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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Download Photoshop Anthology For Free

Recently sitepoint has released its popular Photoshop ebook for free.

The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques is the ultimate Photoshop compendium for web designers.

What will you learn by downloading this ebook?

This book will show you how to:

Learn the basics: image sizing, layers, vector shapes, transparency, and more.
Create a multitude of attractive buttons: aqua-style, metallic, glassy, etc.
Create seamless tiling backgrounds: rice paper, brushed metal, and granite, plus many others.
Work with text: style it, create special effects, and wrap it around 3D objects.
Touch up photographs, match colors, and combine different images.
Use eye-catching special effects.
Isolate objects from images.
Make graphics for CSS rollover buttons.
Design an entire web site and easily switch between different versions.
Optimize graphics for web use.
Work smarter: automate your workflow with batch commands and actions.
Create animated GIFs.
And lots more…

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Download The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Welcome to myself!

Hi Old Photoshopx Visitors!
I'm still alive! Yes, after one year, I will write here again.
God willing.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

In this tutorial you will learn how to make an alive radar in some easy
steps!

Step1
Start out by creating a blank document, Select the Polygon Tool, set color
to #103000 and make a circle like picture!

Right Click on layer and click on Resterize Layer

Step 2:Make it's style
Double click on the layer or go to Layers->Layer Styles->Blending options
and set these properties.

result :

Step3:Making it's mask:
Make a bigger circle using Polygon tool And Right Click on the layer and
click on Resterize Layer.
Hold down Ctrl and click on circle layer to select it.

Hold down Ctrl and Alt together and click on smaller circle layer:

Press Ctrl+Shift+I to inverse selection and then press delete
button.

Result:

Make style of mask:

Now select the circle layer and press Ctrl+T.

Step 4: Add details

Press Shift+M to select Elliptical Marquee Tool .
Make a new layer using Ctrl+Shift+N.
Set style of selection to Fixed Size and set width and height of selection to
20px.
Make a selection like picture.

Add stroke.

Result:

Increase width and height of selection to 40,60,80,...,140px and add stroke
to them.
your result should be like this:

And follow the pictures:

drag layer2 under shape2.

Press Ctrl+T and rotate.

Result:

Add Glass to Radar:

finish:

Add some enemies to your radar!

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