Web development , php , ajax , symfony, framework, zend
In: web resources
30 Jun 2010In the eve of the World Cup taking place in South Africa, I thought I’ll serve up a tutorial celebrating the football fiesta. In this tutorial, we’ll be be wrapping a flag around the World cup trophy by using the clipping Mask command and changing the Blend modes of the layers we’ll be creating. In [...]
In: web resources
30 May 2010More than two years ago, I created an image of a digital bokeh using Pixelmator that became incredibly popular on the Internet. I easily created the image using Pixelmator’s filter, which was new at the time, called Defocus. I simply applied the filter and added a gradient overlay layer to create the effect. Therefore, in [...]
In: photoshop
30 Apr 2010In the right hands, Photoshop’s pen tool can be a very powerful tool for creating incredible; even photo realistic images. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to draw a photo realistic USB cable in Photoshop. Step 1 Open a New Document 1000 x 1000 pixels, Resolution: 72 dpi. This document will be created using [...]
In: blogging
19 Mar 2010When creating vectors, I sometimes need to delete large areas of artwork. Sometimes I just mask the artwork, but other times I want to get rid of it all together. This is were the Eraser tool comes in handy. Holding down the Option / Alt key with the Eraser tool creates a marquee area and [...]
In: web resources
15 Mar 2010Intro In this photo manipulation tutorial we are going to digitally create a dream land using Photoshop. Along the way we will analyze lighting, incorporate a shattering effect, and use some brush tool properties. Resources This is a collage of images, so not surprisingly we’ll need to gather a lot of elements to make it [...]
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