Well people, here we go, Adobe has released a whole new line of CC 2018 products and for today’s Thursday Tut I introduce the good vloggers at tutvid who’ve been so kind to put together an easily digestible video of five killer new features. Select and Mask: totally redone with quick selection & refine edge brushes…
It should be no surprise to you or anyone else who designs for a living that you don’t actually create EVERY piece of art that you utilize in your designs. Whether it be stock photography, illustration or vector graphics you either have an account with Shutterstock or another stock site or your business does. Either…
Apple will release of the iPhone X tomorrow and it’s a good idea to get all of your mobile work adjusted for the new model in an effort to keep your portfolio looking crisp and fresh with the latest tech. Here are ten amazing free mock-ups that you can download just by clicking the photo….
There are multiple ways to achieve the same thing in photoshop. Sharpening an image may sound easy enough to accomplish especially if you’re a seasoned designer, however, there were a few things that even I learned from this tutorial. Below are my notes. Check this video out and learn all the different ways to sharpen…
First and foremost, I think of graphic/web design as a calling and a dream job. I put a lot of time and effort into developing my skills so while this may look like a post where you may write it completely off as “selling out” or “in it for the money” trust me it’s not….
Not going to spend a ton of space here talking about these, however, I will say this: if you want to save hours if not years of your life learn as many of these keyboard shortcuts if you don’t know them by now. When you think about your freelance business and how much you charge…
If you need a quick idea on is there too much content you can post on social media here’s, entrepreneur and social media expert, Gary Vaynerchuk’s perspective on the topic. Spoiler Alert: the short answer is NO. He goes way in-depth on how and why you’d put out certain content on certain platforms and how their…
Changing someone’s eye color in Photoshop is one of the easiest things to mess up and look fake. The above tutorial shows you how to correctly make this adjustment in a tasteful fashion so that even at its wildest color it still looks believable. The eyes are a very delicate area for any retouching work…
There are a lot of different opinions on how to become a professional in the field for any creative position. Aaron Nace from PHLEARN give his take on how to become a professional photographer and while a lot of this is photography driven there are definite concepts that being in the field for 13 years…
I’ve been on YouTube for months watching tutorials that lead me from one nerd to the next about how to do this or that in Photoshop or Photoshop-like programs. So, just to switch things up, I decided to try Code Academy. My wife is a skilled developer and got her start by doing a couple…