Posts Tagged ‘ advanced ’

Build a Powerful Design – End of the effects chapter. Catalin Costea Speaks.

I decided to make a common post for all the remaining effects because they work really great together and in order to achieve some great results you will have to mix them in different combinations. All effects work really good together, but for example one combination that will create some really great effects is the [ READ MORE ]

Build a Powerful Design – Stroke. Catalin Costea Speaks.

As I said in my last post I am going to talk today about the “Stroke…” effect. Stroke is used to attract attention on the elements it is used on, that’s why this effect is mostly used on logos and on the block elements containing the text. Also it is almost always combined with glows [ READ MORE ]

Build a Powerful Design – Glows. Catalin Costea Speaks.

I talked in my previous post about the Drop shadow effect and I said that I will explain now how to empower it. Well, to have shadows we also need to have a light and also glows. In Photoshop we have two different types of glows, inner and outer. There are two differences between these [ READ MORE ]

Build a Powerful Design – Drop Shadow. Catalin Costea Speaks.

When we talk about web design and effects we have to start with the drop shadow effect. This is definitely the most often used effect by designers. It is really easy to use and it can empower almost any design by giving it a 3d look. This is often use when importing elements to your [ READ MORE ]

Build a Powerful Design – Angles. Catalin Costea Speaks.

We have seen how to add an effect and the difference between adding it to the layer or the illustration inside the smart object, now let’s see one important setting of the effects before we go into the details of each of them. The first thing you have to do is to select or enter [ READ MORE ]

Build a Powerful Design – Adding effect to layers or smart objects. Catalin Costea Speaks.

Now that we have the color we want let’s make another step in our design and give a special touch to our illustrations by empowering the 3d look of the illustrations by adding effects. First thing we have to take into consideration before we add effects to a smart object is where we are going [ READ MORE ]

Build a Powerful Design – Changing the colors with smart objects. Catalin Costea Speaks

Leo explained in a previous post and I quoted him about changing the color of the illustrations you are going to use, but he explained how to do it in illustrator. The only inconvenience with this method is that you will need not only photoshop, but also illustrator or some similar software. The way to [ READ MORE ]

Build a Powerful Design – Changing the size, position and orientation with smart objects. Catalin Costea Speaks.

Now that we have our smart object let’s take care of the first steps we have to do. If you did as I suggested your illustration is going to be way too big for your design, in the wrong position and maybe heading the wrong way. Let’s take care of these 3 things really fast [ READ MORE ]

JesterArts Beginner to Advanced Tutorial: Mastering the Gradient Mesh Tool in Adobe Illustrator

An extensive tutorial on mastering Adobe Illustrator's gradient mesh tool, by Leo Blanchette of Jesterarts. Covers basics to not-so-basics, but all in fun. [ READ MORE ]