Posts Tagged ‘Photoshop’
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Top Non-Destructive Photoshop Techniques
- March 9th, 2012
- 36 Comments
The creative process is not a linear one. As artists and designers, we often set off in one direction only to decide that the proper solution lies somewhere else completely. Unfortunately, many of the creative software packages we use (Photoshop in particular) can be pretty unforgiving when in comes to ...
Read more...GuideGuide: Free Plugin For Dealing With Grids In Photoshop
- January 3rd, 2012
- 80 Comments
This article is the fourth in our new series that introduces the latest, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework; the third presented Sisyphus.js, a library for ...
Read more...Mixing Up Illustration: Combining Analog And Digital Techniques
- December 7th, 2011
- 39 Comments
People often ask how I arrived at a finished illustration. Honestly, it’s different every time, but it always starts with a hand-drawn sketch. Sometimes, I paint it completely by hand; sometimes I’ll scan in a pencil drawing. Many of my pieces are 100% analog that I’ll show only at shops ...
Read more...Exporting From Photoshop
- November 23rd, 2011
- 43 Comments
Congratulations. You’ve just completed a pixel-perfect mock-up of an app, and you’ve gotten the nod from everyone on the team. All that’s left to do is save the tens, hundreds or maybe even thousands of production assets required to bring it to life. It’s probably the least interesting part of designing ...
Read more...Establishing Your Grid In Photoshop
- November 9th, 2011
- 26 Comments
Creating a grid is typically one of the very first things you do when starting a design comp. After all, it provides the basic structure on which the rest of your design will lie. In this article, we’ll provide two different methods for efficiently establishing a grid. These methods enable ...
Read more...The Whys And The Hows Of Textures In Web Design
- October 3rd, 2011
- 45 Comments
Texture is becoming integral to design. It’s gone beyond being a trend — it’s now a simple and effective way to add depth to a website. Wielding the power of texture is a great responsibility. It increases the effectiveness of websites and is a quality tool in the arsenal of designers. It ...
Read more...The Lost Art Of Design Etiquette
- August 29th, 2011
- 83 Comments
Endless layers in Photoshop. Overstuffed image folders. That jQuery plug-in that has 12 files associated with it. Hundreds or thousands of individual pieces go into making a website. No wonder we go off the deep end when we can’t find a closing div — er, section tag. We work with a ridiculously large ...
Read more...Mastering Photoshop Techniques: Layer Styles
- August 12th, 2011
- 49 Comments
Layer Styles are nothing new. They’ve been used and abused again and again. Despite their ubiquity, or perhaps because of it, many designers do not yet realize the full potential of this handy menu. Its beauty lies in our ability to create an effect and then copy, modify, export, hide ...
Read more...Useful Photoshop Tools and Techniques For Your Workflow
- May 4th, 2011
- 41 Comments
Productivity is a crucial asset of professional designers. Photoshop is an extremely powerful application for photo processing and image manipulation, and we can make it even more powerful by using handy tools, actions, plugins and templates to save time for solving mundane regular tasks. The better our professional tool set ...
Read more...Pixel Perfection When Rotating, Pasting And Nudging In Photoshop
- April 14th, 2011
- 110 Comments
When creating Web and app interfaces, most designers slave over every single pixel, making sure it’s got exactly the right color, texture and position. If you’re not careful, though, some common functions like moving, rotating and pasting can undo your hard work, resulting in a blurry mess. But with some ...
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