How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Onto White Backgrounds Using Lightroom and Photoshop

Over the years, I have spent quite a bit of time experimenting with product photography; sometimes more successfully than others. While I spend my days working as the editor of Psdtuts+, I often spend time in the evenings helping my wife by shooting photos of her jewelry. In this tutorial, I wanted to share the… Continue reading How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Onto White Backgrounds Using Lightroom and Photoshop

Create a “Kick-Ass” Fan Art

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create an illustration of “Hit Girl,” from the new “Kick Ass” film. In the process, we will show you some simple techniques to help you improve your digital illustration skills and give your artwork an almost comic-like edge. Let’s get started!   Speed Art Video Tutorial… Continue reading Create a “Kick-Ass” Fan Art

Design a Custom, Print Ready Pocket Folder in Adobe InDesign

A pocket folder is a very powerful business device when created the right way. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up a dieline, create a multi-page spread with bleed to accommodate your dieline, and apply a full design to the exterior and interior of the pocket folder in Adobe InDesign. This pocket folder… Continue reading Design a Custom, Print Ready Pocket Folder in Adobe InDesign

All You Need to Know about Parallax Scrolling

Our generation has witnessed the evolution of website design in a major way. If you have been the child of the 1990s, you have experienced websites which were mostly text based. Based on the path of the table based sites and online page builders, flash designing, PHP and CSS, Java Scripts and Semantics, Web 2.0… Continue reading All You Need to Know about Parallax Scrolling

Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you the process of creating fresh fruit 3D text effect in Photoshop. You will learn a few trick to render a nice and unique 3D text effect and apply various fruits around it. We will use a number filter to add some extra effect for our text. This… Continue reading Create Fresh Fruit 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

Create This Gorgeous Moonlight Poster of a Girl Walking on a Railway

Preview of Final Results Tutorial Resources Model – Dazzle-stock Railway – Sed-rah-stock Sky 1 – Frostbo Sky 2 – Frostbo Moon – Yumi1805 Step 1 Create a new document with a trasparent background. Size: Width 1500px Height: 2000px Step 2 Go to File > Place and open the ‘Railway’ Stock. Step 3 Go to Edit… Continue reading Create This Gorgeous Moonlight Poster of a Girl Walking on a Railway

Create a Clueless Racecar Driver Illustration in Photoshop

Creating a high-impact and realistic caricature illustration can be a fun but extremely challenging task. In this tutorial, we will explain how to properly control all the elements of a composition including color balance, contrast, textures, and more, as well as all of the tools and techniques that you will need to know in Photoshop… Continue reading Create a Clueless Racecar Driver Illustration in Photoshop

Flat Design – The Next Step Forward in the Evolution of Web Design

Flat design is nothing but simplicity put into practice. The fact that simple shapes such as rectangles and circles are being preferred over gradients and drop shadows shows that the tide is in favor of simplicity. A case in point is the new design of the Windows Phone and the Windows 8 OS Metro UI… Continue reading Flat Design – The Next Step Forward in the Evolution of Web Design

How to Customize the Foundation 4 Top Bar

Zurb’s Foundation 4 features a brilliant top bar which has become almost symbolic of a Foundation site build. Today we’re going to look at how you can implement it in a different way, placing it elsewhere on the page, giving you a custom and responsive horizontal navigation menu.   Getting Started First up, we’ll need… Continue reading How to Customize the Foundation 4 Top Bar

Create a Delicious Print Ad Using Photo Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop

Print designers often work with digital illustrators and CG artists to help produce their work. In this tutorial, we will continue to develop a character concept from a Cgtuts+ tutorial by Nacho Riesco and show you how to create a print ad by combining photo manipulation techniques with some renders from another tutorial. Let’s get… Continue reading Create a Delicious Print Ad Using Photo Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop

Create a Shaded, Stylized Text Effect in Photoshop

Typography and text effects are critical in today’s graphic and commercial design. Viewers are becoming more and more overwhelmed with daily information, and as a result they can inadvertently be conditioned to “filter out” messaging that isn’t truly distinctive. Stylized typography is an effective way to regain the attention and appeal that can otherwise be… Continue reading Create a Shaded, Stylized Text Effect in Photoshop

Create a Simple School Teddy Bear in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a cute Teddy Bear and some school themed items. We’ll be using basic shapes and the Pathfinder panel, so you don’t need a graphic tablet or advanced drawing skills for making up such character. Let’s dig in! 1. Form the Bear’s Head and Face Step 1 Create… Continue reading Create a Simple School Teddy Bear in Adobe Illustrator

Create a Realistic Underwater Scene in Photoshop

Final Product What You’ll Be Creating Underwater scenes can be quite challenging to create in a realistic way. In this tutorial, we will explain how to create an Underwater scene in Photoshop using several stock photographs. Let’s get started!   Speed Art Video Take a look at this stunning speed art video that shows how this… Continue reading Create a Realistic Underwater Scene in Photoshop

The Creation Process of “Urbanized” Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this “Urbanized” photo manipulation in Photoshop. The concept behind this work is that human is increasing living in a confined urban space and being consumed by the endless expansion of the cities. I used 3 elements in this manipulation to represent the theme “Urbanized”:… Continue reading The Creation Process of “Urbanized” Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Create an Abstract Tattoo Design in Adobe Illustrator

Final Product What You’ll Be Creating In the following tutorial you will learn how to create hand-drawn tattoo styled illustration in Adobe Illustrator. You will need a graphic tablet such as Wacom to learn how to create, set up and use Calligraphic Brushes. Starting with sketch work you will learn how to work with Strokes and… Continue reading Create an Abstract Tattoo Design in Adobe Illustrator

Create a Geometric Kermit the Frog Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

Final Product What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, I am going to draw Kermit (known in Mexico as “La Rana René”) by using simple shapes and basic tools in Adobe Illustrator. I’ll also show you how to modify your colors in the blink of an eye! So let’s get started…   1. Create a New Document… Continue reading Create a Geometric Kermit the Frog Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

Create Unique Floating Rock Typography in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of Creating this Unique Floating Rock Typography in Photoshop. You will learn a number of brush tricks, image adjustment tips and practice your selection techniques. This is an intermediate level tutorial so some steps can be tricky, but why not have a try! Note: The Photoshop… Continue reading Create Unique Floating Rock Typography in Photoshop

Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms

VIEW DEMO DOWNLOAD SOURCE In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create circular navigations using CSS transforms. I’m going to take you through the steps for creating these styles one by one, and explain the math (yikes!) and simple logic behind them so you get a clear understanding of the technique. Like I… Continue reading Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms

Create a Mysterious Scene with Planets

Preview of Final Results Tutorial Resources Stars – greenaleydis-stock Cosmos Package – resurgere-stock Field – f3rd4-stock People Brush – fiftyfivepixels Trees Silhouettes – kuschelirmel-stock Trees Silhouettes 2 – winerla-stock Bushes – redheadstock Step 1: Creating a new Photoshop file Let’s start off by creating a new Photoshop file. Create a new file with the following… Continue reading Create a Mysterious Scene with Planets

Design a Roll-up Banner Stand in Photoshop

For many web and digital designs, the designer’s intent is to make the viewer feel like they’re visiting in person. Not every interested customer can physically visit your storefront, conference, event, or sale, so it’s important to invite them and accommodate them online. One way to achieve this is to allude to items they might… Continue reading Design a Roll-up Banner Stand in Photoshop

Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop. I will show some interesting methods to rendering the electrified orbs by utilizing lightning textures and various Photoshop tools. We will go through manipulation techniques such as clipping mask, layer mask, layer blending… Continue reading Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop