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    • Syntax highlighting for Sass in Dreamweaver

      • 3 Sep 2010, 00:29 PDT (1 hour ago)
      • By: Life is a Flash, Latest Adobe News by Smart Category

      I’ve just started using Sass to code CSS. I really like it because it has greatly boosted my ego as a programmer, “I can put programming logic inside my CSS!” And of course, it makes it much easier to manage…

    • RGB vs. CMY(K)

      • 3 Sep 2010, 00:26 PDT (1 hour ago)
      • By: Commented Out, Latest Adobe News by Category

      If you’re just starting out in photography or even if you’ve been at it for a while, you need to have some understanding of RGB and CMY(K) models of color if you want to perhaps some day have your work…

    • Do You Need a Degree to be a Designer? (and more!)

      • 2 Sep 2010, 22:30 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Chris Spooner, Blog.SpoonGraphics

      In this week’s Question Time video post I give some rambling answers about taking on more than you can chew with client projects; things that help me find more freelance clients; whether a degree is important to be a designer;…

    • Black and White Film Grain in Photoshop and Lightroom

      • 2 Sep 2010, 22:12 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Dan Moughamian, TipSquirrel

      For this new Colortrails tutorial, you’ll see how easy it is to create a classic BW film grain look in ACR 6. This technique also works in Lightroom 3.

      Remember to join us again on Monday for the start…

    • Quick Tip: Create a Realistic Credit Card in Photoshop

      • 2 Sep 2010, 11:40 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Rulo Gonzalez, Psdtuts+

      In today’s quick tip tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a realistic-looking credit card using Photoshop and Illustrator in just a few short steps. Let’s get started! Step 1 To speed up the process, we will begin by putting…

    • Design An Angry Vector Turtle Character In Illustrator

      • 2 Sep 2010, 11:13 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Callum Chapman, SpyreStudios » Illustrator

      In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create a vector turtle character based on a vinyl toy named “Skuttle” from the “Little Trickers” series.
      We’re going to be using Adobe Illustrator CS3 for this tutorial, but the…

    • Artistic Expressions: Needlework

      • 2 Sep 2010, 10:48 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Layers Magazine, Latest Adobe News by Smart Category

      Some things can be so complex. Isn’t it great that Photoshop makes them easy? All you need to know is how things work and you can do whatever your imagination conjures up.

    • PDF Portfolios: Check Out Some Great Examples or Submit Your Own

      • 2 Sep 2010, 10:00 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: cbrigham, Acrobat Blog

      Acrobat 9 PDF Portfolios are an easy, engaging way to share your work with others. Using PDF Portfolios, you can quickly combine a wide range of content, give it a customized, unified look, and share it broadly and securely.…

    • 30 Minute Redesign: Week 24 Vote

      • 2 Sep 2010, 09:46 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Tom, PSDFan

      30 Minute Redesigns
      I hope many of you saw last week’s 30 minute redesign. If you missed it then please check out the redesign I did of PDF n Manual
      30 Minute Redesign: PDF n Manual
      The idea is…

    • Texture Thursday: Tile

      • 2 Sep 2010, 09:39 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Andre Meca, PSDFan

      Tile Textures
      You can view the textures below, and can download the full sized textures at the bottom of this page.

      Download Them Free
      You can download the full-sized textures totally free using the link below:
      Download Textures Free…

    • Zoom in the Color Range preview

      • 2 Sep 2010, 07:15 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Web Editor, Planet Photoshop

      The preview in the Color Range dialog shows the entire image by default, which can make it hard to judge the potential selection mask if you’re trying to select only small areas. The solution is to first create a selection…

    • Dried Ink Stains: 20 High Resolution Brushes – Premium Psdpack

      • 2 Sep 2010, 06:31 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Grant Friedman, Psdtuts+

      Today, we have a new set of Premium Brushes available for Psd Premium Members. This set was crafted by Grant Friedman of Colorburned and includes 20 High Resolution Photoshop Ink Stain Brushes. If your next project calls for a grungy,…

    • Building Better Bevels

      • 2 Sep 2010, 06:24 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Mike Rankin, InDesignSecrets

      Get way more “Awesome” out of InDesign’s Bevel effect with these tips and tricks.

    • Luxury retro car poster with paint splashing effect

      • 2 Sep 2010, 06:09 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: The Photoshop Roadmap News, The Photoshop Roadmap News

      Create a nice photo manipulation with classic Talbot-Lago car, paint splashes and dramatic background.

    • 15 Well-Explained Photoshop Tutorials with Fantastic End Result

      • 2 Sep 2010, 05:36 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: James Qu, PSD Vault - Extra Unique Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

      Anyone ever attempts to write Photoshop tutorial knows that to be able to produce a good result is one thing, to write an excellent tutorial based on that result is another. Sometime it’s difficult to explain in detail how…

    • Creating Psychedelic Character Art Using Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

      • 2 Sep 2010, 05:00 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Neil Hanvey, Vectortuts+

      We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to make a psychedelic comic style character and background with Adobe Illustrator, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.…

    • http://alfoart.com/luxury_classic_car_1.html

      • 2 Sep 2010, 03:27 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: The Photoshop Roadmap News, The Photoshop Roadmap News

      Create a nice photo manipulation with classic Talbot-Lago car, paint splashes and dramatic background.

    • Ornamental Text

      • 2 Sep 2010, 03:27 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: The Photoshop Roadmap News, The Photoshop Roadmap News

      This tutorial uses a few free resources and Photoshop’s blending options to create this stunning semi-transparent ornamental text effect

    • How To Create A Bloody Police Line Crime Scene

      • 2 Sep 2010, 03:27 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: The Photoshop Roadmap News, The Photoshop Roadmap News

      In this tutorial, we’ll be manipulating a brick wall textured background with a hole smashed into it. Inside is a creepy, dark room, where the walls are splashed with blood. Police Line Do Not Cross tape spreads over the wall…

    • Create a Futuristic Abstract Wallpaper

      • 2 Sep 2010, 03:27 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: The Photoshop Roadmap News, The Photoshop Roadmap News

      On this tutorial i am going to show how you can use filters to create wallpaper with abstraction in futuristic style.

    • Create amazing cosmic-inspired scene in Photoshop CS5

      • 2 Sep 2010, 03:27 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: The Photoshop Roadmap News, The Photoshop Roadmap News

      In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to use fashion photography and various techniques to create a cosmic-inspired scene in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

    • Design a Graffiti Can in Photoshop

      • 2 Sep 2010, 03:27 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: The Photoshop Roadmap News, The Photoshop Roadmap News

      In this tutorial we’ll learn how to design a Graffiti Can in a few easy steps using Adobe Photoshop.

    • Color Away Discoloration with Photoshop

      • 2 Sep 2010, 01:26 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Janine Smith, TipSquirrel

      Do you have any photos that have spots and splotches of color on them that was never part of the original photo? Fellow NAPP member Bob Byington had such a photo and asked me if I could help him…

    • Add Some Noise in Fireworks!

      • 2 Sep 2010, 00:25 PDT (Yesterday)
      • By: Commented Out, Latest Adobe News by Smart Category

      This is a little technique to add some subtle detail to your next project. Adding a little noise to the graphics provides some texture to the layout and gives it a depth that wouldn’t be there in a plain or…

    • Good news, everyone!

      • 1 Sep 2010, 23:27 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: Dan Johnson, Digital Illustration with Adobe Photoshop

      This comes as quite a surprise to me, but tomorrow I begin teaching at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. They were looking for a Photoshop expert to teach some classes this fall, so I interviewed with them…

    • Martini Hour 081, In Which We Experience Lounge Lights in High Dynamic Range

      • 1 Sep 2010, 22:15 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: colleen, dekeOnline - Acrobat

      This week in the dekeLounge, we fulfill the promise we made a few weeks ago, and visit the through-the-looking-glass other worldly effects of the new HDR Pro in Photoshop CS5.  Hip dekeSters know, of course, that HDR stands for high dynamic…

    • Win New Adobe Photoshop Elements 9, Free!

      • 1 Sep 2010, 21:31 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: ProDesignTools, Latest Adobe News by Smart Category

      With the official release of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 looking to be just around the corner, it’s time to launch our September contest… This month we’re giving away three free boxes of PSE 9 (estimated value $100 each), and all…

    • PNG compression on iPhone/iPad

      • 1 Sep 2010, 18:17 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: Craftymind, Latest Adobe News by Smart Category

      I was having a discussion with a coworker about png compression for the iphone and wanted to resolve the issue of whether we should bundle Fireworks source assets in xcode for quick editing and recompiling, or if we should export…

    • Orange basketball texture

      • 1 Sep 2010, 17:48 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: admin, psdGraphics

      Orange leather basketball texture, background image for sport’s posters, flyers and similar graphic works. Close up view of a basketball, created with Photoshop.

      Resolution: 4000×3000 px
      Medium size preview (1280×1024px): Orange basketball
      Format: JPG
      Color theme: red, orange
      Keywords: textured…

    • Ubiquitous PDF: Crochet a Yoshi

      • 1 Sep 2010, 17:00 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: Anne Shea, Planet PDF News

      Amongst the wonders (and occasional horrors) of Etsy.com we found this Mario-inspired PDF pattern. Feeling nostalgic for the days when Super Mario Bros. was the height of pixellated sophistication? This amigurumi doll is for you so find yourself some yarn…

    • Bookmarksoft releases Bookmark Docs 1.2

      • 1 Sep 2010, 17:00 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: Anne Shea, Planet PDF News

      Bookmarksoft has released a new document navigation tool. Bookmark Docs allows users to tag information across multiple browsers and readers, and can be used to mark up PDF, CHM, MSDN library documents and web pages. Users can tag and share…

    • Beautiful Water-Themed Graphic Design Projects

      • 1 Sep 2010, 15:58 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: Tom, PSDFan

      Beautiful Water-Themed Graphic Design Projects
      Today we’ve compiled some inspiring graphic design projects utilizing water. Each project takes a highly unique approach, and really shows what can be done with the subject matter:
      Alexandra Zaharova & Ilya Plotnikov –…

    • Vectips Monthly Roundup: August 2010

      • 1 Sep 2010, 12:40 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: Rype, Vectips

      There are a number of great tutorials, freebies, and articles related to vectors coming out on the web daily. Each month, I roundup some of the best posts I have found useful. I can’t include everything I’ve seen throughout…

    • Random Password Generator

      • 1 Sep 2010, 10:25 PDT (2 days ago)
      • By: javascript.com, Latest Adobe News by Category

      This script can be used to generate random passwords for improved password strength.

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