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From Vector Boom – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics –How to Create Seamless Patterns in Illustrator Quickly and Easily:
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Today you’ll learn how to create some quick, easy, and seamless patterns using Adobe Illustrator using a couple of scripts! We’ll show you how to run them with a single click using the Actions panel.”
From CreativePro.com –Using Color Fonts in Photoshop with Fontself:
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Color fonts have been touted as the Next Big Thing. They aren’t universally accepted just yet, but for you early adopters, here’s a great way to build custom fonts directly inside Photoshop. In a previous article we looked at Fontself, the revolutionary plug-in that allows users to create fonts in Adobe Illustrator. Now Fontself has introduced a new plug-in that enables you to create color fonts in Photoshop. First, a word of warning: although you can create the fonts in Photoshop and use them in Photoshop, the number of external applications in which you can use them is at present very limited. They’ll work in most of the apps that ship with a Mac, such as Pages and TextEdit, but they won’t yet work in Illustrator or InDesign. And as for browsers? you’re limited to Firefox and Microsoft Edge for now. Having said that, color font support is likely to be built into most apps in the near future. Color fonts are created in the OpenType-SVG format. If you create a font in Photoshop using Shapes tools, then they’ll be fully scalable…
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From Photoshop Amateur – Latest Tutorial Listings For Photoshop –How to Transform an Image into a Pencil Sketch Using Photoshop:
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This pencil sketch effect will add an artistic flair to any portrait or photograph in your collection!”
From Lindsay Is Awesome – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics –Light Up the Night With Fireworks in Illustrator!:
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In this tutorial, we’ll create those colorful explosions known as fireworks – in Illustrator! Take a look.”
From Lindsay is Awesome – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics –Create a Lake in Photoshop:
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Got a beautiful sky scene and want to reflect it off of a scenic lake? We can show you how to create your own water, even when there’s none to be found, with Photoshop!”
From CreativePro.com –Basic Tips for Color Management:
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In early December, a community of conference-goers explored best practices and new advances in color management at the PIA’s 2016 Color Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. As a native Phoenician, I didn’t have to travel far for the event but quickly learned that the conference had drawn in interested attendees from every corner of the country – and beyond. John McWade presenting at the 2016 Color Conference Opening my vibrant conference schedule for the first time, I was struck by the scope of the event. There was something for everyone. The conference included a color management primer, brilliant keynote lectures, and cutting-edge product demonstrations. There were also dozens of lectures divided into five diverse tracks, including Brand & Design and Print & Production…
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From CreativePro.com –Using Photoshop Templates:
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Do you suffer from Blank Page Syndrome like I do? Instead of staring at the void that is a new document, I often like to start with previous project as a guide, which is why I love using templates as a starting point. Photoshop CC 2017 makes that easy by providing templates and building them right into the workflow for us. When creating a new document (File > New), the re-vamped New Document dialog box includes template options. First, choose the type of document you’d like to create from the categories along the top. The first set of options are blank presets, built to size and resolution for the intended purpose. You can make any necessary changes and even save the new preset for future use by clicking the save icon on the right-hand side of the dialog box. Below the presets are several free pre-designed Adobe templates available for download. You also have the option of browsing through Adobe Stock to buy additional templates, using the search option at the bottom. Click on a template once to view information about the template, such as size, colors used, smart object info, and whether or not the sample images will be…
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From Lindsay is Awesome – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics –Create a Robot in Illustrator!:
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Robots are the future! We’ll draw a friendly, helpful little vector robot in Illustrator for this tutorial. We’ll work with the rectangle and ellipse tools, as well as strokes and the bulge warp effec…”
From VFX Maximum – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics –Create a Haunted Cliff-side Castle With Photoshop:
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Based on a rough sketch, we’ll develop a dark, misty, and ominous scene using multiple stock images, as well as blending, lighting, and shading techniques.”
From CreativePro.com –Illustrator’s Other Drawing Modes:
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If you use Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, you ought to be familiar with both stacking order and layers. Generally speaking, layers let you segregate groups of content, while the stacking order refers to the order in which items are placed on a particular layer. Illustrator has a few additional options for working with the layering of objects on the page. In addition to the Normal drawing mode, two others – Draw Behind and Draw Inside – can save you time in creating objects in your preferred order…
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