This is the first of a series of Adobe Photoshop tutorials I’m going to offer on how to create a logo in “Web 2.0″ style.
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Photoshop Tool Basics Part 1
This is a quick summary of Photoshop’s Tools palette with a description of each tool’s functions and shortcuts. Great for those brand new to Photoshop.
I decided to start at the beginning. The very beginning. For those people who just “picked up” a copy of Photoshop and have no idea what to do with it. The keyboard shortcut is in ( ).
Rectangular Marquee Tool (M)
Use this tool to make selections on your image, in a rectangular shape. This changes the area of your image that is affected by other tools or actions to be within the defined shape. Holding the Shift key while dragging your selection, restricts the shape to a perfect square. Holding the Alt key while dragging sets the center of the rectangle to where your cursor started.
Move Tool (V)
Use this tool to, well, move things. Usually you use it to move a Layer around after it has been placed. Hold the Shift key to limit the movements to vertical/horizontal.
Polygon Lasso Tool (L)
Ok, this should be the Lasso Tool, but I use the Polygon Lasso a lot more often. Use this to draw selections in whatever shape you would like. To close the selection, either click on the beginning point (you’ll see the cursor change when you’re on it), or just double-click. When holding the Ctrl key, you’ll see the cursor change, and the next time you click, it will close your selection.
Customize the Color of Your Photoshop CS3 Artboard
If you are one of those lucky enough to be running Photoshop CS3, I want to show you a neat trick. In CS3 you can very easily change the color of the excess artboard! I just happened to figure this out a night or two ago, so I wanted to post about it right away.
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Random Free Vectors – Part 7: Flowers
OS X: Install Photoshop Brushes Faster
Random Free Vectors – Part 9
I had fun making these. I’m constantly trying to push my Illustrator skills to the limit, so I was experimenting, and I came up with this set of freebies in the process. I don’t even know what to call these free vectors. Swirls, ornaments, swooshes, I don’t know. Call them what you want, but I hope you like them. Download AI, EPS, or SVG.
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The Brushes – May ‘06 to May ‘07
This is the archive of brushes from May 2006 to May 2007. Everything I have ever made is here, except the Retro Set ( as that is the first of my second year’s Photoshop Brushes work – 36 brush sets – I would love to have the time to count how many brushes there are, but that will take some time – which I could spend making more brushes 😀 – So, at least 1000 brushes here.