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Remember the Fashion Store freebie? Today I’ll show you how to create this clean e-commerce website interface in Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial isn’t only filled with many Photoshop techniques but also design concepts that go beyond the how…

This article is an answer to those seeking simplicity in their travel photography life. It is for someone who loves to take a range of photos while on the road, but doesn’t wish to lug around 30 lbs of professional gear to accommodate every possi…

This entry is part 24 of 24 in the series Hollywood Movie TitlesContinuing our Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series, today’s tutorial will explain how to make the The Three Musketeers flying logo. We will make the whole animation within After Effects…

The microscopes is a symbol of our civilization. Throughout this tutorial on how to illustrate a vector microscope you’ll take advantage of numerous Illustrator tools. You will learn how to use blends, art brushes and 3D rendering in Adobe Illus…

We’ve looked at the subject of side-chaining quite a few times in the past but there is one area of the subject that hasn’t been touched upon. Frequency dependent side-chaining is a process which allows us to home in on a specific frequency range f…

The annual Print + ePublishing Conference comes to San Francisco, and a new InDesignSecretsLive event premieres in New York City!

In this Quick Tip, I’ll show you how and why the Bubble Sort algorithm works, and how to implement it in AS3. You’ll end up with a class that you can use in any Flash project, for sorting any array. Final Result Preview Here’s a simpl…

Just because you didn’t get to go to that awesome photography conference doesn’t mean that you can’t learn something from the pros! Occasionally, we’ll be featuring a recommended photography lecture or interview on Phototuts+.
Deborah Willis, c…

In Part 2 of this interview, Dan Gies shares with Nancy from Mettle about his methodology and the importance of spontaneity to the creative process.

Interview – Part 2

If you have ever searched for speed paintings on Youtube, you’ve probably seen the work of Nico Dimattia. Dimattia is an exceptional digital painter from Argentina who has received worldwide attention on his Youtube channel with his amazing speed…

While a number of smartphones now offer photo editing basics (and a plethora of apps to expand things even more), the portability of a solid photo editing program has been hard to come by. Photoshop is a monster in regards to space requirements and its…

We ended the week in a very typographic mood, so let’s continue in that vein. In this short film Erik Spiekermann talks with Elliot Jay Stocks about how typography is used in the digital domain and what digital designers can learn from traditiona…

Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing a quirky story told in emoticons by Storyteller and poet Rives at TED2008. See the power of visual st…

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Mark Mayers will create a post-apocalyptic photo composition that will take inspiration from movies such as Planet of Apes, where an astronaut finds himself marooned on Earth thousands of years in the future only …

Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we have another special community post that will help our readers take their images to the next level. The best thing is, you can be part of it too! Find out more at the jump…

Google Web Fonts boasts almost 500 freely available font families for use in your designs. Some you’ll have seen more than others – let’s see if you recognize these examples (all buried within cryptic clues). Good luck!

Have a bash at the quiz then let me know your thoughts in the comments! Ideas for future quizzes are also welcome. Enjoy..

Just So You Know

Interested in hosting a similar quiz on your site? The jQuizzy plugin by Nettuts+’ Siddharth can be purchased over on CodeCanyon.

Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer constructive feedback on the image. It’s a great way to learn more about photography, express yo…

Today’s tutorial will show how to quickly and easily create a tunnel effect using Mettle’s FreeForm Pro. You’ll be able to deform it, stretch it, change its texture, and much, much more. The best part is that even with lots going on, …

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, learn how to create a stylized performance car from a reference image using many gradients, custom art brushes, patterns, clipping masks and not a single gradient mesh or blur in sight! If you are looking to take your s…

One of the most important aspects in hip-hop and popular music is the drumbeat. What makes it sound so big? The drum patterns appear so simple, so why are they so hard to create? Well, in this tutorial, we’re going to break down the fundamental …

If you, like many Flash developers, are looking into using HTML5 for your web apps, you’ll almost certainly have come across jQuery. It’s a very popular JavaScript library, used by a large percentage of the most visited websites – but…

Most of you probably know those awesome letters that were generated with 3D programs. But what about when you don’t have any particular program and you need to make 3D typography? This tutorial will show you how to create the 3D text shape and g…

Mobile photography is becoming more and more popular with an ever expanding sea of apps available to aid anyone with a keen eye and a smartphone. Today we’re going to look at 30 of the best mobile apps for photographers!
There are plenty of photo…

In this tutorial you will learn how to quickly create a series of recycled paper textures. You can use these to apply the effect of old paper over illustrations. The goal of this tutorial is to show you some shortcuts for aligning objects on the Artbo…

Pairing fonts can be a challenge. Selecting two or more fonts which work well is one thing – selecting two which work together to achieve your typographic aims may have you reaching for the aspirin. Let’s see if we can alleviate any headach…

In today’s tutorial we’ll be recreating the “Climbing the Billboard Charts” effect similar to the effect used at the beginning of “Get Him to the Greek”.

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In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, you will learn how to create a golden shield illustration and an ivy text effect. We’ll use vector shape building techniques to construct the main structure of our work and then Illustrator’s 3D tools to add…

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Drum Processing (Quick Tip Series)This short series of quick tips is designed to give you a good overview of the audio processing techniques involved in creating a professional sounding drum beat for use in house…

From Cthulhu to InDesign eBooks, this list of links has it all!

In this video, Photoshop Senior Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes gives us a sneak at Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw and Adobe Photoshop CS6. The most dramatic change that you will notice from this video might be the darker color of the new interfa…

Today, you’ll have another chance to try one of our Phototuts+ quizzes. We’ll have you pulling out your magnifying glass for this one. We’re going to be testing your knowledge macro photography. Get crackin’ after the jump! And don’t forg…

Hey Flash developers! In this tutorial series we are going to go through the process of developing a very basic Tower Defense game. In this first part of the series, we’ll learn how to deploy turrets on the game field, give them the ability to ai…

On Valentine’s Day, a holiday of people who are in love, everyone gives greeting cards to each other. This day is a good opportunity to show your feelings with an unusual gift. I’ll tell you how to create a vector-card for this holiday of …

Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning digital art. This tutorial is part of a 25-part video tutorial series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start producing di…

A new, free script from Automatication (Martinho da Gloria) lets you run orphaned older Javascripts in the current version of InDesign

Today we’ll be making some awesome CSS3 buttons! They’re based on the popular PSD freebie Orman Clark made for his website Premium Pixels. We’ll try to make a CSS copy of them, as precisely and with as little HTML markup as possible.
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We have another Photo Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members today. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to make the big jump from amateur to pro. Learn more at the jump!
In this four-part series, commercial photographer Simon Plant …

If you’re serious about creating a typeface design, then you’ll need some solid resources to get started. Learn effective typeface design workflows, how to take an initial spark of an idea from sketch, through Illustrator, into Fontlab, an…

You’ve watched thousands of tutorials. You’ve put in countless hours and spent many late nights working on personal projects. You’ve finally come to the conclusion that this may just be something you would like to do for a career. It can seem a l…

I was at the NAMM trade-show in Anaheim last weekend and went to a really great panel about vocal recording. Although NAMM is mostly a trade-show with manufacturers demoing new and exciting products, there are a few opportunities to get educated in aud…

Each week we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance.
Most beginners…

It’s Premium tutorial time! This week, Tuts+ members will learn how to use the EaselJS JavaScript library (along with SoundJS and TweenJS) to create a version of the classic Pong game in HTML5. Premium Preview Click to play the demo In this tutor…

Concept art plays an important role in the creation of just about any animated movie or video game. In this article we will feature some quirky and creative illustrations and concept art from some amazing artists and illustrators. Let’s take a lo…

Mastering the art of character design is something that takes both a lively imagination and a good understanding of drawing techniques. Today we have have bundled together a collection fun and lively character design tutorials from the Vectortuts+ arc…

Grabbing a good distance shot is not always easy. Be it wide angle or telephoto, any number of objects can jump into the frame and ruin a great shot. It also takes good positioning to obtain the shot you have in mind. While I often expound on the virtu…

Iconography is an integral part of any UI design project these days. Icons have the ability to communicate ideas, functions and meanings in a common visual language. Let’s examine the amount of work that goes into creating an icon set, as well as…

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, we will use Adobe Illustrator to create a dynamic painterly textured illustration. This technique can be done using a mouse; however, a tablet will give you an extra level of control. We’ll cover the complete vect…

Using just a few video elements of torch flames, we composite a burning hand by using a series of null objects and expressions to drive a time lagged displacement effect to simulate fire burning from a moving source. We use the Puppet tool for the dist…

Every once and a while we like to share a little love with our sister Marketplace – GraphicRiver. Plenty of Marketplace authors have cut their teeth here on Psdtuts+ and have gone on to develop outstanding portfolios. Here is our rundown of some …

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Improving The Sound Of Your Room (Premium Series)In this week’s Audio Premium content, Bobby Owsinski continues his series on improving the sound of your room. This week he covers isolation – what wor…