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Name and possibly a tutorial for this inset rounded rectangle technique
I am speaking about the drop-in effect around the round edges. I like the fact that the actual theme seems to be a bit further back and the border is closer to the viewer.
I can gather that a ...
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How to create a “zig zagged, jagged” effect with Photoshop?
I'd like to create the effect of a zig-zagged line at the bottom (or top, or any edge) of a rectangle. I also want to use this image on a web page, thus I think I should do it such that I can repeat ...
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How to get this blur texture effect in photoshop?
I'm trying to get an image to look similar to this photo:
I'd guess they took a picture of the monitor with a regular camera. But I'm more interested to know what effects / filters they used to get ...
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How to apply a gradient to an Outer glow (example attached)
I want to achieve this sort of an effect on my own. As you can see, there's sort of a non uniform glow (in terms of color) to the text. Simply using the gradient option in the Outer Glow blending ...
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Using Photoshop Effects in Illustrator CS6
I am well versed with Photoshop and how it works. But recently, I decided to make a poster for my home and for that I'll have to use Illustrator so I need some help from you guys along the way.
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Frosted glass effect/texture/filter/pattern in Adobe Fireworks?
Is there a way to do this with Adobe Fireworks?
I know its possible using Photoshop with this tutorial.
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Printing Visualization - Spot UV
I recently got a lot of offset printing jobs and with them the ability to choose options that were not available to me before.
So the Problem is that I generally have to make a presentation of the ...
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How to fade a line out in photoshop
I have 1 RGB layer; the background. Its background is white. There is a solid line on this image. I wish to fade its left end out to white. How can I do this please?
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How to design sleek magnifying glass effects like these?
I'm wondering how I can create the magnifying glass effect I've seen a lot lately on pages that sell software (either desktop or web-applications).
Here are two examples. I really like the first one ...
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Can the radial blur zoom outwards not inwards?
How do you create the effect in photoshop to make shapes appear to shoot out from the center of an image, a bit like light rays.
Radial blur with zoom seems to blur both out from the center and ...
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How to Create a Leather/String Lace texture or stitching effect
So I've been going through some iOS designs and love the features you see in bar gradients. More specifically the textures are to die for - but I'm still fairly new to mobile design stuff. I'm ...
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Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality?
Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality ? Like this:
I've watched this tutorial : but the quality of the outcome is still far away from the one above.
Is there a way to ...
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How to remove noise/grain on a picture, based on some “noise pattern”
I have a picture containing lot of noise (see example below). Using photoshop CS5, is there any way to remove/or minimize these artefacts ?
I know this is possible in sound editors (like Goldwave) ...
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photoshop. multiple overlay effects
i use photoshop cs4. there are 3 overlay effects avaliable in photoshop: color, gradient and pattern. the problem: these effects come in strictly fixed order! somebody please tell me, why can't i make ...
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Why empty adjustment layer with blend mode multiply darken images?
I know blend mode multiply means multiplying the colour (0 to 255) of its layer, with the visible underneath (0 to 255), then divided by 255, forms the resulting colour (0 to 255).
As a visual ...
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Face illusion in ads
http://doityourself.edublogs.org/files/2008/10/club-med-illusion-ad.jpg
I'm trying to achieve the same effect, but I can't even get close to what I need. What I basically need is to merge face/body ...
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How do I create an image with blurred background and focused foreground?
EveryMe.com uses this image as background:
How is it done, and how do I edit an image to look like that?
I use Pixelmator and photoshop, thanks!
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Photoshop: how to create buttons that look “subtly pushed”?
Any ideas how can I create "subtly pushed" buttons like the "Active filter" buttons in the following screenshot?
The mockup is from here.
UPDATE: Here's what I have got so far:
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Placing a PSD file in AI CS3 renders unsatisfactory effect results
I'm laying out a composition in AI CS3, using a placed PSD file, and I'm getting not satisfactory results per the effects overlay quality. I hope you'll be able to help me out.
Image 1: This is the ...
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How do I produce the ideal drop shadow in Photoshop (like this one)?
We all know the default Photoshop drop shadow:
I know that ideal is subjective, but I have a hard time producing anything that doesn't seem nearly as crude as this does.
A drop shadow that is more ...
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What is this font effect called?
The title says it all. What is the effect used in this image and how are there any good tutorials to do it in Photoshop?
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How to simulate long exposure light trails using Photoshop?
I just want to know, how to apply lighting effects in roads using Photoshop see the below image
how to achieve this ?
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What is the method to “clear effects” in Photoshop?
Once I have made a shape and added particular layer effects, these effects automatically apply to any shapes (or even shapes from paths) that I draw immediately afterwards. Is there a setting where I ...
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Photoshop effect shape tweening
Which is the faster way to replicate this effect in Photoshop with those light green squares having a shape tween to little dot?
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How to create a bubble wrapper effect for text
Please take a look at this image. It's the logo of the charity Childline.
Source
How can I achieve this bubble wrapper effect around text in photoshop?
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What photoshop filter is this?
I applied a simple photoshop filter to a drawing I made a while ago. Now I need to apply the same filter to a different drawing, but I can't remember which filter it was. I've tried every filter, and ...
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how to add one smart object in multiple files in photoshop?
I know I can do multiple iterations of the same Smart Object within the SAME document and have it change all instances, but what about Smart Objects placed across DIFFERENT documents? That would be ...
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hazy lighting effect / filter in photoshop
I would like to change the overly clean look of some rendered images i have made as they are a bit to crisp to be "real".
In the couple of images bellow there is this kind of hazy light.. is there a ...
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How do I erase “writing” from an object
I have a picture that has writing over an umbrella:
I would like to accurately remove the writing from the umbrella so it appears air asia was never there.
What is the most accurate way of ...
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How to create a pixelate background in Photoshop CS6 to blend an image with the background
I need to blend this photo into a square shaped flyer and don't know what effect should i use on th background to make it look like the photo.
This is the photo
This is what i've done so far
I ...
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Is there a way to get the equivalent of a color in different blending modes?
I have to make a button with some shadows using HTML/CSS and I've been provided with a PSD file, which has a shape of the button and some effects applied to it. One of the effects is an inner shadow.
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How can I improve a poor quality scan/photo of an ink signature on paper?
I am trying to "transfer" my signature from paper to the computer. Here is the procedure I followed, yes you may laugh, I know it.
My question is, is it possible instead of the hard lines I got to ...
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Remove background from a shadow effect
I have the following image:
It is a shadow effect created in Photoshop. I need to have that black shadow with transparent background in order to be used with different background colors.
The ...
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How would I go about creating the below white-on-white effect in Photoshop?
I can't tell if I would need to start by creating a physical paper cutout or if I could do it completely in Photoshop. I am not sure how to approach this, so any suggestions of tutorials or Youtube ...
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photoshop effect to creat a distiniguish line?
Can any body teach how to create a distinguish line running through in the middle of box. Looking exactly like in the given image.it would be more helpful if would show me step by step images
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Copy the result of an effect on one layer to a new layer
I have a rectangular shape that has a colour overlay and drop shadow in a layer. Now, I want to create a new layer containing only a rasterized version of the effect from the current layer.
To put ...
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Photoshop effect of an element that's jumping out leaving streak behind
I'm fairly new to Ps and I'd like to create an effect whereby a window looks as though it's jumping out of something, leaving behind a trail or streak with blur, so that it looks in motion.
I've been ...
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Shadow below images
I have this image that I got from slidesjs.com
It looks awesome when used as a frame, but I want to "elongate" it. Steps on how to accomplish this? I know it looks like a simple shadow, but the ...
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How can I get this sponging / splatter effect similar to this image in photoshop?
I'm trying to duplicate the sponging type effect of the background gold part of the following image:
Does anyone know of a tool I can use within Photoshop, or how else I could do this?
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Lock layer effects
How do I 'lock' layer effects? In that, when I rotate the layer, the fx rotates with it.
Currently, when I rotate a layer, the fx I have applied (a gradient) doesn't rotate with the layer, resulting ...
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How to imitate watercolor-esc imperfections and tranparencies in Photoshop
How can you create watercolor-esc transparencies, varying levels of depth of color and also creating imperfections, like these two images bellow? (both by Elisa Webler)
I've tried taking a vector ...
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Scratched/Etched onto wood look
What would be the best way to create an effect of "keying" someones name into a piece of wood in photoshop? I've used a hard 2px brush with a tan color and it looks good. Just not believeable. What do ...
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Why does adding bevel to a graph object in Illustrator take longer to render than a shape in Photoshop?
It's very quick (a few seconds) to add bevel to a shape in Photoshop but when I do the same for a graph object in Illustrator the Mac I'm working on takes an age to render the artwork. Why does this ...
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Photoshop blurring peaks (it's hard to describe in text)
I want to know how to blur something in peaks, here's a picture to help describe it:
Segment C is blurred the most then B then A to create an effect like the one on the right but with blur.
I was ...
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Create Circle Stripes
I want to generate circles like in this picture. It is an overlay and I need the overlay alone.
It looks like circles in circles each with a width and a margin of one pixel. How can I generate such ...
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Designing a button with an inset icon style in Photoshop? [closed]
I am using the Glyphish icon set, and I am trying to achieve an "inset" look of the icon in a button in Photoshop. Any recommendation on how best achieve it?
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How to fix broken Photoshop displacement filter
My displacement filter is simply broken. I made the simplest possible grid for a test subject, and then a displacement filter which is solid 50% grey. This should, as a displacement map, do ...
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Replace individual colors in multiple layers
The goal
Replace individual colors in a multi-layer Photoshop document in a way that is flexible and efficient enough to be done a multiple times in the production process—like when I need to update ...
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photoshop paper roll/curl/folded effect
I want create an animation, and for this I need to create some pictures. My example consist in a envelope opened. But I need to execute this steps:
Original picture.
Paper tearing(rip) effect - ...
