Video 1. Grab Your Brushes Before we get going in Photoshop we want to download a couple of brush packs. First, download this shattered glass brush and save it to your hard drive. Next, grab this grunge brush pack here. 2. Type Tool. Grab a Font. I have a large 1920×1080 pixel document...
Step 1: Start by creating a new document sized 1280px by 720px. I’ve dropped in a background of light gray and a little noise to add some texture. Step 2: Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) and set it to draw a Shape using the control bar at the top of the work area....
Create Messy Type-Based Poster Artwork – Photoshop Tutorial In this video tutorial we will take a look at creating a poster with a bunch of different color and text effects on it as well as implementing some cool textures which are available for download online. Go ahead and grab a few textures for yourself from...
Create a Perfect Gel Button With Letter Press Text – Photoshop Tutorial We start with a simple blurred color background and step-by-step create a perfect gel button. The beauty of this button is that it is entirely Layer Styles so it is an effect that can easily be transferred to other shapes or other buttons....
Create the Twilight Text – Photoshop Effect Tutorial Here we go again creating a cool effect in Photoshop. This tutorial was originally written for the July-August Tutvid.com Newsletter and finally I am getting it uploaded! We cover creating text and converting that to paths and editing those paths to create a custom typeface. We also...
Create a Vector Metal Metallic Text Effect – Illustrator Tutorial We are using Illustrator CS3, although CS2 should work fine as well with this video, to create some metal text that is fully vector. We will apply various strokes, expand strokes, work with effects, groups, and gradients and more!
Create Vector Distressed Text Effect – Illustrator Tutorial In the following video we will start with a blank Adobe Illustrator document and create some very nice distressed looking text. Of course this is in Illustrator so it is vector. Enjoy this one!
Create a Shined Glassy Type Effect – Illustrator Tutorial In this video we will quickly create Glassy Text with a reflection! This is the glass text I drag into the screen in the 3D logo video! Have fun!
Create Comic Book Text – Illustrator Tutorial We will learn how to make some comic styled text in this video! You will learn how to break text down and add gradients, you will also learn how to create a fake 3D effect as well as some stroke options. All of these techniques will come together...
Create A Chrome Text Effect – Photoshop CS2 Chrome Text! We are going to make Chrome in this video, not only are we going to make it, but we are going to save the chrome so we can easily apply it to other strings of text, or any kind of artwork on any layer we...