Photoshop

Basic Shape Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop
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Basic Shape Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop has come a long way since it was originally released in 1990. While Adobe has put out their latest “monthly subscription” suite of Creative Cloud, many designers choose to stick with the last iteration of CS6. The CS6 pack is still incredibly powerful and there’s not much of a difference from CS6 to…

Trace Existing Icons to Create New Shapes in Photoshop
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Trace Existing Icons to Create New Shapes in Photoshop

Icon design is one of the most tricky fields of digital design. It often requires some understanding of composition and other art fundamentals like symmetry, lighting, and color. The best way to learn icon design is by studying under the best of the best. Unfortunately they probably don’t have time to teach you so it’s…

The Basics of Photoshop Quick Masking
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The Basics of Photoshop Quick Masking

Selecting and rendering objects from their background can be a difficult skill to master. Nobody is inherently born with an understanding of Photoshop – it takes years of practice and lots of screw-ups to become even remotely good. Yet it seems that rendering and selecting an object always remains one of the most difficult tasks…

Tips for Learning the Pen Tool in Adobe Photoshop
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Tips for Learning the Pen Tool in Adobe Photoshop

Everyone who’s tried their hand at Photoshop knows about the pen tool. At first it’s agonizingly difficult and practically mocks every newcomer. But there is a rhyme & reason to the madness. I do hope this post offers enough useful tips for anyone interested in learning this tool. I’ll preface by saying that to get…

How To Create A Set Of Photoshop Brushes From A Single Texture Photo
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How To Create A Set Of Photoshop Brushes From A Single Texture Photo

Creating Photoshop brushes is rather easy. But, I often find that brush sets lack consistency and are often created form various textures or sources. I like consistency. I think a great set of brushes isn’t just a matter of throwing a bunch of brushes that kinda look similar together in a set, but rather create…

[Inaugural] Freebie Friday: 12 Sunburst Photoshop Custom Shapes
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[Inaugural] Freebie Friday: 12 Sunburst Photoshop Custom Shapes

For our inaugural “Freebie Friday”, I’ve got some useful Photoshop Custom Shapes for everyone’s downloading pleasure. These should save you time if you need them, as you won’t have to go into Illustrator to make your own sunbursts on the fly. Just use the custom shape tool, in PS and blam, sunburst. Sunbursts can make…