Recently I saw a tutorial where someone was showing how to combine shapes in Photoshop, but in fact they didn’t actually show that… Their suggestion was to group or combine the shapes into smart objects. Well, there is a way to actually combine shapes in Photoshop, so I thought I’d show you how to do it!
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Double Strokes in Adobe Illustrator
One of the most common questions I get about typography or anything design related really, is how to add a double stroke to an object in Photoshop or Illustrator. Well, Photoshop is a different story, but in Illustrator it’s super easy and in this tutorial I walk you step-by-step through using the appearance panel to do just that!
Fake HDR in Adobe Lightroom
Since I’ve been exploring the world of HDR there have been a few people asking how to get an HDR-like effect on their images without having to use a DSLR to bracket exposures or buying a program like Photomatix Pro… Well, in this tutorial I show you how to create fake HDR using Adobe Lightroom 3.
Selective Sharpening in Photoshop
In this video I show you how to utilize a technique that I call “Selective Sharpening” using unsharp mask and a little layer masking magic inside of Adobe Photoshop.
