Simple Navigation Bar

Simple Navigation Bar
How to create a simple navigation bar.

Photoshop Fake 3D Text

Photoshop Fake 3D Text
How to create Fake 3D text in Photoshop. By Renyn For this one, I'll be using Photoshop CS3 on a PC. The techniques for this tutorial are simple and the overall process is easy. Around the end, it can be a bit more tricky for some people, but don't worry. ...

Preparing Photoshop Files for Commercial Printing

Preparing Photoshop Files for Commercial Printing
Sending a completed project to your commercial printer for printing can be a very exciting time.  All the toil and hours that you have invested to make the perfect design are about to pay off.  It is now out of your hands. However, it can also be a very stressful time.  If you do not prepare the file just right, the printer will have a hard time completing the job, and you may have to make some adjustments.  Or, even worse, the project may not look the way it is supposed to look after it...

Photoshop: What is High Dynamic Range and How Do You Use It?

Photoshop: What is High Dynamic Range and How Do You Use It?
What is dynamic range? According to that great source of public information, Wikipedia, it is “the ratio between the smallest and largest possible values of a changeable quantity, such as in sound and light.” If you are like me, you are probably thinking, “Huh?” Well, in layman’s terms, dynamic range is that quality of sight and sound that humans possess that is not able to be recreated by any mechanical equipment. In other words, the rich colors and contrasts that we can see with our naked eye cannot be reproduced by a camera image. When...

How to Add Bleed and Crop Marks in Photoshop

How to Add Bleed and Crop Marks in Photoshop
To consistently produce quality photos using Adobe’s Photoshop, you will have to become familiar with the program’s Bleed and Crop Mark functions.  This tutorial will show you how to use these functions. Terms First, you have to know what “bleed” and “crop marks” mean in terms of your Photoshop design. The crop marks are simply lines on the screen that show you where the page will be cut after printing.  In other words, anything outside of the crop marks will not show up on the page.  If a portion of the artwork does not extend...

How To Add Color To Monochrome Pictures in Photoshop

How To Add Color To Monochrome Pictures in Photoshop
Editing photographs using Adobe’s Photoshop can be an exhilarating thing.  Even experienced Photoshop users are continually amazed at the things they can do to improve their designs. One of Photoshop’s best features is the ability it gives you to colorize your images, or even just portions of images if you want to put the focus in one spot.  You can take bland, dull photos and turn them into vibrant, colorful designs.  You can ever colorize black and white images to bring them to life.  This tutorial will show you how to do this, step by...

Strawberry Text Effect in Photoshop

Strawberry Text Effect in Photoshop
Create a berry pattern and attach it to your text. It's easy when you know how to do it using Photoshop. ...

Making a web 2.0 logo in Photoshop

Making a web 2.0 logo in Photoshop
This Photoshop tutorial will explain how to make a web 2.0 glossy logo or icon if you like. I tried to keep it as simple as possible. If you have any questions post them in the comments below. I am starting with a 400x300 px white canvas. Draw your basic shape. I have started with a custom shape from Photoshop's presets. Step 1 Fill the shape with a nice orange color (I am using #ff6600) Step 2 Apply Bevel and Emboss to the layer using the following values : Structure Style : Inner Bevel Technique...

Fun With Illustrator: Make a Happy Little Cloud

Fun With Illustrator: Make a Happy Little Cloud
We're all big Bob Ross fans here at ClickPopMedia. Today, in the tradition of the Joy of Painting, I am going to show you how to make a happy little cloud. Welcome back everybody. I sure am glad you could make it out today. Does everyone have their Illustrator warmed up and ready to do some vectorizing? Good. Step 1: What I have here is a 600 px by 600 px Illustrator document, but you can use whatever size makes you happy. Keep in mind though, if you do things at a much different...

Fabric-like Text using Photoshop

Fabric-like Text using Photoshop
Sewed text in a few easy steps. A pattern and a few styles. That's it and your done. ...