Photoshop Tutorials
Whether it be for web, graphic or print design, I think everyone needs and can do with a little inspiration at some point, and there’s nothing wrong with it, is there? Normally I just like to look at the colors and shapes of other website designs, since those are my main weak points (I recommend you do the same).
I’ve composed a small list of my main inspiration sources, please feel free to check ‘em out. There’s plenty of good stuff here to go around 
- Smashing Magazine
Not only does their website look great, but they also have a ‘Monday Inspiration’ feature, which has included things such as type in motion, futuristic interfaces, and everything in between. Smashing Magazine also has tons of articles on every different subject, recently they published a Photoshop tutorials article which included 3 tutorials from PhotoshopStar.
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Posted Jan 24th, 2008 under
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Hey, how’s everyone doing today?
Have you ever wanted to be President? Well now it’s possible, (not really) because in this tutorial we’ll be designing our very own presidential candidacy badge. You know, those ‘vote for me’ badges 
Just a quick post here, gotta say hi to the new visitors on PhotoshopStar I’ve just noticed that I’ve received quite a few extra visits today originating from del.icio.us, so, just saying hi and letting you know I’ll be adding some more content as soon as possible!
Cheers
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Posted Jan 10th, 2008 under
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Yes… yes… yes! Just found some absolutely beautiful paper textures on Bittbox, be sure to check these out, these can be a great help for spicing up a sometimes bland piece of artwork. Trust me, I know 
Free High Res Grungy Paper Textures via Bittbox.
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Posted Dec 30th, 2007 under
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Are there any metal-texture-loving-photoshoppers here? 
If there is, you’ll definitely be interested in checking out Filter Forge’s free Photoshop plugin that generates realistic metal. Some examples are: diamond plate metal, tin foil, and ‘alien metal.’
In my honest opinion, this is and absolutely awesome tool! I especially like the diamond plate texture. Did I say it was free? One of the best features about this plugin, in my opinion, is the option to make the texture tileable. What more could you ask for? It’s definitely worth checking out.
Go check it out at the official Filter Forge website.
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Posted Dec 29th, 2007 under
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Ok, ok, I know I’ve already written a tutorial or two on how to make a nice, golden text effect. But again, I’m going to write for you a tutorial on how to make a simple gold text effect by using some layer styles, namely the Gradient Overlay layer style!
I was inspired to do this tutorial after I saw an awesome bit of text on the David Letterman’s website, which you can view here. Props to the awesome David Letterman!
In this quick Photoshop tutorial we’ll be recreating the ‘Bee movie’ text effect, you know, the one you’ve seen all over the place over the last few months?
You can see what we’ll be designing with this tutorial in the below image.
You can see the original text over at the Apple trailers page.
Well what do we have here? Looks like PhotoshopStar has gotten a facelift! What do you all think of it? I hope the majority like it
Personally I love the new one, much more cleaner, easier to look at, more accessible, etc. If anyone has any suggestions, or comments, please leave a comment using the form below this post.
With this new design comes new hope, I’ve neglected this site for long enough, I’m going to try my hardest to bring it back. If anyone has any suggestions for tutorials, please send them to me.
Now I’ve posted this I’ve got to go and check make sure there’s no more glitches with the theme!
Next on the list of things to do… customize the ugly forum skin
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Posted Dec 28th, 2007 under
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Click images to be taken to the tutorials. Enjoy!
Adobe Photoshop Tutorial: Easy Watercolor Painting Effect
Ornate Lettering – From sketch to Vector
Old Retro Style Photoshop Tutorial
Designing a Safety Icon
Water Spirit – Drawing Fire
Creating a Stunning Digital Smoke Effect
Comic Art Style Photoshop Tutorial
Design a Beautiful Ribbon
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Posted Nov 22nd, 2007 under
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Correcting a red over-saturated photo using Photoshop can be either very easy, or very hard. For example, if you have a photo that is completely red rather than just a little bit over the top, then I think you would basically have to desaturate the photo and recolor it from scratch – now this, you don’t want to do.
The easy case though, when you have a photo that is only tinted an abnormal red, this is nice and easy to fix. There’s a few ways to do it, but in this tutorial we’re going to be using some adjustment layers, mostly the Channel Mixer adjustment layers.
Click the images to be taken to the tutorials! I hope you enjoy these.
Slow Shutter Text Effect
Advanced Glow Effects
Creating a Stunning Old-World Look in Photoshop
Alienize: Transform a Person into an Alien
Retro, Comic Book Photo Effect
Beautiful Abstract Reflective Bubbles Effect
Awesome Movie-Like Photo Effect
I hope you enjoyed!
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Posted Sep 25th, 2007 under
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For those of you that haven’t visited PhotoshopStar before, the background used to be a nice sky blue, but I thought I would have a change of scenery and change it to a dark gradient… what do you think?
PhotoshopStar might also be getting a complete face lift soon, so look out.
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Posted Sep 20th, 2007 under
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