If you are lucky enough to get a copy or have a copy of Photoshop CS5 there are some really cool features that are easy to use and very powerful. I will show you a few of those features in this tutorial and run you through some steps to test them out.
Adobe MAX is always impressive. It offers unparalleled networking, fascinating exhibit hall booths and, for the last few years, excellent unconference sessions – all accessible on a $200 exhibits only pass. The general sessions are always well-rehearsed and theatrical, the sneak peeks interesting (with a cool special guest). This year was definitely enhanced by the swag: everyone got a Motorola Droid 2 and a Logitech Revue Google TV box – and a free eBook from O’Reilly! Several people got Blackberry Torch phones too. Sponsors and exhibitors went nuts this year with giveaways (VMware gave away a couple of iPod Touch devices and many booths had iPad raffles).
In this week’s tutorial we will learn how to create 3D effects within PhotoShop CS5. Though not as indepth as say a strictly 3D modeling program, this works fine for print and web purposes. The Process is fairly simple to learn. You can take the 3D objects as far as you like.
I know I should be doing ‘proper’ work but right now I am having way too much fun playing with the Flash CS5 iOS packager. Two days ago I started porting my Just Letters game (yes, that old chestnut) to iPad and I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was, even after deciding to rewrite the game in plain AS3 (plus a few graphical assets which I packaged into a .swc file). In total it must have taken me only 4 – 6 hours before the game was running on the iPad, and this included the logic for the NetConnection and ShareObject syncs.
But the point of this post isn’t about the game, it’s about how much fun Flash suddenly is again. The combination of AS3, RTMP and a tablet form factor is magical just great, and I’ve already got a few ideas for some further, more useful applications.
Inspired by recently viewed Mirrors 2, I thought it might be fun to play with reflections to make some haunting imagery for the Halloween season.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create vibrant glowing streaks using Photoshop CS5. Using the pen tool, you will be able to create curved lines and how to add a colorful glow to them. This is a very easy effect to learn that can be used to design an array of glowing lines
In this tutorial I will run you through some very simple steps on creating a rollover button by using Photoshop, CSS, and HTML. In a previous tutorial I showed you how to create a social networking sticker icon, so I am going to use that in this tutorial. For this tutorial you will need photoshop
Apple is finally releasing the 3G version of its iPad today, and is even closing its stores for an hour to prepare for the rush, but that’s not the only significant release of the day. Adobe, who has been at odds with Apple of late over Flash, of course, has started shipping Creative Suite 5.
John Brinkman, a development manager at Adobe, has written a Design Macro for checking the accessibility of PDF forms. “One of the great things about PDF forms is that they have a really good accessibility story,” says Brinkman on Adobe’s FormFeed blog. “You can create PDFs and PDF forms that allow the visually impaired user
Adobe said today it has selected micro payment firm PlaySpan to power the payments platform for its developer service codenamed Shibuya. Shibuya allows Adobe developers to monetize their Adobe AIR applications through a try-and buy mechanism, and provides a ways for them to upload and sell their apps on the Adobe AIR Marketplace. Consumers can
