Create a fun neon tube text effect from scratch in Adobe Photoshop! Whether you're new to Adobe's popular image editing software or simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial. For more information, including step-by-step instructions on how to create this effect for yourself, watch this graphic designer's guide.
Marvel comics have been a major inspiration to a whole generation of artists, particularly graphic novel and comic-inclined artists working in pen and pencil or digital mediums. This video demonstrates some cool techniques for drawing hands in Paint on the computer, with a focus on how to properly use lines to make the hands look more realistic.
Across the Universe is an iconic example of John Lennon's simultaneously simple, melancholy, and psychadelic songwriting style typical of his later Beatles work. This tutorial translates the song onto the piano, with the handy graphics illustrating the chords and making it very achievable to learn.
Whether you're new to Adobe's Creative Suite or a seasoned graphic design professional after a general overview of Adobe Photoshop CS5's most vital new features, you're sure to be well served by this from the folks at Lynda, which presents a detailed, step-by-step overview of how to apply HDR toning to your digital photographs in Photoshop CS5.
Whether you're new to Adobe's Creative Suite or a seasoned graphic design professional after a general overview of Adobe InDesign CS5's most vital new features, you're sure to be well served by this from the folks at Lynda, which presents a detailed, step-by-step overview of how to mix different page sizes using InDesign CS5's new Page tool.
Want to add some grit to your pristine digital photos? It's easy. In this free Photoshop lesson from Nicole Young, you'll learn how to add dirt and grain to your images by using layer styles in Adobe Photoshop CS4 or CS5. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, watch this graphic designer's guide.
This video is about how to make a CD cover. First, open up the image that you have. Then, you need an action script. Click on the action's palette and pick which CD cover you want to do. Then you click step one which will run a template for you to set everything up and place your graphic in. The next thing to do is to slide the graphic image on to the template through the select tool. Then, click free transform found on the edit toolbar and just double click the image. The next step is to edi...
Whether you're new to Adobe's Creative Suite or a seasoned graphic artist after a general overview of CS5's most vital new features, you're sure to be well served by this official video tutorial from the folks at Adobe TV. In it, you'll learn how the integration of the Flash family of tools in CS5 Web Premium works for the interaction designer and the web application developer.
In this video, "Miki Falls" manga cartoonist Mark Crilley shows how to draw body proportions for manga comics. Characters in manga proportions are often proportioned differently than characters in American comics, with larger heads and more childlike bodies. This video show you how to get manga bodies right.
Whether you want to draw fine art or the covers of trashy romance novels, drawing stone surfaces is an essential skill. In this video, "Miki Falls" manga creator Mark Crilley shows you how to make stone look like stone. It turns out, rock's not as hard as it looks!
Special Case has this handy video tutorial on Motion… the motion graphics editor in Final Cut Studio. See how to use Motion's match-moving capabilities. The match-moving features are a great device to take advantage of, and is helpful for improving your Motion skills.
Special Case has this handy video tutorial on Motion… the motion graphics editor in Final Cut Studio. See how to create light-writing with Motion's tracking feature. The motion-tracking feature is a great device to take advantage of, and doesn't just apply to light writing.
Need a little help with your new Adobe Photoshop graphics editing program? Working with Photoshop can be a bit tough if you don't know what you're doing, so instead of getting out the books, check out this 'no nonsense' video tutorial to learn how to create metallic looking objects in Adobe Photoshop. Photo manipulating and editing is always tricky, so just watch to see how to create metallic looking objects, for beginners.
Need a little help with your new Adobe Photoshop graphics editing program? Working with Photoshop can be a bit tough if you don't know what you're doing, so instead of getting out the books, check out this 'no nonsense' video tutorial to learn how to create and use patterns in Adobe Photoshop. Photo manipulating and editing is always tricky, so just watch to see how to create and use patterns, for beginners.
This is a tutorial video from Sessions Online Schools of Art & Design's "Photoshop Basics" course. This video is part of Sessions' Graphic, Web, Multimedia Arts, Digital Arts, and Marketing Design certificate programs. You are distorting layers using the transform tool. Use the line tool to check the work. GO Edit: Transform - Distort.
Are you a "Watchmen" fan? Especially Silk Spectre? Well, learn how to create a sexy "Watchmen" Silk Spectre costume in just a few simple steps with Gianny L. The sexy GiannyL demonstrates this DIY closet hack that's simple and cheap. Just cut up an old jacket for your costume outfit to look just like the comic book superhero from the now famous graphic novel.
This Photoshop CS3 for beginners tutorial introduces new Photoshop users to the rectangular marquee tool, the fill command and working with text. You will learn how to create a "senior pic" type graphic using some simple text and basic shapes created with the rectangular marquee tool in Photoshop CS3.
Mike Tadros demonstrates some useful techniques for incorporating the Space Navigator by 3D Connexion into your Google SketchUp workflow. Create smooth animations, pre-visualize motion graphics sequences, and even create a Star Wars flight simulation. All possible with the Space Navigator for SketchUp 6.
Learn how to use Boris Continuum Complete's Pan and Zoom filter in Final Cut Pro for easy, documentary-style animation! BCC Pan and Zoom filter will allow you to create Ken Burns style effects on still images in Final Cut Pro. The BCC plug-in is available for other motion graphics and video editing softwares besides Final Cut Pro.
This Adobe Illustrator tutorial shows you how to create a 3D monitor effect with moving streamers on it. If you are creating a graphic layout or web design that needs a flat screen monitor and moving images on that monitor, this tutorial will teach you how to impose your own image in a flat screen monitor and integrate streamers all within Illustrator.
Take a look at how to create a realistic pepper in Adobe Photoshop by vector tracing with the pen tool in this software tutorial. Vector images are a more professional way of creating graphics so they won't degenerate when printed. So learn how to work with vector images and the pen tool in this Photoshop tutorial on creating a realistic yellow pepper.
This Photoshop tutorial is all about textures. Watch and learn how to create original graphics using simple textures within Photoshop.
Just what you need for your graphics projects - a graphical reminder note! This Inkscape software tutorial shows you how to create a reminder note complete with the scotch tape to "attach" it to documents. You should be able to easily find some creative uses for your graphical reminder "post it".
This Corel Draw X3 vector graphics drawing software tutorial shows you how to use the interactive contour tool. Learn how to use the interactive contour tool in Corel Draw X3 to create scroll saw patterns for your scroll saw woodworking projects.
This Corel Draw vector graphics drawing software tutorial shows you how to type text along a curve. Specifically you will learn how to draw a curve, and get text to follow the curve as part of making scroll saw patterns. If you are a pattern maker or not, you can learn how easy it is to put text on a curve in Corel Draw X3 in this video.
This Adobe After Effects tutorial shows you how to create the Matrix raining code text effect. Learn how to use this motion graphics and 2D effects compositing software and the automation options available to easily create a Matrix raining code effect in After Effects.
While not as advanced as some of the dedicated graphics packages such as Adobe Photoshop, Open Office Draw still allows you to create nice looking images.
How to install nVidia graphics card video drivers in Ubuntu Linux 7.10.
Try light graphic work or picture re-touching without any worry of damaging your original images by using layers in Adobe Photoshop.
This video explains how to burn DVDs that will play on a standard DVD player in Windows. The programs needed to complete this project include IMG Burn and DeVeDe which has been modeled for Windows. The final burn product created with this program will allow the DVDs to play on computers and actual DVD players. The first step is to hit open to select the file you wish to burn. You must then select burn ISO or Bin file in IMG Burn or DeVeDE. You can then select a title for your burned disk leav...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Kirby with hair, eyes, and shades. First, draw the outline of the character and add in the basic shapes for the features on the face. Now, draw in the hair on the top of the head and connect it with the rest of the head. Next, draw the bangs around the eyes and shade in the hair on the head to make it look more like the actual character. Use the side of the pencil to get a better shade out of it. Then, shade the body of the character and darken the bangs...
Most would (unfortunately) picture Vincent Gallo when "gallo" is spoken aloud. But it's actually a Spanish word, which translates to rooster, and even cock, which just happens to bring up connotations of the swollen controversy over Gallo's film "The Brown Bunny".
In this video, we learn how to perform a basic pirouette. First, start in fifth position with the right foot in front. After this, push the foot out to second position while opening the arms. Next, step the right foot into fourth position with both feet turned out and both heels on the ground. Next, lift the right leg into a turned out circle, while turning out the knee. To land with the left, cross the right leg behind. The last part is to do the actual rotation, spotting the head to get the...
If you're curious about how powerful your PC is, the Windows Experience Index can give you a snapshot of its capabilities and help you decide if it's good enough for you. This video will help you understand the basics of what the Windows Experience Index can do in Windows 7.
Chances are that by now you've seen it all - at least when it comes to cupcakes. The designer foodstuff, as popularized by chains like Sprinkles and Magnolia Bakery, has been done and redone in every shape imaginable, from your typical swirled icing topped cupcakes to cupcakes that resemble monsters or sandwiches.
This is an instructional video on how to hit a golf ball out of thick rough. The major issue that most people have with hitting the ball out of the rough is that they end up smothering the ball when they swing. This is caused by the grass catching on the shaft and closing the club face. They way to fix this is, at address you need to open the club face a slight amount. When you swing the club will catch and your club face will be positioned perfectly and the ball will shoot out of the rough l...
Have you seen extravagant graphics on web pages or in the GUI (Graphical User Interface) of a commercially published program? Do you wish you could create graphics comparable to published works? Now you can! This tutorial will take you step by step in creating visual elements in CSS. Cascading Style sheets are the present and future of web pages and this tutorial will make sure you are not left behind. The visual aspect of web pages are of utmost importance and the major determinant of a user...
Check out this "Juicy Tutorial" to learn how to create a softer skin effect in Paint Shop Pro 8. Paint Shop Pro (PSP) is a raster graphics editor and, later in the series, a vector graphics editor for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. Paint Shop Pro 8 was published by Jasc Software.
Check out this "Juicy Tutorial" to learn how to create a multicolor text effect in Paint Shop Pro 8.
Check out this "Juicy Tutorial" to learn how to create the lighten effect in Paint Shop Pro 8. Paint Shop Pro (PSP) is a raster graphics editor and, later in the series, a vector graphics editor for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. Paint Shop Pro 8 was published by Jasc Software.
