Photoshop Vinyl Tutorial: How to Design a Retro Record

Here is an excellent Photoshop vinyl tutorial for you. In 7 steps, you learn how to design a photorealistic vinyl record - from scratch! That means there are no stock images involved, but you will be using Photoshop shapes and masks to create an original vinyl record. It will have that perfect retro style. Try this Photoshop tutorial out now.
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Posted on January 11th, 2008 in Tutorials | No Comments »

Swirls: Photoshop Brushes

Here is another set of Photoshop brushes from Brusheezy. They include various swirls and seeds and work with Photoshop 7.0 and up. Take a look at these cool swirls for yourself. Continue reading Swirls: Photoshop Brushes

Posted on January 10th, 2008 in Photoshop Brushes | 2 Comments »

JavaScript Highlight Text Code: Highlight all Text in a Textarea Box

We all know HTML textarea boxes. They are perfect for feedback or contact forms on your website or blog - but also for delivering code or text conveniently to the reader. This JavaScript highlight text code especially comes in handy if you are writing HTML, CSS, PHP, or JavaScript tutorials, or other web design tutorials. It comes in even more handy to the reader if they only click once on the text box, and they have the whole text inside highlighted, ready to copy to their clipboard!

Well, it’s not hard to do this at all - all you need is a simple line of JavaScript code. Continue reading JavaScript Highlight Text Code: Highlight all Text in a Textarea Box

Posted on January 10th, 2008 in JavaScript | No Comments »

The perfect Lorem Ipsum Generator

We use this Lorem Ipsum Generator very often when we design websites or print material. If you’re working on a project and you need dummy text, this is where you should go. Simply specify how many words you need (or characters, or paragraphs) and hit “Go”, and this wonderful free blind text generator gives you exactly what you want, ready to copy&paste to your favorite design or copywriting application such as Adobe InDesign. Of course, the Lorem Ipsum generator is perfect for web design projects as well!
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Posted on December 14th, 2007 in Copywriting | 1 Comment »

Photoshop Hair Tutorial: How to Select Frizzy Hair

This is a rather well-known problem in graphic design, be it for web design or print design. You have a complex object, like hair, and want to extract it from its background. Well, here is a very good Photoshop hair tutorial on how to use Photoshop’s Extract Filter. Check it out.

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Posted on December 12th, 2007 in Tutorials | 1 Comment »