Basic Text FX Tutorial
1. Open up Photoshop and create a text object using the text tool. For this tutorial, I used the font, 'Gang of Three', at 28px. You can really choose any color and font you want to. 2. In your Layers (Windows>Layers) window, double click on the text object and Layer Style window will open up. Click on the drop shadow option and set the parameters to the following: 3. Now click on the 'Bevel and Emboss' option and change the parameters to the following: 4. Finally, select the Stroke option and change the parameters to...
Pixel Button
If you're one of those who's into pixel buttons, here's a cool way to start off. Sometimes, pixel buttons fit in quite nicely when you need a bunch of options and don't want them stand out too much. Flickr's view page is a pretty good example. 1. If you don't have any bitmap fonts, go to dafont.com and download 04b03b bitmap font. So start off by typing out the text you want onyour button. Set the text to size 8 and the anti-aliasing method to"none". Then add a stroke layer style to the text with...
Easy Sepia Toning and Adding Depth
Learn how to use Photo Filter and photo retouching to get a sepia toning for your photos in Photoshop. ...
3D Spline Projection Tutorial
This tutorial will take you through the easy and handy process of spline projection in Cinema 4D: 1. Go to Object>Spline Primitive>Text, and type the desired text. Here's what it would look like afterwards: 2. Next, go to Objects>Primitive>Sphere and make a big sphere a bit larger than the width of the text. Then, move the text so that it's placed in front of the sphere like the image below: 3. Make the text object editable by pressing "C" on your keyboard. Next, go into point mode (look at image below if you're confused), and...
3D Logo in Photoshop and Cinema 4D
This tutorial will guide you through the process of taking a 2D low-res logo taken from the web, altering it into a vector shape and giving it a 3 dimensional look in Cinema 4D. 1. This is the Shadowness.com logo that we're going to be tracing over using the Pen Tool in Photoshop. If you already have the paths made for your logo, you can skip straight to Step 4. 2. Since the logo that I've chosen to use is very small, I have zoomed up on the image. Now in order to trace the...
Digital Girl Photo Manipulation Part 1
This tutorial will show you how to make a Digital Girl. This tutorial is intended for intermediate to advanced Photoshop users. Step 1: Start off by finding an image you of a model that you would like to use. I used a picture of Jarah Mariano, and I used the pen tool in 'Shape Layers' mode and outlined the outside contour of her body. With the newly created shape layer rename is "Model", and set the color to #B9C2D3 and put its fill opacity to about 77%. Then add a Stroke layer style with the...
Website Header 2.0 Part 2
This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple website header design. 1. I started off by filling my document with #9c9c9c color. Next, I created a rounded rectangle box using the Rounded Rectangle Tool with a setting of 10px: 2. Holding down CTRL + SHIFT, I shifted the box to the right, like the image below: 3. Move the rectangle to the left so that its partly off the page: 4. Add a Layer Style to the rectangle box: 5. Now, create your header text and place it on top of your header....
Cinema 4D Mouth Modeling Tutorial
This is a tutorial for modeling the mouth in Cinema 4D. It can also be adapted into other 3d applications if you know the basic functions of the program. Enjoy :)! ...
How to “Anime-tize” an image
This tutorial will explain how to take an image and give it an anime-like style. "Anime-tize" it! ...
