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how to create simple shadow effect in photoshop

Wordpress API — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:32:06 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/12/29/create-simple-shadow-effect-photoshop/

how to create simple shadow effect in photoshop

Create your own design in photoshop

Type a text as a “wordpressapi”

now select filter option >> artistic >> corked pencil

it will look like below

Now select >> layer style >> blending option

select drop shadow

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free 1000+ amazing photoshop brushes to increase your creativity

Mahesh — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:41:51 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/07/22/free-1000-amazing-photoshop-brushes-increase-creativity/

Photoshop is a must and the most used image editing, photo retouching software used by beginners and professionals alike.

According to our design needs in both category web and graphic designing we mostly prefer some additional tricks as we talking about Adobe Photoshop Brushes, thousands of incredible Photoshop brush sets are over the web, some of Abstract brushes are listened here for your design inspirations, you can add these patches for your design needs of abstract typography, abstract floral effects, abstract vectors, abstract swirls, abstract digital art and other art works which you want in your design assignments.

Hope you will follow those resources term and conditions for use these listed brushes for personal or commercial in projects.

Beser Brushes by rubina119

Evasion Brush Set by ShiftyJ

Descent Brushes by Axeraider70

Crystalline by m0nica

Party Brushes by Edelihu

CS4 Brushes by Edelihu

25 Abstract Light Free Photoshop Brushes Vol.1 by You the Designer

Lighting Brushet 1 by deep–blue

motion by m0nica

Morphism by Beyond-Placid

Attack Brushes by rubina119

Bitter by m0nica

Phobia Brushes by Axeraider70

Unreal Brushes v.2 by Edelihu

Unreal Brushes v.3 by Edelihu

Inner Universe Brushes by Axeraider70

Life Brushes by Axeraider70

Darius Brushes by Axeraider70

Winter Breeze Brushes by Axeraider70

Godspeed Brushes by Axeraider70

Abstract brush pack vol. 8 by forty-winks

Serenity Brushes by Axeraider70

Fortune Brushes by ShiftyJ

Veruct brushes by Disporatik

Abstract brush pack vol. 10 by forty-winks

Cosmic Lights by PSD Box

Revnart Smoke by revn89

Dimension Brushes by Axeraider70

extremelyABSTRACT by env1ro

absbrushes by megatron-fx

Ecol Brushes by rubina119

Raging Dawn Brushes by Axeraider70

Gradient Shape Brushes by Fresh eMedia

Abstract Brushes Vol 8 by ~rubina119

Silicon Brushes by Axeraider70

28 Abstract Curves Brushes by Fresh eMedia

Christmas Brushes by Edelihu

Abstract Brushes VOL 7 by rubina119

Neutron-Collapse Brushset HQ by IHEA

Enigma Brushes by Axeraider70

Radial Brushes by rubina119

Quantum Brushes by Axeraider70

A b s t r a c t i o n by JavierZhX

Unreal Brushes v.4 by Edelihu

Bluyow Brushes by rubina119

Refresh Brushes by Edelihu

Unreal Brushes v.1 by Edelihu

Abstract brush pack vol. 7 by forty-winks

Century Brushes by Edelihu

Hyper Brushes by Axeraider70

Lighting Brushset 2 by deep–blue

Euphoria Brushes – Brush Pack by ShiftyJ

Kinetic Brush Set by ShiftyJ

60+ latest photoshop tutorials in 2010

Mahesh — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:10:15 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/07/20/50-latest-photoshp-tutorials-2010/

In this post we are brought to you beautiful & creative 60+ photoshop tutorials.

Just follow them and increase your creativity.

1: How to Create a Greek Mythology Inspired Photo Manipulation

2: Create an Angelic Sculpture Made of Ice in Photoshop

3: Easy HDR Technique by Cristian Iancu

4: Create a Magical Four Piece Stardust Composition

5: Create a Digital Camera With Wooden Accents Using Photoshop

6: How to Create a Highly Detailed Hi-Tech Power Button

7: Concept Art: Create a Sci-Fi Interior Using Digital Painting Techniques

8: Create a Shiny Psdtuts+ Folder Icon in Photoshop

9: 3D Water Text Effect with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5

10: Playing with Inflate in Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Extended

11: Mixing Brushes and Layers in Photoshop by Josh Overton

12: 3D Type with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Extended

13: Clash of the Titans Text Effect in Photoshop

14: Melting Girl in Photoshop

15: haunted castle movie poster

16: Super Easy Neon Style in Photoshop – Screencast

17: Photoshop Quick Tips: Neon with Layer Styles

18: Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop

19: Lost in Space Typography in Photoshop

20: create water drops

21: Easy Digital Painting Illustration in Photoshop

22: Abduzeedo 2010 Light Effects in Photoshop

23: Wind Blow by Francesco di Pietro

24: Very Easy Heroes Eclipse in Photoshop – Screencast

25: Create a Knife in Photoshop – Screencast

26: Create a Realistic Soda Bottle in Photoshop

27: Create a Retro Urban Gig Poster in Photoshop – Screencast

28: How to Create a Nuclear Disaster Landscape – Basix

29: Create a Beautiful and Dramatic Scene With Photo Manipulations – Basix

30: glossy buttons for website using photoshop

31: Create a Chalkboard Icon Using Photoshop and IconBuilder – Screencast

32: Quick Tip: Create Metallic Text on a Concrete Background

33: Create a Photo Realistic USB Cable in Photoshop

34: Create a Sleek and Stylish MP3 Player in Photoshop

35: convert photo in a hollywood movie poster using photoshop

36: Create a Bulletin Board With Realistic Shadows

37: Turn a Flawless Blonde Beauty Into a Sword-Wielding Fantasy Action Hero

38: How to Draw a Watch in Photoshop

39: How to Create an Incredible Typographic Illustration

40: convert a photo into polaroid effect using photoshop

41: Create a Cardboard Box Filled With Glossy Icons

42: Create a Dark and Surreal Poster Using Your Own Portrait

43: Make a Freezing Cold Snow-themed Abstract Piece

44: How to Create a Stylish Media Player in Photoshop

45: How to Create a Realistic Fountain Pen

46: How to Create a Shiny Paint Bucket Icon

47: How to Create a Stylish Pair of Headphones

48: Create a Fantastic Abstract Fan Poster

49: Create an Abstract Cloud Jumper in Photoshop

50: Create a Face Paint Dripping Effect

51: Create a Vibrant Colorful Alcohol Product Ad in Photoshop

52: Achieve Brilliant Lighting Effects in Photoshop

53: Combine Renders and Light Effects for Awesome Results

54: Design an Underwater Omega Code Poster

55: Create A Beautiful 3D Text Composition

56: Create a Funny Wooden Type Treatment in Photoshop

57: How to create a retro-style text effect in Cinema 4D and Photoshop

58: Jungle 3D text in Photoshop

59: Draw a 3D Umbrella with Photoshop

60: Make a Surreal 3D Outdoor Room Scene in Photosho

61: How to Create a Matte Painting Inspired Scene

62: Make a Vivid Flaming Skull Conceptual Composition

63: Create Detailed Letters of Gold and Diamond

64: Create a Cartoon Car Similar to Cars Movie

65: Paint an Iron Man’s Helmet Digitally in Photoshop

66: Creating an Impactful Disco Party Poster

67: Creating an Ecological Fairy Tale Wallpaper

68: Combine 3D Shapes and Vectors for a Dynamic Composition

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how to create a gel effect to text using photoshop

Mahesh — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:45:07 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/07/11/create-gel-effect-text-photoshop/

Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

lets get started.

Step 1: Create new file with white background.

Step 2: Click Channel Tab and create New Channel. The file will become black.

Step 3: Select the Text Tool and type the text. Deselect it with CRTL+D. We have selected a script font to make is more real.

Step 4: Select paintbrush with hard edge and create some drops to add more spice or keep as it is.

Step 5: Now go to Filter > Sketch > Plaster

Step 6: Apply the settings given below:

Image Balance: 25
Smoothness: 2
Light Direction: Right

Now our image is looking like this:

Step 7: Select RGB Channel.

Click Layer Tab and Select the Background layer.

Step 8: Got to Select > Load Selection > Alpha1

Step 9: Select any desired color for foreground & Press Alt + Del once to fill foreground color into selection.

You can press Alt + Del once more to concentrate the fill to get proper gel effect.

And here’s my final result:

Thank You!

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where we get the free image for wordpress posts

Wordpress API — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:15:08 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/07/04/free-image-wordpress-posts/

Now these days best and attractive images are the part of every articles. I can say image is useful for your posts. Images made easy to understand to readers what you want to say in the post.

Many wordpress blogger go to google for images and find the images. They put the image into there blogs. Some time that will cause you serious legal issues.

There are very good places to find good free images for your blogs. Here is the list of that.

Flickr: Flickr is a really great source for free pics, however make sure to contact the owner of the picture and ask permission before using it. I have done this a lot in the past and a lot of people are willing to share their pictures. Give them a good reason, maybe a quick complement and offer a link back to their Flickr profile.
Stockvault: Stockvault has a lot of nice stock photos, just be warned that this site is filled with adsense.
deviantART: This is a huge community of artist sharing all sorts of images and graphics. Again, checkout the license of the graphic as a lot of these aren’t free, yet it is still a great source for free images if you become familiar with the site.
Stock.xchng: Saving the best for last here you’ll be able to find a lot of great stock photos as well as PSD’s, templates, background images and more. Please checkout the restrictions before using
Free Images – Free Stock Photos:
FREE digital photographic images for web, dtp, and design. Royalty and cost free stock photos. Free stock photographic library.
gettyimages: Getty Images royalty-free gives creative freedom to crop, manipulate and combine stock photos for your project needs. Simple, affordable pricing, unlimited use.”

how to create spotted border to photo with photoshop

Mahesh — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:41:04 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/07/01/create-spotted-border-photo-photoshop/

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a spotted border effect using the Pixelate filter.

Step 1: Open Photoshop & open your image in Photoshop which you want to create spotted border. Double click on the Background Layer & press OK to work on it.

Step 2: Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a selection around the image like below. The closer you place the Rectangular Marquee to the centre of the image the greater the spotted border effect, and the further away to place the Marquee the smaller the border.

Step 3: Choose Select > Modify > Feather (Alt+Ctrl+D) and give a feather radius of 5 pixels. You can increase the radius if you wish to create a more rounded border.

Step 4: Hit the Q key on the keyboard to enter the quick mask, and you see a red border around your image like below.

Step 5: Select Filter > Pixelate > Colour Halftone and set the max radius to 10 pixels. If you wish to have larger spots on your border then increase the size of the radius.

Step 6: Exit the quick mask mode with the Q key then choose Select > Inverse (Shift+Ctrl+I) and hit the delete the key, don’t do deselect the selection.You should get a spotted border like below.

Step 7: Now fill the selection with any color you like & deselect the selection(Ctrl+D), I filled it with white color:

And you done it..

Here’s my final result:

Thank You!

simple steps to add glow to photo with photoshop

Mahesh — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:00:58 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/06/26/simple-steps-add-glow-photo-photoshop/

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to add glow to your photo using Adobe Photoshop.

This is the pic I used for this tutorial:

Lets get started.

Step 1: Open Photoshop & open your image in Photoshop which you want to add a glow. Double click on the Background Layer & press OK to work on it.

Step 2: Copy the layer by pressing Ctrl+J & select the copied layer.

Step 3: Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the value which I given a below image:

Step 4: And finally Change the blending mode to Overlay.

And you done it. The image is retouched.

Here’s my final result:

Thank You!

simple steps to turn a photo into sketch effect using photoshop

Mahesh — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:37:43 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/06/25/convert-photo-sketch-effect-photoshop-2/

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to convert your photo into sketch effect using Adobe Photoshop.

This is the pic I used for this tutorial:

Lets get started.

Step 1: Open Photoshop & open your image in Photoshop which you want to convert into sketch effect. Double click on the Background Layer & press OK to work on it.

Step 2: Go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate (Shift+Ctrl+U)

Step 3: Make a duplicate of the desaturated layer by pressing Ctrl+J. Keep the duplicate later selected.

Step 4: Now go to Image > Adjustments > Invert (Ctrl+I)

Step 5: change the blending mode to “Color Dodge”

Step 6: Finally go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur & set the radius as per your satisfaction. Here I set radius 5.1 px

And you done it..

Here’s my final result:

Thank You!

how to add angled lines effect to photo using photohop

Mahesh — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:56:01 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/06/24/add-duotone-effect-photo-photohop/

Step1: Open your image in Photoshop. Double click on Background & press OK to work on it.

Step 2: Create New Document with 3 pixel width, 3 pixel height and transparent background.

Step 3: Select your foreground color dark yellow(#ff9900) and draw 3 square using Pencil Tool.

Step 4: Select All using Ctrl + A & Create a pattern by Edit > Define Pattern. Name the pattern.

Step 5: Close the Pattern file and go back to image file. Create New Layer. Keep it selected.

Step 6: Go to Edit > Fill
(Choose “Pattern” from “Use” drop down menu and again in “Custom Pattern” you will find newly created pattern)

Step 7: Select newly created pattern and fill the layer. Change the layer mode to “Multiply”

And you done it.

Here’s my final result:

Thank You!

how to convert photo into dust effect using photoshop

Mahesh — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:35:28 +0000

http://wordpressapi.com/2010/06/23/convert-photo-dust-effect-photoshop/

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to add dust in your photo using Adobe Photoshop. We are going to use Channels Tab in Layers Palette.

Lets get started.

Step 1: Open Photoshop & open your image in Photoshop which you want to convert into dust effect. Double click on the Background Layer & press OK to work on it.

Step 2: Go to Channel Palette and Create New Channel. Fill the channel with white color.

Step 3: Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and apply the settings given below in image:

Step 4: Then go to Filter > Stylize > Emboss & set the values given below in image:

Step 5: Go to Layer Palette. Create New Layer.

Step 6: Go to Select > Load Selection and choose (Alpha 1)

Step 7: Fill the selection with white color using Alt + Backspace & press Ctrl+D to deselect.

Step 8: Select Eraser Tool. Choose Spatter type of brush and erase the part of an image in such way that it should look as if the dust portion is cleaned off.

Here’s my final result:

Thank You!