Photoshop & Illustrator
19 Sources for Free Photoshop Tutorials
If you're a designer, or if you have anything to do with websites, at some point you'll likely need to use Abode Photoshop. Using the professional standard can be intimidating. Fortunately, if you're looking for help, there's plenty of it. Here ...
Design By Grid in Photoshop or Illustrator
Having some sort of order or grid when designing can make design elements easier to work with and improve your design flow. A great way to add order to your design process is with grids. In this video tutorial, I will walk you through the basics ...
Saving Multiple Images from a Single Photoshop Document
Saving multiple images can be a hassle, especially if each image needs to be a separate file type and all the images are nested inside a single document. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to use the slice tool to save multiple images fr...
Manipulate and Recreate Colors in Adobe Photoshop
Color plays a critical role in design, and good designers should know how to manipulate or even recreate color. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to recolor a black and white image in Adobe Photoshop CS4. I will be using a stock im...
Halftone Illustrations Add Drama, Simplicity
Halftone images are a great way to add flare to an illustration without using gradients and can lead to a simpler design. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to create a one-color halftone effect using Adobe Illustrator CS4. To begin, ...
Isolate Specific Color Ranges in Photoshop
Breaking an image down to just a few colors can be a nice stylistic effect or a great first step for vector conversion. In this video tutorial, I will show you some unique selection techniques that will allow you to isolate specific colors in an ...
Making Simple Designs Seem Complex: Concentric Circles
Designs are often much simpler than they appear and it only takes a little effort to recreate seemingly complex designs. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to create several concentric circles that can be used to develop design elements ...
Use Texture to Transform Vector Design
Simple vector designs often appear flat and boring. By simply adding a texture, these designs can quickly go from boring to beautiful. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to spice up your vector designs using textures in Adobe Illustrator...
How to Add Depth to Your Site Design
Adding depth to an image or design can be a great way to transform your site into a three-dimensional landscape. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to create a paper-style header or menu that will add depth to your site. To begin, I...
Develop Custom Icon Sets
Consistent and well-designed icons can run like a connecting thread through a site design. Moreover, making icon sets is a hot commodity on the web today. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to create a dark, embossed icon set inspired by...
Learn By Imitating the McDonald's Navigation Menu
Sometimes the best way to learn how to do something — like a particular technique — is to imitate an existing design pixel by pixel. In this video tutorial, I will teach you pixel perfect design by recreating the McDonalds.com navigation menu. ...
Create Detailed 'Wavy' Elements in Photoshop and Illustrator
It’s always the little element details that make a design great as a whole, and being able to create a variety of these elements will lead to greater overall design. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to work in both Adobe Photoshop and ...
Quick Tips & Shortcuts: Text Wraps and Masks in Adobe Illustrator
Text is and always has been an important aspect of design. In this quick tips and shortcuts video tutorial, I will show you some handy ways to wrap and mask with text in Adobe Illustrator CS4. To begin, I will show you how to create a simple t...
How to Use Clipping Masks in Adobe Photoshop
Sometimes we discover nifty features in programs that make designing simpler and much more efficient. Adobe Photoshop’s clipping mask is one such feature. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to use clipping masks in Adobe Photoshop CS4. ...
Working Across Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Design projects often require the use of more than one image-editing program, whether you’re working with raster or vector images or dealing with a simple mockup versus advanced effects. Luckily, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator have built-in compa...
Mimic Dripping in Fat's Awesome T-Shirt Effect
The ability to see and recreate a design is a good skill for any designer to have and practicing this skill will help you grow as a designer. In this video tutorial, I will be recreating the dripping shirt effect seen in the content slider for...
Spice Up Logos with Unique Embossing Effects
Embossing effects can spice up typography or give your logo a fresh look. In this video tutorial, I will show you an embossing technique that creates the appearance of a glowing canyon. To begin, I will show you how to set up a dark backgroun...
Create Silhouettes from Photos in Adobe Illustrator
Silhouetting is a popular design technique that allows you to render a complex image in a minimalist fashion. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to create a silhouette from a photograph in Adobe Illustrator CS4. For this tutorial, I ...
'Burn,' 'Dodge,' and 'Sponge' Tools in Photoshop
Good photography is important when it comes to ecommerce design and sometimes the simplest tools to manipulate those photos can make all the difference. In this video tutorial I will show you how to use the "Burn," "Dodge," and "Sponge" tools in ...
Simulate High Dynamic Range Photography
With the growth of web photography also comes a growth of photo effects. One effect that has been especially popular in the recent years is the HDR, or High Dynamic Range, photo effect. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to simulate an H...