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Software	Photoshop (works with any version that has the ‘spherize’ filter)
Difficulty	beginner
Type	video and written (your choice)
Aspects	Keyboard shortcuts, filters, colorizing, layer styles, defining brushes and patterns

Notes
1. The video tutorial shows two different ways of creating the image: a) using brushes, and b) using patterns.
2. The written tutorial shows one way only
3. Keyboard shortcuts are in the brackets
4. Click links to see screenshots (done this way to prevent people with slow connections from going nuts.) *winks*

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I hope you enjoyed the tutorial, and that things worked out well for you.
Should anything be unclear, feel free to drop a comment here.

I apologize for the miserable sound quality in the video tutorial, and hope you didn’t mind all too much.

Your opinions are always welcome.

Thank you very much for your attention.

In the following tutorial you’ll learn how to create the image below using filters.







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The first clip is relatively slow in pace, but the second one isn’t. And something went wonky with the plug of my mic, too, so the sound gets worse and worse towards the end. I’m very, very sorry about this. I still don’t know how to fix that kind of things, but I’m working on it.
If you have any questions concerning the tutorial, please feel free to drop a comment here. I’ll try to help you out to the best of my abilities.
For those of you who might have trouble with curves in photoshp, you might like to check out this curves tutorial (which I didn’t make). It explains things very well, imo. Better than I ever could.

Feel free to give me your opinions (whether positive or negative) on this tutorial, either by filling out the poll or dropping a comment. Your views are very welcome, since I am trying to improve.


Poll #1000758 rating the tutorial
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Friends, participants: 5

On a scale from 1 to 5 (one being not at all) how did you like this tutorial?

What did you like about this tutorial?

What did you not like about this tutorial?

Thank you very much for your attention.

To speed up your search, you can additionally seek out keywords.
For this, hit CTRL + F on your keyboard and type in what you’re looking for (e.g. html, Image Ready, 40 kb, or brushes.)
But maybe this would work slightly better at the community’s main page

Click the image to visit the tutorial.
Please report any broken links asap.

Thank you very much!

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I really thought long and hard about whether to post this tutorial or not.
The narration and sound are both miserable, despite the fact that I worked on it two nights straight! Yes. It will definitely provide some fodder for bashing, and the miserable quality merits all that.
So why do I post it?
Because I don’t feel like typing this all out after having spent so much time on it already because I have already completed it.

Special thanks to brit81, who asked me lots of questions about fancy brushes! =D




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About:
Working with ps cs3 filters
Will most likely work with ps versions older than cs3
For advanced photoshop users (because of bad narration)

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Should you have any questions regarding the tutorial, feel free to comment here. I’ll try to help you out to the best of my abilities!





And now, a little poll. The results are visible to members, since I think they could/might be most interested in the result.

Poll #993594 rate it?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Friends, participants: 28

on a scale from 1 to 5 (one being not at all) how did you like this tutorial?

would you like to see more video tutorials here?

Thank you very much for your attention!
Until next time, if you like.





If you have an interesting tutorial you’d like to share with others, then please feel free to post it here after having read the rules.




And for any of you who are interested, I turned some of the layers of this tutorial into brushes which you can snag if you like/are interested.

This is a tutorial I would like to share with you. I didn't make it, so no thanks to me, hehe.
All in all, I think it explains the basics of using curves very well, so it's definitely worth sharing, imo.

Have fun! =D

divacita was curious as to how I made
(from this batch.)

So I’ll show you how it’s done.
I’ve seen a tutorial very similar to this one before myself, but I can’t find it anymore. And besides: It can hardly do any harm to have two similar tuts around, ne?

Off we go, then.



Tutorial aspects today:

[x] snaking text take 2
[x] tweaking grids
[x] tweening
[x] keyboard shortcuts

Difficulty: simple
Software: Photoshop CS3 and earlier. Translatable.


Note:
Shortcuts are in the brackets

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Ok. That was all for now.

I hope you were able to learn something new today!

Till next time, if you like.

Software: Photoshop CS3, though it is manageable with older Photoshop versions.

Aspects:

[x] filters
[x] blending modes
[x] shortcuts
[x] tweaking and saving default brushes

Difficulty: intermediate. Basic knowledge of Photoshop would come in handy.



Notes:
- All you might need for this tutorial is an image of a match, which you can cut from the original image and insert into your canvas. Though you can, of course, make the match yourself.
- By following this tutorial, you will most certainly end up with many layers. To save some time it might help to name some of them. I’ll drop a note on which, though you can name wherever you think it’s necessary.
- I’ll mostly be working with shortcuts today.
- There will hardly be any specific settings given in this tutorial, simply because the methods used here call for different settings each time. No two shapes will be the same in form or size, and thus the settings for each will consequentially be up to the maker.
- This graphic takes time to make, so you might like to bring some along.
- If you start the tutorial and don’t have time to finish it, save it as .psd file so you can work on it again another time without losing any of your layers.

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This tutorial took a lot of time, but I hope that some of you found it worthwhile and enjoyable.
I’d be very happy to see your results!

Should you have any questions concerning the features in this tutorial, feel free to drop a comment here and ask.

Thank you very much for reading!

Tutorial aspects today:

Working with groups.
Free transform specials.
Making buttons that animate on mouse-hover for your website.
Making buttons/graphics that link to another site.
Html

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A photoshop cs3 tutorial, but any of these effects can be achieved with any of the earlier photoshop versions. I am sure that this tutorial is translatable.
You will not need Image Ready or any other type of animation software.


Notes: Keyboard shortcuts are in the brackets.

Before you start:
If you are only interested in the html codes required to turn an image into a link – the html that is usable in your Livejournal profile – please scroll all the way to the bottom of the tutorial: “Finishing off #2.”
If you are interested in how to create an on-mouse-hover button as shown in the example image above, so you can use it in your website, please follow the tutorial… or the parts of the tutorial you would like to apply to your animated image.


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Other examples using this method:

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I hope this tutorial is useful or helpful to some of you, and that you enjoyed it.
Should you have any questions, feel free to comment here.
Your opinions, suggestions or critiques on this tutorial would be very appreciated. I’d like to improve, and for that, I need your help. =)

Thank you very much for your attention!

This tutorial is for Image Ready.
It explains the tween tool.



So what is tweening?
The explanation is quite simple, actually.
Tweening inserts a custom amount of frames between two frames – one frame, and the frame that comes after it, or the first and last frame (and vice versa).
The positioning and the opacity of your layers will be automatically tweaked in the tweened frames, so you don’t have to do it manually.

Examples of simple icons where tween was used.



Below is a tutorial that explains the basics of how it’s done.
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