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tn-manipsI can make a hundred of these lists just from the amazing images I have seen on Behance, and I just might. There are some unbelievable designers on that site that I have to really give a lot of credit for the work they do. I’d say I have better than average design skills, but there are some people out there that really push the envelope.

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Video: Sneak Peek Of New Adobe Photoshop CS5

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adobecs5This is a video that shows a sneak peak of some of the features being developed by Photoshop Laps. It includes new painter-style brushes that you can change and control in ways never possible before. If you have ever used brushes in Corel Draw you might notice the similar idea here. The video shows the use of a ‘wet’ brush being smudged and smeared.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Certification Exam Practice Tests – by GraphicMania.net

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50 Examples of the Droste EffectA while back I was at work with nothing to do, during down time or something, and I wanted to make some kind of graphic or something in Photoshop, but I couldn’t think of anything to make. So I thought why not make the thing I was looking at, my computer screen! I didn’t really expect much from the end result since I was just doing it to kill some time, so I just started to create it just for the hell of doing something

Grunge Forum Signature Tutorial With Light Streak Effects

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I posted a question on the new Tweeaks Facebook page asking what people would like to see on Tweeaks. So I made this forum signature tutorial for someone that requested it. I don’t think I am the best sig maker, but that doesn’t mean I won’t make a tutorial on how to make one. It doesn’t mean that anyone will try doing the tut, but it may be useful to someone somewhere.

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What this tutorial is will teach you:

  • how to make a grunge style design
  • a nice looking forum signature
  • keystrokes and shortcuts in Photoshop
  • how to make a custom brush
  • a bit of smudging
  • and one tehcnique for making a light streak effect