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Cool Design FX

 

This week Corey does a cool design effect based on a Twitter request.

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

23 Comments

  1. Emir said on — May 14, 2010 @ 5:57 pm

    Awesome!

  2. Daniel said on — May 14, 2010 @ 6:48 pm

    Real good tutorial. Thank you for the tips and inspiration.

    Likw how your tutorials are easy to follow and filled with great tips.

    // DK

  3. Daniel said on — May 14, 2010 @ 10:15 pm

    Very nice Corey! Your brush and 3D tuts are always so well thought out!..

  4. Ann said on — May 15, 2010 @ 3:43 am

    Amazing! (again)

  5. marino said on — May 15, 2010 @ 4:41 am

    Exellent!!!!as usual……

  6. gerry said on — May 15, 2010 @ 10:25 am

    Great tutorial Corey.. You guys have hit the deck running on CS5—I deep-sixed my Lynda.com—-they are still in the weeds on CS5.

  7. Jason said on — May 15, 2010 @ 11:55 am

    Awesome tut! I agree, dafont is awesome. Whats the font you used called? It certainly looks good for future projects

  8. Corey Barker said on — May 15, 2010 @ 1:39 pm

    I will be using them here as well on down the line. Worry not! :-)

  9. Ollie said on — May 15, 2010 @ 6:54 pm

    please could you start posting the images you use in the videos too, ive found some of them on the internet, but they are hard to find the same ones, i’d like to be able to do it to the same picture as you to get me started on each tutorial

  10. Michael Preston said on — May 17, 2010 @ 12:41 pm

    Classic Corey Barker tutorial, thanks for this five minutes or so of awesomeness!

    It seems that much emphasis on 3D effects has been placed on your tutorials recently, so I (and I would expect many others) who don’t have the extended version of PS am glad to see your classic artistry once again.

    Thanks again! :-)

  11. Mike said on — May 17, 2010 @ 2:36 pm

    Awesome! But like Jason, wondering what the name of the font was. Thx.

  12. Carrie said on — May 17, 2010 @ 3:35 pm

    Is that scaling feature you used only in CS5? Can it be done in CS4 extended? If so, how?

    Thanks.

  13. Taylor Reinhart said on — May 17, 2010 @ 7:50 pm

    Great vid, its a cool tut but do you think you could go back to CS4? i understand you like to show us new things, but how are we suppose to follow the tut if we don’t have CS5?

  14. John Buckerfield said on — May 19, 2010 @ 9:15 pm

    Classic! Very nice. I missed your classic ones.

    But let me just ask… where did you get PhotoshopCS5? Has Adobe already released it? Coz imma want to get me one.. thanks.

    Best regards,
    PRINCE

  15. LarryLar said on — May 20, 2010 @ 9:04 am

    Sweet.

  16. Mark said on — May 20, 2010 @ 9:25 am

    awesome tutorial, i really like the font, could someone tell me what the name of it is?
    thankks

  17. Jim said on — May 20, 2010 @ 3:50 pm

    Nice one Corey! That brush creation trick is slick…

    My effort on this tut: http://kingjs.deviantart.com/#/d2q2gy5

  18. Jim said on — May 21, 2010 @ 5:42 pm

    Mark @0925 on May 20: Go to dafont.com and look in the Fancy / Destroy section. Its about 4th down the list…..There are others there that are perfect for this tutorial also.

  19. Steve said on — May 27, 2010 @ 10:08 pm

    Again… another great tut. Thanks Corey, you are the best!

    Quote:
    Is that scaling feature you used only in CS5? Can it be done in CS4 extended? If so, how?

    Ctrl T (pc)

  20. Jonathan Borichef said on — June 6, 2010 @ 11:58 pm

    Great tutorial! Keep them coming Corey! :D

  21. James gree said on — June 14, 2010 @ 10:44 am

    Hey Corey great tutorial, I’ve been experimenting with CS5 and I’m loving it! I’ve already learnt so much from this website, keep it up!

  22. Danny Stricker said on — June 16, 2010 @ 10:38 pm

    I’m a wakeboarder and I just love your creativity. Keep it up Corey, your work is amazing.

  23. Dre said on — June 17, 2010 @ 1:29 pm

    Great tutorial! Thanks for the ideas. Learn something (or quite a few things, to be more accurate) every time I watch. Keep up the good work.

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