How to Design a Book Cover for Print (and Free Template Downloads)
Designing a book cover might seem complicated, but the technical aspects are actually much easier than you'd think. Once you learn how to use and place guides, you'll be making book covers in no time. Of course books come in all different sizes, but with guides, you can...Read more
Wispy, Transparent Smoke PNG Tutorial
A simple smoky overlay can add a mysterious atmosphere to a portrait, fog to a landscape, or even steam to a locomotive. To do all of that, here's how to place smoke on a transparent background while still avoiding changing the layer blending mode all the time. ...Read more
Flawless Portrait Photo Retouching In Adobe Photoshop
There are many different techniques for retouching a portrait in Photoshop, and many details to take care to make it look just perfect. Of course this will use a huge amount of time, especially if the portrait has too many things that we have to fix, like the skin, eyes...Read more
How to Create a Dark, Dramatic Photo Effect in Photoshop
Want to darken a photo in Photoshop and give it a dramatic, broody feel? Get the best results by controlling the specific Lights and Shadows of your image, maintaining the ability to adjust the Brightness and Contrast while keeping the picture details. Because each imag...Read more
How to Create Translucent Decorative Typography in Photoshop
2018 is proving to be the year of bold new trends in graphic design—typography most certainly not excluded. It’s a big time for bigness in text, and daring, decorative typography has taken the limelight on many of the Internet’s most forward-thinking and aesthetically r...Read more
How to Create a Glitch Text Effect with Photoshop
This tutorial will teach you how to transform text in Photoshop using the Wave filter to create a realistic glitch distortion effect. There are tonnes of possibilities with the Wave filter, we are going to cover the Square waveform and specifically how to use it to crea...Read more
How to Create a Pattern in Photoshop
Patterns has become a ‘must’ for designers who wish to spice up their designs, make them more attractive or bring attention to other parts of their designs. But as every design needs a particular graphic, most of times the default Photoshop patterns are not enough, whic...Read more
How to Retouch Hair Perfectly in Adobe Photoshop
Retouching hair in a photograph might be one of the most complicated and time consuming tasks that designers face. Every hair is different and has its own challenges — and the method we use to make each hair look good will vary from one to another. There is no easy way ...Read more