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Fairly Quick Thoughts About Photoshop CS4s New User Interface Comments 6 Comments

June 6th, 2008 , ,

Photoshop — the image app that does all the things the free alternatives do, plus those extra few things we just need — is scheduled for a fall update dubbed CS4. Judging by the above screenshot by John Nack, the entire suite is getting a massive UI overhaul. I have comments on that.

First up, an [...]


Creating Microworlds In Photoshop Comments 7 Comments

January 9th, 2008 ,

Round Worlds

It started with some beautiful pictures by Russian artist Alexandre Duret-Lutz and moved on to a discussion: how was this done? Well, the following technique might not be exactly the same one, but at least it’s really quick and rather hilarious.


It’s A Round World Comments 6 Comments

January 8th, 2008 ,

Beautiful rounded pictures by Alexandre Duret-Lutz. Unless the chap has a really wierd camera, I would guess it’s the work of Photoshops “polar coordinates” filter, combined with a little careful retouching. Well done.

The New Adobe Photoshop Logo: It’s A P Comments 11 Comments

September 19th, 2007 , ,

It only makes sense. After all, it’s been almost 10 months since the last rebranding. It’s about time. Right out of the blue (heh heh): it’s the new logo for the Photoshop “family” of applications.

Let’s put on our scrutinizing academic design goggles for a second and look at the significance of this design.

It’s a [...]


Creating Smoke In Photoshop From Scratch Comments 56 Comments

May 16th, 2007 ,

Smoke - How To

Using Photoshop and a specific technique, it’s rather easy to create something that looks like smoke or fog — from scratch. It’s not as good as actual smoke photographed on a black background, but it’s much easier to come by. Here’s the trick…


Single Illustration Deconstruction Comments 4 Comments

May 14th, 2007 ,

Noscope Finale Deconstruction

Inspired by a gorgeous Factory Girl movie poster deconstruction, I decided to try my own luck.


Some Great Free Photoshop Brushes Comments 1 Comment

September 14th, 2005

My good friend Martin has publicly made available his highly specialized and finetuned Photoshop pen brushes. They were built with the intention of emulating real lead pencils and drawing pencils. Martin recommends you use a paper texture as background, to achieve the full effect. I’ve seen the results, and they’re good. Also check out some of Martin’s illustrations.

Photoshop Book Comments 2 Comments

November 12th, 2003 , ,

I participated in a Photoshop battle book. Read about the book, or download the sample chapter.


Photoshop Secrets of the Pros Comments Comment

November 1st, 2003 , ,

Details on a Photoshop book I participated in.