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Mix Cool Retro Curves Into Your Photographs

in Effects by Fabio

I’m a huge fan of James White’s work. I love the way he plays with geometric elements and colors. It gives a retro feeling to the design, but at the same time he uses a modern approach. In an interview, he mentioned that he uses a Flash script to generate the vector shapes. Then he does the rest of the job in Illustrator and Photoshop.

Well, inspired by James’s designs, I decided to figure out my own way of creating that type of effect in Photoshop. In this tutorial, I show you how to mix cool retro geometric shapes into your photos.

Create a Glowing Light Painting Effect

in Effects by Fabio

A few weeks ago a friend of mine had published an article on my blog about Light painting. I was really impressed by all the effects these guys can create taking photos with long exposures. Then I thought it would be a nice idea to do that in Photoshop. So in this tutorial I will show you an easy, and very fast way, to create a light painting in Photoshop.

Create a Powerful Mental Wave Explosion Effect

in Effects by Fabio

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a crazy explosion, like a mix of Magneto’s ability with Peter Petrelli’s power. We will use images and filters to produce this wave explosion effect. Even though it may look like a difficult tutorial, it’s really not that hard.

Create Rainbow Logos with Warped Grids

in Designing by Fabio

This tutorial is another user’s request. It’s an easy technique, but I’m sure you will be able to use it in all sorts of designs. It’s very versatile. In this case I used this technique for a logo, but I could use it to create grids with light effects as well.

Super Retro Game Cartridge Design

in Effects by Fabio

Last week I did an interview with an amazing designer named James White. One thing that I really like in his work is his use of retro style. So, I decided I should explore that more. Following that idea, in this tutorial I will show you how to create a very easy, but really cool, 3D and geometric effect in Photoshop. After that we will go a bit further and create our own retro Atari style video game cartridge.

NoPattern “Jumper” Effect

in Effects by Fabio

One of the coolest digital artists around is Chuck Anderson, a.k.a. NoPattern. After seeing a recent PSDTUTS reader request, I decided to show you how to create a light effect similar to NoPattern’s Jumper Poster. At the end I’ll show you how a technique like this can be used in a variety of different ways to make stunning images… Continue Reading

Creating a Cool Brushed Metal Surface in Photoshop

in Interface by Fabio

Today’s tutorial comes in response to a reader request, it comes from Tom and it won’t be about lighting effects, glows, and sparks. Instead, I will show you how to create the brushed aluminum texture similar to the Apple products!

Seriously Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect

in Effects by Fabio

Explosions are cool. Seriously cool. So when I received some emails asking about how to create a break apart, explosion effect, I knew it’d be worth making a tutorial on. Read on to find out how to break apart a body, then add some awesome lighting and glow, nopattern style, to finish the image off.
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Quick Grungy Poster

in Designing by Fabio

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a sort of grunge poster. We will learn how to make some elements look a bit dirty, create textures and add some depths to the elements using shadows and blend modes. Continue Reading