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Best Photoshop Website Layout Tutorials of 2009
As a final post for 2009, let’s take a look back at the best tutorials for creating website layouts in Photoshop. There were a number of great tutorials of this kind throughout the year, many more than in years past, making it a great year for ...
The 50 Best Adobe Illustrator Tutorials from 2009
Since the year is winding down, we thought it would be helpful to go back and pick out the best Illustrator tutorials that were published in 2009. The year was full of great tutorials, and 50 of the best are featured here. For more Illustrator tutori...
35 Adobe AIR Tutorials for Web Developers
Adobe AIR gives developers all kinds of possibilities to create applications. As Adobe’s websites says, “The Adobe® AIR® runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that run outside the browse...
25 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Portfolio Sites
Designing a quality portfolio website is a must for any aspiring designer. In this post we’ll look at 25 tutorials that will lead you through the process of designing a portfolio site in Photoshop. Hopefully these tutorials will teach you some ...
35+ Photo Editing Tutorials for Photoshop
Photoshop provides photographers and designers with almost unlimited potential to edit photographs to achieve the desired results. In this post we’ll feature 35 excellent tutorials that teach various tricks and techniques. If you like these tut...
25 Outstanding Lighting Effect Tutorials for Photoshop
Lighting effects are a great way to make an impact with a design, and there are plenty of options for creating these effects with Photoshop. In the past we have published collections of Photoshop tutorials for lighting effects and they drawn a lot of...
30 Tutorials for Designing Fun and Creative Characters
This post features tutorials for designing various characters and cartoons in Illustrator and Photoshop. Characters are often used for branding websites or companies, so it is certainly a useful skill. For other tutorials, you may be interested in:...
45 Tutorials for Learning Pixelmator
Pixelmator is a popular image editor for Mac OS X. While Photoshop is the industry standard, Pixelmator has a lot to offer for Mac users. In this post we’ll feature 45 tutorials for using Pixelmator, including a number of video tutorials. Some ...
27 New and Fresh Illustrator Tutorials
If you're interested in learning some new tricks and improving your skills in Adobe Illustrator, there are plenty of great tutorials out there that will lead you through the process. In this post we'll feature some of the best Illustrator tutorials t...
17 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Creative Advertisements
Advertisements often display a lot of creativity in design, and Photoshop is an excellent tool for those who are designing advertisements. Fortunately there are a number of tutorials specifically for designing advertisements, and others that demonstr...
25 jQuery Image Gallery/Slider Tutorials and Plugins
jQuery image galleries and sliders are very common on portfolio sites and are also useful for any other type of site for displaying images and photos. Fortunately, adding a jQuery gallery does not have to be difficult, even if you don't have much exp...
25 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating 3D Text Effects
With some creativity you can create amazing text effects with Photoshop. In this post we'll feature 25 of the best tutorials for creating 3D text effects. There are a variety of different types of effects, so hopefully you can find some new tricks to...
Photoshop Tutorial Hall of Fame
Many of the most popular posts on this blog are collections of Photoshop tutorials in specific categories. I thought it would be helpful to also do a post that features the best tutorials of all kinds. This post links to more than 60 excellent tutori...
30 Text Effect Tutorials for Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator provides designers with an excellent opportunity for creating amazing effects with text. This post features 30 of the best tutorials on the subject. While there are more tutorials available for working with text in Photoshop, I thin...
25 Photoshop Tutorials for Working with Textures
Being able to work with texture in Photoshop gives you endless possibilities for your design. There are a variety of different approaches when it comes to adding texture, some are simple and others are more advanced. The 25 tutorials featured in this...
20+ Tutorials for Working with Photoshop’s Tools
There are a lot of great Photoshop tutorials online that will teach you all kinds of techniques and tricks, but sometimes you may find that the basics of the tools are not always covered in the tutorials. If you're looking to step up your Photoshop s...
30 Photo Manipulation Tutorials for Photoshop
With Photoshop, amazing results are possible for photo manipulations. In this post we'll feature 30 tutorials for creating your own photo manipulation. The tutorials shown here will teach a wide variety of techniques and will work towards end results...
40 Photoshop Illustration Tutorials
While Adobe Illustrator is the preferred tool by most designers for illustrating and drawing digitally, Photoshop can also be used for some types of illustration. This post includes a selection of tutorials that cover the process of drawing various o...
25+ Photoshop Tutorials for Poster Design
For Photoshop users who are interested in experimenting and learning something new, poster design is an excellent way to practice. Last year I published a collection of tutorials for designing posters in Photoshop. Since other outstanding tutorials h...
25 Tutorials for Using Illustrator and Photoshop Together for Outstanding Results
Photoshop and Illustrator are two of the most indispensable tools for web and graphic designers. For those of us who are always looking to learn more and improve skills, there are plenty of great tutorials out there for each of these programs. Most ...
40 Photoshop Tutorials for Amazing Lighting Effects - Part Two
One of the most popular posts of 2008 on this blog was 40 Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting and Abstract Effects. Since it has been close to a year since that collection was put together, a number of excellent tutorials for working with lighting effec...
11 Tutorials for Business Card Design
Business card design can be tricky if you're not familiar with the process. As you'll see in these tutorials, there are a number of different programs that you can use to create business cards, but setting up the layout properly and getting it ready ...
35 Photoshop Tutorials for Realistic Results
Sometimes it's amazing how realistic a Photoshop creation can look. In this post we'll feature 35 tutorials for creating realistic effects in Photoshop. Some will show you how to illustrate an object from scratch, while others teach how to edit photo...
40 Tutorials for Working with Shapes in Illustrator
in this post we'll feature 40 Illustrator tutorials for working with shapes in various ways and for a variety of purposes. As you'll see in these tutorials, shapes can be used for plenty of real-world purposes in every day design. Simple Organic Sha...
40 Tutorials for Creating Wallpaper in Photoshop
A few months ago I published a collection of 45 Photoshop tutorials for creating wallpaper. Since then I have come across many other quality tutorials on the same subject, so I put together a second collection of wallpaper tutorials. Typography Wall...
35 Tutorials for Creating Website Layouts in Photoshop
Photoshop is an excellent tool for creating attract websites. Fortunately, if you're looking to brush up your skills or learn some new tricks for creating layouts and designs in Photoshop, there are plenty of tutorials specifically for this purpose. ...
Top 10 Tutorials for Developing WordPress Themes
Being able to design custom WordPress themes is almost a must for today's web designers. The fun thing with WordPress is that there's always something new that you can learn to make the platform work better for you and your clients. These 10 tutorial...
35+ Nature Tutorials for Photoshop
There are plenty of great Photoshop tutorials for working with different aspects and elements of nature. This is a collection of tutorials for working with the sky, clouds, grass, water, rain, and much more. How to Create a Delicious Green Apple Ill...
35 Photoshop Tutorials Inspired by Apple
Apple and its innovative products and marketing are the focus of some excellent design tutorials for Photoshop. Since I kept seeing tutorials inspired by the iPhone and iPod, I decided to compile the best tutorials of this kind that I could uncover. ...
35 Tutorials for Mastering Photoshop Brushes
For Photoshop users, downloading free brushes and creating your own custom brushes can quickly help you to achieve more effective results and improve productivity and efficiency at the same time. There are essentially unlimited options when working w...
