Photoshop Tutorials

This is a short Adobe Illustrator tutorial that introduces shape modes in the pathfinder palette to create new shapes.

This is a short Adobe Illustrator tutorial on how to have text flow on a path, whether it’s on a path drawn with the pen tool or a shape such as a circle.

by Chad Neuman

The Pathfinder palette is a useful to when using Adobe Illustrator. Here’s a tutorial on creating text and gradient clouds using this palette. Read the rest of this entry »

by Chad Neuman

Let’s create the layout for planning a website portfolio. By doing so, we’ll learn a few techniques, including applying gradients to simulate a dried paint effect, the Add to Shape command in the Pathfinder palette, clipping masks, and typing on a path. Read the rest of this entry »

by 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.

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by Chad Neuman

Learn to create warped text that is still editable on top of another object by creating a pirate’s map.

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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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