Daily Archives: April 27, 2010

Serene photo tutorial inspired by Justin Maller

Posted by Graffi on April 27, 2010 No comments | 22 views

Sometimes achieving a certain effect seems easy with a quick fix. But what separates the boys from the designers is the ability to see (in your mind) variations from the easy fix that change the mood and quality of the photo entirely. And this is what I’ll try to explain in this Justin Maller inspired tutorial.

Call it – What you like?

Posted by Graffi on April 27, 2010 No comments | 20 views

After watching the movie No Country for Old Men, artist decide to paint this image to excercise and study the details

Alpha HalfTone Cut-Away Effect

Posted by Graffi on April 27, 2010 No comments | 28 views

Another effective tutorial showing us how to create this great effect using an alpha mask in the channels pallet. Nick at www.2gen.net was kind enough to show me this tip last night, so Thanks You! to him for the tip and now ill show you how its done.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Create a Rain Effect in Photoshop

Posted by Graffi on April 27, 2010 No comments | 18 views

In this tutorial we will be lighting up a night scene to give it some added style, These are a few simple tricks that we have covered in the last tutorial “Day to Night. But we will be adding rain as well as animating it.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Text on Fire

Posted by Graffi on April 27, 2010 No comments | 15 views

This time we are making a text that is burning with fire. The procedure includes the use of some filters, color modes, and a color palette application.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Brighten Colors Selectively

Posted by Graffi on April 27, 2010 No comments | 26 views

This tutorial is about intensifying colors and making the image brigter with the Photoshop Selective colors.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Beginner

Default Layer Effects are Evil

Posted by Graffi on April 27, 2010 No comments | 24 views

This very short tutorial is to express my belief in the fact that default layer effects settings in photoshop are really bad. Each setting (bland mode, size, angle, etc) should be always carefully tuned to fit into general style of your design.
Type: Photoshop Tutorials
Level: Experienced