Free Photoshop Tutorials,textures,film text effects

Normality 3 Video Tutorial

Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Normality
Normality 3.1 is a powerful plug-in that allows CG Artists to light 3D objects and scenes directly within the familiar Adobe After Effects environment through the use of normal passes and advanced relighting techniques.
I have created a short tutorial video to introduce users to Normality 3 and its numerous features.
The video is split into two [...]

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Sofa Modeling

Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by admin.

This video tutorial is created by artist Mahmoud Keshta in 3ds max 2009. This tutorial is divided in two parts and the total lenght of this video tutorial (without sound) is 70 minutes. This will explain you how you can model this stylish modern leather sofa inside 3ds max. This is very detailed and step [...]

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Design a Chilling and Icy Text Effect

Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by admin.

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to design this chilling and icy text effect in Photoshop. Yesterday and today are both really hot in my city (suppose to be winter right now here!!), so I though I can make something to cool myself down
Along the way, we will [...]

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3D Text Shatter Effect

Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by admin.

I’m going to show you how to make a 3D text shatter effect. This effect is made in two programs, Cinema 4D and Photoshop.If you haven’t heard of Cinema 4D before it is a relatively easy to use 3d application, it is quite similar to 3dsMax or Maya. I will go pretty in depth with [...]

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Mac OSX Intro Video

Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Requirements
* Cinema 4D You can download a trial version here.
* Trapcode Particular You can download a trial version here.
* Trapcode Horizon You can download a trial version here.
* Trapcode Shine You can download a trial version here.
* Knoll Light Factory (Optional) You can download a trial version here.
Create Mac OSX Intro Video with C4D – [...]

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Making of La espera

Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by admin.

I am proud to present this book to all that you are all great artist. La espera was created entirely in Light Wave. At first we used the 9.3 version which had already incorporated significant advances in fast skin y global light, then look at version 9.6 I could see that the improvements were even [...]

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Arcadia

Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Introduction
The Arcadia project was a personal challange. I tried to use all the techniques that I have learned over the last few months by my self. By the way I’m interested in the history of art and I always try to learn as much as I can from the great masters of last centuries (Caravaggio, [...]

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Make smashing Photoshop glass effects

Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Master a convincing shattering-glass effect that has dozens of applications with this brilliant technique from Mark Mayers.
Photoshop’s Glass filter is often overlooked, but when it’s used creatively, it’s capable of creating some powerful and impressive visual effects. The Glass filter works by distorting an image using greyscale information, in a similar way to how [...]

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4 Best Glow Effect Tutorials

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by admin.

1.Design a Vista Styled Wallpaper

Today we’ll create a wallpaper in Vista style. A black background will be filled with stylish gradients decorated with blue and green abstract curved shapes. The techniques used in this tutorial are scalable. It’s easy to turn the final design into different sizes to fit various monitors. Let’s learn how to [...]

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Fantasy Landscape Photo Manipulation

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by admin.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a fantasy landscape using some simple and easy techniques. Everyone with basic Photoshop skills can succeed to recreate this simple image using the most important thing in this kind of photo manipulation – the right stock. So let’s go!
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How to Use Texture and Lighting to Create Rounded Artwork

Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Using stock photography is not always necessary or desired, but we can reference images of real objects to learn techniques for perspective and lighting. In this tutorial, we will be creating an abstract orb. In order to get the highlights, shadows, and perspective as accurate as possible we will study real images to create our [...]

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Realistic Golden “Bling” Text Effect

Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Introduction
In this tutorial we will be learning how to create a realistic Golden “Bling” Text. There are a lot of different “Bling” text tutorials out there and I wanted to create my own, more advanced and expressive. This one is sure to catch any viewers eyes and a great way to add detail to your [...]

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Making of Forest Mage

Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Introduction :
This “Forest Mage” image was created for a book of the same name, written by Robin Hobb and published by Harper Collins.
Phase 1 : Concept sketches
First, I got instructions from the art designer on the project to start designing rough sketches based on the ideas he had discussed with the editor and [...]

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Studio Lighting with Vray

Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Introduction :
In this 3D Studio Max tutorial, we’ll be going through the entire process of creating a studio lighting setup in Max using V-Ray lights and materials. We’ll add HDRI lighting and reflections to our scene. And go over some quick tweaks we can make to our render settings to remove unwanted noise and grain [...]

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Create a Realistic Landscape

Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by admin.

In this tutorial we’re going to learn how to make a landscape from scratch in photoshop CS3…
The use of a graphic tablet is required. Skill level is medium.
The main tools used in this tutorial are the gradient tool and the smudge tool. Using the smudge tool you can achieve amazing realistic results. Let’s get started!
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most wanted flash tutorials

Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Going through the web, I noticed that some Flash tutorials are commonly wanted. It is because these tutorials are widely used in Flash projects and many projects are depending on these skills on regular basis. However, I collected some of the most common an wanted Flash tutorials over the web.
In addition to the tutorials included [...]

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