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The art of “lens whacking”, real lights leaks and ones done in post.
Posted by Philip Bloom on February 1, 2012 · 0 Comment
James Miller is a talented guy. Apart from designing a lot of my graphics and the background for this site he has been my right hand man on many of my UK shoots. Having a talented shooter as your right hand man makes your life so much easier. He is also a very talented shooter and he has become synonymous with “lens whacking” which he explains about here. You can see more of James’ [...]
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Anyone Can Start a WordPress Website
Starting a WordPress website can be pretty competitive in nowadays with the freedom of the internet. I wont write 10 paragraphs with details on how to create your first blog although I will mention the key features that are required in order to start your own blog based on the WordPress Platform.
Step 1 – First of all in order to be able to start a website you need to have some basic knowledge [...]
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Anyone Can Start a WordPress Website
Starting a WordPress website can be pretty competitive in nowadays with the freedom of the internet. I wont write 10 paragraphs with details on how to create your first blog although I will mention the key features that are required in order to start your own blog based on the WordPress Platform.
Step 1 – First of all in order to be able to start a website you need to have some basic knowledge [...]
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Best Of Web And Design In January 2012
Posted by TimothyBlake on January 29, 2012 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAA great collection of Photoshop tutorials and illustrator tutorials, as well as awesome design freebies. The perfect way to kick start the new year and the first web round up of the year. We have captured all the best tutorials, articles, and freebies all for your enjoyment. PhotoshopCreate a Mobile App Icon in PhotoshopThis tutorial is part of a three-part series explaining [...]
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How To Create A Quick And Easy Chrome Text Effect In Photoshop
Posted by TimothyBlake on January 8, 2012 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAA great easy way to create a chrome text effect. Through a video screen cast which guides you through every second involved within creating a great chrome text effect. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and feel free to share your thoughts on the tutorial in the comments. Tutorial DetailsDifficulty: BeginnerTutorial estimation time: 6 to 15minsProgram: IllustratorPreviewTutorialAdvertise [...]
The Best Design Articles From 2011
Posted by TimothyBlake on December 28, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSA An annual tradition on Creative Nerds is as one year ends to take a look back at the past year. This post contains all the best articles which we have published on Creative Nerds through out 2011. I love looking back though the past articles, just because theirs so many posts we have created and sometimes new posts we create make us forget about the old good ones.Articles8 [...]
Best Photoshop Photo Manipulation Tutorials of 2011
Posted by Madalin Tudose on December 17, 2011 · 0 Comment
Because the year is coming to its end, is time for a roundup. Today I`m presenting you the best Photoshop photo manipulation tutorials made in 2011. Not only that the result of each tutorial is a masterpiece, but you`ll learn step by step how to become from a simple Photoshop user, a guru, just because the tuts are very well written and the steps presented in details. Here they are, the tuts I consider [...]
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40 Best Photoshop Tutorials From 2011
Posted by TimothyBlake on December 4, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAThis is a collection of my personal favourite Photoshop tutorials created throughout 2011 which have the best final outcome. Their is a lot of ways to learn photoshop, by far the best way to improve your photoshop skills is by doiing tutorial, i’m certain that any tutorial on this list will help teach you some new skills. 1. Create “Cool” Typography Using Paths in [...]
Quick Tip: Enhancing Textures Using Photoshop
Posted by TimothyBlake on December 1, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSA This is a short insightful video on tips on how you can enhance textures using Photoshop. The tutorial takes less than a few minuets to achieve the end result and will really bring your digital textures to life. I hope you enjoy the video and would love to hear thoughts upon the tutorial. Tutorial DetailsDifficulty: BeginnerTutorial estimation time: 1 to 4 minsProgram: [...]
Comprehensive Guide For Mastering The Pen Tool
Posted by TimothyBlake on November 27, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAA great article which is a collection of comprehensive guides in order for mastering the the most difficult photoshop and illustrator tool. For a long time i struggled learning how to use the pen tool its such a difficult tool to master, therefore i have to put together this collection of resources which have helped me to learn the pen tool which can help you also to be capable [...]
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Excellent Photo Manipulation Tutorials
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Ever see a photo manipulation piece and think, “How did they do that?” Good-Tutorials is a site dedicated to showing you how to use Adobe software and other software programs to create beautiful artworks and functional applications. [...]
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Create CSS3 Buttons Compatible with All Browsers
Posted by Madalin Tudose on November 21, 2011 · 0 Comment
CSS3 brings with it some awesome styling features, like rounded corners, gradients and borders, but also brings a lot of headaches to those who want to implement it inside web pages, due to Internet Explorer lack of support for these great features. If you feel guilty for making use of CSS3, don`t be, because I`m going to show you how you can create web elements only with CSS3 which are compatible [...]
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70 Best Illustrator Tutorials From 2011
Posted by TimothyBlake on November 6, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAThis is our annual tradition over on Creative Nerds as the year draws to an end, we like look back upon the past year of some of best illustrator tutorials from the past year. I’ve personally looked through hundreds of tutorials which where created in 2011 and hand picked my 70 of the best tutorials all in one post. I would love to hear which is your favorate tutorial featured [...]
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How To Turn A Scanned Image Into An Scalable Vector
Posted by TimothyBlake on November 3, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSA This is a short quick tip design tutorial, on how to turn a scanned image into scalable vector using Photoshop as well as illustrator. The results end outcome can be achieved in less than a few minuets its a great quick tip which is super easy to follow. If you enjoy the tutorial we would love to hear your thoughts in comments section. The TutorialAdvertise here with [...]
Best Of Web And Design In October 2011
Posted by TimothyBlake on October 30, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAIts the spookiest month of the year the month of Halloween. Surprisingly their has not been to many Halloween tutorials been released this month but nevertheless a great collection of some great Photoshop and illustrator tutorials as well as design articles. Photoshop TutorialsCreate an Exploding Light Text Effect in PhotoshopIn this tutorial I wanted to take a look at [...]
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Amazing Text Effects with Tutorials
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All over the web, there are dozens of tutorials for how to use Photoshop. Using an unique text effect can transform at design from good to great. My passion for graphic design started when I found my dad’s copy of Photoshop 6 in an old stack of CD’s [...]
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Quick Tip: How To Create A Watercolor Text Effect
Posted by TimothyBlake on October 20, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAThis is a short quick tip for creating a watercolour text effect using illustrator. Its an easy tutorial as well as very easy to follow with a spectacular outcome. I hope you enjoy the screen cast and would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section. Tutorial DetailsDifficulty: BeginnerTutorial estimation time: 10 to 5minsProgram: IllustratorPreviewTutorialAdvertise [...]
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How To Create A Great Pig Postcard Illustration
Posted by TimothyBlake on October 2, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAThis tutorial aims to guide you from sketchbook to screen; a “Cute Pig” drawn with pencil in just a couple of minutes translated into a vector postcard. You can send it to your girlfriend later, or print it on a cup or a bowl. Intermediate knowledge of Adobe Illustrator is advised. Final Image preview Step 1: The SketchOpen your sketch file in Illustrator [...]
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20 Tutorials To Fall In love With Illustrator
Posted by TimothyBlake on September 4, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAA few years ago i fell in love with illustrator here’s 20 tutorials to make you fall in love with illustrator. A collection of tutorials to create impressive results to encourage newbie designers to learn illustrator, illustrator is a fundamental tool which i can’t encourage enough to use. Lets us know which is your favourite tutorial from the post in the comments section. 1. [...]
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A Photoshop Trick For Extracting Photos From A White Background
Posted by TimothyBlake on August 24, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAThis is just a short little Photoshop trick for extracting photos on a white background onto a another colour background of your choice. The tutorial is just time saver trick rather than use the filter or extract tool or maybe even if your a novice and not familiar with pen tool. I hope you enjoy the short quick tip and would love to hear your thoughts.Tutorial DetailsDifficulty: [...]
25 Illustrator Tutorials For Creating Animal Illustrations
Posted by TimothyBlake on August 21, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAA collection of the webs best illustrator tutorials for creating animal illustrations all in one place. A great collection of beginners to advanced tutorials for mastering craft in creating animal illustration using one of the cream of the crop illustration tools. I hope you enjoy this post and we would love to hear your thoughts on which is your favourite tutorial post in the [...]
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How to Design a Clean and Elegant Audio Player in Photoshop
Posted by Madalin Tudose on July 14, 2011 · 0 Comment
In this tutorial, I`m going to show you how to design a very clean and elegant audio player in Photoshop. In just a few steps, you`ll learn how to use different Photoshop tools, create beautiful effects and implement nice design techniques.
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What we`ll be doing today:
First step is to open Photoshop and create a new document of 580x400px. Set “Background Contents” to [...]
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A Quick Tip to Increasing Photoshop Efficiency
Posted by TimothyBlake on July 13, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAThis is just a short screen cast on how you can change around settings in Photoshop, in order to make Photoshop faster. The video is less than few a few minutes and takes less than a few seconds to implement this quick tip.Tutorial detailsEstimation time to implement: 30 seconds to a minuetTutorial Difficulty: BeginnersProgram: PhotoshopAdvertise here with BSA
40 Fresh Illustrator Tutorials From 2011
Posted by TimothyBlake on June 26, 2011 · 0 Comment
Advertise here with BSAA collection of fresh illustrator tutorials which which where all created within 2011. This is a great roundup of tutorials which feature tutorials aimed at beginners and advanced illustrator tutorial. These tutorials cover fresh new illustrator techniques which you can incorporate into your designs. We would love for you to share your favourite illustrator tutorials featured [...]
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Create a Beautiful Dark Texture in Photoshop
Learn how to create a detailed stone texture that can be used in user interface design in Photoshop. You will be able to complete this tutorial in about 10 to 15 minutes. We will create a reusable pattern that easily can be accessed later on in Photoshop, when you need something more interesting than a pitch-black fill! See also...Create a Futuristic Portrait Poster in Photoshop
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