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How to use the pen tool

Mathias Vain — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:49:14 +0000

Some of you may find the pen tool quite hard to use but many tutorials require you to use it. You make it to the middle of the tutorial and what you see? Use of Pen tool, you get confused by text and probably end up giving up. I’m going to teach you how to use the pen tool, probably the most powerful tool in Photoshop.

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How to Create a Cool Ad for Any Product

Mathias Vain — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:05:02 +0000

Today I’m going to teach you to create a cool ad for any product. It’s good way to show product for customers.
Difficulty: 3.5/5

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PVC Plastic wrap Texture Photoshop Tutorial

Oli — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:29:59 +0000

This is a nice and easy Photoshop tutorial to show you how to create a pvc / plastic wrap texture using a few simple steps.

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Photoshop Magnifying Glass Tutorial

Oli — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:05:07 +0000

This is a nice easy method to create the illusion of a magnifying glass which you can lay over any background you like.
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Create a Shiny Badge Photoshop Tutorial

Oli — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:58:24 +0000

This tutorial will show you how to create a shiny badge, such as the type for money back guarantees or anything else you’d like to highlight on your website.

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Amazing Text Shine Photoshop Tutorial

Peter Avey — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:47:29 +0000

Amazing Text Shine
Before this tutorial starts, I would like to point out that this tutorial can be used in almost all aspects of web design. From website banners, promotional banners and logos. The sky’s the limit with this tutorial.

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Reflecting Text & Images Photoshop Tutorial

Anthony — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:25:32 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a very modern and attractive mirror image effect which can be used with text and images. The effect will replicate that of an object sitting on a spotlessly clean reflective surface.(...)
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Adding a Gloss Effect Photoshop Tutorial

Anthony — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:01:23 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to add that trendy smooth gloss effect to your shapes, text and objects in Photoshop. It’s a universal effect and can make most aspects of a design look really sleek and attractive.(...)
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How to create a modern logo Photoshop Tutorial

Oli — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:34:54 +0000

In this tutorial you are going to learn how to make a simple, modern logo that you can use in your future projects. The logo itself is very simple to make but after the basic shape is created you can easily add your own unique quirks (gradients, drop shadows etc) to make the logo truly your own. (...)
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