Videos

Bullet Hole Brushes

Here we will uses a series of custom shapes to create a bullet hole on a brush. Continue Reading »

November 2nd, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (12)

Displaced Effects

Here is a quick and easy way to use displacement maps to create a cool grunge look. Continue Reading »

October 26th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (19)

More Fun With Brushes

Here we will explore another aspect of custom brushes to create a cool background effect. Continue Reading »

October 20th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Text, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (20)

Sci-Fi Text Effect

Corey stumbled upon this effect while experimenting with the smudge tool and its finger painting feature. Start off by Continue Reading »

August 1st, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Text, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (54)

Blending and Type Tips

In this design, Corey had set out to blend a large body of text with a silhouetted shape. After some experimenting Continue Reading »

July 29th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Text, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (19)

Crumpled Paper

This crumpled paper effect starts with designing a piece of notebook paper and then applying a displacement map Continue Reading »

July 16th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (28)

Pirate Text

The steps for creating this pirate text effect start with converting a text layer into paths in order to reshape Continue Reading »

July 3rd, 2008 | Corey Barker | Text, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (19)

Background Animation

In this tutorial, Corey creates an animated background using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended. Continue Reading »

June 27th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tools, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (37)

Logo Design

Corey recreates a video game logo by building a grid background and circular target using the define pattern Continue Reading »

June 13th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Text, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (35)

Stylized Comic Book Effect

Using this effect, you can transform anyone into a comic book character with a halftone, saturated look. Continue Reading »

June 6th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Effects, Tools, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (69)

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Photoshop Tutorials

Design Effects
Corey shows how to use the luminosity of an image to create a cool design effect and spice up your simple photos.
Stylized Comic Book Effect
Using this effect, you can transform anyone into a comic book character with a halftone, saturated look.
Text Shape Layers
Converting text into shapes allows you to distort the text as you like while retaining straight, clean edges.

Ice Age Acorn

Corey has a special extended tutorial on illustrating the Ice Age acorn.
Transformers, Part 2

In part two of this tutorial, Corey finishes the Transformers logo he began last week.
Transformers, Part 1

In this two-part tutorial, Corey begins creating the Transformers logo from this summer’s upcoming blockbuster.
Planet Works

Corey uses the new 3D features in Photoshop CS4 Extended to re-create the DreamWorks animated title.

Digital Video Solutions: Troubleshooting
Some common problems that can occur after upgrading your video-editing application may include a frozen screen, frozen cursor, flickering dialog, completely blank dialog, or a number of error messages.
Layers TV: Episode 94
Corey has a tutorial showing how to wrap a graphic around a 3D object in Adobe Illustrator. RC tries to clear up some of the confusion about using the Pen tool in Illustrator and Photoshop. You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. var so = new SWFObject('http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/players/player.swf','mpl','500','300','7'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); // so.addVariable('type','rtmp'); so.addVariable('file','http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/switch/video/layers-tv-episode-94.mp4'); so.addVariable('plugins','hd-1'); so.addVariable('hd.file','http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/switch/video/layers-tv-episode-94-hd.mp4'); so.addVariable('hd.state','false'); so.addVariable('image','http://www.layersmagazine.com/images/layerstv-logo.jpg'); so.addVariable('height','300'); so.addVariable('width','500'); so.addVariable('autostart','false'); so.addVariable("backcolor","0x000000"); so.addVariable("frontcolor","0xF1F1F1"); so.addVariable("lightcolor","0xF88E21"); so.addVariable("quality","100"); so.write('player'); Thank you [...]
The Digital Camera: Compact-camera Shooter
I took most of the photographs in this article with my Canon PowerShot G10 compact camera to see if I could get good shots with a basic camera.
Using Adobe Exchange
Adobe Exchange is a free resource on the Adobe website for adding features to your Adobe applications.

When working with vector - created art and the source art is unavailable, modifying the art to create a logo can be a pain, to say the least—particularly when it’s flattened and the background needs to be knocked out. A careful combination of Invert (Command - I [PC: Ctrl - I]), Color Balance (Command - B [PC: Ctrl - B]), and layer Blending Options (Control-click [PC: Right-click] the layer name) can yield simple background knockouts of one- or two-color logos without making a mess.