John McWade – Before & After, How to design cool stuff!
July 11th, 2011
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Photo Editing Software – Get Some Cool Effects
July 5th, 2011
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Cool Art Graphic Design T Shirt
July 4th, 2011
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Great Way to Add a Different Backgrounds Dimension to a Photograph – How to Make Cool Backgrounds in Photoshop
July 2nd, 2011
Sometimes you see a photograph and go ‘Whoa’! This is such a fantastic photograph! Marveling at the photograph follows and you can’t just stop looking at it! A dive deeper into the photograph and you realize that it has been done with adobe photoshop! Of course most of the time the entire photograph is not tweaked, but it is enhanced! This is because the original photograph is extremely good and a bit of tweaking makes it even better! One way to enhance an already good photograph in photoshop is to use backgrounds. Creating backgrounds in photoshop is not that difficult – here is a low-down on making backgrounds in photoshop.
Choosing a new photoshop document is the first thing you would be doing. If you are asked to choose a size, 4X6 is a standard size and a good one to start off with. The next thing on the anvil is to locate the toolbar and have a look at other icons. The gradient tool is hidden in the tool bar.
After you have located the toolbar, right click on the paint bucket. As a result a menu will pop up which will show the paint bucket and gradient tool in detail. Clicking on this icon will activate the tool for you.
If you take a close look, the top of the program will display the gradient brush options. To get an idea of how the gradient would look, there are 5 gradient options there. For starters, while creating backgrounds in photoshop, choosing the most basic gradient would be a better thing to do.
The gradient will normally allow 2 colors and will fade and mix them for the object you are editing. The toolbar to the left of photoshop interface will allow you to choose any color you want. Now on the toolbar, the first color featured in the gradient will be the color that overlays the other color.
Now is the time for some interesting stuff. Once you are done with the colors, the background will be easier to create. Just try and get used to the gradient tool with this simple trick. Take the cursor on the top left corner, and drag the mouse to the bottom right corner. If you let go the mouse, the gradient tool will again be visible.
Play around with that tool and get an idea as to what effect it has on the object. Also see how the gradient changes from different positions. Fiddle with the gradient and the colors and styles and see what is the background which will suit your project the best.
Finally, whenever you feel that this is how you would generally want the photograph to look, save the file. That’s it! This way you can go on creating backgrounds in photoshop and add your own touch to the photograph!
To get this background, select the ‘filter’ option, choose artistic and then sponge options. You will need to pick the brush size, definition and smoothness and the color. What you need to take care is to adjust the hue and saturation of the colors you pick. Airbrushing in photoshop is an important aspect of making backgrounds with this software.
By now I am sure you have got a basic idea about creating backgrounds in photoshop. So for this particular background, start with a light grey background. Then go to the filter, choose pixelate and then color halftone and choose a radius measurement. You need not look at all the other settings, let them be as it is and select ok or apply or whatever helps you proceed. What you can surely do is play around with numbers and the gradient and see the effects.
In addition to all these you have a host of options from mosaic tiles to crayon textures for creating backgrounds in photoshop! You would get to know these and many more once you delve and fiddle with photoshop! All these amazing things are waiting to be explored by you!
This is where I sign off! You have a great time with photoshop!
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Themed Quinceanera Invitations for Your Sweet 15 Daughter
November 30th, 2010
Invitations speak a lot about a party or an occasion. There a number of different options available when it comes to choosing Quinceanera invitations. It just takes a bit of imagination and a lot of creativity to come up with wonderful and fabulous invitations for your big day. One of the best ways to create such invitations is by making them yourself.
DIY invitations are great especially if you are on a tight budget. You can not only add your own designs or patterns but even personalize them with photo of your choice. If in doubt, you can easily take the assistance of websites or blogs that provide you with excellent tips and ideas on how to go about creating sweet 15 invitations that will catch the eyes of the guests.
No matter what type of invitations for Quinceaneras you choose, you can easily designed them with different borders, patterns or graphics. Traditional invitations can be given a modern twist by adding bold colors or backgrounds. Choose stylish fonts for the wordings and you are all set to woo your guests. Remember to mention the essential details such as the date, time and venue of the party.
Another option available for your sweet 15 invitations are downloading them in printable formats. You may come across many websites that offer themed invitations such as Disney, precious moments of your growing days or Cinderella that can be customized or personalized depending on your preferences and requirements. Once you have got your desired designs onto the invitations you can easily print them off and send to the guests.
If you have a computer at home, you can easily download certain software programs that help you in creating unique and beautiful Quinceanera invitations. Many of these software programs come with different types of illustrations, clip arts, fonts and many other features that will make a blank invitation look sophisticated and fabulous.
Talking about the cardstocks for your Quinceanera Anos invitations, you can select different colors ranging from jewel tones to pastel shades and match them with colorful ribbons, flowers, laces or buttons. In order to give the invitations a more sophisticated look, you can even use embossers or rubber stamps on the envelopes.
You invitations for Quinceaneras will definitely be the talk of the town. What great way to celebrate your 15th birthday than by making unique invitations. For more special effect, you can even add sparkles, glitter or confetti inside the envelopes so that the guests can get into the festive mood right away. You can even purchase colored envelopes and add cute stickers of cartoon characters or themes.
Make sure you involve your friends and relatives since many minds work better than one. The above tips and ideas will make your Quinceanera invitations very popular among your guests and many of them would even ask you on how you created them. These special invites can also be kept as keepsakes and added to your scrapbook.
Treat your special sweet 15 daughter to gorgeous modern Quinceanera invitations. At QuinceanerasInvitations.com we have a wide range of Quinceaera Invitations to suit everyones style.
Produce Cool Sites Extremely Simply
November 15th, 2010
A superb process to obtain ideas for creating a cool website is to discover what other blog masters are working on. The first action you have to take is to go to websites that you love and write down what you like about them. You can then grow them in to your own plans. There are hundreds of different cool websites on the worldwide web with different artwork, layouts and functions.
If you believe that this doesn’t sound like entertainmainment, then you’d be incorrect. It’s splendid fun cruising the web cruising for cool web sites. You see ideas that you didn’t even know were invented and you will be astounded by other internet users perception of the web.
You can search for functions for your new website inside or beyond your industry. A great approach to discover cool web sites on the web is to visit your preferred search engine. Visit AOL and hunt for keywords like: cool blogs, cool functions or new websites. There are also lots of blogs that function as cool portal guides. These are terrific blogs to unearth functions.
The opportunities are never-ending when designing your website. Here are some guidelines for what you should do when producing: Include beautiful photos to your site to give it a professional look. Don’t insert too many banner ads on your website. It will only annoy your members. Avoid using flash for your complete website but attach tiny flash animations to make your blog look extraordinary. Endeavour to build a membership area for your blog, this will help net visitors take part in with your blogs society.
You should not be concerned when developing your new blog. Although at first it will be quite worrying looking at all the coding, once you have got things started you will begin to feel terrific about the entire thing. Just keep taking notes from the cool sites that you loved and apply the ideas on to your site. Before you know it you will have a cool blog as well.
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Quick N’ Easy Photoshop Tutorials #11 – Cool Bokeh Effect in Photoshop
July 29th, 2010
In this episode we’ll be making a simple yet cool Bokeh effect in Photoshop and also making a custom brush! You’ll definitely learn something from this episode 
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Personal Update + Cool Resources
March 27th, 2010
Here’s some cool resources to maybe compensate for the lack of tutorials lately. If you want to add more random resources post a comment. I might add to the description Howto Dispute Copyright Claims blog.jimmyr.com Pixel Perfect revision3.com You suck at photoshop www.youtube.com