Born March 4th 1978. Have been a photoshop user since version 5, predominantly work in 2D graphics within a pre-press environment for a CTP company here in the UK. Been a part of reprographics for 10+ years (with love and hate). Came into the trade just as CTP was becoming the next big thing. Used to play in a band as a drummer and attended Exeter College with the Muse lead singer Matthew Bellamy who were, as it turns out, far better than we were ever going to be.
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We all know and love Photoshop for its pixel-based manipulation. In this tutorial, I decided to look into Photoshop’s vector capabilities, combined with gradients, layer modes, and layer styles to produce a great-looking, almost photo-realistic lighter.
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