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Photoshop® Tutorial 34: Making Flowers |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Tuesday, 28 March 2006 |
Here's a technique to make a stylized graphic flower using the same technique from my Making Tickmarks tutorial.
[Making Flowers] |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 April 2007 )
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Photoshop Tutorial Reminder |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Wednesday, 22 March 2006 |
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Just a quick reminder that we have over 30 Photoshop Tutorials here at The Lyzrd's Stomp. Everything from rusty metal, to glass buttons, to ancient columns, to vines, etc.
Here's a new image I made using our Rusty Metal technique: (Click To Enlarge)
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 15 July 2006 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 33-Rusty Face Technique |
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Contributed by Bragg Madaxe
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Thursday, 25 August 2005 |
This is an extremely simple technique for getting that modern rusty face technique. |
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Why Kerning is Important |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Monday, 04 July 2005 |
Below is a real-world example of why good kerning (the space between pairs of letters) is important-the following image appeared in my local newspaper on Friday. The image wasn't doctored in any way-this is just the way it appeared.
The "L" and "I" are a bit too close together, so the word comes out a little differently than it probably was intended.
Good thing it didn't say "Hot Flicks".
WARNING: Sample word resembles a certain 4-letter obscenity. DO NOT VIEW if you are offended by 4-letter words...
Click to view Bad Kerning Example
[COMMENTS?]
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 July 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 32-Metallic Effects |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Thursday, 16 June 2005 |
Here's a classic effect that's been around since Photoshop had layers.
How to create chrome or metallic effects... |
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Photoshop Quick Tip #6: Full Screen Mode |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Wednesday, 04 May 2005 |
Trying to show off your latest masterpiece? Want to fill up the entire screen instantly with your image?
1. Hit the 'f' key to go Fullscreen with Menu Bar
2. Hit the 'f' key again to change to Fullscreen mode (no Menu Bar)
3. Hit the TAB key to hide the palettes
To get back into windowed mode, just hit the 'f' key again. To bring back your hidden palettes, hit the TAB key again.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 May 2005 )
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Photoshop Quick Tip #8-Secret Dragging Tip |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Tuesday, 03 May 2005 |
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Ever need to drag a layer or selection from one image to another and keep the layer or selection in exactly the same place?
Why would you want to do this? One example might be if you have set up a text template in one file and need to drag the text to exactly the same place in the other file, this will do the trick. Or if you're doing a series of face illustrations and you need to copy eyes, noses, etc. from one image to another and have then stay in the same place.
Try this-
1. Go to the image you want to drag from
2. Either create a selection from that image or choose a layer
3. Pick the Move Tool, hold down SHIFT, and drag the layer or selection into the new file
It will be in exactly the same place as before, but in the new image!
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 May 2005 )
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Photoshop Quick Tips in Forum |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 26 March 2005 |
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Just a reminder: We have posted quick Photoshop Tips (usually just 2 or 3 steps) in the Forum.
No registration necessary, just read and feel free to comment or ask questions!
And that goes for anything Photoshop related-if you need some Photoshop help, are confused by one of our tutorials, or just want to show off your interfaces you create with these techniques, let us know in the Photoshop Forum and we'll whip up a quick tutorial.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 August 2006 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 31-Straightening Scans or Dig. Camera Images Fast! |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Tuesday, 01 March 2005 |
Ever scan something in and it's off just a bit? You COULD try to straighten it by trial and error until you get close, but there's an automatic fast way to straighten a scan or digital camera image using Photoshop's Measure Tool.
This technique was taught to me by artist/photographer Jeff Brown of Jeff Brown Photography (http://www.jeffbrownphotography.com/).
Click [HERE] to learn this great technique. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 March 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 30: Dirty Plates and Rounded Corners |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Sunday, 27 February 2005 |
Well, you have your dirty, grimy, rusty metal plates, and you know the rounded corner technique better than anyone. But what do you do with them?
Today's tutorial brings together both techniques to start building an interface that you can add elements to later. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 February 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 29: Making Sliders |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 12 February 2005 |
Here's a simple technique to create sliders for your multimedia or audio control panel interfaces.
[READ ON...] |
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Photoshop Tutorial 28: Making Vines |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Thursday, 03 February 2005 |
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Here's a quick way to make vines for all your fantasy illustrations. It makes use of Layer Modes to provide shading, and Photoshop's Liquify tool to create the curves in the vine.
READ ON... |
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Photoshop Tutorial 27: Speaker Grills and Vents |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 29 January 2005 |
Here's one method of creating speaker grills or exhaust vents for your interface designs or illustrations.
It uses techniques learned in the Rounded Tutorial and the Cutout Tutorial, but you don't have to know those to use this one.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 26-Making Beat-Up Old Wood |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Wednesday, 26 January 2005 |
Here's a technique to create beat-up, dirty old wood. It's great for fantasy illustration tavern signs, military supply crates, or spirit kegs.
[READ ON...] |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 25-Kerning For the Spatially Challenged |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Sunday, 23 January 2005 |
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You see the written word all around you-on menus in restaurants, on billboards, signs, even the opening or closing credits in a Hollywood blockbuster.
And many of these things are well designed, and yet, I keep seeing incredibly bad kerning in some of the most professional of advertisements.
Is it possible that the designer slept through the typography classes in college and has no idea what kerning is?
[READ MORE...] |
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Photoshop Tutorial 24-Photoshop's Secret Font Browser |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 22 January 2005 |
Many people are frustrated with Photoshop's lack of a font browser or viewer, or some way to preview the fonts that you have. And they find scrolling through a mile of fonts in the font menu laborious and tedious.
But you CAN preview the fonts in your list one at a time much quicker than looking through the font menu...
[READ ON...] |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 23 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 23-That Special Glow |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Friday, 21 January 2005 |
Here's a fast way to enhance a portrait photo in about 3 steps.
It gives the portrait a slight softness and glow if you happened to leave your softness and glow filters at home. |
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New Photoshop Tutorial Forum |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 20 January 2005 |
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A new forum has been created for the discussion of the Photoshop tutorials found on The Lyzrd's Stomp.
You can ask us to further clarify a difficult concept, make suggestions for future tutorials, whatever you want.
So [CLICK HERE] to get to the Photoshop Tutorial Forum!
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 August 2006 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 22-Backgrounds From Nothing |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Wednesday, 19 January 2005 |
Ever need a fresh background for a design or interface but don't know where to start?
Here's how you can take a photo, a drawing, or just splotches of color to get a unique background everytime.
Read On... |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 21-Fasteners Part 2: Screws and Rivets |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Sunday, 16 January 2005 |
This tutorial continues our fasteners series by introducing the basic screw and rivet.
The same technique is used for several different kinds of screws.
Johnny |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 February 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 20-Fasteners Part 1: Bolts |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 15 January 2005 |
The next few tutorials will deal with ways to fasten parts of your interface together. We'll cover screws, rivets, hex screws, zippers, and that mainstay of mechanical bonding-the Bolt. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 19-Making Wires and Hoses |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Friday, 14 January 2005 |
Here's a technique to make wires, hoses, etc.
No drawing or shading skills necessary-Photoshop will shade the wires for you every time. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 18-Caution Bars |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Wednesday, 12 January 2005 |
This is a staple of many a first person shooter-the Caution Bar.
These black/yellow striped banners have been around for years in games, and multimedia interfaces as well.
This technique shows how to make one, then dirty it up a bit, for, as we all know, Caution Bars exist only in areas where slimy gritty oily stuff is about! |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 17-Text For Texture |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Wednesday, 12 January 2005 |
Here's a tutorial on creating organic interface backgrounds using text to create a textured background, as mentioned in my other tutorial, Organic Interface Deconstruction. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 February 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 16-Deconstructing An Organic Interface |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Monday, 10 January 2005 |
This tutorial is more of a "what are organic interfaces and how do I make 'em" tutorial than a technique, but it directly relates to what we've done so far, and where we're about to go.
Read on... |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 15-Creating Keypads |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Monday, 10 January 2005 |
Here's a technique to create a data entry key for a keypad system.
Great for all kinds of interfaces. Examples are shown at the end of different styles of keypad buttons. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 14-Creating Columns |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 08 January 2005 |
Working on a fantasy illustration that needs columns? Wedding invitation? Architectural Textbook cover? Just wanna make columns???
Here's a technique similar to the Corrugated Pipe tutorial for creating Textured Columns with flutes. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 13-World's Quickest Stone |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 08 January 2005 |
Need a stone background for a DVD interface menu? Web site?
Want to learn how to carve something into the stone once you make it?
Here's my version of how to make stone, and I think it's one of the fastest ways to do it I've ever seen. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 12: Multi-Level Cutout Surface Detail |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 08 January 2005 |
Here's a cool tutorial that shows you how to create multi-level cutout surface detail on your vehicles, interface plates, etc. Easy and quick using Photoshop's Layer Styles. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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Photoshop Tutorial 11-Dimpled Interface Dials |
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Contributed by Johnny
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Saturday, 08 January 2005 |
This tutorial shows you how to create one of those Dimpled Dials that you twirl with your finger tip (in the dimple). Great for interfaces that you want to look high-tech. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 January 2005 )
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