Archive for July, 2009

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom

photoshop_cs4_digital_classroom_-2.jpgPhotoshop CS4 Digital Classroom is a book that explains about Photoshop CS4 new features. This 384 pages book is written by Jennifer Smith, Aquent Graphic Institute (AGI). Recommended reading source for beginner, intermediate, and advanced Photoshop user.

Transform Layer’s Shape

transform_layer_shape-1.jpgThis is a Photoshop CS4 tutorial about how to transform shape of a layer. Unlocked layer can be rotate, resize, distort, skew, add prespective, warp and many more. To do this, we can use Edit > Transform menu, but in this tutorial I will focus on how to transform it using shortkey.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book

Adobe_Photoshop_CS4_Classroom_bo-1.jpgAdobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book is a book that explain every Photoshop features, the new CS4 and also all the feature that available since older Photoshop version. This book is written by Adobe Creative Team. Every step in this books are explained with detail screenshot.

Psd template calendar 2010-Horizontal half photo

v5b_psd_calendar_2010_th-1.jpgPsd template for 2010 calendar for Photoshop 7 upto CS4. I made this in a horizontal paper for each months. The paper size being use in this calendar is Legal, can be fit in F4 too. There are 12 .psd files, one for each months. Previous and upcoming months available below the present months. Can be added with big photo / image.

Lightning Stroke Photo Effect

photo_effects_lightning_th-1.jpgIn this Photoshop CS4 tutorial I am writing about photo effect, to add nature effects as a lightning stroke behind someone, this is as I mentioned before in last paragraph of previous tutorial. The lighning image can be made by using plugin or manually created by Photoshop.

Create Lightning Effects

create_lightning_effects_09.jpgThis is a Photoshop CS4 tutorial on how to create a lightning image effects manually. Lightning can be made by only using Photoshop, and also by some brushes or plugins. The result can be see in this thumbnail image, I add light effects and Using Hue/Saturation for the color.

Smart crop and blur border effect

smart_crop_tutorial_th.jpgThis is a Photoshop CS4 tutorial to make a photo with a smart crop and blurred border effects. I call this a smart crop because we can select a portion of the photo, and use the outer part of original photo as a border.

Xenofex 2, Effect Plugin for Photoshop

xenofex_photoshop_plugin_th.jpgAlien Skin Xenofex 2 is a plugin for Photoshop (upto CS4). This plugin can be use to make nice effects like: Burnt Edges, Lightning, Puzzle, and more.