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The Davinci Design

 

You can create this eye-catching effect using just a single layer style and applying it to all the different elements of your design. This tutorial touches on alpha channels, blur filters, and layer styles.

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.

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8 Comments

  1. NckN said on — May 11, 2008 @ 11:56 pm

    I realy like this one, thank you!

  2. Scott Taylor said on — June 3, 2008 @ 5:42 am

    I like this tutorial.
    The final image is wonderful.
    Thank You for these great tutorials, all the others helped me also.

  3. Alexander said on — July 3, 2008 @ 8:15 am

    Like this one. I mean… realy))

  4. terrible said on — July 27, 2008 @ 8:37 pm

    Awesome tutorial, just a minor error, Da Vinci is composed by 2 words.

  5. terrible said on — July 27, 2008 @ 11:21 pm

    Awesome tutorial, there’s only a little error, Da Vinci is 2 words though.

  6. Kenny said on — July 28, 2008 @ 12:33 pm

    thanks for all your tutorials, they are awsome!
    and this davinci design looks like a movie poster, pretty cool.

  7. Karinus said on — September 18, 2008 @ 6:43 am

    I like this one! Thanks!

  8. Anthony said on — November 22, 2008 @ 3:29 am

    I’m defiantly going to do this myself. Absolutely amazing fx.

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