Photoshop Tutorials

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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by Chad Neuman

You 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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by Chad Neuman

Let’s say you need add an image to another one, but it needs to look seamless. The image we’ll be adding to the other needs to have the same angle and texture of the other one. We can use the lens distortion tool and a layer blending mode for this example, and it’s also a fun way to learn the lens distortion tool and layer blending modes. Read the rest of this entry »