Photoshop
Roundup: Mac Utilities for Designers
A quick round up of some interesting new and updated Mac utilities of interest to creative types. Photoshop Automator Actions 5.0 (free/$19.95) A package of Actions that lets you control many of Photoshop’s most common functions from within Mac OS…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Illustrator
Photoshop CS5: Performance Tips
So I recently jumped the gun and upgraded to Photoshop CS5 on the Mac. And I wasn’t too happy about it. Let’s just say that the performance levels were not to my liking. In fact, Photoshop CS5 performed worse than…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Adobe
Logo Design On A Budget
I am frequently asked to put together logos or promotional materials for independent bands, which is fantastic, except they don’t have the budget of a signed or sponsored band. Through the years I’ve found ways to cut corners to limit…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Graphic Design, logo design, Adobe Illustrator
Video Tut: iMac Illustration
Go Media contributor Andre Silva shares a detailed, 17-minute walkthrough video tutorial on creating an iMac in Adobe Photoshop. Here’s a preview of the final artwork, scroll down to watch the video in it’s entirety.
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: illustration, Photoshop
Color Management: Calibration and Profiling
Introduction Welcome to the second post in our color management series. Be sure to check out Part One if you haven’t already done so. Today we’re going to talk about the importance of calibrating and profiling your input & output…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: Photoshop, Graphic Design, Adobe
Blank Canvas: Photoshop, Crashes & RAM
“Photoshop crashed!” I see this cry all over Twitter, on blogs, in web comics — you can’t go anywhere online that has a tangential relationship to Photoshop without seeing this complaint. So why is it that Photoshop never crashes for…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Adobe
Create Glossy 3D Text using Xara 3D & Photoshop
I am going to show you how to create 3D text in Xara 3D and render it in Adobe Photoshop. I’ll share basic Photoshop key shortcuts that really help speed up production. As a final touch I’ll use the pen…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Adobe
Adobe Creative Suite 5
It’s that time of the, um 18-month release cycle again. Time for a new version of Adobe’s Creative Suite. This time up: version 5. For this initial overview, I’m just going to talk about the new stuff in Photoshop and…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Graphic Design, Adobe, Illustrator
Blank Canvas: Adobe Creative Suite CS5 — Are You Upgrading?
It’s that time of year again fellow creative types. Well, actually that time of the 18-month release cycle for Adobe’s Creative Suite upgrade. I know many users out there have a feeling of “didn’t I just upgrade?”, but in fact…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Adobe, Illustrator
New Arsenal Release: Wacom Illustration Video Tutorial
Go Media owner and veteran illustrator Jeff Finley shares intimate details of his illustration and design process in his two hour video tutorial “Wacom Illustration Techniques”. You’ll learn the process for manipulation and compilation of photos for reference, secrets of…
- Categorized: News
- Tagged: illustration, Photoshop
Ten Ton Photoshop Winner Announced — And Some Killer Free Training for Everyone Else!
Well I hope everyone had fun entering the drawing for a free copy of Ten Ton Photoshop Essentials! I gotta say, it was great reading about your favorite commands, your Photoshop war stories, some memories from versions gone by. I…
Color Management in Adobe Photoshop
This is the first part of a comprehensive detailed series of posts guiding you through the image editing process step by step from profiling your display and managing your color space and settings, to profiling your printer and preparing your work for print out, to saving and distributing your work on the web.
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Graphic Design, Adobe
Giveaway: Ten Ton Photoshop DVD
Are ya up for some Photoshop? How ’bout Ten Tons of Photoshop? And how would you like it for free? Then check this out: This week on GoMedia, we’re running a give-away for Geoff Blake’s Ten Ton Photoshop Essentials DVD!…
Help us decide: What Templates are next?
Hey readers, you probably know by now that Go Media makes really cool t-shirt templates. We often get emailed suggestions for new mockup templates like pullover hoodies, jeans, cd packaging, etc. So we’re going to run a poll here to…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop
Design a Vintage Poster, Part II
Welcome to part two of designing a vintage poster. If you missed part one, be sure to catch up! Last week’s tutorial covered most of the heavy lifting: concept, color, and composition all took place in Illustrator using elements from…
Design a Vintage Poster with Vector Pack 16
Introduction When you think about the design process, what comes to mind? I believe it is the combination of thoughts, mixed with emotions and pure forms that capture a person’s attention. We are all part of this thing called “madness.…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: Adobe Illustrator, Illustrator, Photoshop
Timeline: Version Control Plugin for Photoshop
Timeline by PixelNovel is an interesting version control system built for designers who use Adobe Photoshop. As far as I am aware, there’s really nothing else like this out there for Photoshop users. Timeline allows you to save and review a…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop
Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop
Introduction Hello again! I was recently asked to do a flyer for a promotions company by the name of inFamous Productions; a very popular promotion movement in Western NY mainly stationed in Buffalo. My main objective was to create something…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: 3D, Graphic Design, Adobe, Photoshop
Blank Canvas: Adobe Or Not?
It goes without saying that Adobe is pretty much the industry leader in professional-level graphics software. But that isn’t to say that there aren’t plenty of other options out there. Go Media Zine wants to know: Adobe or not? If…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe, Graphic Design, Illustrator, Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop CS5: Sneak Peek [video]
Here’s a quick sneak video of some experimental new features being worked on by Adobe for Photoshop CS5, including “wet” paints (similar to Corel Painter) as well as a very cool-looking warp tool. Warning: corny voiceovers.
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe, Photoshop
Design A Killer Fashion Model Poster
Introduction: This tutorial will show you how to make a killer Fashion Model Poster using basic Photoshop functions like Layer Styles, Vector Masks and Filters like Motion Blur. At a time when there’s more DOWNLOADING of source material than actually…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, Photoshop
Adobe Shortcuts App – Free Download
Free download, Adobe Air application that allows you to look up keyboard shortcuts for any Adobe software. Well, at least Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Soundbooth, Fireworks, Contribute, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Encore and Acrobat Pro. The shortcuts are only for the CS4 versions of these applications.
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe, Illustrator, Photoshop
Faking Depth of Field in Photoshop (w/Ps action)
Here’s a quick technique that I use to fake depth of field in Photoshop and add realism to my images. I’ve seen this technique mentioned in various tutorials I’ve read, so it’s really nothing new. But it’s a good trick…
Aged Type Effect in Photoshop (w/Ps Action)
While working on the poster for DIT Fest last week I managed to create an impressive text effect that I will likely reuse for awhile. It’s very subtle and does not look like a filter. I’m simply adding a slightly…