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Digital Painting with Light

Posted by Scott Valentine in Photography at June 2nd, 2007

Like dodge and burn on steroids, this approach to image manipulation is the foundation of many advanced techniques. Continue Reading »

Peeling Sticker Effect

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Effects at March 26th, 2007

As a child, there are few things more fun than sticking stickers on things. Everything(s). Here’s how to easily create a peeled sticker effect. Continue Reading »

Top 7 Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts for Productivity

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Tools at October 9th, 2006

This is a list of my top 7 (or so) favorite and most used Photoshop keyboard shortcuts. Some might be obvious to you, some you might already know, and some might be new to you. Feel free to add your own below. Continue Reading »

Pixelated Mosaic Edges

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Effects at August 7th, 2006

This tutorial will show you a way to easily create a pixelated mosaic-type effect for use on edges or borders or whatever you want. Continue Reading »

Lightbox 2.0 Web Photo Gallery

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Web at July 13th, 2006

Due to popular demand, I have extended the Lightbox Web Photo Gallery tutorial with instructions on adapting it to work with Lightbox 2.0. Since this is a continuation, I highly suggest reading the original tutorial, otherwise you’ll probably be a bit lost. Continue Reading »

Website Design Mockup Tips

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Web at July 6th, 2006

This tutorial will show you a few tips, tricks and techniques you can use when mocking up your next website. When mocking up a website design, there are a few design elements and styles that are really easy to create in code, but may not be as obvious when working in Photoshop. Continue Reading »

Lightbox Web Photo Gallery

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Actions and Automation, Tutorials, Web at June 12th, 2006

Adobe Photoshop’s Web Photo Gallery is a great and easy to use function, but the quality of your preset options have always seemed lacking. Using the Lightbox JS javascript library and the Web Photo Gallery we can easily create a very slick photo gallery for your website. Continue Reading »

Web 2.0 Design Kit, Part 2

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Effects, Tutorials, Web at June 5th, 2006

In this continuation of the Web 2.0 Design Kit I’ll show you how to do a few more simple effects that I’ve seen becoming more popular in web design. Continue Reading »

Web 2.0 Design Kit

Posted by Tommy Maloney in Effects, Tutorials, Web at May 28th, 2006

Web 2.0 is a term coined by O’Reilly describing the new trends in design and development appearing across a flood of innovative websites. This tutorial will show you how to create some of the more popular “Web 2.0″ design effects using Photoshop. Continue Reading »