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12 Jan 2010

Photoshop actions are great. If you’re not familiar with actions, they are simply prerecorded adjustments made to a Photoshop file that can be saved and applied to other projects. The concept is simple, but the process to create some actions can be very complicated. That’s why using actions can be a huge time saver. With [...]

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Tags: action, effect, file, old photo, photo action, photoshop, photoshop actions, vintage, vintage colors, vintage photo

Take Dramatic Photos with a DIY Drinking-Straw Snoot [DIY]

In: Coding

10 Jan 2010

If you’ve ever looked a photo with dramatic lighting in the style of old detective movies, you’re likely seeing the effect of a snoot—a flash-modifier that directs light in a tight pattern. You can mimic the effect with straws. The appropriately named blog LightingMods has a tutorial for turning a box of drinking straws, cardboard, [...]

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Tags: cigarette pack, dramatic lighting, drinking straws, effect, intense area, LightingMods, mdash, snoot, tight pattern, tutorial

50 Excellent Adobe After Effects Tutorials

In: web resources

8 Jan 2010

By Nousheen Aquil This post presents a round-up of Adobe After Effects Tutorials for your visual effects and motion graphics-related work. After Effects is getting popular as the industry of Computer Graphics and Digital Motion is growing. With After Effects, you have choice to generate dynamic and expressive motion graphics with truly stunning visual effects [...]

Create Stunning Interlocking Shapes and Light Effects Using Photoshop and Illustrator

In: tutorial

6 Jan 2010

I am often asked to write tutorials demonstrating how to create some of the designs in my site’s gallery. One of the more popular requests is for a tutorial demonstrating the effects used in Equidistant; which is one of my favorite pieces. Today, I am finally granting your request. In this 12-minute video tutorial I [...]