Advanced MP3 Player

By miligraf | Published: April 16, 2008

Create a 400×400 document with a white BG. then using the Rectangle Rounded Tool, create a standing rectangle and right-click the layer and Raterize Layer:

Then right-click and use this blending options:

Nice, huh. now we will create the screen, then again with the Rectangle Rounded Tool create a rectangle in the top part of the one you made before, raterize layer:

Right-click and use this blending options:

For the Gradient Overlay just choose the “Foreground to Background” and change colors but the two colors have to be in the same range just one darker than the other.
looking nice, now select the Pen Tool. the first Anchor Point put it in the 3/4 (from up down) in the left side of the screen and the other in the 1/4 (from up down) in the right side of the screen:

now something weird will happen, dont worry just close the path:

now with the path closed, raterize the layer and press Ctrl-I. now select the screen layer and select the Magic Wand Tool, click outside the screen and select again the that you just raterized and press DELETE. now just set that layer to Soft Light:

for the screen we will need some icons. go to DaFont and download the CellPic font (so we save a lot of work). now using that font type (all in seperated layers) H, J and N. in the N layer, press Ctrl+T and rotate. Place all layers on top of the screen and under the Soft Lighted one. Now just add the Track number, artist name, song name and some other things you see in a CD/MP3-Player screen. The font i used for text is named DS-Digital, you can find it in DaFont too.

Now we need buttons, create some small rectangles using the Rectangle Rounded Tool. Then right-click the first layer you created and Copy Layer Style then right-click the buttons layer and Paste Layer Style. Now go to Blending Options and in the Bevel and Emboss change the style to Inner Bevel and in the Shading change the angle to 90°.

Now for the Play button, in a new layer holding Shift create a small square then press Ctr+T and rotate, then cut half. And keep doing this until you are finished with all buttons you need.

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Image in Screen

By miligraf | Published: April 16, 2008

Ok, first you will need a screen photo in which you will insert your image/logo. For this tutorial we can use this one but next time get one with a white background so you can cut it out easily.

Copy the image, open a new document and paste it. Now select the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L), zoom the or create perspective:

Get your image/logo, lets use the one from Unique Logo tutorial. Resize it (Control + T and reduce from the corner) so it will be visible in the whole screen, set Opacity of your image to 40% so you place it where you want:

Now, press Control + T again and holding Control grab the squares until its paralell to the screen:

Choose the Magic Wand (W), select the screen layer and click inside (the part that you cutted out), now go to your image layer and press Control + Shift + I and hit delete on your keyboard. Set Opacity to 100% again and press Control + D:

* If you got this:

Go to Blending Options in your image layer, click Outer Glow y select Normal y change the color to 40403F, leave the rest as it is.

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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, select the Web Styles and click append.

Apply the -White to Transparent- Style (the one in the red box) to the text layer:

Now right-click text layer and go to Blending Options:

Outer Glow
Blend Mode: Soft Light
Opacity: 40%

And change color to Black (000000). Leave the rest as default.

Go to Gradient Overlay and change the Blend Mode to Soft Light and click OK. In the Layers window change Fill from 0% to 100%, its on 0% since we applied the style but in order to have it like this, you have to change that:

Quite nice huh? now the last and most important step since it gives that futuristic metal effect. Press Control + Shift + N, to create a new layer. While holding Control click the text layer, once you get the selection, the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) and holding Alt deselect the bottom-half part of the text:

Fill the selection with white and set the layer to Soft Light and press Control + D to deselect:

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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 3px for the radius and set the layer Blend Mode to Lighten, by now you should have something like this:

Press Control + J to duplicate the blurred layer, set the Blend Mode to Overlay and set the Opacity to 50%, this should be your final result:

Check the change:

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Create amazing photomontages

By miligraf | Published: April 14, 2008

Create amazing photomontages from DigitalArtsOnline.co.uk

Outcome

When i first saw the outcome i knew i would not find anyother tutorial that would beat this one, even though i kept looking the other tutorials to see if they had a chance but it was not agaisnt this one.

The tutorial is meant for intermediate-experienced people, the only problem i find is that it does not really have a functionality (if you dont think on selling artwork)…it is only to make a good photomontage but if you work as a graphic designer or plan to do it, well this will surely help you get some clients.

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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 (just change the ones listed):

Inner Glow
Blend Mode: Soft Light
Opacity: 70%
Color: Black
Size: 30

By now, it should look like this:

After this, duplicate your glass layer with Control + J and name it Reflexion1. Holding Control click on Reflexion1 layer, (before continuing, please select your Marquee Tool) then right-click inside the selection and select Feather and set it to 15 pixels (the number may vary depending on your glass size), now put your mouse inside the selected area and holding Shift, drag it down a bit and press Delete on your keyboard several times (again, it depends on your glass size) and apply these Blending Options to the Reflexion1 layer:

Color Overlay
Blend Mode: Normal
Color: White

And it should look like this:

Now, duplicate the Reflexion1 layer with Control + J and name it Reflexion2, now, we do the same as before but you leave it thinner like this (the Reflexion2 is in black so you see how thin):

We are almost done so you must have something like this:

The only thing left is some extra reflections in the middle, for this you will need to get a duplicate of the complete glass layer and place it at the top of the other and name it Reflexion3.

With Reflexion3 layer selected, do the same as we did to the first Reflexion1 (the Feather thing) but lets break it up:

After you feathered the selection, bring it down to half the glass:

and press Delete, then press Control + Shift + I (to inverse selection) and bring it up a little:

and press Delete again and thats it, you are done.

I hope this tutorial helps you for getting a nice reflected-glass for your artworks as it worked for me.

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Black Sleek Navigation Bar

By miligraf | Published: April 11, 2008

Black Sleek Navigation Bar from Photoshop-Garden.com

Outcome

Of all the tutorials I saw today, this was the best simply because of the result. The navigation bar is sometimes the place where a site’s design starts and with this tutorial you will have a great beginning.

The tutorial was made for people that know their photoshop (knows where everything is located) and it is quite short -10 min tut-.
I always have a hard time on details when making a design, the navigation bar result has details but the tutorial does not tells you how to make them…

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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 the tutorial just to show it off and say: “Hey I did this in Photoshop!”. These “rare” types are, as the name says, rare to see because people don’t experiment with Photoshop as much as in the old days. Since few people make them they easily become popular.

- Trendy: something that everyone is a fan of or that you hear about it anywhere, like a movie, a game, etc. This type of tutorials you see it now and then, they come out when people dare to recreate what they’ve seen. Again, since few people make them they easily become popular.

- Usable: tutorials about something that every Photoshop user will want to create because they need it or will need it, like a forum signature, a website template, a logo, etc. You can find this type of tutorials everyday but nothing new, just improved and consequently they do not become so popular. Only the first 5-10 tutorials about a new thing will become popular.

Now that I’ve explained you the type of tutorials that become popular, let me take you through some things on how a popular tutorial should be:

- First of its kind: be the person to write the first tutorial about something that could be functional or non-functional, like a movie logo tutorial or an aurora borealis tutorial. It doesn’t matter what it is about, just be sure that is the first out there.

- Well explained: it doesn’t matter if you think your tutorial is for advanced Photoshop users, always write them as if you were talking to a first-time Photoshop user. This will get you some more hundreds of visitors and a couple of faithful people that will stick around at your site or forum, because they feel that they can learn anything if you explain it.

- Be creative: try to create a tutorial that when people look at the final result they will ask: “How did you do that?! Show me how!”. Before you publish a tutorial show the final result to people that have your same or a superior level of Photoshop knowledge and ask them how you could improve it, this will help you to elevate the tutorial quality.

You now know which kind of tutorials become popular and how to write them, it’s up to you what are you going to write a tutorial about…my advice is: be curious on how things can be done in Photoshop and if you fail while trying to get the same result, try it a couple of more times because I am sure you will get a similar result or something else that will make a great tutorial to write about.

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