Design - Part 5

75 Impressive Photoshop Video Tutorials

Posted on08. Oct, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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While there are plenty of written tutorials on the web, the number of Photoshop video tutorials is on the rise. Driven by YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe and many Photoshop inspired websites, video tutorials are a great way to learn step-by-step from some of the more advanced users.
I’ve crawled the web and found some of the more [...]

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35 Vintage Tech Ads

Posted on29. Sep, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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The technology of yesterday is rarely given the respect that it deserves, as it helped to inspire the gadgets that we can’t seem to take our hands off of today. No PS3 without the Atari, no iPhone without the brick phones of the 80’s and no MacBook Pro without the Apple Lisa [...]

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How To Create A 3D Logo In Photoshop

Posted on19. Sep, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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This tutorial will show you a very easy way to create a grungy 3D logo in just a few minutes using Photoshop. This same technique can be applied to many different designs to add the effect to just about anything. I’ll show you the basic steps and take it a little further by adding some [...]

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How To Make A Polka Dot Pattern In Photoshop

Posted on18. Sep, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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The polka-dot pattern. It’s been showing itself in a lot of TV shows and commercials that I’ve seen lately. I thought, what better way to remind myself how to create this design and share it with others, than through a tutorial. So here it is, How To Make A Polka Dot Pattern In Photoshop for [...]

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Freebie: Tri-Fold Brochure Template For Photoshop

Posted on03. Sep, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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Making Tri-Fold brochures isn’t always an easy task. Sure, you can download some free templates, but you’ll come to find that they are usually pretty basic and not something you would want to use for a company design. There are some quality brochure templates out there, ready to go with pictures and all, but expect [...]

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Photoshop: Design A Clean Glossy Button

Posted on04. Aug, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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Glossy web 2.0 buttons and tabs have always been desirable among designers. You could argue that these shiny buttons are just a fad but lets face it, they’re not going anywhere anytime soon. You see them in operating systems such as Windows Vista, browsers like Firefox and they still make their way into some [...]

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40 Beautiful Customized Desktops

Posted on28. Jul, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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We all like to change out wallpapers every once in a while… maybe add some new gadgets in our sidebar or a fresh set of icons. These are all small things that can be changed to make the desktop experience more desirable, cutom and geared to our own interests. Some people like to take it a step further and make theirs come to life. Using some…