Creating a realistic 3D render often involves the use of both 3D applications and Photoshop. In this tutorial we will explain how to add texture and lighting to a render that we originally created during a tutorial on Cgtuts. If you would like to start this tutorial from the beginning and learn how to create [...]
Congratulations and welcome to the club — you’re now the proud owner of a new iPhone. And right after your figure out how to add your contacts, make phone calls, set up your email and send text messages, you’re going to wonder, “Which apps should I download?” That’s where I come in. I’m here to [...]
We all loved Tetris growing up, right? Maybe it was just me, but I could lose hours playing that classic game, dropping brick upon brick or waiting endlessly for that one super long one to complete a big block all at once. It sure was addictive, and I guess that’s why I haven’t been able [...]
While thinking up a strong concept is often one of the biggest challenges that a designer will face during the creative process, executing that concept can be equally, if not more challenging. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Liran Szeiman will explain how to create a cute, but dark, fantasy illustration in Photoshop using digital [...]
The new timeline feature in Photoshop CS6 will allow you to open, edit, and export videos without ever having to leave the application. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use this new feature to create an animated GIF from a video; a feature that could be used for banner ads, avatars, and more. [...]
For all the baseball fans out there, this is a wonderful time of year. The Major League Baseball regular season just began and the smell of the ballpark is in the air. And, if you’re like me, you’ll now be dedicating more time and energy each day than you should following your favorite team. Statistics [...]
For years, the Web standards community has talked about the separation of concerns. Separate your CSS from your JavaScript from your HTML. We all do that, right? CSS goes into its own file; JavaScript goes in another; HTML is left by itself, nice and clean. CSS Zen Garden proved that we can alter a [...]
If you run an online magazine, most of your readers will never go through your archive, even if you design a neat archive page. It’s not you; it’s just that going through archives is not very popular these days. So, how do you actually make readers dig in without forcing them? How do you [...]
Marcelo Schultz is a Brazilian designer and art director with a talent for producing fantastic typographic illustrations. His work typically has a 3D look and feel but is done entirely without the use of 3D tools or applications. In fact, Schultz’s weapon of choice is Photoshop. In this article we will take a look at [...]
Do you like tea? That’s kind of a vague question, I know, seeing as there’s such a variety of the drink out there. I personally am partial to the herbal infused types of tea with a smidgen of sugar — not too much since that can sometimes override the taste of the tea itself. There [...]
It’s a blockbuster week, friends! Tons of amazing games out to play on the App Store, and after the jump we’ve put together the highlights — don’t miss the chance to take Max Payne on the go, live as a crow, or experience the latest title from the makers of Game Dev Story … [...]
There has been a long-running war going on over the mobile Web: it can be summarized with the following question: “Is there a mobile Web?” That is, is the mobile device so fundamentally different that you should make different websites for it, or is there only one Web that we access using a variety [...]
