Archive for January, 2006
Fiery explosion effect |
| Start by opening a new file. Press D to set foreground and background colors to dafault B&W. From filter menu select render>>difference clouds. |
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| Duplicate the layer and press Ctrl+f to apply the effect again. |
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| Press Ctrl+F to reapply the filter. Keep on pressing Ctrl+F till to you achieve this result. |
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| Press Ctrl+U to open hue/saturation window. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Duplicate this layer and change the color mode of this layer to hard light. |
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Designing Web Buttons |
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In this tutorial we’ll create nice buttons for the web page.
Start by opening a new file. Using pen tool create a button shape.
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| Double click the button layer to open layer style window. Apply drop shadow, bevel&emboss, satin and stroke. Use setings as shown. |
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| Applying these layer styles will give a 3d beveled look to the button. |
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| Duplicate this layer to create additional buttons. |
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| Type text on the buttons according to your linked pages. |
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| Creating web site template |
| These days anybody and everybody need a website. And there are different ways of designing webpage layouts for different organizations. In this tutorial we’re creating a web page template for an imaginary children’s learning centre. We’ll keep it simple and colorful so that it appeals to children and young parents.Start by opening a new file. Keep width less than 800 pixels so that it can be viwed on an 800X600 screen size without any horizontal scrolling. We’ll start with header design. Using pen tool create a rectangular shape that is rounded from top left. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window and enable stroke. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Using rectangular shape tool create a rectangle with some different color. |
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| Create another rectangle. Place these rectangles to the right side of the page. It will serve as placeholder for keeping small snippets of info about the site. |
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| Create rectangles for buttons. We are taking different colors for every button. Place these buttons on the left side of the webpage. |
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| Add an image at the top of the buttons. |
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| Add few more images, place one on top of the right panel. |
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| Add company logo at the top left of the page. |
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| Type "Children’s Play Centre" in the header area. Use kiddish fonts for maximum impact |
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| Type some cool lines in matching colors below the header. |
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| Finally add other text details and some text links at the bottom of the page. |
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| This completes a nice, colorful template for childrens learning/play centre. Don’t forget to add copyright info at the bottom of the page |
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