Today I’m going to walk you through the steps to create a StickyNote paper with realistic shadow using Photoshop CS3. This tutorial will work with any version of the Creative Suite too, you’re tools may be located slightly different however. I also have the Photoshop CS3 file for download at the end if you’d prefer to work on the original.
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Categories: Photoshop, Tips / Tricks, Tutorial Tags: adobe, Creative Suite, cs3, Download, how-to, Photoshop, Photoshop 101, Realistic Shadow, Sticky Note, Template, training, tutorial
On the way to my kid’s school, there is an abandoned building with a really nice graffiti piece across the front. Today I decided to take some high-res photos of the graf for you to download to use as texture or stock photo.
I started by taking all the images I had taken, and used Photoshop to photo-merge them into a single panorama; the graf art is very wide.
[TIP] To Photo Merge many files into one, with all the files open inside Photoshop, click File -> Automate -> Photomerge and choose the type of layout, then click “Add open files” … The box will populate with the filenames of all open documents -> Click OK
I have the finished piece available in 300 dpi JPG image at 11,629 x 1,707 pixels, and the rest available in 3 separate sections in 2,500 pix wide, 300 dpi PNG files with transparent backgrounds.
Check out Media Militia for a great Graffiti Brushes/Texture resource.
Categories: Freebies, Photography, Photoshop, Stock Photos, Textures, Tips / Tricks Tags: adobe, cs3, CS4, Download, free, freebie, Freebies, photo, Photography, Photoshop, png, texture
I recently searched for a Polaroid Image template to use for a project and found a tutorial for creating a collage of Polaroid images from one stock image. This gave me an idea on how to integrate their idea within my design.
I quickly lost interest in the tutorial as it was overly complicated and spread across 5 pages with little visual aid. Having lost interest in their way of creating this effect, but still wanting to do the effect myself, I set about figuring out the fastest way of achieving the same result.
Below is the final result of my tutorial; click through after the jump to learn the process and download the final PSD file if you prefer that way.
I have noticed that my post a while ago about how frustrating CS4 can be has been one of my most popular articles to date. I took this as you folks have some questions about CS4 and Illustrator in general.
Recently, with the help of Media Militia, I put out a call for your questions to be answered here. I’d like to personally thank everyone who sent in an email with questions. If you have a question that you’d like me to answer then send me a note; I’m happy to add you to the list for Round Two in the future
Illustrator CS4 Questions/Answers Round One
To go with the Adobe CS4 program icons, I have a matching set of Adobe CS4 Folder icons. These are also PNG, 256×256.
The included folder icons are: Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Contribute, Encore, Flash, InDesign, Adobe Media Player, OnLocation, Premiere, and Soundbooth.
Download Adobe CS4 Folder Icons here. (255)
Categories: Freebies, Icons Tags: adobe, Adobe Media Player, After Effects, Contribute, CS4, Download, dreamweaver, Encore, Fireworks, Flash, Folder, freebie, icon, Illustrator, InDesign, OnLocation, Photoshop, Premiere, Soundbooth
Hey guys, I made these a while ago, and they may be a little out-dated now, but there’s no reason you can’t use them as icons for your CS4 verions.
All 12 icons are 256×256px PNG’s with transparant backgrounds.
I made these originally for the Rocketdock Windows application; but they will work for any icon/graphic need. As usual, these are available in ZIP format after the jump.
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