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Artistic Expressions: Needlework 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.
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Six New Features in Dreamweaver CS5 Every upgrade brings something new, but Dreamweaver CS5 brings more goodies than most previous upgrades, and you can put these new features to use right away.
- Layer Basics with Photoshop Extended Video
Dave Cross reminds Photoshop Extended users that they can still use some of the basic layer functions to make adjustments to their video projects.
- Design a Price Tag in Photoshop
Design a price tag that can be used in print and web advertisements.
- Using Symbols in Illustrator for 3D Effects in Photoshop
Illustrator is a terrific resource for creating symbols. Corey takes those symbols into Photoshop and uses the new 3D tools to get creative.
- Phantasm CS Publisher
When working in Illustrator, have you ever thought that it would be nice to have Photoshop-type color adjustments? How about adding a few Acrobat prepress features? Well then, Phantasm CS is the plug-in for you.
- Stamp and Envelope Design in Photoshop, Part 2
In this two-part tutorial, viewers will learn how to use a stock image of a paper texture to design an envelope, a stamp, and a cancellation, all within Photoshop.
- Adding Texture to Photographs in Photoshop
Blending a texture layer into your photograph is a great way to make your images more creative. Matt demonstrates how to do this in Photoshop.
- Artistic Expressions: Wear and Tear
Making things look old and dirty is another matter and a little tougher. People usually use Photoshop to make things look “nice and clean,” and many times the Clone tool will suffice to get the job done. Making things look…
- Designer Spotlight: Clare Nicholas
Clare has used her printmaking skills in conjunction with Photoshop and Illustrator to create fantastic, unique pieces of art that retain the feel of handcrafted images.
- Stamp and Envelope Design in Photoshop, Part 1
In this two-part tutorial, viewers will learn how to use a stock image of a paper texture to design an envelope, a stamp, and a cancellation, all within Photoshop.
- Image Sequences in Photoshop
In this article, we’ll explore how you can use the auto-align layers and auto-blend layers in Photoshop for assembling a sequence of different photos into a single multi-image composite.
- Screened Photo Effect in Photoshop
Use Smart Objects and a defined pattern to create this cool screened effect in Photoshop.
- Digimarc for Images 4
The Digimarc for Images 4 plug-in for Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements (Windows only) embeds your own unique copyright information invisibly, then their Web crawling service constantly looks for watermarked images on websites, and reports the results back to the…
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 Video and 3D
Like many people, I was hesitant to try the video and 3D capabilities of Photoshop CS4 Extended … Then I realized that if you treat video as you would a photo, and think of 3D as another design element, it’s…
- Save Time with Templates in Dreamweaver
This column is about creating templates with the .dwt extension—a timesaver when creating custom sites in Dreamweaver.
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Fireworks CS5 with Device Central This brand new feature in Fireworks CS5 allows users to prototype an interface with mobile devices.
- Fireworks CS5: FXG Files to Catalyst
The FXG file format allows for documents to be moved from one Creative Suite application to another with ease.
- Create Digitally Framed Images with Acrobat
Showing your artwork framed—without framing! Have you ever wished you could show your clients framed versions of your work without going to the expense of physically framing your images? If so, here’s a method using real frames, a digital camera,…
- Designing Email Messages for Dreamweaver
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how some of the oldest features in Dreamweaver are the best options for email design.
- 3D Internal Constraints in Photoshop CS5 Extended
Corey addresses a common problem with 3D internal constraints in Photoshop CS5 Extended.
- A Retro Look with Illustrator
This tutorial on creating a retro look is a great example of how Illustrator handles transparency in your Photoshop images and text objects.
- Retro Poster Background in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’re going to create a cool-looking retro background for a poster. And thanks to layer styles, smart objects, and smart filters, our design will be completely editable.
- Photoshop Turns 20
If you think about it, no other application has infiltrated and impacted our culture quite like Photoshop. For example, it’s one of two programs (Google is the other) whose name has become a verb.
- Photographic Workflow from Lightroom to Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’ll highlight a few of the main workflow steps so that we can have an effective and efficient Lightroom and Photoshop workflow.
- Compositing Images using Channels in Photoshop, Part 2
Finishing up the composite that was started in Part 1 of this tutorial.
- Photoshop CS5 Review
One wonders how many new features can be added to such a mature program. I think the shorter feature list is going to become a steady thing, but CS5 does have a couple of the “wow” moments.
- Compositing Images using Channels in Photoshop, Part 1
Composite a city skyline image using alpha channels as masks. In the first part of this two-part tutorial, use the apply image command and blend modes to separate the areas of the image you want to composite. {module:flashlink}
- 3D Bump Maps in Photoshop Extended
In this tutorial, Stephen Burns shows how to paint Bump map textures with a Wacom tablet. {module:flashlink}
- CS5 is Alive Today!!
Make sure that you register for their event!! One you do, make sure you also stop by for our free Photoshop CS5 Learning center where we will be holding free webinars twice a day, giving away free upgrade to CS5…
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