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Snapshots-tutorials will no longer be updated.I have moved to my own domain and webspace.You can find my new website at http://stumbl.be.Some of the tutorials here will be moved to my new site, and all new tutorials will be posted there as well.Hope to see you there!- Matt

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Drip by ~THiC on deviantART1024x768

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- Open a new file of 512x512px. Fill it with black.- set your foreground colour to #3877BD- Select the Ellipse Tool and draw out a circle of 250x250px and position it as shown below:- Select the Rectangle Tool and draw out a rectangle of 100x350px. go to Edit > Transform path and rotate it by 45°- Place it as shown in the screenshot:- While holding down Ctrl - click on both layers in the layer

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I'm happy to announce that I just created a search engine with the help of Google Coop, that will (hopefully) make searching for tutorials more easy.The searchengine - called "TutorialSearch" - can be found here and will search all popular tutorial indexing sites. So far these indexing sites are 'Good-Tutorials', 'Pixel2Life' and 'Tutorialized.'If you think that there are others I could add sent

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- Open up a new file of 1024x768px and fill it with #849686- Select the gradient tool and apply a reflected gradient (foreground to transparent)from the center of the canvas to the bottom or top with #61726f as the color.- Create a new layer, set your foreground color to #edf5f3 and select the Ellipse shape tool and make a circle of 300x300px- Go to layer > layer style anbd apply a border of 10px

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IconBuffet is home to a tasty plethora of free icons. Collect them, download them, trade them with your friends. They’re kinda like baseball cards, only without the steroids. And you can use them on your website.All available free icons so far:Visit IconBuffet

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Always nice to find a site that has some free stuff to offer.Free vectors, all scattered around the web are all indexed on Vecteezy for our convenience.All free to download and to use, but make sure to check the license of the vectors.And if your feeling creative and want to submit your own vectors - you can!Visit Vecteezy

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If you ever find yourself stuck in finding the right colours for your design there are sites out there that can offer you a hand, offering Colour shemes for Photoshop, Illustrator, Color Shemer Studio and as a CSS file.The First one is Daily Color Sheme which claims to be an every-day color resource. So far there are already 20 different palettes available, but I have to admit that it's been at

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Created by: ~037Download: Adobe Creative Suite 3 CS3Artists comments:This is a Adobe Creative Suite 3 Icon Pack for Windows Vista.I only made it because I got Adobe's software, while enjoying all the great new features, felt that their icons are an invasive branding strategy that makes me feel like a NASCAR driver with a jacket full of sponsors and logo as it slaps the colored squares with

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It's like Photoshop in your browser.Well - not just yet but it is more than worth a visit.Still Beta (as everything is nowadays), it offers more than enough options to get creative.Signing up is mandatory though, but that just takes a minute - and after you've done that, you're all good to go.You can upload jpeg, png, gif, bmp, and tiff from your computer, from a URL or use one of the photos

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Work In Progress:I just wanted to show off my latest and actually first real project I'm working on.So far it's in it's early stages because the the idea is to give it a body and more bee-like features.But I'm quit happy with the head at this point - although the shading needs a bit more tweaking.Your thoughts are more than welcome.

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First of all, the focus of this tutorial is to show you how to create a unique looking pictureframe. I chose to turn it in to a wallpaper because I'm sure a lot of people won't know what I'm talking about when I say 'Create a sleek looking pictureframe for your Deviant ID'.Examples of what you can use this tutorial for are avatars, (yup) a Deviant ID or cd-covers to go with your iTunes or Windows

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Yet another fine piece of software that has an outdated icon, so I did my best on creating a custom one.You can donload it here.

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I'm proud to announce that it is now possible to stay up-to-date on SnapShots through Klipfolio.For those of you that don't know what klipfolio is: Have a look at their mainpage.Already got KlipFolio?click on the image below to add the SnapShots klip: Or you can click on the Klip icon at the top of the sidebar.

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Well - here's my go at the RSS icon.Nothing too fancy but nice either way.Download

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- Open a new file (any size you want), select the Ellipse Tool and draw out an ellipse with White as the Fill color and No color for the stroke- Get the Pen Tool out and draw a triangle (Fill: white - Stroke: None) as shown below (make sure that it's proportional to the ellipse you just created)- Go to Object > Transform > Rotate and rotate it with -20%- Move the triangle you just created in to

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The idea was to make an icon that could fit any mediaplayer.I guess I managed that - but you can use it for whatever you like really.Sizes:------16x16 to 256x256Download

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- Open up a new file of 512x512px (it's always better to start of bigger than the size you're actually going for)- Select the Ellips Tool and create a circle with a fixed size of 300x300px (make sure your foreground color is set to black)- Click once in your file and you'll see the black circle appear. Now center it with the move tool.- Go to your layer window and right-click on the shape layer.

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This tutorial will show you how to create a nice looking Shield logo with the use of default shapes in Photoshop CS2.- Open a new file of 512x512px (it's always better to start off big in case you want to resize the logo)- Name it 'Base shield'- Select the custom shape tool and create the custom shape you see below with a fixed size of 400x450px, and fill it with #5e617c- Next, right click on

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A version for the ladies and girly girls...View the Demo page to download the template.A version for the dudes can be found here.

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Finally a new theme for Blogger 2It isn't build from scratch but an edited version of the Scribe template.View the Demo page to download the template.

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- Open your picture you wish to edit and duplicate it by right-clicking on it in the layers windowI'm using the following picture as an example:- go to Filter > Artistic > Dry Brush and change the following settings:This is the result you should get- Next, Press Ctrl+L to set the levels- Change the levels settings as shown below:- Go to Filter > Texture > Texturizer and change the following

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- Open a new file of 512x512px- select the rectangular marquee tool and draw out a rectangle with a fixed size of 450px wide and 350 px high- Fill it with #f1f2fa- Go to Edit > Transform > Warp and apply a 'Rise warp' with a bend of 5%This is what you should have:- Copy the selection to a new layer and name the layer 'envelope'- Go to Layer > Layer Style and change the following settings for '

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- Open a new file of 500x500 and fill it with #57616f- Create a new layer (name it big circle) and draw a circle of 300 by 300 pixels with the elliptical marquee tool and fill it with #96a4b7- Create a new layer (name it small circle) and draw another circle, but this time 150 by 150 pixels in size and fill it with #cfd9e7Position the two circles as shown in the screenshot:- Select the 'big

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- Open up a new file of 800x600- Create a new layer and name it 'mask base'- Select the 'Elliptical Marquee Tool' and draw out an oval shape as shown in the screenshot below:- Fill it with #f5f5f5- Turn on your grid (View > Show > Grid)- Go to 'Edit' > Transform' > 'Warp' and apply a custom warp as shown below:The red dots indicate where the points were before applying the warp- Hide the grid and

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If the images don't show up, just refresh the page or click the thumbs. They're there =]-Open up a new file of 512x512px- Select the 'Rectangular Marquee' tool and draw out a rectangle with a Fixed Size of 300px wide by 400px high and fill it with #e3e0e0- Duplicate the layer and select the 'Gradient Tool' with a 'White to Transparant' gradient.- Draw out aline from the bottom of the selection to

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Dofus - the game is great but the default desktop icon is so poorly made, I just had to create one of my own.Sizes:- 16x16 to 256x256 (Windows Vista supported)DownloadI hope other Dofus players will enjoy this icon.Feel free to leave a message if you do.

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This tutorial is only useful if you have Photoshop CS2!If the images don't show up, just refresh the page or click the thumbs. They're there =]- Open up a new file of 400x400 pixels- Create a new layer and name it 'egg base'- Select the 'Elliptical Marquee Tool' and create an oval as shown in the screenshot below:'shot1'- Fill this selection with #94fa11Go to 'View' > 'Show' and check 'grid'.This

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In this tutorial I will show you how to create your own software logo.I chose a logo for an Antivirus, but obviously this tutorial works for other applications as well.Note: Don't mind the quality of the screenshots. The result looks perfectly smooth in Photoshop.- Open up a new document of 256x256- Select the 'Elliptical Marquee Tool' and while holding down 'Shift' draw out a circle and as shown

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If the images don't show up, just refresh the page or click the thumbs. They're there =]Difficulty: Intermediate- Open up a new file of 30 by 30 pixels with a transparent background.- Create a new layer and name it 'emoti_base' (name it what you like really, but this is the layer on which the base will be drawn).- Zoom in to 1600% - Select the pencil tool with the size of 1px and draw out the

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Difficulty: EasyIn this tutorial you will learn how to add a plastic effect to your text.Step 1:Open a new file. Size doesn't matter, as long as you can fit the text.Step 2:Select the 'Text Tool' and a font you would like to use.I chose for the Impact font because it gives a clear view of what the final result will look like.For the back- and foreground color I picked #a7b0c3Type the text you

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Soulseek is a fine piece of software but I always disliked the icon - so I thought it would be nice to create a couple of my own.Details:- sizes: 16x6 to 256x256- suitable for Windows VistaDownload them here.I hope you like them as much as I do.

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Difficulty: EasyA Two-Step way to add skintone to a black and white picture.For this tutorial I will be using the following picture:Step 1:Open your picture in Photoshop and select the area you want to color with the magnetic lasso tool.Step 2:Next go to 'Image' > 'Adjustments' > 'Variations'.This will give you the following screen:For the skintone in this picture I chose 2x 'More red' and 1x '

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