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Create a Paint Brush in Photoshop

Creating still-life objects in Photoshop is often great practice for learning how to create other objects. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a realistic-looking paint brush using layer styles, clipping masks, and the not-so-commonly-used blend if sliders. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets This tutorial uses a custom created pattern. Download here: Paint […]

How to Apply Textures to Uneven Surfaces

Applying texture to a flat surface, or flatly applying a texture across a whole image (as a means to age it or degrade it) is simple stuff. Realistically applying a texture to an uneven surface is much more hands-on (more so than simply overlaying a texture and changing the Blending mode). Video Tutorial Our video […]

Create a Snow Covered, Coastal, Mountain Town Matte Painting – Psd Premium Tutorial

A matte painting is a backdrop that filmmakers use when the scene they need doesn’t or can’t exist in real life. In the past, they were created by actually painting a scene on a canvas. Today, they are created digitally by combining photographs to produce the scene that they need. In this Psd Premium tutorial, […]

How to Make Fast but Precise Selections – Basix

Are you new to Photoshop? Have you been trying to teach yourself the basics of Photoshop but have found the amount of educational material available on the net a bit overwhelming? As the world’s #1 Photoshop site, we’ve published a lot of tutorials. So many, in fact, that we understand how overwhelming our site may […]

4 Reasons You Should Add Photos or Illustrations to Every Blog Post

Humor me for a moment and go dig out a copy of the White Pages — you remember, it’s that 10-pound behemoth gathering dust under the sink. Now, flip it open to any page and tell me the truth? Are you pulled into the content? Do you have any desire to continue reading or have […]

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The Cosmos: Create a Spiral Galaxy

A galaxy is a massive collection of stars, stellar remains, gas, dust, and planets. Galaxies can contain as few as 10 million stars, or as many as 100 trillion. Astronomers believe that there are about 170 billion galaxies in our universe, each varying in shape from spiral, elliptical, to irregular. In today’s tutorial, we will […]

Create a Post-Apocalyptic Matte Painting

In the movies, we often see images of ruined landscapes or apocalyptic cities. What many of us don’t know however is that much of this imagery was produced not with complicated CG software but instead, using Photoshop. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a post-apocalyptic matte painting of an old cathedral. Let’s […]

Create a Retro Electronic Safe Lock Interface – Psd Premium Tutorial

Photoshop can be used to create interfaces for all sorts of applications in addition to websites. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Diego Monzon will demonstrate how to create a retro style electronic safe lock interface using both Photoshop and Illustrator. This tutorial is available exclusively to Premium Members. If you are looking to take […]

What is a Clipping Mask Then?

Are you new to Photoshop? Have you been trying to teach yourself the basics of Photoshop but have found the amount of educational material available on the net a bit overwhelming? As the world’s #1 Photoshop site, we’ve published a lot of tutorials. So many, in fact, that we understand how overwhelming our site may […]

Create a Sleek and Clean MP3 Player Interface

In this tutorial, we will design a sleek and clean MP3 player interface. The process involves a lot of manual drawing and lots of layer styles. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Font Digital-7 from Chess-7 Font LCD Phone from Raúl Andrés Pérez Canseco (Grafito […]

Create a Download Folder Icon in Photoshop

Icons are an important part of most interactive and web design. While icons are small, they can often be challenging to create. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a download folder icon using different shapes and reflections in Photoshop. Let’s get started! Step 1 – New File/Pen Tool Technique Open Photoshop and […]

Create a Glowing, Sci-Fi, Line Art Collage – Psd Premium Tutorial

When you’re creating a composition, often you will need to combine stock images with vector line art. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Kervin Brisseaux will juxtapose various resources using straightforward techniques and subtle photo manipulation to create a dense sci-fi image. If you are looking to take your illustration skills to the next level […]

The Answer to All Your Problems: Masking – Basix

Are you new to Photoshop? Have you been trying to teach yourself the basics of Photoshop but have found the amount of educational material available on the net a bit overwhelming? As the world’s #1 Photoshop site, we’ve published a lot of tutorials. So many, in fact, that we understand how overwhelming our site may […]

Best of Tuts+ in February 2011

Didn’t catch your usual Tuts+ reading during February? Here’s a catch-up on the best we have to offer! Cgtuts+ CG and 3D Tutorials The Soviet Machine’ – Day 1 February saw the release of “The Soviet Machine”, a brand new multi-part tutorial series from new Cgtuts+ author Martin Kostov. The ‘Soviet Machine’ is a high […]

How to Make a Textured 3D Spray Can

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to combine Illustrator and Photoshop to create a 3D, textured spray can. This tutorial requires some basic understanding of Illustrator and Photoshop as well as the pen tool. Let’s get started! Step 1 Open Adobe Illustrator. Create a new document. The first step is to create all the […]

Design and Print a 70s Style T-Shirt – Psd Premium Tutorial

Authentic, retro looking T-shirt designs are all the rage these days. In this Psd Premium tutorial, author Mark Mayers will take a heavy dose of inspiration from the 70s and create a cool, surf-style graphic with tons of retro appeal. This tutorial will also demonstrate how to incorporate an aged and distressed look to replicate […]

Create a Realistic Blueprint Image From a 3D Object

In this tutorial, we’ll create a a quick mock-up of a 3D car blueprint. Then we’ll place it on an image of a drafting table. This time we’ll use a particular Photoshop 3D Render Mode to create this awesome effect. Let’s get it started! Editor’s note: This tutorial was originally published on Psdtuts in July […]

The Cosmos: Create a Supernova and a Ringed Planet in Photoshop

When stars die, they explode in a brilliant burst of light that releases more energy than our sun releases in its lifetime. This brilliant burst of light is so bright that for a brief moment can outshine an entire galaxy. Supernovas occur in our galaxy about once every 50 years. Put another way, somewhere in […]

Create a Fallen, Rain-Soaked, Angel Composition in Photoshop

In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a lonely, fallen, rain-soaked, angel composition in Photoshop using photo manipulation techniques. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. City Bridge Boy Street Lamp Spatter Texture Leaf Ground Birds Wings from iStockphoto Clouds Step 1 Start by […]