Creating Architectural Animations with Photoshop CS4 Extended

Photoshop can be used for much more than pixel pushing these days. Photoshop CS4 Extended not only handles 3D models, but it has a sophisticated timeline animation mode that lets you keyframe changes over time. In this tutorial, we will open a 3D residential model in Photoshop and create a 30 second flyaround animation that displays a moving cross-sectional plane see final animation here Working with 3D Objects in Photoshop The first thing to understand is that Photoshop is not a 3D modeling program—models have to be built and texture mapped elsewhere. For this tutorial, we're using "The...

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20 Photoshop Secrets Revealed…

Every graphic designer works with secrets shortcuts or tricks that should never be told, like a magician But…as always, i have no secrets with you so here you have 20 tricks save-time.Have fun and if you want…share in the comments other tips! 1) If you hold down ALT+CTRL+SHIFT (Mac: CMD+OPT+SHIFT) while starting Photoshop you can reset all the Photoshop settings back to factory default. Very usefull if you have problems with some tools or the interface. 2) One of my favorites. ALT+Click on the “eye” icon in the layer’s palette to hide all other layers. 3) Do you have trouble to find the cursor when you work with large canvases?Simply press the spacebar and you’ll see the hand icon where the cursor is located. 4) When you are applying a “drop shadow” layer effect, try to leave open the dialog...

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Best of the - February 2009

February is known for its lack of days when we have a leap year but there is no lack in great Photoshop material! This month we have tutorials on creating a breathtaking fantasy scene, an amazing set of icons and wallpapers, and the usual inspirational articles. So lets get into it!Colorful Lighting Effect In IllustratorThere are a number of amazing tutorials out there that teach you how to create some really awesome futuristic light wispy effects. I’ve always found this type of design very interesting, but everything you see is almost completely created in Photoshop. I recently had a project where I wanted this effect, but had to use only vector...

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Illustrator diamond flower

Not sure if my title describes exactly what I’ll try to explain in this tutorial, but it in the center of the shape I see a flower and the outside reminds me of a diamond. I’m sure there are a few different ways to create such a shape. It’s all pretty simple really. The hard part is choosing the right colors, right transparency value and transparency mode because you need to experiment a lot to achieve the result you want. Draw a circle Start by drawing a circle. Select the Ellipse Tool (L) and hold down the Shift key while dragging. Fill the circle with a color to your liking. My suggestion here is either to use a dark color and tone...

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