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Using Bounding Boxes As Guices To Help Align Perspective In Photoshop
February 10, 2012
In this tutorial, I cover how to use boxes as alignment guides when placing objects in perspective in your designs and illustrations.
Making Distressing or Grunge Brushes Quickly In Photoshop
February 03, 2012
In this super-quick tutorial I show you how to quickly take any dirty texture and turn it into a distressing brush in Photoshop for quick grunge effects.
Using Smart Objects To Quickly Crop And Edit Layouts For HTML and CSS in Photoshop
December 18, 2011
In this tutorial I cover a quick way to use Photoshops built in smart object capability to crop out elements of a design for quick cutting up of layouts into HTML and CSS.
Using Multiple Layer Masks on A Single Layer in Photoshop
December 18, 2011
In this tutorial, I go over how to use a simple layer stacking trick to use multiple layer masks on one layer to great effect. Very helpful tip.
CS5’s Gap Tool Brings Class To Page Layout
August 03, 2011
CS5 brings us some new features, one of which is this gap tool, expertly explained in this short tutorial.
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A Quick Overview of the Transform Palette, and How It Can Help With Type Adjustments
July 30, 2011
In this tutorial (discussion?) I go over how to use the transform palette for adjusting points in type so that they are mathematically correct, as opposed to simple relying on the align palette. While it may seem tedious to do everything this way, which I agree it would be, it can be very helpful to be familiar with the transform palette in certain cases.
Efficient Use Of Warp Effects In Illustrator
July 24, 2011
In this tutorial I cover a quick way to hide the overlaying points when working with warp effects to make modifying your logos and illustrations super easy, and keep the clutter away while you work.
IE8 Trick with colspans in css
July 22, 2011
This article/tutorial of sorts show how IE8 treats colspans differently than most other browsers. Good info worth picking up if you're a web developer.
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Vector tutorial on how to make a nice vector brush
July 13, 2011
Vector tuts put together a nice tutorial on how to make a 100% vector brush in Illustrator that's worth checking out if you spend any amount of time in Illustrator drawing things.
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Creating a seamless pattern using the Graphic Styles palette
June 29, 2011
Though the tutorial is quick, it is a very handy one to learn. Creating a seamless pattern in Photoshop is child's play, but doing the same in Illustrator can be tricky. Not anymore.
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