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Generate Amazing Text FX
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Create AMAZING Text FX Online!

Generate your own amazing, photoshop quality text effects online! textfx.co

Digitally Collage a Camouflage Paper Jacket
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Digitally Collage a Camouflage Paper Jacket

This tutorial demonstrates how to control the placement of patterns to blend an image into the background, as camouflage. It also shows how to make that same pattern pop out and mold into realistic texture in other areas of the design. Let's take a look at a workflow to achieve this effect.

Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect
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Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect

In this tutorial, we will create this effect using very basic Photoshop tools and layering effects. This tutorial is simple enough for a beginner to understand, but I should warn you that in this tutorial there ends up being over 60 active text layers, which will require a heavy use of your computer’s memory. Let’s jump into this tutorial and layer some glowing text.

Make an Apple Coldplay Style Ad in Photoshop
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Make an Apple Coldplay Style Ad in Photoshop

Recently, Apple released a new iTunes video advertisement featuring the band Coldplay and the song, "Viva la Vida." As is usual with Apple ads, this commercial is very beautiful. The coolest thing is that this time they chose to use light effects with glows and sparks. As I'm a really big fan of this style, I thought it would be nice to have a tutorial showing how to create that effect.

Create a Mobile Phone Ad Design
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Create a Mobile Phone Ad Design

Let’s design a mobile phone advertisement. It’s inspired by mobile phone posters, billboard designs, and magazine advertisements. We’ll be reviewing using Smart Filters and Objects in this tutorial, as well as multiple techniques to create this design.

Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop
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Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop

Flames are particularly hard to render in Photoshop, but in this tutorial I’ll show you how to use a photograph of fire to set text to the match. We’ll render the look on a nice dark background with a gorgeous text effect to complete the image. This is the second of our five part series on Photoshop Typography.

6 Quick’n'Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch
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6 Quick’n'Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch

Photoshop is great for embellishing display text with little effects. When you add layer styles into the equation, you have the added benefit of the styles being easily transferrable. In this tutorial I'll show you how to make 6 different effects using just layer styles. So really this is like 6 tutorials in one!

Create an Impressive Mock-up of a Grunge Box
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Create an Impressive Mock-up of a Grunge Box

Learn how to create impressive mock-up designs. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Vanishing Point Filter to get quick and professional presentation results. The final result is a realistic looking box, which looks well-worn, as if it was shipped worldwide. Use these techniques to create other mock-ups in your design work as well.

Create Cool Watercolor Effects in Photoshop
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Create Cool Watercolor Effects in Photoshop

Sometime ago I wrote an article on my blog listing some fashion style illustrations from really amazing designers such as: Bruno Fujii, Margot Mace, Raphaël of My Dead Pony, Stina Person, and others. The coolest thing in their design work is their use of watercolor effects. So in this tutorial I will show a quick way to simulate that effect using only Photoshop and some Brushes.

Create a Wavy Blackberry Style Wallpaper Design
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Create a Wavy Blackberry Style Wallpaper Design

In this tutorial I will show you how to create an abstract background image using Photoshop only. The design has a cool wavy pattern with interesting lighting effects, like the Blackberry 9000 wallpaper. This is a tutorial you can sit down and complete in less than an hour, let’s get started.

Create a Shiny Lock Icon Design
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Create a Shiny Lock Icon Design

Another popular icon that you can find on the internet is (no doubt) the lock icon. It is widely used to identify secure web pages. It often indicates password fields for secure files. Wherever you wish to place a lock icon, this tutorial will show you how to create an attractive one for you to use!

Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop
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Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we’ll create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.

Create a Dark Themed Web Design from Scratch
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Create a Dark Themed Web Design from Scratch

This tutorial covers the key areas to focus on when creating a website design. This is a blog style design, but the techniques and strategies used in this design could be applied elsewhere across the web as well. Learn how to create a colorful design set against a dark background.

Create a 60’s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster
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Create a 60’s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to create a retro 60's Psychedelic concert poster. This tutorial relies heavily on the use of the warp tool, but includes a few other techniques as well. Let's get started.

Use a 3D Model to Create a Dramatic Scene in Photoshop
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Use a 3D Model to Create a Dramatic Scene in Photoshop

For this tutorial you'll need Photoshop CS3 Extended, as the tutorial utilizes that versions unique 3D tools. You will import a three dimensional object of an airplane and use it to create a dramatic scene. Use the Vanishing Point filter to create realistic shadows, add texture to the model, and use brush tools to get awesome results.