Archive for June, 2008

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  Last Week on T9 (6/30/08)

  Tyler Bramer shares a wonderful technique for enhancing designs with a splash of color, while Fredrick offers some useful photography tips for avoiding problems in the field.  We’d also like to give a big thanks to our newest sponsor!

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  Photography: Little Known Ways to Avoid Problems in the Field

  Photography is all about preparation. Instead of running into problems when you’re out shooting, understand some easy ways of tackling the more common problems you may run into!

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  Add a Fresh Splash to your Design

  In this tutorial, I’ll show you several techniques for enhancing a basic banner design for a product or service. These techniques can be employed to add a fresh splash to many of your designs!

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  Last Week on T9 (6/22/08)

  This week, we introduced a brand new “Resources” category to Tutorial9 along with our usual weekly tutorials.  Our efforts to improve the quality, variety, and timeliness of our content never ceases!

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  99 Free Canvas, Paper, Paint, and Metal Textures

  As a designer, it’s not always possible to take the time and generate your own textures for all of your graphics. Thankfully, there are tons of convenient stock textures that others have freely contributed to the design community! We’ve gathered 99 of our favorites in this gigantic list!

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  Energize Your Graphics with Abstract Energy Lines

  In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create some energetic lines you can use to create more lively digital creations. Effects such as this are great for enhancing abstract compositions!

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  Text Effect Quickie: Delicious Chocolate Text

  Learn how to quickly design some delectable, rich dark chocolate flavored text! A single look at text like this will make any chocolate lovers mouth water instantly!

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  Last Week on T9 (6/15/08)

  It was a big week for us here at Tutorial9! Aside from four brand new tutorials (two of which have become some of the most popular articles on T9), we saw a massive increase in new faces this week! We’d like to give our new viewers a proper warm welcome, and show them [...]

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  Text Effect Quickies: Bubble Text

  In this Text Effect Quickie, we’ll create an easy to use layer style that will quickly transform ordinary text into bubble styled font, perfect for use in underwater scenes.

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  Design a Coldplay/Apple Inspired Portrait in Photoshop

  You don’t have to be an obsessive Coldplay fan like me to admire the beautiful effects shown in the latest Coldplay / Apple ad. This tutorial will show how to design portraits based on that style.

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