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Top Non-Destructive Photoshop Techniques

Posted by Adrian Taylor on March 9, 2012 · Comments Off

The creative process is not a linear one. As artists and designers, we often set off in one direction only to decide that the proper solution lies somewhere else completely. Unfortunately, many of the creative software packages we use (Photoshop in particular) can be pretty unforgiving when in comes to making changes late in the game. Sure, we’ve got “Undo” [...]

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GuideGuide: Free Plugin For Dealing With Grids In Photoshop

Posted by Cameron McEfee on January 3, 2012 · Comments Off

This article is the fourth in our new series that introduces the latest, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework; the third presented Sisyphus.js, a library for Gmail-like client-side drafts. [...]

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Mixing Up Illustration: Combining Analog And Digital Techniques

Posted by David Mottram on December 7, 2011 · Comments Off

In the digital age, don’t forget to use your digits! Your hands are the original digital devices — Lynda Barry People often ask how I arrived at a finished illustration. Honestly, it’s different every time, but it always starts with a hand-drawn sketch. [...]

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Exporting From Photoshop

Posted by Marc Edwards on November 23, 2011 · Comments Off

Congratulations. You’ve just completed a pixel-perfect mock-up of an app, and you’ve gotten the nod from everyone on the team. All that’s left to do is save the tens, hundreds or maybe even thousands of production assets required to bring it to life. It’s [...]

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Establishing Your Grid In Photoshop

Posted by Steve Schoeffel on November 9, 2011 · Comments Off

Creating a grid is typically one of the very first things you do when starting a design comp. After all, it provides the basic structure on which the rest of your design will lie. In this article, we’ll provide two different methods for efficiently establishing [...]

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The Whys And The Hows Of Textures In Web Design

Posted by Jon Savage and Simon H. on October 3, 2011 · Comments Off

Texture is becoming integral to design. It’s gone beyond being a trend — it’s now a simple and effective way to add depth to a website. Wielding the power of texture is a great responsibility. It increases the effectiveness of websites and [...]

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The Lost Art Of Design Etiquette

Posted by Dan Rose on August 29, 2011 · Comments Off

Endless layers in Photoshop. Overstuffed image folders. That jQuery plug-in that has 12 files associated with it. Hundreds or thousands of individual pieces go into making a website. No wonder we go off the deep end when we can’t find a closing div — er, section tag. We work with a ridiculously large number of things, and how we organize them [...]

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Mastering Photoshop Techniques: Layer Styles

Posted by Thomas Giannattasio on August 12, 2011 · Comments Off

Layer Styles are nothing new. They’ve been used and abused again and again. Despite their ubiquity, or perhaps because of it, many designers do not yet realize the full potential of this handy menu. Its beauty lies in our ability to create an effect and then copy, modify, export, hide or trash it, without degrading the content of the layer. Below we present, [...]

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Useful Photoshop Tools and Techniques For Your Workflow

Posted by Smashing Editorial on May 4, 2011 · Comments Off

Productivity is a crucial asset of professional designers. Photoshop is an extremely powerful application for photo processing and image manipulation, and we can make it even more powerful by using handy tools, actions, plugins and templates to save time for solving mundane regular tasks. The better our professional tool set is, the more time we can spend to focus on the actual design [...]

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Pixel Perfection When Rotating, Pasting And Nudging In Photoshop

Posted by Marc Edwards on April 14, 2011 · Comments Off

When creating Web and app interfaces, most designers slave over every single pixel, making sure it’s got exactly the right color, texture and position. If you’re not careful, though, some common functions like moving, rotating and pasting can undo your hard work, resulting in a blurry mess. But with some small changes to your workflow, you should be able to maintain the highest-quality [...]

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