There's been lots of interest lately in creating images of objects sitting on highly-reflective surfaces. This column will take a look at a few general principles to keep in ...

1 Open a photo or picture that you want to manipulate. Use the single column marquee tool () to make a 1 pixel wide selection. 2 Next goto edit > copy merged. Now goto edit > paste . This will provide you with the stretch on a new layer, which is then easier to move/chan...

The new Warp Text feature in Photoshop 6 has inspired a rash of inquires about warping things other than text, as well as some serious version-envy among folks who have n...

A while back somebody asked me a simple question. "I want to make images for my web pages, but what size do I make them?" I remember having this same problem when I was first starting to lay pages out. How big do I make my header? What is a good width for a navigation area at the side of my page? Ho...

For web graphics, you need to be careful just how you optimize your design elements, otherwise your type may be too fuzzy due to over optimization. That is why Adobe® Pho...

Here is a tutorial an how to do a half wireframe picture using 3ds Max and photoshop.

Open an image/photograph, preferable a head shot as these work best for the rest of the tutorial I'll be covering here. I've just gone through the tutorial, and here is the before image alongside the after image: I love the process the author of the tutorial uses to cre.....

Step 1 Open background image. Here we used 400 X 250 pixels at 72dpi. Copy this image to your computer or use your own. Step 2 Create a new layer. Press "D" to set default foreground and background colors. Filter > Render > Clouds. Step 3 Filter > Stylize > Find edges. S.....

Let's talk about letters, words, sentences and paragraphs this week. No, you don't have to diagram sentences, and this is not an English lesson. But words and type are a huge part of design. ...

Textures and the Lighting Effects filter can make an image jump right off the page or screen. Using a texture to create 3D, however, is a scary thing ...