Photoshop

Richard Nabarro explains how to layer a mixture of imagery to build an abstract, paper-infused design.In this tutorial, we'll take a close look at how to plan and gather imagery for use in an abstract manipulation. I find that this design process is playful by nature and generally encourages a large degree of experimentation as you go along.It's always interesting to see what can be created from limited resources. In this particular case, we're talking about some blank sheets of coloured paper. This is when things start to become abstracted and geometric shapes are everything. I'll show you how to transform your boring sheets of paper for the better, and how to effectively bring them into the digital realm.The inspiration for this paper-infused design style comes from a range of work, incl...

Atomhawk artist Viktoria Gavrilenko invents new breeds of fantasy fish for fun.My most important tip is to sit down and gather some references of tropical fish. Many of the tropical fish that we know of live on the world's coral reefs, so Googling "The Great Barrier Reef", for example, should be sufficient to get you started on gathering inspirational material.You'll notice from the photos that many tropical fish are, of course, colourful. My second tip is therefore to have your fish swimming in fairly bright, happy colours.Tropical fish often feature diverse patterns across their bodies, which you can use as inspiration to create some cool fantasy patterns of your own.In addition, keep in mind the often flat, leaf-shaped bodies of the fish. Using that shape in your design would make the f...

Photoshop CC offers a comprehensive toolset for mocking up websites quickly and easily. Antony Kitson explains how to use the key features to get an idea across to a client or developer.Photoshop has always been a great tool for site prototyping. With every new revision it has added more functionality for web designers wanting to quickly mock up an idea to share with a client or build a design ready for a developer.New features in Photoshop CC include the ability to isolate layers, tweak corners with the live rounded rectangle feature, and the ability to copy CSS attributes from individual layers. This useful guide looks at common prototyping methods, using the breadth of Photoshop's tools to create a developer- and client-friendly page mockup.01. Use GuideGuideSet up a docu...

Angled images are easy to tweak in Photoshop. Here's how. Some common problems you will encounter when photographing buildings is a combination of perspective errors and barrel distortion from the camera. Fortunately this is easy to fix. All it takes is some time and patience. First off, we will look at an image with a combination barrel distortion and perspective errors. The simplest way to fix the barrel distortion is to make use of the Lens Correction filter which accesses profiles of different cameras and will apply that profile to the image you have. After that, we will fix the perspective distortion. To get started, go to Filter>Lens Correction. In the Lens Correction dialog box you see a preview of your image before any correction has been applied. Directly below the image i...