Posts Tagged ‘Tutorial’

Getting to Know Clipping Masks and Layer Masks in Photoshop

Originally published on the old MyInkBlog, this is an article I put together outlining the differences between the layer mask and the clipping mask in Photoshop. We’ll look at how each type of mask works, how they are different, and how to make them work together in a single effect.

The Manual Comic Technique

In this tutorial, we will look at a simple technique for creating comic-styled illustrations, based on original photographic reference material. The real benefit of this manual technique is the high degree of control that it gives you over the illustration.

Create Beautiful CSS3 Typography

In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to take basic markup and transform it into an attractive and beautiful typographical design through pure CSS3. There are no images or other external resources, just pure CSS magic. We’ll also touch on some general typographical concepts along the way.

Quick Tip: Precision Colour Control in Photoshop

In this quick tip, I’ll show you a simple and easy way to take control of the colours in your Photoshop documents using the power of adjustment layers. We will consider two scenarios, with the second being somewhat more complex than the first.

Creating Glassy Objects Using Layer Styles

Have you ever wanted a really quick and simple way to apply a glassy effect to objects in Photoshop? In this tutorial, we will take a look at how to exactly that using a combination of different layer styles. It’s fast, easy and widely replicable, so be sure to have a read of this one!