Best of the Web - September
In Web Roundups by Collis
There's plenty of great stuff out there on the Web, and every month we'll be rounding up some of the best Photoshop tutorials and downloads like brushes, fonts, and filters around in our monthly Web Roundups.
These are one of a few new features I'll be introducing over the next month as we build up a good, regular schedule for PSDtuts. If there's anything extra you'd like to see in the monthly Web Roundups, please do let me know!
Tutorial Wrap
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Slow Shutter Text
This tutorial produces a pretty damn cool-looking glow effect.
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Fake Text Wrap in Photoshop
A clever little tutorial that lets you achieve something people usually do in programs like InDesign using Photoshop paths.
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Make a Realistic Metal Object
This tutorial to make an mp3 player is a good lesson in rendering life-like metal objects in Photoshop, very well-explained and done.
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Super Photoshop Illustration - The Blues Singer
If painting/illustration in Photoshop is your thing, you'll love this tutorial! I wish I could do things like that.
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Optimizing the Photoshop Workspace
Understanding how to make the most out of Photoshop begins with knowing the tools you use and effectively organizing your workspace, that's why this tutorial is a good platform for anyone just getting to know the program, or even if you've been using PS for a long time but want to learn a few new shortcuts and methods.
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Turn a Daylight Room into a Dark Room!
I love a bit of photo manipulation, and in this tutorial we see how to take an ordinary room lit in daylight and flip it. Very clever!
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Creating a 3D Text Effect with Paths
Every release of Photoshop has been getting more vector powers, and with this little path tutorial, you'll make a pseudo-3D text element. It's quite an educational process.
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Give Your Photos a Retro Comic Book Effect
This is probably my favorite tutorial of the month. It's simple and looks fantastic!
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Create Realistic Tap Water
Creating water effects can be pretty tricky, but this simple tutorial is a neat effect for making pouring water.
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(FREE!) Download Picks
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FONT: Fatboy Slim
A slick graffiti-style font courtesy of UrbanFonts.
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TEXTURES: Dirt!
Textureking has zillions of textures, one of my favorite categories has to be the dirt and sand category!
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BRUSH: Spiderman Pattern
This is more of a texture than a brush, but nevertheless it's awesomely cool!
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VECTORS: Awesome Paint Vectors
Splash up your designs with some neat little vectors courtesy of Vecteezy.
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Article Wrap
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Stay Fresh
My favorite magazine ComputerArts had a great article about keeping your work fresh in their latest issue and you can read it online for free...
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Creativity Spark from the Masters of Illustration
You've probably seen this because it was a phenomenally popular post over at SmashingMagazine, but in case you haven't head over and take in the gorgeous work...
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The Making of a Great Photography Website: Three Distinct Approaches
Layers Magazine has an interesting article about different approaches to a photography website. I love photographer's websites because if the owner is any good at their trade, you just know it's going to look good with all those great pictures!
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How To Improve Your Publicity Design
Over on our sister-site FreelanceSwitch there's a neat article about how to get into Publicity Design which is a booming market for freelance design work!
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Kristian S. Hjelle
October 3rd, 2007
Lovely article. LOVELY.
Will
October 3rd, 2007
Great post! Thanks.
Jason
October 3rd, 2007
Hey some great links here! This site continues to impress and remains top of my Design RSS feeds. Awesome stuff. Keep up the great work!
Collis
October 3rd, 2007
Yay, thanks guys!
Yeah after the post last week when I asked if anyone wanted non-tutorial posts and lots of people said yes, I came up with a few ideas. Web roundups are one, and there are three others, we’ll be having one a week
KJ
October 3rd, 2007
Love it
KJ
October 3rd, 2007
Love it!
Stephen
October 3rd, 2007
Digg’in it!
mercutiom
October 3rd, 2007
Yet another reason to love this site! Thanks for that great links.
Mr_LeE
October 3rd, 2007
man i love it man!!!! ur so good
more of best of web please
Collis
October 3rd, 2007
Hey guys, quick update, I just added a few great articles as well, which makes a nice fit. I’ll keep thinking about what else we can have in the best of the web’s
Elliott Cost
October 3rd, 2007
Great site. Keep the tutorials coming!
Jasmine
October 3rd, 2007
Thanks for fantastic posts and tutorials
OliMX
October 3rd, 2007
Great Idea, great links, great resource. . . .Thanks a ton
Umberto - Italy
October 3rd, 2007
Still, I prefer YOUR tutorials…. cutting edge! Hot! Love to show you some graphics I created thanks to you!
Ciao
Arvid
October 3rd, 2007
What can I say!? I´ve been working with Photoshop in 11 years and visited many Photoshop sites of various quality but this is the best. Keep the good work up!
Arun
October 4th, 2007
Collis,
If you haven’t noticed, the link on “How To Improve Your Publicity Design” points to the Computer Arts “Stay Fresh” article.
Great round-up nonetheless!
Arun
Jenny
October 4th, 2007
Love this! Your site never disappoints.
Scott
October 4th, 2007
This site rocks!
Great stuff, Thanks!
Rao
October 4th, 2007
Hello!
Just wanted to say a big bigggg : Thank you
and the link on “How To Improve Your Publicity Design” is not right , i found the right one for those who got confused
here it is:
http://freelanceswitch.com/?s=How+To+Improve+Your+Publicity+Design
Carolyn
October 4th, 2007
Hello!
This is some great, fresh new material!
I really want to update my PS skills on how to create some really great corporate 3D Logos, which seem to be really hot right now…(think the new AT&T logo)…do you have any tips or tutorials, or anything coming soon?
Thanks so much.
Limitless
October 4th, 2007
Great Post! thanks for sharing! I’m looking forward to read more posts like this one!
Collis
October 4th, 2007
Oh whoops, FreelanceSwitch link is fixed now
Mike
October 4th, 2007
I think this tutorial should have made the cut, it’s amazing!
Awesome Underwater Scenery
http://pixelmana.com/?p=30
tarn
October 4th, 2007
Awesome work dude! Thanks for the Article Wrap! very useful and the great tuts!
andy halls
October 5th, 2007
Like to know if want to send a news to publish here about some good tutorial in photoshop then we can send it? If yes, then on which email address..
Eli
October 5th, 2007
Very nice article collection.
Enrique
October 5th, 2007
Awesome site! Congratulations…
Here’s an idea for a tutorial: how do you create the background of the “Web Roundup” image? You know, those strips that look like rays or something like that…
Enrique
October 5th, 2007
Ok, browsing around I just realized that you have a tutorial that includes that… sorry.
But again… great site!
Nature Wallpaper
October 5th, 2007
wow I love those. Thank you! Those are amazing, keep the posts coming!
:)
schoenling128
October 5th, 2007
Simply great!!!
Thanks
Darren
October 5th, 2007
I was really wondering if there could be a requested tutorials section or a way to contact someone to request a tutorial?
Backfire
October 5th, 2007
Seriously dude, your site rules!! Thanx a LOT for this!
Erik
October 5th, 2007
Great tuts. I am wondering if you will consider create a tutorial on how to create coat of arms in photo shop? There are not one I could find on the internet, so you might be first!
Keep up good work,
Erik
Dan
October 5th, 2007
Found your site last week, not sure how or where from, but am really like what you have put together here. Great resources, tuts, keep it coming
Fubiz
October 6th, 2007
Very nice selection!
Jeii Zhu
October 6th, 2007
oh, it is the best gift for me since i just installed Leopard.
They are great!!! really!!!
Boris
October 8th, 2007
Great Tutorial. Thank you Very much.
Regarts ooYes
Julia
October 9th, 2007
Fabulous as usual! You are a gift to artists everywhere. Thanks for taking all of the hard work out of looking for these articles and tips.
jo
October 9th, 2007
Hey. I love your site. I’ve just started to learn to use photoshop and would love to do somethin like that: A tutorial for that would be awesome. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/images/masters-graphic-design/nopattern-3.jpg
thats a picture from the site “creativity spark….” If only i were as good as them.
Daff
October 9th, 2007
Cool man looking forward to the October round-up
Some of the tutorials are damn cool and I have to try them ;D
Keep the good work!
Mn7
October 11th, 2007
Awesome!
It’s so hard to put my feeling in words, showing how i’m surprized seeing such great website!
from now on, this is one of my everloving bookmarks!
c u more 4 sure!
and ofcourse, Thanks in advanced 4 the links, tuts, and every wonderful thing in ur website!
Good Luck Man
Scott
October 12th, 2007
You now have a new fan. I absolutely love these tutorials & your work. Thank you very much for your time & effort!!!
Jorge l. Huitron
October 15th, 2007
thanks a lot for your site. I love this web site. You are my prefered teacher.
Rajesh Balakrishnan
October 18th, 2007
Whaaaw really cooooll…….nice one
Gr8 Designs…tut… 
Shake_s_beer
October 20th, 2007
Finally one excellent Website!
Thank you guys so much!
Lauren
October 24th, 2007
This is such a one stop phenomenon…Bravo! The creativity is so inspiring. Thanks so much!!!
Jafar
October 24th, 2007
I like your website,
Thanks for your high quality content.
majid
October 28th, 2007
im really impressed from this great site.
i love your efforts/
keep it up/
and thanx allot.
Simon
November 7th, 2007
some super-duper links there! thanks guys
Jhonny Sierralta
November 28th, 2007
Very good, good creative
Hardy
November 28th, 2007
Very nice collection. Simply great!!!
Thanks
Shane
February 22nd, 2008
The slow shutter text is particularly cool. Nice one - and thanks.