Outlining text can actually mean two different things: creating (or converting to) outlines before sending off for print or making your text look outlined. Creating Outlines A common requirement before submitting your files for printing is converting your text to outlines. This is actually easily achieved in one step. Select your text and go to … Read more
There is actually a surprising amount of ways to combine, group or merge objects together in Adobe Illustrator which can lead to confusion. But there is a couple of very common, quick and easy, and the rest we will clear up if you need them. Grouping The number one method of combining objects is simple … Read more
Gradient is a blend between two or more colors or different levels of transparency and the Gradient Tool is a way to fill with and edit gradients with relative ease, directly on the objects. Gradient Fill Select or create an object. It might be easier to begin with the Rectangle (M) or Ellipse Tool (L). … Read more
Clipping mask is a vector shape used to hide the visibility of objects in Illustrator. You can use it to clip the visibility of any object or combination of objects up to the entire artwork. Make Clipping Mask To make a new clipping mask do the following: Create or copy and paste any shape you … Read more
There are plenty of different ways you can resize a layer in Photoshop, but the most common and by far the most universal method, whether it’s an image, text, vector shape or any other type of layer is by using Free Transform. Free Transform Select your layer in the Layers panel. If you don’t see … Read more
Feathering is an easy way of blending an image into another image or background by softening the edges. Extracting something from background properly takes time and skill, but is not always necessary or may not even be the desired effect. This is where simple feathering comes to help. There are several ways to do it … Read more
Merging layers is necessary when you want to optimize the structure of your file or make several objects behave as one under your manipulations. There are several ways to achieve that. Merge down Place the layers you want to merge under one another. You can do this by simply dragging them on the Layers Panel … Read more
Most of us know how to crop an image from its original, rectangular shape into another, usually smaller rectangular shape that leaves unnecessary objects, background elements and people out of the frame. But not everyone and not at all times is satisfied with the box-y, corner-y shape of a rectangle. Unfortunately, even at the current … Read more
Photoshop provides a variety of tools for blurring images for all kinds of purposes: blurring objects or specific parts of images, smoothing backgrounds or creating advanced effects such as tilt-shift or bokeh. The Blur Tool The Blur Tool acts like a brush that lets you manually blur parts of the image to the degree you … Read more
Selection is one of the most important parts, if not the most important part, in image editing, so it’s not surprising there are dozens of ways of selecting stuff in Photoshop. Here we’re going to review common methods, including some you might have not known, that will make your work easier. First let’s begin with … Read more
When it comes to blending images, you can do one of the two things: Blend two entire images together uniformly Transition from one image into another in a variety of ways The second is more difficult, so let’s begin with blending through transparency and blending modes. Blending images using transparency In Photoshop, transparency is defined … Read more
Watermarks are usually there for a reason, but sometimes you might want to remove them, whether to check or show your client how your design will look with a clean image, or you want to use it as a wallpaper. You might even want to remove your own watermark, if your website address has changed. … Read more
This tutorial is for Photoshop version CC 2020, if you have Photoshop CC 2018 or older, the workflow will be different in some aspects that we’ll mention. Here we’re going to review how to add them to your Photoshop and use them, and also how to create and add our own brushes. Since Photoshop version … Read more
As with many things, there are plenty of ways to make a collage but we’ll use the easiest and most effective one. Create a new document of the format you need – one of the print or web formats or a specific resolution. You can always adjust it later by going to Image > Image … Read more
Once you have decided to launch your web development project, you will surely want to be clear about what type of tool you can use to carry out such a project. In case you are an experienced developer, you will surely want to innovate and you will start something more personalized. On the other hand, … Read more