Create a Bokeh Background with Illustrator and Photoshop

Today’s tutorial walks you through the process of creating a gradient mesh in illustrator to make a coloured backdrop. It then takes you through the steps to make a bokeh brush in Photoshop and how to apply bokeh over your backdrop. Create a beautiful background image suitable for loads of different applications. The free pdf…

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Make an animated download arrow with Illustrator and Photoshop

Today’s tutorial shows you how to make an animated download arrow (.gif) using Illustrator & Photoshop. 🙂

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Make an animated gif in PSD

Make an animated gif with Photoshop. I’m using CC but earlier versions, from CS5, maybe before, will also work. Download the tutorial by clicking the green hare: I don’t think the owl will have much luck catching a rabbit for dinner 🙂

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Colourful Words: Illustrator and PSD

Today ‘s tutorials are quick and easy techniques for filling in Illustrator and Photoshop text with background images. Illustrator Create your text. I’m using Cooper Black. Place, Copy or Import the image you want to fill your text with. Embed imported or placed graphics. Send the image to the back of the text (both are…

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Apply a gradient to selected graphics in PSD

This is a really quick and easy tutorial to apply a gradient onto selected graphics rather than over a layer. It is particularly effective applied to thin strokes or outlined graphics to create an etched effect. 🙂

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Create seamless patterns with Photoshop and Illustrator (CS5)

*Reposting from original blog The Singing Tree*

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