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How to Create a Stereoscopic Image for Crossed Eye Image Viewing

Jan 8th in Designing, Effects by George Smith

In this tutorial we will create a stereoscopic image for cross eye viewing, which means you will be able to view the final image in 3D and full color without the use of any special glasses.

I will be creating a simple piece from scratch for the sake of this tutorial but the final technique learned can be applied to existing artwork very easily, granted you are the creator and have the PSD file.

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How to Design a Print-Ready Flier with Photoshop and Illustrator

Dec 10th in Designing, Text Effects by Tyler Denis

In this tutorial we are going to create 3D text and integrate it in a natural environment. We will not use any 3D programs, so all you need is Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create this effect.

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Dirty Design: Create a Grungy Thriller Book Cover

Nov 19th in Designing by Callum Chapman

We’re often told to not judge a book by its cover, but in most cases we do. If a book doesn’t have a nice cover, it probably wouldn’t catch our attention in the first place. In this tutorial, I’ll be teaching you how to create a dirty grunge book cover design complete with bleeds!

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Render a Cereal Box Cover from Scratch Using Photoshop’s 3D Tools

Sep 22nd in 3D, Designing by Alvaro Guzman

Hi everyone! This time I’ve got for you a fun tutorial, we’ll create a cereal box design from scratch, using only Photoshop. We will render several fruit flavored cereal loops using the Photoshop’s CS4 Extended 3D tools, apply textures to the loops, bump the surfaces and mock-up them into a real 2D image. Are you ready?

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Create an Intense Movie Poster in Photoshop

Sep 14th in Designing, Painting by Alex Beltechi

Designers love to be critical about movie posters, and while you may think you have better ideas about how to sell a movie to an audience, how many times have you actually tried doing it? In this tutorial, we’re going to create a poster for a fictional movie called "Fugitive." The movie is meant to be a suspenseful thriller that features one’s escape under the cover of darkness, despite man’s attempt to capture the lone hero. Thin and cheesy plot? Check. Awesome opportunity to better your PSD skills? You got it!

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It’s Time to Create a ‘Neo-Constructivist’ Poster with Photoshop

Jun 22nd in Designing, Illustration, Photo Effects by Alvaro Guzman

Constructivist graphic design is often associated with communist politics and propaganda, but it’s more than that, Constructivism is about using bright colors, playing with lightness, perspective, geometrical forms, besides photomontage techniques and digital collage. This time I’ll dare to name this tutorial a ‘Neo-Constructivist’ design. It’s time to get started!

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Design a Ready to Print Brochure in Photoshop

May 24th in Designing by Alvaro Guzman

This time I’ll help you to create a ready to print three-fold brochure from scratch using only Photoshop. This tutorial is ideal for beginners and for people who want to know more about print design. Let’s get it started!

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Create and Print a Brochure with Photoshop, Indesign and UPrinting.com – Part 1

May 22nd in Designing by Collis

Years ago when I first decided that I’d like to try out print design (my background is in web and screen work), I had this impression that there was some magically difficult things you had to know to get stuff printed. The reality is that for simple projects it’s actually very easy. In this tutorial I will walk you through the complete process of designing a simple brochure, getting it ready for print and then actually uploading it to a commercial online printer, checking the proof and seeing the finished product.

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Make a Quick’n'Dirty Letterhead in … MS Word!

May 21st in Designing by Collis

Yes you read that title correctly! In this tutorial we are going to take the brand we created in Part 1 and make a letterhead for Microsoft Word to accompany the business cards we put together and printed in Part 2. While traditional letterheads are made by getting them printed at a printers and then running the letterhead paper through the printer, in my experience there are a great many clients who are either too cheap or too lazy to take that option. For all those types of clients (including me!) this is a really easy way of providing a letterhead at very little expense that still looks professional.

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How to Create a Retro Boxing Poster in Photoshop

May 19th in Designing by James Davies

As it’s Graphic Design Week here on Psdtuts+, let’s take a look at some basic Graphic Design principles and cast an eye over the Boxing Poster aesthetic from yesteryear.

Creating a retrograde look is nothing new, but there are some things to keep an eye out for when mimicking Graphic Design from any decades past. We’ll be drawing inspiration from Poster Design from the 1960s, particularly Boxing Posters from that era. Let’s get started!

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