40 open psd-photoshop templates
28.10.2010, 9:5040 open files with all layers available
The Photoshop file format par excellence is the .psd format. It avoids quality degredation when you save (keyword loss-free compression) and keeps layers if you wish to. With the layer information available designers can easily understand how design elements are composed.
30 highly convincing logo examples
25.10.2010, 11:0430 highly convincing logo examples
Designing a convincing logo is difficult. It becomes even more challenging when you use these examples as benchmark. They feature graphics with gradients, 3D forms, extremely fine lines and purely typographical logos.
Creating a captivating design portfolio | Part I
14.10.2010, 10:31design portfolio
The design portfolio is not an invention of the digital age. It’s probably as old as the profession and easily the most important marketing tool for any designer – employed or freelancer, successful pro or newbie. In the “analogue” decades you presented it in person or sent it via mail. Nowadays there’s hardly a way around creating an online portfolio, which provides 24/7 worldwide access to your achievements.
30+ fantastic designer portfolios
11.10.2010, 10:27portfolio inspiration
This is part I of our portfolio inspiration series and showcases some great examples. In part II we will give you valuable tips on planning and designing your own portfolio.
30+ awesome texture collections for flyer design
05.10.2010, 8:49collections for flyer design
Textures are a really versatile tool. They can quite easily be set as background image to form the basis of a flyer, business card or other print products. Especially in the “dirty” grunge style textures play an important role. Yet, glitter and glam styles can also be achieved with trendy Bokeh-textures.
Tutorial & Competition: Tiltshift with Photoshop
30.09.2010, 11:13Tutorial & Competition
Like our last tutorial the tiltshift technique originally comes from analogue photography. Today we reproduce it digitally with Photoshop to give a photo of a real situation the appearance of a tiny model railway scene.
70 great brush sets for photoshop
27.09.2010, 9:50boost your image editing
Adobe Photoshop can be extended in many ways. Plugins, styles, action, gradients, shapes, textures, patterns, structures, scripts and panels offer a wide choice to boost your image editing.
40 lovely text effects for Photoshop
23.09.2010, 9:00High quality text effects
High quality text effects are a rare breed. Photoshop also isn’t the perfect tool for first-class lettering. This collection is intended to show you that nevertheless there are some really helpful and usable resources on this topic available on the internet. A current trend are 3D letters, often created in conjunction with software such as Cinema 4D.
Best of Photoshop tutorials
20.09.2010, 8:10A good mix of short exercises
Photoshop tutorials help learning new techniques by doing. Quite often the precise goal of the tutorial isn’t what counts. Usually it also doesn’t directly apply to your project. What really pays off are the insights and skills you gain in using the software’s tools and functions while going through the steps.
25 Adobe Illustrator tutorials
16.09.2010, 10:3825 Adobe Illustrator tutorials
Vector graphics for a variety of output formats can be created with Adobe Illustrator. As the software can be as demanding as Photoshop the learning curve you have to go through may be quite steep. Tutorials and workshops are therefore quite welcome to improve skills. They are a good way to learn the basics and get valuable tips and tricks. Also, you can follow and apply them at your own pace while enjoying the creature comforts of your home.
