Posted by James Qu on January 24, 2012 ·
Welcome to the 54th volume of “Creativity Fine-Tuning: Best of PSD Vault Flickr Group”, which is a showcase I run regularly here on psdvault.com featuring some fantastic, highly-creative design works in the PSD Vault Flickr Group.
Hope you enjoy those works as much as I did and find them inspirational! Meanwhile, if you have some cool designs and would like to be featured here on PSD Vault, you [...]
Posted by Madalin Tudose on January 24, 2012 ·
For many of us Twitter has become a part of our lives. Thanks to Twitter, now it`s easy to connect with our friends and relatives and to share our thoughts and feelings with them and is obvious that these kind of networks are influencing the way we communicate and live.
Twitter helps you interact with people, but have you wondered how many people are seeing your tweets or where are they from [...]
Posted by Eric on January 23, 2012 ·
When I think of fashion, the word that comes in my mind is design, in fact, I define fashion as the way each individual is dressing, as the way they combine and wear clothes. Big fashion houses are setting the trends each season, defining what colors, textures or fabrics to wear, but how about their websites? Are the web design trends set by fashion? I can`t tell you this, but I can tell you for [...]
Posted by psdGraphics on January 23, 2012 ·
Compressed archive icon, silver clamp and yellow folder with documents. Archiver and compressor tool icon in PSD format.
Resolution: 1280x1024px
Full size JPG preview: Archive icon
File Format: PSD
Color theme: yellow, silver, black
Author: PSD Graphics
Useful graphic: Ring binders icon
Download Photoshop PSD source:
File Size: 980 KB
Compressed archive icon
Posted by Eric Shafer on January 23, 2012 ·
Balloons signify celebrations, happiness and joy. They also mean soaring heights and success. Full of colors and spirits, balloons and balloon pictures can add a metaphoric music and excitement in any situation
Posted by Eric Shafer on January 23, 2012 ·
Tattoos are no more a signature of the rock stars or biker boys. Today, it is a humdrum for even the common man. In today’s world, tattoos are symbols of art as
Posted by Eric Shafer on January 23, 2012 ·
Android is the leading competitor to Apple’s iPhone OS, and it is used widely among mobile devices and tablet PCs. The number of apps continues to grow at an exponential rate, and
Posted by Eric Shafer on January 23, 2012 ·
Foot tattoos are most popular among women, because they are usually pretty, colorful and tender. Inking on foot calls for fashionable theme set in feminine style. It includes great celtic designs, birds,
Posted by Jessica Sanders on January 22, 2012 ·
The newest sensation, spreading on the blogosphere in 2011, and making a huge presence in 2012, has been Infographics (IG). In case you’ve been hiding from the internet the past year, these pictures are intended to make complicated sets of data easy to read. Their bright colors and playful graphics have caught the attention of everyone, myself included. Most recently, “A World Without Facebook”, [...]
Posted by James Qu on January 22, 2012 ·
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this unique, Abstract Surreal Text Effect with Metal Texture in Photoshop. This is an intermediate tutorial so some steps can be tricky, but why not have a try :)
The aim of this tutorial is to show how you can manipulate texture/stock image with layer masks and blending options to create special effect. Also I will show you how to use adjustment [...]
Posted by James Qu on January 20, 2012 ·
Welcome to another Exclusive Photoshop tutorial written specifically for the PSD Vault VIP Members. In this tutorial, we will explain to you some sweet techniques to use Adobe Illustrator in your advantage for your Photomanipulation work in Adobe Photoshop. Aside some texture tips and brush packs worth downloading. Hope you enjoy it :)
If you’re VIP member, you can log in to the VIP Members [...]
Posted by Madalin Tudose on January 20, 2012 ·
The popularity of smartphones and tablets and the development of CSS just opened a new era in web design: Responsive Web Design! There`s a new trend of switching from traditional PCs and laptops to tablets and smartphones when it comes to reading emails, blogs and news. Therefore, upgrading your traditional website, based on a fixed layout, to a responsive layout which can make your website mobile [...]
Posted by psdGraphics on January 19, 2012 ·
Green spring, abstract nature background. Soft green lights falling from top with gradients and motion blur effects.
Resolution: 5000x3750px
Medium size preview (1280x960px): Abstract spring background
File format: JPG
Color theme: green
Author: PSD Graphics
Might be useful (similar item): Blue water drop background
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File Size: 1.40 MB
Green spring background
Posted by Madalin Tudose on January 19, 2012 ·
Developing a business and installing a perfect strategy to ensure its consistent and solid growth, takes time and requires lots of concentrated efforts. Particularly, in the information technology era, the development of electronic business requires a great variety of unique and effective strategies.
Whether you go for email marketing, SEO, affiliate network establishment or content creation, you will [...]
Posted by Madalin Tudose on January 18, 2012 ·
Reading statistics and facts in words is as boring as walking alone in the desert and no one will actually read the entire data. Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousands words, but in the case of an infographic, the stake is way much higher.
Designing infographics is not as easy as it seems. The main idea of an infographic is to make the reader learn the information easier, in a less time [...]
Posted by James Qu on January 17, 2012 ·
Welcome to the 22nd volume of “Imagination Unleashed: Best of PSD Vault DeviantART Group”, which is a showcase I run regularly here on psdvault.com featuring some fantastic, highly-creative digital artworks in the PSD Vault DeviantART group.
When you look at those digital artwork, pay attention to their colour scheme, creative ideas, and manipulation techniques used. Try and learn from the good [...]
Posted by Madalin Tudose on January 17, 2012 ·
The development of technology, especially devices like Smartphones and Tablets and bigger and bigger monitors introduced a new concept in web design: Responsive Web Design.
What does responsive web design means? Let`s say that you have to build a website for a client and you want to do it based on a standard grid system, for example 960.gs. But the client also wants versions of the website for Iphone [...]
Posted by psdGraphics on January 16, 2012 ·
Abstract blurry sparkles background, defocused yellow particles on a dark background. High resolution design element.
Resolution: 5000x3750px
Medium size preview (1280x960px): Blurry sparkles
File format: JPG
Color theme: black, yellow
Author: PSD Graphics
Might be useful (similar item): Abstract nature background
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File Size: 1.88 MB
Blurry sparkles background
Posted by Michael Evans on January 15, 2012 ·
Codes, codes and codes… got tangled in the mess of codes? Nothing unusual, this is quite usual with programmers as they have to copy and paste the same code over and over again to tame a new application. But this is quite time consuming and may drain you of creative juice and sometimes , may drive you to the brink of insanity. However, you can easily cut through the clutter of codes by using [...]
Posted by James Qu on January 15, 2012 ·
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a Very Simple Facial Manipulation with Layer Mask and Custom Brushes in Photoshop. This is a beginner level tutorial with the aim of showing you how to combine masking and brush to add special effect to an object (in this case human face). Have a try :)
I will also use some basic image adjustments and photo retouch techniques along the way.
Cheap printing [...]
Posted by James Qu on January 15, 2012 ·
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a Very Simple Facial Manipulation with Layer Mask and Custom Brushes in Photoshop. This is a beginner level tutorial with the aim of showing you how to combine masking and brush to add special effect to an object (in this case human face). Have a try :)
I will also use some basic image adjustments and photo retouch techniques along the way.
Cheap printing [...]
Posted by psdGraphics on January 14, 2012 ·
Crossed swords and metal shield icon. Medieval and security symbol. Download PSD source and edit in Photoshop.
Resolution: 1280x1024px
Full size JPG preview: Swords and shield icon
File Format: PSD
Color theme: silver, gray, black, red
Author: PSD Graphics
Useful graphic: Gold and silver shields
Download Photoshop PSD source:
File Size: 2.54 MB
Swords shield icon – PSD
Posted by Madalin Tudose on January 13, 2012 ·
Hello dear subscriber,
This is my first premium template and I`m happy to introduce you Retro – a Coming Soon / Under Construction template.
Retro is a clean and unique under construction/coming soon template, designed with attention to detail in mind. The template is fully functional, being packed with a clean countdown for your launch date, a twitter stream and a contact form which will put [...]
Posted by Sean Armenta on January 11, 2012 ·
Happy New Year Fstoppers! My name is Sean Armenta, and this is my little spot on Fstoppers called The Post Production Tutorial. If you enjoy these videos, be sure to subscribe to the Fstoppers PPT Youtube Channel for the latest updates. Feel free to connect with me on the right side bar and I’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have about retouching.
In this second part of the mini series, [...]
Posted by TimothyBlake on January 11, 2012 ·
Advertise here with BSAThis a popular effect used within the the design industry which is a halftone Photoshop brush. The brush can be used within commercial and non commercial design projects, the sky’s the limit therefore i hope you enjoy the Photoshop brush set. PreviewLicense DetailsThe vector set can be used within commercial and non-commercial design projects. The vector set CAN [...]