Photoshop basics and more

For a large group of starting designers, Photoshop can be hard to learn; especially when you get in-depth.
Last months I’ve come across some good tutorials which guide you into the great world of Photoshop and show you some neat techniques.

Photoshop basics @ DigitalWeb
A great start for modern interfaces @ Pstut
How to export to the web [...]

Adobe Flex common controls for Photoshop

Today I’ve created some common used Flex controls. Why? Since I create my mockups for websites/ria’s in Photoshop and don’t want to make them directly in Flex.
The controls can be used in a broad range of colors, designs and templates. You can download them (.zip file) from my DeviantART page: http://mysticearth.deviantart.com/art/Adobe-Flex-Controls-72703772
Any suggestions, questions or complaints [...]

Adobe Flex Builder 3 beta 3 released

This week Adobe released their final beta of Flex Builder 3. It’s available for download and can be used as trial for 90 days. This is probably due to the upcoming release.
The features are introduced with a couple of videos at the Flex 3 Wiki (Adobe Labs): http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_3:Feature_Introductions
Go ahead and download Flex Builder 3 public [...]

Weekly Tutorial: Part 9 (Photoshop Tutorials)

It’s time for some slick, handy tutorials (or sites) I’ve found. This time a couple of Photoshop tutorials.

Psdtuts.com (very great, useful and some professional tutorials. definitely worth to check it out!)
Abduzeedo.com : Amazing Fire (good tutorial on Photoshop and Illustrator. Abduzeedo still does it )
Webdesignerwall.com : Photoshop Secret Shortcuts (handy to increase your workflow)
Pstut.info [...]

Want to be Web 2.0?

Let’s say you own a company. A very nice company indeed. But your website, services and communication still are, let’s say, web 1.0. No big deal, right? Well, in fact, in some circumstances it can be a heck of a problem.

What are you talking about? Explain!
Okay, Web 1.0 is just the web you’ve known for [...]

Weekly Tutorial: Part 6

Somewhat late, but arrived nonetheless!
I’ve experienced that blog-pages aren’t visited as good as individual posts. Which is not good, since I created a nice list of useful CS3 tutorials. For that reason the late weekly tutorial will contain all the CS3 tutorials listed on that page. I can’t say it enough: if you have any [...]

Cs3 video tutorials (en)

Today I’ve created an overview of known CS3 tutorials. These will cover Photoshop (basic + extended), Illustrator, After Effects and perhaps even more. Please let me know if you have some good sources on video tutorials, so we can happily share them
Check out that massive tutorial-list.

Weekly Tutorial: Part 5

Met de komst van Adobe CS3 is de vraag naar CS3 tutorials hoog, ook te zien aan de statistieken van deze blog. Daarom binnen we deze week met een drietal CS3 videotutorials van DigitalTutors.
Tutorial 1 en 2: Photoshop CS3 (extended)

Een van de grote veranderingen in Photoshop CS3 is de toevoeging van 3D. Een logisch gevolg [...]

Weekly Tutorial: Part 4

Alweer de 4e editie van “Weekly Tutorial”. Deze week een aantal Photoshop tutorials en 2 Photoshop CS3 tutorials!
Tutorial 1: Photoshop CS3
Een van de betere toevoegingen in Photoshop CS3 zijn de Smart Filters. Normaal gesproken kan een filter alleen ongedaan worden gemaakt met CTRL + Z, oftewel Undo. In CS3 zijn de smart filters non-destructive, wat [...]

Adobe trials / prereleases

De software van de CS3-familie laat goed op zich wachten, althans de trials. Van een aantal pakketten zijn er al wel prereleases uit.
Ze zijn allemaal weer even lekker om mee te werken, dus het wachten loont zich zeker! Hieronder een paar prereleases uit de Adobe CS3 familie!

After Effects CS3 Pro (prerelease)
Adobe Premiere CS3 Pro (prerelease)
Adobe [...]