text in Cinema4D, then apply the snow effect in Photoshop. Have a try! Final Image Preview This is my final effect for this tutorial To complete this tutorial, you will… Continue reading Create 3D Snow Text Effect Using Cinema4D and Photoshop