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Creating a Dotted line in Photoshop.

Posted by: emalik on: March 6, 2008

Photoshop makes the CG Artists Life easier, but not all the time…. Sometime a simple task like making a dotted line in photoshop is not that much simpler as it should be.  But that does not mean its that much difficult, its easier just follow the tutorial.
Open the Photoshop document where you want to place [...]

A solution to solve blured edges problem in Photoshop.

Posted by: emalik on: February 19, 2008

This is not a complete tutorial, but its just a small tip witch is extremely useful in designing process.
As most of you know photoshop is not a Vector Graphics tool, so sometime we get some weired problem like a draw a rectangle shape and its edges are not sharp as they should be.  Or you [...]

CMYK to pantone color conversion in Photoshop

Posted by: emalik on: February 7, 2008

hi visitors some days i come across a project in which my client ask me to convert their logo in Pantone colors. So i thought why not to add a tutorial on how to do that in photoshop.
1- First open your image, if its in psd format then you should flat it.
2- Convert it to [...]

Converting a selection to Vector based Shape

Posted by: emalik on: January 2, 2008

Just a tip on how to convert your current selection to a shape that also can be used in future as vector format.
Take the selection with your favorite method.
In my case i use the magic wand tool
After you took the selection go to path palette and press the little arrow on the top right corner, [...]

From Black and White to Color in Photoshop

Posted by: emalik on: September 3, 2007

Today i am going to show how you can convert the old looking black and white image to color without any plugin in adobe photoshop 7.
Here is what u get after doing the tutorial

Click to enlarge
You can either download that image and start working as i do or you can take the image of [...]

Smoothing the edges of GIF

Posted by: emalik on: August 31, 2007

well, this is a common problem when you convert an image to Gif animation the edges goes distorted sometime.So here are some soloutions to that.
Method 1(quick one)
To export the gif go to the file menu and then select save as web.
Press the 2-Up tab and click on the right half to select it.
On settings [...]

Tips for small size Icon design in Photoshop

Posted by: emalik on: May 14, 2007

Here in this post i am going to give to some tips related to small size graphics design in photoshop.
First thing is that always use the square pixel in size, means the height and width of the canvas should be same.
You could use the large canvas size during the design like 200×200 pixels [...]

To edit the built-in Shapes in Photoshop

Posted by: emalik on: May 11, 2007

To customize any built-in shape in photoshop do the following
Select the Shape tool and create the shape which you want to be customize.
After you created the shape right click the pen tool to select the Add anchor point tool.

To Duplicate the Object in Photoshop on new layer

Posted by: emalik on: May 11, 2007

To duplicate the object on a separate layer in photoshop select the move tool,press Alt button and drag the object to new location and leave the Alt
Second way is to select the move tool, Press the Alt button down and press left or right arrow to nudge the object to new location then [...]

Making a Glossy Logo

Posted by: emalik on: May 4, 2007

After the Poser tutorial here is something very creative and easy to make thing in Adobe Photoshop.
1-Run the Photoshop. Goto file–>New or Press Ctrl+N to start a new canvas.Enter the Name for new canvas, Then enter the desired size of the Canvas, i used 1024×768.For a reference use the following picture.
2-Now select the Ellipse tool [...]