Video 1. Just Do It Let’s just start masking and learn how it’s done. I have a green layer and the original red layer version of this image. I want to “repaint” the car green which means I need to get rid of all the stuff that is making everything else green. Enter: the...
1. The Control Bar Right there above every document you open rests the almighty Control Bar. This thing is loaded with customization tools and options that make my life easier when working with anything from the Pen Tool and vector shapes, to painting with the Brush Tool and Masking. In a pinch, look at this...
Capturing Beauty The very first step to creating an amazing black and white image in Photoshop is to capture a beautiful and interesting image. Capturing beautiful imagery is ten percent technical know how and ninety percent mindset. Are You Interesting Enough? Capturing beautiful and interesting photographs is summed up best by photographer Jay Maisel...
Create a Drag-able Mask with Actionscript 3.0 Here we have a tutorial taken from the Tutvid.com July August newsletter. We will use Flash and Actionscript 3.0 to create a mask that can be dragged around to reveal an image underneath. Very cool, very easy, and very easy to edit as well.
Create the Andy Warhol Effect – Photoshop Tutorial In this video tutorial we will take a look at creating this interesting “Andy Warhol Effect” which is a neat solid color effect which transforms a photograph into this semi-painted looking piece of art. We will talk about Layers, Adjustment Layers, Coloring and Blend Modes all en-route...
Create a Shattered Dagger Poster – Photoshop CS4 In this tutorial we will be creating a movie-style shattered dagger poster effect. Learn about Layer and Clipping Masks as well as combining images to create a simple composite! This tutorial comes to us from the June/July issue of the Tutvid newsletter.
Changing Eye Color with Photoshop In this one we cut straight to the chase. Changing eye color is really easy to do and in this video I demonstrate my preferred method. We will talk about blend modes, hue and saturation and keeping this eye edit easy to come back to later and edit as we...
Create a Vector Gel Glassy Button – Illustrator Tutorial Make this cool slick glassy gel button in Adobe Illustrator! This is pretty simple to create and has a great visual effect on just about any design!
Learn How To Mask – Illustrator Tutorial Learn all about masking and create two effects in this tutorial! Create a simple Reflection effect and also create a “Techy” effect. Both are very easy to replicate with some simple masking techniques. Have fun!
The Extract Filter In Photoshop CS2 Learn how to make and use a Photoshop Action to watermark an Image. Then take your action and batch process as many images as you like! Very quick and easy! You can also use this technique for creating Photoshop Actions to do all sorts of common tasks!