For many professional illustrators, Photoshop is the tool of choice to create hand-drawn digital artwork or paintings. With the right knowledge and skills, it can be used to create stunning works of art. With that said, we’re not all professional illustrators. In this tutorial we will explain how to achieve similar results by applying Filter Forge effects to quick hand-drawn sketches. Let’s get started!
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Most designers have at some point in their career, been faced with having to design artwork for a friend or family member, on a tight deadline, with no budget. In those instances, designers often have to rely on special tools and effects to help them quickly produce the artwork they need so that they can get back to work on other projects. In this tutorial we will explain how you can use Filter Forge, to help create a car show poster in Photoshop. Let’s get started!
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Are you looking for a place to host your new or current website? If so, our friends at Eleven2 are offering Psdtuts+ readers 68% off their shared (S-200) hosting package and 53% off their reseller (R-100) package for the first year. To take advantage of this fantastic designer hosting special, all you have to do is Sign Up before March 31, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST.
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Let’s be honest, most of Photoshop’s default filters and effects don’t give you much flexibility and don’t always look very realistic. Filter Forge is a powerful third-party plugin for Photoshop that allows you to do some pretty amazing things with filters, and even create your own. Today, our friends at Filter Forge are celebrating their 5th Anniversary by giving away a copy of Filter Forge 3.0 to 5 lucky Psdtuts+ readers.
Update: this giveaway has concluded and the winners have been selected. Thanks to everyone who participated.
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Photoshop’s default filters and effects don’t always give you the look and flexibility that you are looking for. Over the last several months, we have been introducing you to Filter Forge, a powerful third-party plugin that allows you to apply 4,000 amazing effects to your images, and even create your own. In this tutorial, we will explain how Filter Forge works and how you can get started with this fantastic plugin. Let’s get started!
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If you’re a graphic or web designer by trade, chances are coding a website isn’t something that you prefer to spend your time on. That’s why many designers get frustrated when tasked with having to design and code a site by themselves. Today, our friends at PSD2HTML are coming to the rescue by offering 4 lucky Psdtuts readers $300 worth of services for free. To enter, all you have to do is submit your entry using the form below.
Update: the winners of this giveaway have been chosen and contacted. Thanks to everyone who participated.
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Are you looking to start your new year with a fresh set of prints to help promote your design business? Today, our friends at UPrinting are kicking off 2012 by giving away business cards, posters, or postcards to 36 lucky Tuts+ readers. To enter, all you have to do is submit your entry using the form below and select which prize you would prefer.
Update: The winners for this giveaway have been selected. Thanks to everyone who participated.
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Let’s be honest, most of Photoshop’s default filters and effects don’t give you much flexibility and don’t always look very realistic. Filter Forge is a powerful third-party plugin for Photoshop that allows you to do some pretty amazing things with filters, and even create your own. Today, our friends at Filter Forge are giving away a copy of Filter Forge 3.0 to 3 lucky Psdtuts+ readers.
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If you are on Facebook or Twitter, chances are you’ve seen your friends post vintage, retro, worn, or decayed looking photos to their profile using apps like Instagram or Hipstamatic. Mobile apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic make it easy to produce these types of effects on your mobile device but unfortunately, it can be quite difficult and time-consuming to produce a similar effect using Photoshop alone. In this tutorial, author Mark Heaps will introduce you to Retrographer, a fantastic plugin for Photoshop that will allow you to apply similar effects to your photos in minutes with powerful fine-tuning control not possible in fixed preset applications. Let’s get started!
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Let’s be honest, most of Photoshop’s default filters and effects don’t give you much flexibility and don’t always look very realistic. For the last few months, we’ve been introducing you to Filter Forge, a powerful third-party plugin for Photoshop that allows you to do some pretty amazing things with filters, and even create your own. This month, our friends at Filter Forge have a big announcement, the release of Filter Forge 3.0 and today, we are giving away a copy to 3 lucky Psdtuts+ readers.
Update: Congratulations to Julio Leite, Joe Whitten, Kaine Menzie. You have all won a free copy of Filter Forge 3.0. Enjoy!
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