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Aug30
Better Titles with Adobe Illustrator
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, text effects; Tagged as: gradient, Illustrator Tutorials, outline, text effectsNo Commentsby Chad Neuman
One of the coolest aspects of Illustrator’s Text tool is its flexibility once the text is outlined. You can then edit the text just like any other Illustrator path, moving the letters around and even the lines and shapes around. -
Aug30
Make a Pirate’s Map with Adobe Illustrator
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, text effects; Tagged as: Illustrator Tutorials, text effects, warpNo Commentsby Chad Neuman
Learn to create warped text that is still editable on top of another object by creating a pirate’s map. -
Aug30No Comments
by Chad Neuman
Text layout doesn’t have to be boring. Designer David Carson became famous using unique typographic effects, one of which was flowing text in an unusual way. In many magazines, text not only conveys information but joins the photos and colors to become art and part of the style of the magazine as well. Here’s a way to thread text on paths, which has many possibilities once you get the basic concept. Let’s thread text on path shapes to create unique magazine layout designs. -
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Aug30
Using Photomerge for Stunning Panoramic Photos (and some tips for shooting panoramics)
Filed under: Basics, Landscape, Photography Tutorials, Photoshop Tutorials; Tagged as: landscape photography, panoramics, Photography Tutorials, Photoshop Tutorials1 Commentby Chad Neuman
My wife and I went to Crested Butte, Colorado, recently for spring break. We snowboarded for a few days and enjoyed the outdoors, taking a few photos along the way. One sure thing to do when enjoying the outdoors is to take panoramic shots. You don’t need a wide-angle lens to capture the vast expanse of outdoor landscapes photography. A technique I and many other photographers utilize is to take overlapping shots of a landscape and merge them later in Photoshop. Photoshop CS3 has a few new features and options to consider. -
Aug281 Comment
Magazine Design with InDesign, part 2 of 3
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, InDesign Tutorials, Magazine Design; Tagged as: Illustrator Tutorials, InDesign Tutorials, Magazine Design -
Aug27No Comments
by Chad Neuman
to save some time so you’re not doing repetitive things in Adobe Photoshop? Look no further than the Actions palette. Let’s say you to need to adjust settings, add a filter, resize, or any of the other many options in Photoshop to a large number of photos. Instead of having to go through each photo one at a time, applying effects, resizing, or adjusting levels for example, it’s much easier to edit one photo and record the actions. Then, we can apply that action to an entire folder of images. -
Aug26
Eight Tips for Landscape Photos, with Horizon Leveling Tutorial
Filed under: Basics, Landscape, Photography Tutorials, Photoshop Tutorials; Tagged as: feature articles, landscape photography, Photoshop Tutorials, rotateNo Comments1. Shoot about 30 minutes before and after sunset.
A sunset is a great thing to capture, but even if you’re not shooting the sunset but instead shooting at a 90-degree angle to the sunset or even shooting with the sunset at your back, having that subtle light brings out the colors in landscape photos. Most outdoor photography magazines won’t even consider shots that haven’t been shot around this time, as well as before/after sunrise. -
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Magazine Design with InDesign, part 1 of 3
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, InDesign Tutorials, Magazine Design; Tagged as: Illustrator Tutorials, InDesign Tutorials, live trace, pagination, publication design -
Aug26
Using Public Domain Images for Art
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, Tracing; Tagged as: art, Illustrator Tutorials, pen, public domain, tracingNo Comments
by Chad NeumanYou can use photos to trace over in Adobe Illustrator to make some unique effects and vector art. But if the vector art resembles the original photo to the average person, then you run into copyright issues. For example, when submitting vector art to Istockphoto.com, if you trace your vector art over photos, you’re supposed to include the original photos used and they should be taken by yourself or someone who let you use their copyright.
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