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3D
Globs
Make those big trendy 3D globs using nothing but Photoshop. |
Beginner |
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Actions
and Batching
Save your precious time by automating tasks by using Actions and
Batching. |
Beginner |
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Box
Art
Learn how to turn 2D artwork into a 3D software box, hardcover book,
or other object. |
Intermediate |
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Brushes
Create custom brushes and learn to use Photoshop's powerful brush
engine. |
Intermediate |
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Chromage
Make oh so smooth chrome effects. |
Advanced |
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Colorburst
Learn how to make simple, eye-catching colorbursts. |
Beginner |
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Colorize
Colorize is a artistic effect used by a lot of graphic designers
to detail pictures. |
Intermediate |
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Fire
Text: Tutorial
Set your text ablaze with burning wrath. |
Intermediate |
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Grunge:
Tutorial
Create grungy background effects. |
Intermediate |
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Ice
Text: Tutorial
Learn who to chisel your own ice text. |
Intermediate |
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Keyboard
Shortcuts: Tutorial
Find out about all of Photoshop's lovely shortcut keys. |
Beginner |
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Lighting
Effects: Tutorial
Create realistic-looking plastic objects by using powerful lighting
effects techniques. |
Intermediate |
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Masking:
Tutorial
Hide parts our your layers with style by using Photoshop's powerful
masking features. |
Intermediate |
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Micro
Buttons: Tutorial
Learn how to make micro buttons in Photoshop. |
Beginner |
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Neon
Glow Text: Tutorial
Make neon text like that often found on commerical signs. |
Intermediate |
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Outlines
Create suave outlines the old-fashioned way. |
Beginner |
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Paths:
Tutorial
Use paths to create smooth and editable selections. |
Beginner |
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Seamless
Water Texture: Tutorial
Make a very stylish and useful water texture. |
Intermediate |
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Texture
Wrapping: Tutorial
Learn how to realistically wrap a texture around an object. |
Intermediate |
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Open a new Photoshop file with a transparent background.
Select a foreground color you want to use by clicking the
Color Picker. Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool (
) and create stripes the span the full height of the image.
The easiest way is to zoom in once or twice by hitting Alt++ (Mac:
Option++), draw the rectangles, and fill them by hitting Alt+Backspace (Option+Delete).
Do worry about spacing your lines perfectly unless you
want your colorburst to be perfectly uniform. You can also
make your stripes different widths as I did.
Deselect any selection you still have by hitting Ctrl+D (Command+D).
Go Filter>Distort>Polor Coordinates. Select Rectangular
to Polar. That's pretty much it. If you feel like adding
some advanced extra frills, you can take a look at what
I did in the following step.
To add a little variety, I changed the color of three of
my stripes in step one to a lighter shade of blue. Next,
I applied layer effects to the image (see 
