Archive for 2010
Create a Page Curl Effect using Photoshop CS5 in 5 easy steps
When I was new to Photoshop, I went through a lot of tutorials to help me create a page curl effect. Back then it was considered a very cool effect and almost every website and graphic had a page curl effect. But most of the tutorials that showed how to achieve this effect were quite [...]
3D Fruit Bowl in Adobe Illustrator CS5
In my earlier tutorial ‘3D apple in Adobe Illustrator CS5 in 3 easy steps’, you learnt how to create a 3D apple in 3 simple steps. In this tutorial, we will place the apples in a 3D Fruit Bowl. See below: Lets get started. Follow these steps: 1. Choose the ‘Blob Brush’ tool from the [...]
Smart Guides in Adobe Illustrator CS5
When I was new to Illustrator, I noticed green lines and some labels appearing on my artboard while I created my art work. When I learnt that they were ‘Smart Guides’ and explored more about how to use them effectively, I realized how handy they were. Smart Guides helped me a lot while working as [...]
Import Document Presets in Adobe Photoshop CS5
In one of our previous articles, Create a New Document Preset in Adobe Photoshop CS5, we learnt how to create a document preset and save it for future use. The other day, one of our users asked if he can import document presets onto another system that has Photoshop CS5 installed on it. The answer [...]
Slice Images in Photoshop
The ‘Slice Tool’ in Photoshop is used to slice an image into sections. You may require to slice an image into multiple smaller images in various types of web design work. To give you an example, you may need to split up a map to elaborate on different regions to explain its geographical characteristics or [...]
Crop Images in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Since we are exploring the basics of Photoshop, let me introduce you to one of the simple ways to crop images. The crop tool 1. Choose the Crop tool from the Toolbox. 2. Now drag your cursor over the image to crop it. The crop selection would look like this: The handles around the corners [...]
Selection Tools in Photoshop CS5
Adobe Photoshop has different selection tools like Rectangular Marquee, Elliptical Marquee, Single Row Marquee, Single Column Marquee, Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Quick Selection, Magic Wand and Quick Mask mode. In this tutorial we will cover all the selection tools except the Quick Mask Mode which is already covered here: Smart Selection with Quick Mask [...]
Smart Selection with Quick Mask Mode in Photoshop CS5
Photoshop’s Quick Mask Mode is one of the selection techniques. Unlike other selection tools like Marquees, quick mask mode is a smarter way to make selections. Let us explore how to use it. 1. To activate the Quick Mask Mode, click on icon at the bottom of the Toolbox or press ‘Q’ key. NOTE: The [...]
Pick colors with Eyedropper tool in Photoshop
The ‘Eyedropper Tool (I)’ samples a color from an image to use this color as a new foreground or background color in your art work. Find the ‘Eyedropper Tool’ in the Toolbox. To pick a color, place the Eyedropper over the color in the image you want to pick and click once. The color picked [...]
Rotate and Flip commands in Adobe Photoshop
Rotate Images 1. Image > Image Rotation. NOTE: In earlier versions of Photoshop, you may find the command under Image > Rotate Canvas. Rotation options: a. 180° – Rotates the image by 180 degrees. b. 90° – Rotates the image by 90 degrees clockwise. c. 90° CCW – Rotates the image by 90 degrees anticlockwise. [...]
