Archive for September, 2007
Creating a Mac-Type Background in Photoshop
in Effects by CollisThis tutorial is about making a “mac” style background. You can use these in all sorts of situations, including the obvious –your desktop– as well as part of your designs or for corporate work (Powerpoint presentations, Flash work, etc). Naturally, you wouldn’t want to use this exact set of steps, but following them will give you a good idea of the technique. Good luck! Continue Reading
Hazardous Red Background
in Effects by CollisThis tutorial is about making a textured red background and using Photoshop’s Shape Tool to add a design element. You can download the sample PSD file from the link at the bottom of the tutorial. Continue Reading
Transparent Glass Lettering in Photoshop
in Text Effects by CollisIn this tutorial, we’re going to use some super layer effects and a bit of extra magic to make a lettering style that looks transparent and stunning. Because there is so much use of layer styles, you need to download the sample PSD from the link at the bottom of the tutorial in order to follow along. Continue Reading
Metallic Styles in Photoshop
in Effects by CollisIn this tutorial, we’re going to create a metallic effect using layer styles and gradients that you can apply to different objects. We’ll put it on a nice background and create a style for lettering that makes it look like it’s embedded into the metal. You can download the sample PSD file from the link at the bottom of the tutorial if you’d like to simply copy+paste the layer styles. Continue Reading
Plastic Jelly Styles
in Text Effects by CollisIn this tutorial, we’ll be using layer styles to make a plastic gel-type style that you can easily apply to text and shapes. You can download the PSD file from the link at the bottom of the tutorial to just copy+paste the styles. Continue Reading
Tutorial Suggestions / Requests
in Features by CollisWe’re always open to suggestions for tutorials here at PSDTUTS. In fact tutorial writers often ask for ideas for what to write tutorials on! We can’t promise every suggestion will be used, but if you’d like to make a request/suggestion, then please do so here in the comments.
Just place a link to the image you’re interested in seeing tutorialised and a brief description.
