Articles Tagged 'effects'
4 Simple Steps To Make Silhouettes Using Photoshop
Silhouettes as an art form originates back to as early as 18th century drawing its name from a French minister Étienne de Silhouette who imposed heavy economic cuts on French people. Quite symbolically austere outline portraits which became popular in the same time period started to be referred as Silhouettes. Silhouettes art had tremendous popularity which has grown over years and is now associated more with images depicting fashion and fitness. Traditional ways of making Silhouettes are somewhat complex which involve cardboard and paints, but thanks to two wonderful inventions of mankind – Photoshop and Wacom things are much simpler now. In this tutorial I will take you through some beautiful examples for inspiration and then we will proceed to make a silhouette from scratch.
Create Elegant Tags With Sliding Post Count For WordPress
Tired of the boring category style being always same, like a mini menu? Tired of items arranged horizontally or vertically, styled always the same way? Yes, I'm tired of it too. So let's make things more interesting now. Our starting point will be a cool sliding tags design made by Thomas Bosée. Then we'll learn how to use WordPress wp_list_categories function, how to edit its result, how to code CSS and finally a little of jQuery "Black Magic". So, let's rock!
9 Inspirational Website Effects Deconstructed
As you may know, there are lots of great tutorials out there which can definitely help you practice, learn and achieve amazing results. The good thing about having so many tutorials to learn from is precisely that - you have a large variety of sources to choose from. Sometimes though, the tutorials aren't clear, or difficult to understand or you just can't apply it in the real world. Have you ever come across a website with such a great design or effects that your inner voice screams wow, making you wonder how it would be possible for you to recreate the effect? The purpose of this article is to provide you with resources and insights about how you can learn from your favourite websites, learning and taking advantage from real implemented effects and functionalities. So let's get started!
30 Useful and Cutting Edge CSS3 Text Effect and Web Typography Tutorials
CSS3 with it's possibilities is a revolution in web development. The new CSS3 properties give developers a wonderful chance to enhance their designs in a way that's quick and easy, yet visually impressive. What's more, almost all of the major browsers now support most of the CSS3 features so that's another reason for mastering the new techniques. One of the spheres CSS3 has changed dramatically is web typography. Text styling and neat effects can now be achieved without using any Javascript or images at all. This article presents 30 useful and cutting edge CSS3 text effect and web typography tutorials that will take your designs to the next level.
8 Effects Every Photographer Should Know About
Photography seems easy at first glance. You simply make your frame and press the shutter button. The reality is, everyone can take a photo but not all can master it. There's more to photography than just simply "point and shoot." Photography is a skill only a handful have the patience and the passion to stick with. Photography students and enthusiasts must educate themselves with many technical terms such as aperture, shutter speed, focus and exposure. You've probably read enough about that elsewhere, so how about a few photography effects? In this post I will share some photography tips and effects. They can enhance the beauty of your photos and they can be very fun to do, too.
40 Dazzling Photoshop Abstract and Lighting Effects Tutorials
Well done abstract and lighting effects can enhance your artworks exceedingly and this is very popular trend now in photo manipulations, backgrounds, website headers - definitely useful tutorials to be aware of . You can add them to premade photos, or create whole new scenes from scratch. Photoshop gives you those abilities and allows you to express in all ways. In this post you’ll find 40 best tutorials around web to master abstract and lighting effects.
35 Awesome and Inspiring “Movie-Effect” Photoshop Tutorials
Having played around with Photoshop for about ten years, I have found that a good way to learn is to just dive into some of the great tutorials that are out there. In this article I will show you 35 tutorials where you will learn to recreate various effects related to well-known movies. Enjoy!
22 Advanced CSS Text Effects And Web Typography Tips
You definitely should have seen those advanced CSS text effects for now already, they are rapidly getting popular as upcoming and current trend in good webdesign. The best thing about these effects is, it can be achieved with pure CSS, no more image replacements and image heavy web designs. In this article I showcased all the best explained CSS tutorials and typography tips I found and thought you definitely must read! Scroll through or definitely save this article to bookmarks so the next time you create new design in Photoshop with letterpress, shadowed etc. effects - you can create them just with pure code!
Typography takes also very important role in good web designs, so I strongly recommend to read articles I featured there as well! Enjoy and get inspired for your new, advanced web designs!
30 Photo Effect Photoshop Tutorials Every Designer Will Love
Few days ago I created this article 105 People Photo Manipulation Works You Will Really Marvel with amazing photo manipulation works. This time I went step further and actually tried to find tutorials teaching you how to achieve such effects! Of course, I didn't find the same effects there, but if you look closer and really study these tutorials I showcased here, you will understand you'll have all the skills to create such artworks! More or less techniques are the same and with little creativity you can create your own masterpiece even today!
Amazing Illustrator 3D Effects And PS Brush Creation
Adobe Illustrator is very powerful tool in the right hands, especially in creating nice 3D effects in the very fast time, later You can easily define those effects as photoshop brushes for later use. Enjoy this tutorial and follow with me to those steps - I will show and give You different ideas how You can use the same technique and get out amazing effects. At first I will show You technique, how to create effects and after that, I'll show You my ideas and different ways how to implement them.