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From TextutsTextuts –3D Chipped, Painted Wood Text Effect:
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Use some textures and a couple of different 3D material and light settings, as well as adjustment layers, to create a realistic chipped, painted wood text effect…
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From Graphics – CreativePro.com –Welcome to The Digital Art Studio:
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Digital Art Studio 1: Customizing Photoshop shortcuts This is the first post in a new series we’re calling The Digital Art Studio. Here I’ll share with you some of the ways I integrate digital tools into my creative workflow. These posts will generally be fairly short and will mainly focus on the digital aspect to how I create artwork. Projects will alternate between each of the different apps (mostly Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator), some will move between apps, and others will touch on how I integrate traditional and digital tools together. I intended this first post to be a dive into a cool project, but realized that before I get down to work in my digital studio, I always make sure that it?s set up so I?m able to move quickly, intuitively, and smoothly. It’s the digital equivalent of scraping down my palette and squeezing out new paint. Things must be set up properly if you?re going to work smoothly. So if I’m sitting down at a new machine, or I’ve recently reinstalled Photoshop or trashed preferences, my checklist means modifying a few preferences (such as turning off some of the Zoom settings and choosing the lightest User Interface)…”
From PSD Stack – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics –Set a Peaceful Woodlands Scene With Photoshop:
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In this tutorial, we`ll create a cute photo manipulation of an innocent deer in the forest. Great practice for blending multiple elements!”
From PictureCorrect – Latest Tutorial Listings –How to Use Motion Blur in Timelapse Photography:
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In this tutorial, we`ll explore four elements of photography that impact a timelapse – in particular, we`ll look at the impact of shutter speed on motion blur.”
From TrendHunter.com – Cool Websites and Internet Culture –Church Connectivity Projects – This Protestant Church Internet Initiative Increases Wifi Connection (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) This church Internet initiative gives connected congregations access to free wifi. Godspot provides free Internet to people inside or nearby churches that are a part of the German network. This…
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From PictureCorrect – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics –How to Create Stunning Sunset Photos With Luminosity Masks and Photoshop:
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Got an overexposed sunset photo? Well, with some quick camera tricks and some post-editing in Photoshop, you can fix that, no problem!”
From Textuts –Realistic Creased Text Effect Using the Displace Filter:
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Use the Displace filter to apply the text to a dynamic surface correctly, and make it conform to that surface to get a more realistic result…
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From Queness Feed –Optimize Your Websites For Killer Page Load Speed:
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No matter how well your website is designed, if your it loaded painfully slow, you will lose your visitor’s interest. Page loading time is very important thing to provide great user experience. If you’re wondering how fast your page load, try this Google Page Speed to see your score.
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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Websites and Internet Culture –Emoji-Shaped Power Banks – These Playful Power Banks Are Shaped Like Popular Icons (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) These emoji power banks can be used as a creative gift for people obsessed with the popular emoticons.Emojis seem to have become symbols that represent Millennial culture, with thousands of these…
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