You might have similar effects on the web as such effects becoming very trendy recently. Doubtlessly you didn’t know how these designs are done, do they use patterns? Textures? How many layers do they work with? No need to guess and wonder, because now you are going to: Make a new canvas, we used here #373d40 for backgrounds. Using white color as your primarily color, and Baskerville Old font, type the word you want to render… Once you are done, duplicate the layer and make it temporarily invisible (click on the eye in layers panel). Get back to the second layer copy, which you have on visible mode and go to Layer >> Layer Style >> Blending Options Apply the following settings for Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Satin...

8 Transparent Layer Styles & 3 Elegant Glass Text effects created by using them in combination. Works great for Icons and Buttons too! INCLUDES : .asl file with 8 transparent styles. .psd (800px * 150px) file with the 8 transparent styles for easy copy and paste. .psd file with editable text (800px * 1400px) with the 8 transparent styles layered to create the glassy text effects depicted. FONTS USED : Georgia, Tahoma, Snell Roundhand But these styles look great on a wide variety of fonts. Down;load these styles for only $2, sold exclusively through graphics river. German: 8 Transparente Layer Styles & 3 Elegant Glas Text Effekte mit ihnen in Verbindung. Werke für große Icons und Buttons zu! UMFASST: . ASL-Datei mit 8 transparent...

Fantasy Art for beginners – mysterious moonlit night written by Lorelei and moved over from www.loreleiweb.com for technical reasons. Believe it or not, but from a few ordinary photos and some primitive brushes, we will make this image (see below). OK, despite the rather impressive outcome, this is a very simple tutorial, you wont need more than a few brushes and a few pictures. Most of it is a mater of technique. Start by creating a new canvas, 500*500 pixels, and fill it with dark blue colour, we used #060062. Next, you need a beautiful, and preferably mysterious photo of a woman, this is what we started off with: Copy the girl to your clipboard (Ctrl + C) and paste it (Ctrl + V) unto the blue canvas Select the “Single...

The trend to add glowing lines and stars seized the web design scene already a few years ago, but not as much as it is popular now. Now we can recognize the “glow” effect in many ways — digital art, HDR photography,  and many other ways, including, of course, web design graphics. During our life, we take hundreds of shots, most of which are rather dull and unappealing, we are used to the fact that photos, by default, never turn to be truly amazing, if they are taken spontaneously with non-professional camera and even those of us who are equipped with a pro-camera, are not always able to capture a breathless moment. Therefore, each time we see an image with beautiful glow effects, juicy and vibrant colors, great contrast...

This tutorial moved to loreleiwebdesign.com due to technical reasons. This tutorial will show you how, in a few easy steps, to turn a simple photo into a “pure glamor”, just as in most of the commercial shots. Of course, here we used a good photo already, but using this technique you can take the most ordinary picture and turn it into a professional shot. This is what we will do: Start of by taking a good quality photo of a face. Don’t use blurred pictures, or ones that were taken from a big distance, else your result wont be sharp enough. Multiple the amount of existing layers, just in case you do something wrong, u will have a few spare. Using the Magic Wand tool, select the hair, using the “Add to selection...

Those of you who ever took interest in macro photography, knows that it takes a great deal of skills and patient, to take a close-up shot of that little flower in your garden. There is a lot of trail and error ahead of you and since I also learnt the hard way how to make proper macro images with digital camera, I am happy to share with you 10 tips that will hopefully make your macro shots much, much better! 1. Go Steady Camera shake can be a real problem at high magnifications due to longer exposures and shallow depth of field. Use a tripod or assume a sturdy position. Have the mirror lockup mode activated and preferably use a cable release. 2. Windy Conditions Shooting macros of delicate subjects is impossible on a windy day so go...

It’s been a long time since I came up with a truly original tutorial and this evening I finally had muse to make something that will stand out. I can already see how this tutorial is going to become a classic masterpiece once it gains popularity, so just sit back and read, don’t forget to bookmark this website and subscribe to our feed, to make sure you never miss any of our future tutorials and freebies. Inspiration: Although today’s horror movies are all quite cheesy, very predictable and always disappointing,  I drew my inspiration from one of the infamous and unpopular movies – “Long Distance“, starring the beautiful Monica Keena. Don’t be surprised if it does not ring a bell, I’d be...