Category Archives: Photoshop Tutorials

Futuristic Metal text effect

By miligraf | Published: April 16, 2008
Open a 300×100 document, with a white background. Press Control + J and fill it with 353D44. Type your text, size: 36 pt, and select two colors for it. I will use 65798B for the first part and D6DBDF for the second: Now to save some time do this: click on the blue arrow in Styles, [...]
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Blurred Dream Glamour photo effect

By miligraf | Published: April 16, 2008
First of all, open the picture you want to modify in Photoshop, resize it to 400px in width (Image > Image Size) and Auto Level it (Control + Shift + L). Duplicate the layer by pressing Control + J and with the duplicated layer selected go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and type [...]
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Reflected Glass

By miligraf | Published: April 11, 2008
I will show you how to get this reflected-glass effect for your artwork or the one you are working on: First, put the color of your glass in A2B4BE or if you already have the shape, then just go to Blending Options > Color Overlay and apply it. Now go to Blending Options and use these settings [...]
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How to write a popular Photoshop tutorial

By miligraf | Published: April 9, 2008
Let me start this tutorial by saying: “Unique tutorials are popular”…I bet you were not surprised, but do you know what is “unique” in the Photoshop world? The answer is: rare, trendy and usable. Let me explain: - Rare: something that looks impressive but with no real usage as for a website. People will want to make [...]
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Digitize your handwritten signature

By miligraf | Published: April 9, 2008
First you have to write down your signature or the text that you want to “digitize” in a white sheet, you can use any color. There are different ways to get the image in your computer: with a scanner (the best), digital camera or cellphone camera (the worst). If you use a scanner, scan it at 300 [...]
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Be Superman

By miligraf | Published: April 8, 2008
Open a document with 300×200 px and a white background. Press Control + Shift + N to create a New Layer, select the Polygonal Lasso Tool (press L) and create this shape and fill it with black: Now press Control + J to duplicate the layer and go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal, now [...]
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