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Experimenting with Photoshop Filters
Experimenting with Photoshop Filters While there’s nothing better than a good picture or photo to start out with, we should regularly be experimenting with Photoshop Filters and Tools to know what they do and to see the effects we can achieve. It’s just like playing the piano every day… so here’s my original lavender...
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Fancy Fonts Headers
Fancy Fonts Headers
To give some ideas for fancy fonts headers I have prepared some files you may download and use as the case may be. They consist of a 1024 x 200 pixels Photoshop file (which can be edited in GIMP as well). Please download and install the fonts before editing.
1. Fancy Header Fonts
Some...
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Photo Sprites Menu Tutorial
Original Article at Photo Sprites Menu Tutorial.
Photo CSS Sprites for WordPress — Free PSD Contents Photo CSS Sprites for WordPress — Free PSD 1. Create the Image file in Photoshop Download the PSD File Open the PSD file in Photoshop and inspect it...
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How to fade one image into another
How to fade one image into another As we are in layer mask mode these days, I was asked as to how to fade one image into another in Adobe Photoshop as I quickly did on this orange butterfly photo taken in my garden yesterday. Yes – we are having an early spring down...
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How to do a Clipping Mask
How to do a Clipping Mask Now that I showed you how to do a Layer Mask in Adobe Photoshop, let’s try something similar that can give you a nice effect when used in combination with letters (fonts) or shapes: here’s how to do a Clipping Mask! How to do a Clipping Mask To...
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How to work with Masks in Photoshop
How to work with Masks in Photoshop There are various ways of working with masks, however, selecting “New Adjustment Layer” under “Layers” in the top menu of your Adobe Photoshop is one of the basic methods as to how to work with Masks in Photoshop… at least how to get started :) How...
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Arum Lily Frog at Photo Seminar
Arum Lily Frog at Photo Seminar Almost a year ago, I wrote about the Arum Lily Frog – Hyperolius horstockii – and how much I wished to spot it! Yesterday, a tiny arum lily frog surprised us at the Photo Seminar attended by Ycademy Seminar participants from all over the world – strictly online...
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The Importance of Seeing beyond the Photo
The Importance of Seeing beyond the Photo Nobody takes outstanding photos all the time; not even the top professional! The Importance of Seeing beyond the Photo to me lies in seeing the image before we actually take it – just like the true artist painter has an inner vision of what he wants to...
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How to Create an Ad with Rollover Effect
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/how-to-create-an-ad-with-rollover-effect/.Add Rollover Effects to your Ads The principle is simple: the ad consists of a styled link, the style consisting of positioning a background image with a rollover effect when the mouse passes over the image (hover). When clicking on the image the target...
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Ycademy Online Seminar April 2011
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/semiomantics/ycademy-online-seminar-april-2011/.WordPress for Beginners and Pros Our April 2011 Seminar will feature some important Updates as well as new ideas relating to WordPress and WordPress Design and Development. This Seminar is for WordPress Users, Designers and Developers as well. 1. WordPress Today WordPress Powers 10...
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How to create a Favicon with Photoshop
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/semiomantics/how-to-create-a-favicon-with-photoshop/.Create .ICO Files (Favicons) with Photoshop The favicon or icon is part of the customization of a website. The favicons show namely in the browser tabs. Nowadays most browsers will also show .gif and .png icons; the .ico format is preferred by Internet Explorer....
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Photoshop Basics Workshop
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/web-design/photoshop-basics-workshop/.More Photoshop Basics Tonight’s call will focus on more Photoshop Basics. The goal is to become familiar with more easy to use features to produce more interesting graphics for advertising or product presentation. I am looking forward to an inspiring session :-). Related posts:3D...
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Logo Design with Photoshop
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/web-design/logo-design-with-photoshop/.How to design a simple Logo with Photoshop After a rich Seminar, let’s relax with a simple Logo design at tonight’s call. The exercise will consist in using custom shapes, fonts and styles from Photoshop according to the below samples: Semiomantics Logo A colored...
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Banners Go Magnetic
Copyright © 2011 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/web-graphics-design/banners-go-magnetic/.Banners Go Magnetic Banners are always part of the promotional section of our Website Development – and following last night’s Ycademy Workshop, here are some “Banners Go Magnetic” – size 468 x 60 although created bigger. The colors are reflecting the Philippine flag :)...
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How to use Displacement Masks in Photoshop
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/web-design/how-to-use-displacement-masks-in-photoshop/.Text Effects with Displacement Masks Tonight’s short call will focus on using displacement masks in Photoshop. The below image will serve as an example for our exercise. I am looking forward to seeing you there :-). Related posts:3D Text with Photoshop Photoshop Workshops Book...
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3D Text with Photoshop
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/web-design/3d-text-with-photoshop/.Spectacular 3D Text for Print and Web Tonight’s Photoshop Workshop will focus on Styling text, namely to give text a 3D aspect. The step by step walk-through will serve as an introduction to some spectacular effects and features of Photoshop. Effects and Styles The...
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Create 125 x 125 pixels Ads
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/semiomantics/create-125-x-125-pixels-ads/.Semiomantics Ads At tonight’s call we will create some 125 px x 125 px ads. The idea is to brand the ads in line with product and website branding. Advertising Elements From a visual point of view, ads use the same branding as our...
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Free Button Template PSD
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/web-design/free-photoshop-button-template/. Contents [ hide ] 1 Free Photoshop Button 2 Free Button Template for Photoshop 3 Author: Free Photoshop Button At tonight’s workshop we will build yet another Photoshop Button Template. As we progress, our buttons become more sophisticated as you will see. Today’s...
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Free Button Template PSD
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/web-design/free-photoshop-button-template/.Free Photoshop Button At tonight’s workshop we will build yet another Photoshop Button Template. As we progress, our buttons become more sophisticated as you will see. Today’s button may inspire you to create your own button set and to put it up for sale...
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Photoshop Workshops
Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/ycademy/photoshop-workshops/.Bonus for Ycademy Seminar Participants This month our daily calls are focusing on Photoshop basics. To prepare the sessions we are using the most popular resources and guides available out there. For Ycademy Seminar participants we have prepared a Library which we will feed...
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