Twish Free Website Mockup Psd A lot of people still create website mockups in Photoshop. There are several reasons why they do this. Some like the ability to move things around in layers and apply effects in seconds, just to see how it will look. Others have worked...
Custom Brushes in Photoshop Searching online for just the right brush for your Photoshop work can be time consuming. Sure, sites like Brusheezy and Qbrushes have excellent collections of free Photoshop brushes, but what if you could make your own? If you know the look...
Work With Photoshop and Illustrator Rapid design and development is a big part of what makes you a successful designer. If you're a freelancer, wasting time can be a wallet-breaking occurrence. A lot of designers find that they work well in either Photoshop or...
Make Difficult Selections in Photoshop We've all been there. We have a photo of an animal with lots of fur, or a faint object that blends well with its background. We need to extract the object from its surroundings, but doing this with conventional tools just isn't...
Knobs Free PSD Knobs Free PSD is today's free PSD file of the day. This free Photoshop file is by Kreativa Studio. They have created an interface knob element. This is really cool, because they have combined gradient effects with glow effects to create a realistic...
What is HDR Toning? The HDR look has become really popular in the past couple of years, and it was only a matter of time before Adobe worked the look into Photoshop. This feature, called HDR Toning, is found under Image>Adjustments>HDR Toning. This brings up a...
The History Panel: Photoshop Users Love It This is a helpful tip in case you have been working on a file for a long time and you need to go many steps back and go in a different direction. The History Panel gives you the flexibility to go back instantly to the step...
Building Awesome Color Palettes Sometimes as designers and artists, we get a little stuck with choosing the right colors in our work. Sometimes we spend a lot of time trying to get colors just right, and it can be frustrating. Thankfully, Adobe has included some tools...
Using the Sponge Tool in Photoshop Just as a carpenter has a hammer, a drill, saws, and many other tools, designers also have many different tools of the trade. Photoshop is out tool bag, and within it are many different tools for getting the job done. Some tools are...
Duotones in Photoshop Duotones are very cool, but they aren't used as often as they could be. Personally, I like to use duotones, tritones, etc., to precisely color an image to match the colors I use in a design. Also, another practical use for duotones in Photoshop...
Diffusion Glow Effect in Photoshop Some hardcore photographers will say that enhancing your photos in Photoshop is cheating. However, most photographers do a little retouching or image enhancement to give their portraits a little extra pizazz. Being able to create...
Background Textures in Photoshop This is a really cool way to create custom background textures in Photoshop. I have to let you know first, that if you are working in Photoshop CS6 in 64 bit mode, you will have to drop drop to 32-bit mode in order to enable the...
20 of the Best Free Photoshop Templates I am always looking for inspiration for my projects, so you can imagine that I have spent hours and hours searching the web for quality ideas and inspiration to help get the wheels turning in my head. I never copy anyone's...
Creating a Sunburst Effect In Photoshop Sunburst effects have been around for a while. They are used to call attention to a subject and create a key area of focus. You can also use them to create a sense of action. There are many different methods to creating a...
What's New in Web Design Graphic Design and Typography After a brief hiatus, I am back with the weekly round up. You'll see a lot of great stuff this week, from a lot of great sites. You will see some new Photoshop tutorials. You'll also pick up some freelance...
Create a Selective Color Image in Photoshop Some say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And, the more impact that picture has, the more it has to say. The right image can be used to garner attention and tell a deliberate story with careful alterations. That’s...
Useful Free Photoshop Brushes Creating dazzling effects in Photoshop is something that we do as designers everyday. One way that we do this is to use very resource available to help us do our work faster and easier. If you read my previous article: 25 Fantastic Free...
Custom Brushes in Photoshop If there was one skill or capability in Photoshop that could be considered to be at the very foundation of most Photoshop techniques, it would be the ability to use any brush shape that you want. Since this was integrated into Photoshop...
Brighten Eyes in a Portrait Many times you will have a good photo, but something is missing. You will look at it and look at it trying to decide what is missing. Then, you realize that your subject's eyes are dull and too dark. It isn't difficult to brighten eyes in a...
Creative Free Website Photoshop Templates I decided to seek out some quality Free Photoshop Website Templates that you can use in your mockups and web design work. You can either turn these into fully functioning websites with a little slicing and css knowledge. You...