We have recently published some really cool icons and wallpapers to cover autumn and a couple of major holidays for the next two months. What we have in store for you today are tools to make your own illustrations for Halloween. Backgrounds should be fairly easy. You cannot go wrong with black and adding a bit of texture or design just might make the difference between a good design and a great one. Experiment with different colors and make your masterpiece one to remember.

If you find your photographs like mine, far from perfect, then I bet you have the need to edit. One of the main problems from digital cameras today is the amount of noise you will have in your photograph. Even while using a tripod, you may still experience movement. This is one of the first corrections I make in Photoshop, as 99% of my photos are hand-held. I’m sure I’m not alone.

Enhance your website and light that text on fire using a different techniques from photo manipulation to creating 3D text with fire coming from inside. The final outcome for each of these five fiery text effect tutorials will be different and adding your own tweaks can make it even more interesting.

You will find a fiery inferno of fire, a retro-looking burn in flames, beautiful text combined with photo manipulation, a glossy fire reflection, and a very realistic approach with Flames shooting out of 3D text and crackling background.

Adobe Photoshop has endless possibilities for text effects and we’re always looking for different techniques to apply towards our own projects. With the holidays quickly approaching, it could help you create some pretty amazing text effects. You can use a similar background and general effect on the text itself, but sometimes even the position of light itself can make the difference between night and day.

I cannot express enough how valuable good quality brushes can be. When you work for a company big enough to employ an entire art department that supplies everything you need for your project, you are quite fortunate. However, a large number of us working in a marketing department with limited resources or those who are independent contractors are not afforded the luxuries or the time. This also applies to those who do artwork for their department or school making posters, newsletters, and even reports. Saving time without compromising quality is important to all.

With that in mind, we would like to share with you a variety of abstract brushes for use in Adobe Photoshop. These brushes are available for download at the artist’s website. As you appreciate the quality and the long and hard hours put into making these brush sets, please read and adhere to their requested conditions and give appropriate credit to the author.

We often forget the importance of the text style whether it is for print or web. Today, we would like to share with you five pretty cool tutorials showing you how to create 3D text effects.

Have you ever come across a design and wondered what techniques were used to come up with the end result? In some cases, if you miss a step, your design may greatly differ from the one you tried to replicate. On the other hand, experimenting with the features of the application you use can result in a masterpiece.

As a graphic designer, I often find myself transferring my work from Adobe Illustrator to Adobe Photoshop for 3D rendering. Opening programs, copying and pasting, importing, etc… all things that make the work become tedious and tiring. After doing this for a while, it was time to find something that assists in the day-to-day of a graphic designer. They say we can do the whole process from design to render flat in Adobe Illustrator? Let’s evaluate the possibilities.