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Designing a Professional Clan/Gaming Web Template 2007-08-19 00:05:28 I know I’ve already (somewhat recently) done a tutorial on a designing a clan/gaming template, but this is one looks completely different, and of course I just love designing clan templates! So, in this easy step-by-step tutorial, I’m going to be showing you how to design a somewhat professional, clan-gaming website template. You can see the preview below.
(what we’ll be designing - click for larger) (more…) Read more:Designing
, Gaming
Designing a Simple but Professional Website Design 2007-08-17 01:37:24 Well, in this easy Photoshop tutorial I’m going to be teaching you how to make a nice website design, a professional (business-style) website design, that is. You can see the website design I’ve made using this tutorial below.
(click for larger) (more…) Read more:Designing
, Simple
Butter Scotch (logo) Text Effect 2007-07-10 11:32:08 Sorry, but yet another text effect tutorial! I just can’t seem to think of any other ideas lately, feel free to leave a message in the comments if you have any ideas! Anyway, in this nice ‘n’ simple tutorial I’m going to be showing you how to make a “ButterScotch
” text effect Like the one shown in the image below:
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Great-Quality Photoshop Resources 2007-06-27 23:44:34 While I’m trying to get inspired to write some of my own tutorials, I thought some of you might like someones else’s tutorials to look at. These are, in my opinion, some of the best tutorial resources on the internet. (more…) Read more:Photoshop
, Great
, Quality
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Forums are Ready - Tutorial Suggestions? 2007-06-24 23:33:08 Sorry for not updating in the last few days, I’m just a little uninspired Does anyone have any ideas for tutorials you would like to see my write and publish? If so, please feel free to leave a message in the comments!
On another note: I’ve finally gotten around to putting the forums up. They don’t look the best at the moment, but rest assured they’ll get a facelift one day.
You can check the forums out here.
Please feel free to sign up, and feel most welcome to make a suggestion for the forum in the Feedback section, since I’m a newbie at forum-building, I wasn’t really sure what sections I should put up.
Thanks, and enjoy! Read more:Tutorial
, Forums
(Don’t Fear) the Filter 2007-06-21 03:13:09 This is an article that I read in a Photoshop magazine/handbook that my brother bought me a few months ago. I completely agree with this article, and especially the title, don’t fear the filter!
In recent years, Photoshop filters have developed a bit of an image problem. Now, thanks to the growing sophistication of the digital arts, the time may be ripe for their rehabilitation… (more…) Read more:Filter
3 Great Pixel Pattern Resources 2007-06-18 08:19:03 And three is all there is. I don’t know why, but all I could find was three decent sources for pixel patterns. I hope you enjoy them anyway! (Note: If you’re on the front page, please click here to go to the article!) (more…) Read more:Great
, Resources
, Pixel
, Pattern
Professional Glossy “Download” Button 2007-06-18 02:17:48 In this easy, step-by-step tutorial I’m going to show you how to design a simple, professional & glossy “Download
” button. I’m just using download as an example here, it’s really a multi-purpose button These kind of buttons are also being used a lot on “Web 2.0″ sites lately, so get with the times! (not seriously)
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5 Free 3D Abstract Renders 2007-06-16 06:57:58 These are all pretty old, but I thought I’d share them around anyway. They’re really useful for tons of things, signatures probably being the most common, but also headers, banners, whatever really, you just have to be creative!
So, click the preview images below and you’ll be taken to the full-sized .png files, which you can copy onto your Photoshop canvas. (more…) Read more:Abstract
Glossy-Style Carbon Fibre Navigation Set 2007-09-10 05:31:02 I really love this kind of style, so I thought just I’d share another tutorial with you guys (and girls, of course) on how to design something like what I’ve shown below, a kind of glossy, carbon fiber navigation set Read more:Glossy
, Style
, Carbon
, Navigation
Popular Photoshop Tutorials this Week 2007-09-26 00:42:37 First of all, I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates around here, I’m rather an uninspired person as of recently Here I’ve composed a small list of some of the most popular tutorials from around the web from the last week or so. Enjoy!
Slow Shutter Text Effect on Shotgun Magazine
Advanced Glow Effects [...] Read more:Photoshop
, Tutorials
What do you think of the Black? 2007-09-20 09:33:22 For those of you that haven’t visited PhotoshopStar before, the background used to be a nice sky blue, but I thought I would have a change of scenery and change it to a dark gradient… what do you think
?
PhotoshopStar might also be getting a complete face lift soon, so look out. Read more:Black
PhotoshopStar forums Reopened 2007-10-28 21:44:40 Hi everyone, how are y’all doing today? Good I hope!
Just last night I managed to get the forums going again, this time using different forum software known as vBulletin, which is known to be much safer, more spam-proof and generally better than what I was using before, so I don’t think I’ll have [...]
Photo Restoration: Correcting a Red Over-Saturated Photo 2007-11-14 05:37:58 Correcting a red over-saturated photo using Photo
shop can be either very easy, or very hard. For example, if you have a photo that is completely red rather than just a little bit over the top, then I think you would basically have to desaturate the photo and recolor it from scratch - now this, you [...]
Read more:Correcting
Popular Photoshop Tutorials this Week 2007-11-23 00:38:55 Click images to be taken to the tutorials. Enjoy!
Adobe Photoshop
Tutorial: Easy Watercolor Painting Effect
Ornate Lettering - From sketch to Vector
Old Retro Style Photoshop Tutorial
Designing a Safety Icon
Water Spirit - Drawing Fire
Creating a Stunning Digital Smoke Effect
Comic Art Style Photoshop Tutorial
Design a Beautiful Ribbon
Don’t mind me, I’m just an ad!
Read more:Tutorials
Delicious Golden Ribbon 2008-03-05 20:49:57 Have you ever tried finding a golden ribbon inside of a chocolate bar wrapping to no avail? Well that’s obviously because there are none in them! Just joking, but seriously, who needs real ribbons when we can make our own?
In this quick Photoshop tutorial we’ll be designing our own sweet, golden ribbon! This is a [...] Read more:Delicious
, Golden
, Ribbon
Indiana Jones Movie Logo/Text Effect 2008-02-29 03:28:01 I thought we would celebrate the upcoming release of Indiana
Jones IV, the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by learning how to remake the awesome Indiana Jones
text! So, I’m going to attempt to remake the text effect used in the posters and promotional images
Please note that attempt is emphasized above! This is [...]
Add Stock Textures to Images for extra ‘Oomph’ 2008-02-06 06:54:33 In this little Photoshop tutorial we’ll be designing a quick art piece, and then we’ll be adding some texture to it, this is to demonstrate the use of texture in artwork, as you may be able to see in works from people such as GoMedia. Obviously this method will work better with some things and [...] Read more:Stock
, Textures
, Images
, Oomph
Calling Photoshop Webmasters 2008-02-05 05:42:02 Just letting you guys know that I’m always looking for affiliates and also good websites to add to the resources page. Please feel free to contact me at eli [at] photoshopstar [dot] com.
Even if you’re not a website owner, do you know of any good websites that should be added to the resources page?
We’ve also [...] Read more:Calling
, Photoshop
, Webmasters
Everyone Needs Inspiration, Sometimes 2008-01-25 00:03:41 Whether it be for web design, graphic design, print design, etc. I think everyone needs and can do with a little inspiration at some point, and there’s nothing wrong with it, is there? Normally I just like to look at the colors and shapes of other websites, since those are my main weak points.
I’ve composed [...] Read more:Needs
, Inspiration
, Sometimes
Design your own Presidential Candidate Badge 2008-01-19 21:16:59 Hey, how’s everyone doing today?
Have you ever wanted to be President? Well now it’s possible, (not really) because in this tutorial we’ll be designing our very own presidential candidacy badge. You know, those ‘vote for me’ badges Read more:Presidential
, Candidate
, Badge
Welcome, New Visitors! 2008-01-10 02:37:25 Just a quick post here, gotta say hi to the new visitors on PhotoshopStar I’ve just noticed that I’ve received quite a few extra visits today originating from del.icio.us, so, just saying hi and letting you know I’ll be adding some more content as soon as possible!
Cheers Read more:Welcome
, Visitors
4 High-Res Paper Textures 2007-12-30 11:12:57 Yes… yes… yes! Just found some absolutely beautiful paper textures on Bittbox, be sure to check these out, these can be a great help for spicing up a sometimes bland piece of artwork. Trust me, I know
Free High Res Grungy Paper Textures
via Bittbox.
Filter Forge: Free Metal Plugin 2007-12-29 23:24:01 Are there any metal-texture-loving-photoshoppers here? If there is, you’ll definitely be interested in checking out FilterForge
’s free Photoshop plugin that generates realistic metal. Some examples are: diamond plate metal, tin foil, and ‘alien metal.’
In my honest opinion, this is and absolutely awesome tool! I especially like the diamond plate texture. Did I say [...] Read more:Metal
, Plugin
*Bling Bling* Simple Gold Text Effect 2007-12-29 03:04:15 Ok, ok, I know I’ve already written a tutorial or two on how to make a nice, golden text effect. But again, I’m going to write for you a tutorial on how to make a simple gold text effect by using some layer styles, namely the Gradient Overlay layer style!
I was inspired to [...] Read more:Bling
, Simple
Eye Candy: Neat Scotch Tape 2008-03-11 22:47:21 Hey guys, eye candy tutorial!
In this short Photoshop tutorial we’ll be creating our own cool scotch tape, so you can stick things to stuff… and the like Stuff like this is also useful for grunge-style website designs. Read more:Candy
, Scotch
, Eye Candy
A Couple of Free Wood Textures 2008-03-23 00:45:51 There have been several sites lately that incorporate wood in the design in some way or another. It gives a site a warm and natural feel, and can help make the design look great when done tastefully. If you have yet to do a design with wood, here are a few textures that might help [...] Read more:Textures
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