Photoshop CS6 Tutorial – How To Create A Tilt Shift Effect

Nov 14,2012 / By Dusty Porter / No Comment

In this video tutorial you learn how to create the “Tilt Shift Effect” within Adobe Photoshop. The tilt shift is an effect that adds a blur to your image that makes it look “Miniature”.

In order to achieve this effect you will need to do the following:

1.) Choose an image that has a top down view if possible. (Images of cities, trains, etc).
2.) Insert the image into Photoshop as a background.
3.) Apply a filter by going to Filter — Blur — Tilt Shift
4.) Once you have applied the Tilt Shift filter you can now adjust the blur and distortion to your liking.

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Photoshop CS6 Tutorial: Color Splash Effect (For Beginners)

Nov 14,2012 / By Dusty Porter / 1 Comment

In this video tutorial I show you how to acheive the color splash effect.

A color splash effect is one in which the majority of the image is Black and White BUT there is a specific part of the image that remains in color!

In order to apply this effect you need to do the following:

1.) First you must make your image the background layer and then duplicate it.

2.) Once duplicated you need to go to image < adjustments < black and white.

3.) After the image is changed over to black and white you then need to select the eraser tool and start erasing over the part of the image that you want to be in color.

4.) Because you have duplicated the layer once you erase the original layer which is still in full color will come through.

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Adobe Indesign CS6 Tutorial – Working With Tables In Indesign

Nov 10,2012 / By Dusty Porter / No Comment

In this adobe tutorial you will be working with tables in Indesign. Tables are a big part of print/web design and this video shows you how to insert tables into your document as well as format them.

This is a table:

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Adobe Flash Tutorial – How To Create A Handwriting Effect

Nov 10,2012 / By Dusty Porter / 1 Comment

In this video tutorial I show you how to create a really awesome handwriting effect in Adobe Flash CS6. Flash is an animation program that allows you to create all sorts of video effects. In this specific effect you will be adding key frames as you erase parts of text to achieve the handwriting effect.

You can download a trial copy of Adobe Flash CS6 Here

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Photoshop CS6 Tutorial: Basic Rundown Of Design Tools and Overview

Nov 6,2012 / By Dusty Porter / No Comment

In this Photoshop CS6 tutorial I go over all of the different design tools that you will be using within Adobe Photoshop CS6. This is basically an overview of the tools as well as what they do and how you will be using them.

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Photoshop Tutorial – How To Make Skin Smooth (Photoshop Airbrush Effect)

Nov 4,2012 / By Dusty Porter / No Comment

In this photoshop video tutorial I show you how to make skin smooth in photoshop. It is also known as the “Photoshop Airbrush Effect”. By applying a few layer styles and masks you can achieve this effect very easily.

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Adobe Indesign Tutorial – Understanding How Text Wrap Works

Nov 1,2012 / By Dusty Porter / No Comment

In this video tutorial we will be covering text wrap in Adobe Indesign CS6. Being able to manipulate text around your objects elegantly in a project can really make you stand out in a crowd.

To access the text wrap options in Adobe Indesign you will need to go to:

Windows < Text Wrap (Make sure that the check mark is beside the word “Text Wrap”, if it is not then click on it.

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Photoshop Tutorial – Photo Color Correction with the Eyedropper Tool

Oct 31,2012 / By Dusty Porter / No Comment

In this video tutorial you will learn a simple photoshop technique that will allow you to color correct your washed out images in photoshop by using the eyedropper tools within the curves adjustment layer.

There are many ways to remedy a washed out photo, BUT by using the eyedropper tools you can actually grap the darks, mids, and lights from your image and use them to correct a lot of the problems!

Photo color correction is at times tedious, but with this technique it will have your photos looking great in no time!

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Photoshop Tutorial – How To Create High Quality Youtube Thumbnails

Oct 31,2012 / By Dusty Porter / No Comment

In this video tutorial you will learn how to make a high quality youtube thumbnail by using photoshop.

A Youtube video thumbnail is one of the most important things when you are trying to grow your subscriber base as well as get more views. When some one searches for a video they are going to choose the one with the most compelling picture.

Look at the picture above, as you can see these youtube creators spent some time designing and creating their youtube channels.

You cannot judge a book by it’s cover BUT you can judge a youtube video by the thumbnail…

As a Youtube creator you need to do everything you can to make your videos stand out. One of those ways is learning to create high quality youtube thumbnails!

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Adobe Illustrator Tutorial – How To Trace An Image In Illustrator

Oct 30,2012 / By Dusty Porter / No Comment

In this video tutorial I show you how to trace an image in illustrator using the blob brush tool.

There are many different ways to trace an image within Adobe Illustrator BUT if you use the blob brush tool it can actually speed the process up.

Although there are many different ways to trace an image with Adobe Illustrator, by using the blob brush you can actually adjust the width and depth of your stroke on the fly and it speeds the process up. You can also use the pen tool to trace an image. If you are not a fairly advanced designer this can get confusing!

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